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Home My WebLink About3.5 National Flood Insurance Program AGENDA STATEMENT MEETING DATE: October 10 , 1983 SUBJECT: National Flood Insurance Program Update EXHIBITS ATTACHED: 1 ) Flood Insurance Study (booklet) 2 ) Flood Insurance . Rate Map 3 ) Copy of Letter from Federal Emergency Management Agency, dtd 9/82 4 ) Copy Resolution 18-82 5 ) Draft Resolution for Adoption RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution adopting the Flood Insurance Study for the City of Dublin and Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of Dublin, dated August 18, 1983 . FINANCIAL STATEMENT: No change - This action simply adopts the portion of the study now covering the Dublin City Limits, as an update to the City adopting a study previously done for the County. DESCRIPTION: In April , 1982, the Dublin City Council passed a resolution approving the National Flood Insurance Program for Dublin, based on the study and maps for Alameda County, as interim flood hazard documents . The Federal Emergency Management Agency has now published documents exclusively for Dublin. The Resolution attached will approve these documents as those relating to Dublin ' s own program. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM NO. 3 .,�' COPIES TO: CC Meeting: 10-10-83 Item 3.5 attachment 1 missing �NCS MAA9 Federal Emergency Management Agency ao �� Washington, D.C. 20472 SEP 0 3 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Peter W. Snyder Mayor, City of Dublin P. 0. Box 2340 Dublin, California 94566 Dear Mr. Snyder: I am pleased to announce that we have approved your community's application to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.. In accordance with Section 1336 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, I have authorized the sale of flood insurance in your community under the Regular Program effective September 8, 1982. This means that flood insurance is now available to local property owners and can be purchased from any property insurance agent or broker licensed to do business in the area in which the property to be insured is located. Since the City of Dublin was previously participating in the NFIP under Alameda County's application, the City will continue to utilize the County's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) until their own map is issued. The FIRM, which shows the base flood elevations established for Alameda County, became effective on April 15, 1981. This date indicates the effective date for the authorization of the sale of first and second layer flood insurance coverage at actuarial rates for all new construction and substantial improvements to existing structures within your community. First layer coverage on structures built prior to April 15, 1981 will be made available at subsidized rates, unless substantial improvements are made to the structures. The actuarial rate zones applicable to your community are indicated on the FIRM. You should be aware that actuarial rates for insurance on a structure increase as the first floor elevation of the structure decreases below the base flood levels established for your community. In addition, it should be pointed out that on the effective date of the FIRM, the FIRM suspersedes all previous maps for the purpose of determining whether individual properties are located inside or outside the area having special flood hazards; and, after that date, new construction will be charged actuarial rates which may be higher if the construction is not built in compliance with the flood plain management requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program. We hope your community's property owners will take this opportunity to obtain protection against losses from future flooding. Coverage is not only available on all buildings but their contents as well. Hence, property owners and renters may obtain flood coverage to protect their real and personal property. Sin erely Richard E. Sanderson, Chief Natural Hazards Division Office of Natural and 'Technological Hazards RESOLUTION NO. 18-82 RESOLUTION APPROVING NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Dublin are subject to periodic flooding from streams and channels, causing serious damages to properties within these areas ; and WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of Federally subsidized flood insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and WHEREAS , it is the intent of this City Council to require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards in all official actions relating to development in the flood plain areas having special flood hazards ; and WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt flood plain management control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to public law, NOt•1, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council hereby: 1 . Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force for those areas having flood hazards , adequate flood plain management and control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the Criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations ; and 2. Vests the City Manager with the responsibility, authority, and means to: (a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, on request, in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites. (b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain. (c) Cooperate with Federal , State, and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain areas , and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards. (d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's initial eligibility 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 management measures. 3. Appoints the City Manager to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request a record of elevations (in relation to mean sea level ) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structures located in the special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below grade on one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded. 4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of April by the following vote. AYES: Cm. Burton, Hegarty, Jeffery, Moffatt and Mayor Snyder NOES : None ABSENT: None Mayor' x Cit." Clerk RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL . OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ------------------------------------ APPROVING NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM DOCUMENTS WHEREAS, by Resolution 18-82 , the Dublin City Council approved entrance into the National Flood Insurance Program; and, WHEREAS, no specific plans had been developed for Dublin, the City of Dublin adotpted documents related to Alameda County as a whole; and, WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has now developed a Study and Flood Insurance Rate Map, specifically for Dublin; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Dublin City Council does hereby adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency Study, entitled: Flood Insurance Study, City of Dublin, dated August 18 , 1983 , and the Flood Insurance Rate Map, City of Dublin, dated August 18, 1983 , as the official documents to control development in those areas of Dublin which have been identified as being in flood hazard zones . PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this th day of 1983 AYES : NOES : ABSENT: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk DP 83-20