CC RESOLUTION 2610RESOLUTION NO. 2610
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING REQUEST
AND ASSURANCES FOR FLOOD INSURANCE UNDER
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of E1 Segundo are subject
to periodic flooding from rain storms, 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 the City Council of the City of E1
Segundo to require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards in all official
actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special flood hazards;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has the legal authority to adopt land
use and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to Section
65, 100 et seq. of the California Government Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo assures
the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and
maintain in force for those areas having flood hazards, adequate land use and
control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the
Criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program
Regulations.
SECTION 2. The City Council vests the Director of Public Works
of the City of E1 Segundo with the responsibility, authority, and means to:
(1) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his 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.
(2) Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain.
(3) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and pri-
vate firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identi-
fy flood plain areas, and cooperate with neighboring commu-
nities with respect to management of adjoining flood
plain areas in order to prevent aggravation of exist -
hazards.
(4) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's ini-
tial eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on
the progress made during the past year within the com-
munity in the development and implementation of flood
plain management measures.
SECTION 3. The City Council appoints the Director of Building
Safety of the City of E1 Segundo 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 loca-
ted 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 re-
corded.
SECTION 4. The City Council agrees to take such other official
action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the pro-
gram.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adop-
tion of this resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original resolutions
of said city; and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the
records of the proceedings of the City Council of said city, in the minutes of
the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 4th day of February
1975.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, VALERIE A. BURROWES City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2610
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 4t h day of February , 197 5
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Nagel, Rockhold, Stephens,
Van Vranken and Mayor Balmer
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 10th day of February , 1975
City Clerk
of the City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL)