Resolution 08359424
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8359
ASSURING FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION OF ENACTMENT AND
ENFORCEMENT OF ADEQUATE LAND USE AND CONTROL MEASURES CONSISTENT
WITH PROVISIONS CF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Alameda are subject to periodic flooding from the
Oakland estuary and/or storm water runoff, causing 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 of the City of Alameda 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, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control measures to
reduce future flooc losses pursuant to Chapter a of Title 7 of the Government Code of the State
of California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City cf Alameda hereby:
1. 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; and
2. Vests the City Engineer of the City of Alameda with the responsibility, authority,
and means to:
(a) 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.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning presert uses and occupancy of the flood plain area.
(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 implemen-
tation of flood plain management measures.
3. Appoints the City Engineer of the City of Alameda 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 cf 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.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council cf the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
3rd day of June, 1975, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Diament, Hurwitz, Sherratt and President Corica, (5).
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 4th day of June, 1975.
(SEAL) ETHEL M. PITT
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City cf Alameda
Resolution No. 8359, ASSURING FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION OF ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF ADEQUATE
LAND USE AND CONTROL MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REGULA-
TIONS", introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 3rd day of June, 1975.
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