HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2016-04 Floodplain Management PlanRESOLUTION NO. 2016 -04
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA ADOPTING A FLOODPLAIN
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY AND ITS
MUNICIPALITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs is charged with the duty of protecting
health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City is vulnerable to a wide range of natural disasters, as
demonstrated by the very high human and economic costs of events that have impacted
the State of Florida in the past decade; and
WHEREAS, the worst flood recorded in Seminole County history occurred in the
year 2008 after the Tropical Storm Fay event; and
WHEREAS, the Tropical Storm Fay flooding event caused over ten (10)
households in Seminole County to be listed as Repetitive or Severe Flood Loss
properties by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
WHEREAS, floodplain management is the operation of a community program of
corrective and preventative measures for reducing flood damage; and
WHEREAS, a community's agreement to adopt and enforce a Floodplain
Management Plan helps to reduce the community's risk to flooding, and
WHEREAS, through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the
Floodplain Management Plan helps to provide credits to insurance consumers by
adding discounts to flood insurance.
WHEREAS, the City is required to develop and implement a Floodplain
Management Plan as part of the requirements of participation in the Community Rating
System; and
WHEREAS,
the
Federal Government
has implemented new
and updated
standards in the
Code
of Federal Regulation
(C.F.R.) which further
enhance the
minimum standards previously required; and
WHEREAS, the Floodplain Management Plan complies with the Federal Hazard
Mitigation Planning Standards contained in 44 C.F.R. Part 201 (2015); and
WHEREAS, adoption of this document by the City will provide for continued grant
funding, and discounts available to homeowners on flood insurance policies for Winter
Springs through local mitigation initiatives as approved through the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I — The Floodplain Management Plan is adopted to supplement
the Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS).
SECTION II - This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by
the City Commission.
Passed and adopted this 8th day of February 2016.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
CHARLES LACEY . AYOR
ATTEST-
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ANdREA LORENZO- LUACES, CITY CLERK