Resolution 027-1969
RESOLUTION NO.
27_1969
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has
established a National Flood Insurance Program, designed to make flood
insurance available through a cooperative effort of the Federal Government
and the private insurance industry, and literature on said program has been
submitted to Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, said program requires the cooperation of State and local
governments in order to be eligible for participation, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida realizes the great importance of such a program to the citizens of
said County, and desires to evidence positive interest in same, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that said Board hereby expresses its
positive interest in said National Flood Insurance Program, and its desire
to make said program available to the citizens of Monroe County, Florida,
particularly because certain areas of said County are subject to flooding
as a result of hurricanes, and no program presently exists which can offer
relief in the event of such an occurrence.
BE IT FUR THER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that said Board, m
expressing its interest and desire to participate in said program, also here-
by expresses its willingness to cooperate with the Department of Housing
and Urban Development as fully as possible in order to make said program
available in Monroe County, Florida, and to take such other official actions
as may be necessary to carry out the objectives of said program.
BE IT FUR THER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Clerk of said
Board be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified
copy of this Resolution to the Federal Insurance Administrator, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, in order that appropriate action may be
taken to participate in said program.
Dated April 8th, 1969.