21-3246 - Adoption of Floodplain Management Plan

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RESOLUTION 21-3246 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN 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, 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; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry is required to develop and implement a Floodplain Management Plan as part of the requirements of participation in the Community Rating System (CRS); 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 (2020); and WHEREAS, adoption of this document by the City of Casselberry City Commission will provide for continued grant funding and discounts available to homeowners on flood insurance policies for the City of Casselberry through local mitigation initiatives as approved through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).