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<br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Certain areas of El Paso County, Colorado, are <br />subject to periodic flooding and may be subject to mudslides <br />from the various creeks within the El Paso County drainage <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That this Board hereby: <br /> <br />1) Appoints the EI Paso County Planning Department with <br />the responsibility, authority and means to: <br /> <br />a. Delineate or assist the Federal Insurance <br />~dministrator at his request in delineating <br />the limits of the areas having special flood <br />and potential mudslide hazards on available <br />local maps of sufficient scale to identify <br />the location of building sites. <br /> <br /> <br />basins, causing property damage within these areas; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Relief is available to residents of the County <br /> <br />in the form of flood insurance as authorized by the National <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, It is in the intent of this Board of County <br /> <br />Commissioners of the County of El Paso and State of Colorado <br /> <br />to comply with land use and management criteria regulations in <br />that this Board has adopted a local building code and flood <br /> <br />plain zone as required in said act; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, It is also the intent of this Board of County <br /> <br />Commissioners to recognize and duly evaluate flood and potential <br /> <br />mudslide hazards in all official actions relating to land use in <br />the flood plain and potenti~l mudslide areas having special flood <br />and potential mudslide hazards; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, Chapter 106, <br />as amended, enables this County to ado~t land use and control <br /> <br />measures; and <br /> <br />b. Provide such information as the said Admin, <br />istrator may request concerning present uses <br />and occupancy of the flood plain and poten- <br />tial mudslide area. <br /> <br />c. Maintain for public inspection and furnishing <br />upon request, with respect to each area having <br />special flood hazards, information on eleva- <br />tions (in relating to mean sea level) of the <br />lowest floors of all new or substantially <br />improved structures; and <br />