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Home My WebLink AboutCC Res 6900 2019-02-25 RESOLUTION 6900 A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING THE UPDATED FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) DATED MARCH 21ST, 2019 ADOPTED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach ("City") is a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP") administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"); and WHEREAS, the NFIP was established in 1968 to provide flood insurance to properties that were not otherwise insurable against flood losses; and requires that communities that have a Special Flood Hazard Area ("SFHA") must regulate development in the SFHA in accordance with federal regulations designed to minimize flood losses order to remain eligible for Federal flood insurance; and WHEREAS, a SFHA is an area that has a one percent or greater change of flooding in any given year, as determined by Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("FIRMs") adopted by FEMA; and WHEREAS, FEMA periodically updates both the FIRMs and the model ordinances that it requires local communities to adopt to continue participating in the NFIP should any portion of the city jurisdiction be located within a designated SFHA; and WHEREAS, in 2014 the City enacted Chapter 9.45 of the Seal Beach Municipal Code pursuant to Ordinance 1640, which was closely based on the model ordinance developed by the California Department of Water Resources for the purposes of implementing FEMA's floodplain management requirements; and WHEREAS, the City has initiated amendments to Chapter 9.45 pursuant to Ordinance 1678 based on revisions requested by FEMA to incorporate minor corrections in compliance dates; WHEREAS, the current FIRMs for the City, which became effective on December 3, 2009, determined that a small section of the City located within Old Town is located in a SFHA designated as Zone "AE", which affected 84 parcels and required these property owners to maintain flood insurance provided they have a mortgage; and also required that the City ensure that all new construction within this SFHA Zone conformed to its floodplain management ordinance to allow continued participation in the NFIP; and WHEREAS, in 2016 FEMA issued a preliminary updated FIRM ("2016 preliminary updated FIRMs") based on an Open Pacific Coast Study, whereby FEMA removed the 84 properties shown on the 2009 FIRMs, but added properties that FEMA concluded would be significantly impacted by a 1% chance ocean storm event than the previous models showed including three (3) properties within the Gold Coast, 101 properties within East Beach, and 70 properties within Surfside, and totaling 174 properties; and WHEREAS, on June 15, 2017 FEMA conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the proposed preliminary 2016 FIRMs; and Resolution 6900 WHEREAS, the City thereafter filed an appeal challenging FEMA's preliminary 2016 FIRMs and submitted an appeal package prepared by Dr. Poon, a recognized expert in the field of ocean engineering, which appeal included scientific based data that more accurately represents the City's beach profile; and based on the appeal FEMA incorporated additional technical data provided by the City into the preliminary 2016 FEMA FIRM, resulting in Final 2019 FIRMs for the City, as confirmed by FEMA's letter dated December 17, 2018; and WHEREAS, in the Final 2019 FIRMs, FEMA reduced the number of newly impacted properties from 174 to 50, including removal of all 70 properties in the Surfside area, and removal of the entire second row of homes within East Beach (54 properties), from the 1% chance ocean storm event impacted area, while retaining unchanged the Gold Coast area including 3 affected properties which remain within the 1% chance of the ocean storm event impacted area, and WHEREAS, the final 2019 FIRM implementation results in 84 properties located within the Old Town area no longer being required to carry flood insurance, and 50 properties located within the Gold Coast and East Beach areas that now will be required to purchase flood insurance provided they have mortgages; and requiring properties that are now located in the SFHA are also subject to specific construction code requirements in accordance with the City's Floodplain Management Municipal Code, Chapter 9.45; and WHEREAS, the final 2019 FIRMs will be in effect as of March 21, 2019. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: SECTION 1. That the Final 2019 Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("Final 2019 FIRMs") for the City of Seal Beach, dated March 21, 2019 ("Final 2019 FIRMs") and kept on file with the City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, are hereby approved and incorporated herein by this reference as though set forth in full. SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective upon the immediately upon adoption. SECTION 3. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 25th day of February, 2019. _17 a �SEAQ 6Fq� Thomas Moore, Mayor ATTEST: ..\\?;�p2pORAW %y. Vis, AI Auf, I O; '�3o;O. Gloria D. Hamer, City Clerk 4:?i''f�,E;,2-i \.- Resolution 6900 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is the original copy Resolution 6900 on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the Seal Beach City Council at a regular meeting held on the 25th day of February, 2019. AYES: Council Members: Moore, Massa-Lavitt, Sustarsic, Varipapa NOES: Council Members: None ABSTAIN: Council Members: Kalmick ABSENT: Council Members: None Gloria D. Huber, City Clerk I I I