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September 13. 2005 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that it hereby approves the Portsmouth Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services' FY 2006 Performance Contract." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 05 - 416 - Adoption of a resolution adopting the Floodplain Management Plan. Vision Principles: Bold New Directions, A Robust and Prospering Economy, and Neighborhood and Community Transformation. Background: . The Floodplain Management Plan must be prepared and adopted by official City Council action to remain a participating member of the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System Program. . City Council appointed a task force to develop the Plan in April 2005. . City Council received a briefing on the Plan in July, and approved a Public Hearing for the Plan on August 3, 2005. . After a month long period of public comment that involved notification to all civic leagues in the City, access to the Plan and the ability to comment on the internet, copies of the Plan available for review in each of the City libraries, and the public hearing, no comments have been received that require modifications to the draft City Council received. Discussion: . All of the proposed actions in the Plan are either in the planning process or are being implemented. . Financial Impact: There will be no material cost to the City. There will be substantial indirect financial benefits, in the nature of continued reductions in Flood Insurance premiums, to citizens and the City as flood insurance policy holders. Staff Recommends: Adoption of a resolution adopting the Floodplain Management Plan. Vision Principles: Bold New Directions, a Robust and Prospering Economy, and Neighborhood and Community Transformation. Next Steps Following Council Action: . Forward copies of the Plan and Resolution to FEMA and various State agencies . Develop a yearly review and update process through the Department of Planning Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A FLOOD MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, in order to remain a participating member of the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System Program, a flood management plan must be prepared and adopted by the governing body of the participating member locality; and WHEREAS, a Task Force appointed by the City Council in April 2005 drafted a Flood Management Plan ("the Plan"); and WHEREAS, the City Council received a briefing on the Plan in July and conducted a public hearing on the Plan on August 3, 2005; and WHEREAS, after a month-long period of public comment that involved notification to civic leagues in the City, access to the Plan and the ability to comment on the internet, the availability of copies of the Plan for review in each of the City libraries, and the public hearing, no comments have been received that require modifications to the draft Flood Management Plan.