2013-0155
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
CAROLYN K. SCHEXNAYDRE, COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION A
CLAYTON FAUCHEUX, JR., COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
MARY TASTET, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT II
PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
RESOLUTION NO. __________
Title
A resolution requesting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) delay the start of the 90 appeal period on the current St. Charles Parish Preliminary DFIRM Maps until FEMA has released the new insurance premium rate chart as developed for the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Act of 2012, and St. Charles Parish has had time to evaluate their effects on its citizens.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has received Preliminary DFIRM's from FEMA in December 2012; and,
WHEREAS, the combination of these Preliminary DFIRMs and the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Act of 2012 have a potentially drastic effect on flood insurance premiums in St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the actuarial premium chart being developed for the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Act of 2012 has not been completed nor released to the public; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish will need time once those premiums are made public to evaluate the effect on citizens of our Parish.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT, does hereby request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) delay the start of the 90 appeal period on the current St. Charles Parish Preliminary DFIRM Maps until FEMA has released the new insurance premium rate chart as developed for the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Act of 2012, and St Charles Parish has had time to evaluate their effects on its citizens.
Vote
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this d...
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