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4, Check each activity for which you are applying, Your application must include completed copies of the appropriate worksheet pages of this CRS Application and the documentation that is required for each activity, See "Worksheet Pages" on page 8, Two spaces are already checked because they are required of every application, Activity 310 (Elevation Certificates) is a minimum requiremenl for participation in the CRS, You must complete and submit the worksheet page for Activity 310, The worksheet page for 720 (Community Total Points) is also required to show your total points, You may apply for any of the other activities, as long as all of your activities add up to 500 points or more, 5, As noted on page 4, you must check with your FEMA Regional Office to see if you are a repetitive loss community, If FEMA tells you that you have one or more repelitive loss properties, you must obtain the list of properties from FEMA, read Sections 501-503 and complete the two worksheet pages for Sections 500-503 on pages 33-34, Category C communities (those with more than 10 repetitive loss properties) musl also apply for Activity 510 (Floodplain Management Planning), 6, The National Flood Insurance Act, as amended in 1973, requires "the purchase of flood insurance by property owners who are being assisted by federal programs or by federally supervised, regulated or insured agencies or institutions in the acquisition or improvement of land or facilities located or to be located in identified areas having special flood hazards," This requiremenl is also explained on page 14, As a property owner, a local government is subject to this law as welL If your community received federal financial assistance for a community-owned building in the floodplain, you are required 10 maintain flood insurance on that building, Examples of federal financial assistance you may have received include Environmental Protection Agency grants to improve wastewater treatment plants, Community Development Block Grants, and FEMA disaster assistance for damaged buildings, Your CEO must certify that you have all the flood insurance policies that you have been required to have. The CRS is not concerned with past lapses in flood insurance coverage, What counts is that NFIP insurance is in effect when you apply and is kept in the future, The CRS Coordinator should make every effort to determine the community's legal requirement for flood insurance, 7, Your CEO must certify that your community is actually implementing the aClivities in your application, This certification does NOT mean that you will START doing lhem; it means that your community IS doing them as of the date of your application, With lhis certification, you do not need to submit certifications for individual activities or "certified true copies" of ordinances or other documenls, although some activities require certifications by registered professional engineers, '!II This CRS Application contains examples of certifications and ordinance language, It is recommended that all certifica, tions and proposed ordinances be reviewed by your attorney or corporation counsel. 8, The cover page must be signed by your community's CEO, This form cannol be signed by a department head or other slaff person, CRS Application 6 Edition: January 1999