R-72-18RESOLUTION NO. R -72- 18
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FLOOD
INSURANCE EUGIBILTTY
WHEREAS, certain areas of the Village of Deerfield are
subject to periodic flooding from the middle and west forks of the
Chicago River causing serious damages to residential properties
within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of flood insurance
as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as amended;
and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this Board to comply with
land use and management criteria regulations as required in said
Act; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this Board to recognize
and duly evaluate flood hazards in all official actions relating
to land use in the flood plain having special flood hazards; and
WHEREAS, the Statutory citations of the State enabling
legislation authorizing this Village to adopt land use and
control measures are:
Chapter 24, Illinois Revised Statutes, 1971
Section 11- 13 -1,' et sec.
Chapter 24, Illinois Revised Statutes, 1971
Section 11 -12 -1, et'seq
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS, that this Board hereby assures the Federal Insurance
Administration that it has adopted land use and control measures in
order to meet the requirements of Section 1910.3 and /or Section 1910.4
of the National Flood Insurance Regulations, copies of which are
attached hereto, and further, it will take such other official action
as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the
program. Such actions will include but not be limited to:
(a) Delineating or assisting the Administrator, at his
request, in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood
hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify
the location of building sites.
(b) Providing such information as the Administrator may
request concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain.
(c) Maintaining for public inspection and furnishing upon
request, with respect to each area having special flood hazards,
information on elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the
lowest floors,of all new or substantially improved structures and, where
there is a basement, the distance between the first floor and the bottom
of the lowest opening where water flowing on the ground will enter; and
(d) Providing the name of'the individual and the office that
will be responsible for furnishing the first floor elevation informa-
tion.
(e) Cooperating with Federal, State and local agencies and
private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood
plain or mudslide area, and cooperate with neighboring communities
with respect to management of. adjoining flood plain areas in order
to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board hereby appoints
Charles J. Smalley with the responsibility, authority .and means
to submit on the anniversary date of the community's initial
eligibility, an annual report to the Administrator on the progress
made during the past year within.the community in the development and
implementation of flood plain area management measures and to
implement all other commitments made herein.
AYES: FOUR (4)
NAYS: NONE (0)
ABSENT: TWO (2)
PASSED this 21st day of August A.D. , 1972
APPROVED this 21st day of August A.D. , 1972
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VILLAGE PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
COUNTIES OF LAKE AND COOK ) SS
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD )
The undersigned hereby certifies that she is the duly elected
and acting Village Clerk of the Village of Deerfield, Lake and Cook
Counties, Illinois, and that the foregoing is a true and accurate
,copy of a Resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FLOOD IN-
SURANCE ELIBILITY ", passed by the President and Board of Trustees of
the said Village at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day
of August, 1972, all as appears in the records and files of my office.
Dated this 24th day of August, 1972.
Catherine B. Price
Village Clerk
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