TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Acting Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Introducing an Ordinance Amending Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Chapter 9.78 - Flood Plain Management Regulations - Areas of Special Flood Hazards (Acting Public Works Director Tai).
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 21-0003
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce Ordinance No. 21-0003, amending Chapter 9.78 (Flood Plain Management Regulations - Areas of Special Flood Hazards) of the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) to remain in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The NFIP plays a major role in efforts to reduce flood losses to property. Congress established the NFIP with the passage of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. Flood hazards are mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) commonly on a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). A FIRM is a product of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS), which is periodically performed by FEMA resulting in flood hazard determinations (FHDs). FEMA recently modified the FHDs affecting the FIRM and FIS in Los Angeles (LA) County. These modifications are pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234). The final FHDs will be published in the Federal Register. As a condition of continued eligibility in the NFIP, each local jurisdiction must adopt or show evidence of prior adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60.3(e) of the NFIP regulations.
The Public Works Director is designated as the Floodplain Administrator for the City of Manhattan Beach in accordance with MBMC Section 9.78.050. The City's first Floo...
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