HomeMy WebLinkAbout711 RESOLUTION NO. °7 ( (
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS ASSURING
FUTURE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL FLOOD AND MUDSLIDE INSURANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS, certain areas of the Town of Los Altos Hills are subject to periodic
flooding and/or mudslides causing serious damages to residential properties within
these areas; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this City to comply with land use and management
criteria regulations as required in said act; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this City to recognize and duly evaluate
flood and/or mudslide hazards in all official actions relating to land use in
the flood plainand/or mudslide areas having special flood and/or mudslide hazards;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to State Code No. 65850 authorizing any City to adopt land
use and control measures, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8-1 .02, Amendments: Section 205 and Section
9-5.1202 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Los Altos Hills, such land use and
control measures are operative;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this City hereby assures the Federal
Insurance Administration that it takes the following legislative action:
(1 ) Appoints the City Manager or his officially designated representative
with the responsibility, authority, and means to:
(a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his request, in
delineating the limits of the areas having special flood and/or
mudslide hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to
identify the location of the building sites.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain and/or
mudslide area.
(c) Maintain for public inspection and furnishing upon request, with
respect to each area having special flood hazards, information
on elevations (in relation to mean sea level ) of the lowest floors
of all new or substantially improved structures; and
(d) Cooperate with Federal , State, and local agencies and private firms
which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain
or mudslide areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with
respect to management of adjoining flood plain and/or mudslide areas
in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(e) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's initial eligi-
bility, an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made +'
during the past year within the community in the development and
implementation of flood plain and/or mudlside area management
measures.
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(2) Take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry
out the objectives of the program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this City hereby appoints the City Manager or
his officially designated representative with the overall responsibility, authority
and means to implement all commitments made herein.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills held on the 18th day of
July, 1973, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilman Grabowski , Councilman Miller, Mayor Helgesson
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk
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