16-2827 Adoption of the Floodplain Management Plan for 2015-2020

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RESOLUTION 16-2827 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 2015- 2020 TO SUPPLEMENT SEMINOLE COUNTY'S LOCAL MITIGATION PLAN; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Casselberry is charged with the duty of protecting health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; and WHEREAS, City of Casselberry 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 to (10) households 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, 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 (FMP) complies with the Federal Hazard Mitigation Planning Standards contained in 44 C.F.R. Part 201 (2015); and WHEREAS, the Seminole County Board of County Commissioner's adopted the FMP on October 13, 2015 and requested all municipalities to adopt the plan; and WHEREAS, adoption of this document by the City of Casselberry City Commission will provide for continued grant funding. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: