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RESOLUTION NO. :u...o-
A RESOLUTION OF 'l1IE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIBURON
APPLYING FOR ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM
l~S. certain areas of Marin County are subject to periodic flooding
from San Francisco Bay, various watercourses, and subject to mudslides from the
accumulation of water on or under the ground. and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of flood and mudslide insurance
as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as amended, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this Council to comply with land use and
management criteria regulations as required in said act, and
liHEREAS, it is also the intent of this Council to recognize and duly
evaluate flood hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood
plain and mudslide areas having special hazards, and
WHEREAS, this City has authority in accordance with State Law to adopt
land use and control measures,
NCJtol, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council hereby assures the
Federal Insurance Administration that it will take legislative action as follows:
(1) Enact by December 31, 1971, and maintain in force for those areas,
adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement
provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in Subpart A of
Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Regulations,
(2) If necessary. seek State enabling legislation conferring authority
to enact land use and control measures designed to reduce the ex-
posure of property to flood loss, and
(3) take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to
carry out the objectives of the program. Such actions will include
but are not limited to:
(a) Assisting the Federal Insurance Administrator, at his request,
in delineating the limits of the flood plain having special
flood hazard on available local maps of sufficient scale to
identify the location of building sites.
(b) After flood insurance is made available, furnishing repre-
sentatives of appropriate Federal or State agencies or of the
National Flood Insurance Association information, as requested,
concerning new or substantially improved structures within the
area of special flood hazard. This information will include
flood elevations, and if there is a basement, the distance be-
tween the first floor and the bottom of the lowest opening
where water flowing on the ground will enter.
(c) Cooperating with Federal, State and local agencies which
undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood-prone areas
as well as cooperation with neighboring jurisdictions with re-
spect to adjoining flood plains in order to prevent aggravation
of the flooding problem.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board hereby appoints the Planning Direc-
tor with the responsibility, authority and means to implement the commitment made
herein.
adjourned
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular
meeting of the City Council
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of the City of Tiburon held on February 2, 1971, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
ATTEST:
MIRATA,
Date Drafted: 1/19/71
Becker, Ellinwood, Sennett
None
Fanning, Rice
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DENIS T. RICE
Mayor of the City of Tiburon