1974-027a 136
RESOLUTION NO. 74-27
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake, Texas, has responsibilities for the
safety of life and property of its citizens from fire, flood, and other,dis-
asters; And,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City to encourage optimum use of lands
in and adjacent to the City of Southlake, Texas; And,
WHEREAS, the Community needs a factual basis for reducing flood damages
and hazards through carefully considered and well planned local regulations and
use of the flood plain, so as to guide prospective land uses and preserving ade-
quate floodway and channel rights-of-way and clearances; to provide publicly
available information for the guidance of private citizens and interests on the
use of flood plains; and to minimize future public expenditures and for alle-
viation of flood problems which would follow improper flood plain development;
And,
WHEREAS, the areas of Dove Creek, Fossil Creek, Kirkwood & Higgins Branch
and Jones Creek and their tributaries are within the planning area of the City
and are areas of hazard by,inundation of water, and due to the continued resi-
dential, commercial, industrial and recreational uses which necessitate flood
damage prevention measures and plans and regulations thereof; Now,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City of Southlake respectfully requests the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers to undertake a study of the prescribed area, pursuant
to Section 206, Public Law 86-645, and to investigate the intensity of floods
and establish flood elevations along said water course, and taking into ac-
count future as well as existing development, in accordance with the City's
Comprehensive Master Plan.
DULY ADOPTED ON THIS THE 17th day of September, 1974.
ATTEST:
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ALICEANNE WALLACE, City Secretary
APPROVED:
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WADE BOOKER, Mayor
I, ALICEANNE WALLACE, City Secretary of the City of SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, certify
that the attached is a true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by the
Southlake City Council on the 17th day of September, 1974.
Witness my hand and seal this the 17th day of September, A. D. 1974.
ALICEANNE WALLACE, City Secretary
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
ALICEANNE WALLACE, City Secretary of the City of SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, known
to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and consid-
eration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.
Notar Public, Tarrant County, Texas