RES 1015 12/06/1973RESOLUTION NO. 1015
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Cibolo are subject to periodic flooding
and/or mudslides from the Cibolo Creek, Town Creek, and Dietz Creek causing serious
damages to residential properties within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of flood 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 manage-
ment criteria regulations as required in said act; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this Council to recognize and duly evalu-
ate flood and/or mudslide hazards in all official actions relating to land use
in the flood plain and/or mudslide areas having special flood and/or mudslide
hazards; and
WHEREAS, the Code Citation of any State enabling legislation and of any re-
sulting county,•city, town or village ordinance that authorizes this City to adopt
land use and control measures are Texas Flood Control Insurance Act, Art. 8280-13
VACS & Art. 158le-1 VACS.
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED, that this Council hereby assures the Federal
Insurance Administration that it takes the following legislative action:
(1) Appoints Mayor F. S. Schlather with the responsibility, authority, and
means to:
(a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his request, in delineat-
ing the limits of the areas having special flood and/or mudslide haz-
ards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the lo-
cation of 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 re-
spect to each area having special flood hazards, information on ele-
vations (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 meighboring communities with re-
spect to management of adjoining flood plain and/or mudslide areas
in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
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(e) 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 and/or mudslide area management measures.
(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 Council hereby appoints Mayor F. S. Schlather
with the overall responsibility, authority and means to implement all commitments
made herein.
PASSED THIS 6th DAY OF DECEMEER, 1973.
F. S. Schlather
Mayor
Linda N.Ling l 4
City Secretary