HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2021-53 FEMA Community Assitance Visit (CAV) RESOLUTION NO. 2021-53
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (FEMA)
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE VISIT (CAV) TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND
AFFIRMING THE CITY'S INTENT TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM (NFIP) COMMUNITY RATING
SYSTEM(CRS).
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, Texas is a participant in the National Flood Insurance
Program; and
WHEREAS, the National Flood Insurance Program is a Federal Program that provides
affordable flood insurance to participating communities; and
WHEREAS, the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System is a
program for communities that go beyond the minimum requirements of the National Flood
Insurance Program; and
WHEREAS, communities that participate in the Community Rating System can enjoy
discounts on their flood insurance premiums; and
WHEREAS,the Community Assistance Visit is a major component of the National Flood
Insurance Program's Community Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Association initiated a Community
Assistance Visit to the City of La Porte in 2020 to assess the City's substantial damage
determination process following Hurricane Harvey in 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Association Community Assistance
Visit identified program deficiencies and opportunities for improvement that resulted in
two (2) findings and corrective actions; and
WHEREAS, administrative staff of the City have completed the corrective actions that
included 1) the development of a written Substantial Damage Operations Plan and 2)
completion of an inventory of structures in the City's Special Flood Hazard Area.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The City of La Porte finds the
Community Assistance Visit corrective actions serve a valid public purpose and are iAthe
best interests of the City and its citizens, and affirms its intent to continue participation in
the Community Rating System.
Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas authorizes administrative staff
of the City to continue to administer and enforce the City's floodplain
management regulations to maintain the community's participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System.
Section 2. All resolutions or parts of resolutions of the City of La Porte, Texas, in conflict
with any provision contained herein is hereby repealed to the extent of any
conflict.
Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence,
phrase, or clause, of this Resolution shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Resolution; and it is
hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each
section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a
sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of
the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall
of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by
the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this
meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed,considered and
formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms
such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 5. This resolution shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this,the day of at.A.)‘,A.4--;6 , 2021.
CITY OF I,A PORTE,TEXAS
Louis . Rigby,d, or
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lee odward, ity Se tar Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney
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