TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: HYE JIN LEE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
SUBJECT
title
Floodplain Management.
end
RECOMMENDATION
recommendation
Approve the introduction of Ordinance No. 2024-005 Amending Chapter 8.60 (Floodplain Management) of the Chino Municipal Code, to be read by number and title only, and waive further reading of the Ordinance.
body
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact resulting from these changes to Chapter 8.60 of the Chino Municipal Code.
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above further the City's values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
* Superior Customer Service
* Responsible Long-Range Planning
* Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships
Revenue:
Expenditure:
Transfer In:
Transfer Out:
BACKGROUND
The National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP") was established with the passage of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The NFIP is a Federal program enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance as a protection against flood losses in exchange for State and community floodplain management regulations that reduce future flood damages. The City of Chino is one of over 20,000 communities that participate in the Program.
As a participating community in the NFIP, the City is responsible for making sure its floodplain management regulations in Chapter 8.60 of the Municipal Code meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the NFIP. By law, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") cannot offer flood insurance in communities that do not have regulations that meet or exceed these minimum requirements.
The basis for the City's floodplain management regulations is the flood hazard data provided by FEMA in the form of a set of Flood Insurance Rate Map ("flood map") panels and an acc...
Click here for full text