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• RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester supports and administers an effective flood plain
management program through the enforcement of its Zoning Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the Rochester Zoning Ordinance is consistent with flood plain management
standards established by the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Minnesota and
the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester proposes to amend the Floodway and Flood Fringe
boundaries and related 100 year flood protection elevations for a portion of Bear Creek and the
East Fork Willow Creek in the area between 11th Avenue S.E., and Marion Road, S.E; and,
WHEREAS, the attached exhibit identifies the property for which the request is made to
amend the floodway and flood fringe overlay zoning districts as part of an amendment to flood
insurance maps adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in February 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City hereby supports the proposed amendment to the Floodway and Flood
Fringe boundaries and related 100 year flood protection elevations for a portion of Bear Creek
and the East Fork Willow Creek in the area between 11th Avenue S.E., and Marion Road, S.E.
• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council intends to adopt an ordinance to
amend the City of Rochester Zoning Ordinance to implement the proposed amendment if the
proposal is deemed acceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 015T OF i �.� 2008.
RESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS ZZND DAY OF 2008.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
• Rochester, Minnesota)
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