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• CITY OF LA PORTS, TX • <br />CRS ACTIVITY 510 <br />FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />Introduction and Purpose <br />The following document is the City of La Porte's Floodplain Management Plan. It <br />is prepared to guide construction and development of the City, especially in <br />Special Flood Hazard Areas. <br />This document has also been prepared to qualify as a "Floodplain Management <br />Plan" to be credited under the Community Rating System (CRS) of the National <br />Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Under the CRS, flood insurance rates will be <br />reduced if the City implements activities that go beyond the minimum <br />requirements of the NFIP. The City is currently submitting an application for CRS <br />classification. The approach selected for preparing this plan was taken from <br />Section 511 of the CRS Coordinator's Manual. This plan's section headings <br />coincide with Section 511's headings. <br />The Planning Department drafted this plan, with input from other City employees: <br />Planning Department <br />• Director <br />• Engineer -In -Training <br />• Professional Planner <br />• Chief Building Official <br />• Engineering Technician <br />Public Works Department <br />• Director <br />• Superintendent of Streets <br />• Drainage Maintenance Supervisor <br />One public meeting was held to obtain public input on the draft plan. This public <br />meeting was held in conjunction with the monthly Planning and Zoning <br />Commission Meeting on May 20"', 1999. An advertisement/article was placed in <br />the City's Newspaper, the Bayshore Sun on May 1&, 1999. This meeting is <br />more than two weeks prior to the City Council meeting on June 14"', 1999, where <br />the plan will be proposed to be officially adopted. <br />Additionally, several working sessions were held that focused on hazard <br />assessment, problem identification, mitigation goals, review of possible activities <br />and work elements to be included in the proposed plan. <br />This document focuses on short-range activities that can be accomplished in the <br />immediate future, as well as long-range activities. The Floodplain Management <br />Plan also takes a closer look at Repetitive Loss Areas, and develops a separate <br />plan for mitigating issues in those specific areas. <br />City of La Porte Page 2 of 25 <br />Planning Department, rmh May 13, 1999 <br />