97-019 RESOLUTION NO. 97-t9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA INDICATING THE CITY'S
INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD
INSURANCE PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO FILE THE NECESSARY APPLICATIONS
AND TO TAKE THE NECESSARY AND EXPEDIENT
ACTION TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Aventura are subject to periodic flooding,
or flood-related erosion, 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 Aventura to require
the recognition and evaluation of flood, or flood-related erosion hazards in all official
actions relating to the land use in areas having these hazards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Aventura has the legal authority to
adopt land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to state
statute.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section !. The City Council assures the Federal Insurance Administration that
it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force in those areas having flood, or flood-
related erosion hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective
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enforcement provisions consistent with the Criteria set forth in Part 60 of the National
Flood Insurance Program Regulations (CFR 44).
Section 2. The City Manager or his designee is vested with the responsibility,
authority and means to:
(a) Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his delineation of the limits of the
area having special flood or flood-related erosion hazards;
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning
present uses and occupancy of the flood plain, or flood-related erosion
areas;
(c) Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies and private firms which
undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain, or flood-related
erosion areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to
management of adjoining flood plain, and/or flood-related erosion areas in
order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards;
(d) Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in writing whenever the boundaries
of the City have been modified by annexation or the City has otherwise
assumed or no longer has authority to adopt and enforce flood plain
management regulations for a particular area. In order that all Flood Hazard
Boundary Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps accurately represent the
City's boundaries, include within such notification a copy of a map of the City
suitable for reproduction, clearly delineating the new corporate limits or new
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area for which the City has assumed or relinquished flood plain management
regulatory authority.
Section 3. The Community Development Department shall maintain for public
inspection and furnish upon request for the determination of applicable flood insurance
risk premium rates within all areas having special flood hazards identified on a Flood
Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate map any certificates of floodproofing,
and information on the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the level of the lowest
flood (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structures, and include
whether or not such structures include a basement and if the structure has been
floodproofed.
Section 4. The City Council agrees to take such other official action as may
be reasonably necessary to carry out the objections of the program.
Section 5. The City Manager is hereby authorized to file the necessary
applications and take the necessary and expedient action to carry out the aims of this
Resolution.
Section6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Councilmember Perlow, who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Cohen, and upon being put to
a vote, the vote was as follows:
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Councilmember Jay R. Beskin
Councilmember Ken Cohen yes
Councilmember Harry Holzberg
Councilmember Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Councilmember Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Arthur Berger
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of M~
A~5,~I~OI~ ~, ~N~DE~ MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SMITH, CMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CI~RNEY
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