R97-63 10-27-97 RESOLUTION NO. R97-63
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO
SUBMIT FORMAL COMMENTS TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION (" FEMA") REGARDING THE CITY'S
OBJECTIONS TO THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA MAPPING AS
PRESENTED IN THE PRELIMINARY FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (" FIS")
AND FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP ("FIRM") OF THE CLEAR CREEK
WATERSHED.
WHEREAS, the FIS and FIRM must be updated periodically in accordance with
federal law to preserve and maintain the City's eligibility in the National Flood Insurance
Program; and
WHEREAS, FEMA updated said FIS and FIRM in reliance upon the "C/ear Creek
Regional Flood Control Plan, Hydraulic Baseline Report for Harris County Flood Control
District and Texas Water Development Board,; dated September 1991, and the "Mar~,'s
Creek H~,draulic Model Update", dated May 1997, by Dannenbaum Engineering
Corporation; and
WHEREAS, said FIS and FIRM do not accurately correlate in all instances with said
studies; now, therefore,
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to submit formal
comments to FEMA regarding the City's objections to the Special Flood Hazard Area
Mapping as presented in the preliminary FIS and FIRM of the Clear Creek Watershed,
including but not limited to the fact that said FIS and FIRM do not accurately correlate
in all instances with the studies upon which said mapping was to be based.
RESOLUTION NO. R97-63
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the~-~y-~day of
A.D., 1997.
TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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