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RESOLUTION NO. 71-13
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING CORPS OF ENGINEERS STUDY OF
FOSSIL CREEK, CALLOWAY BRANCH, AND WALKER BRANCH.
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, has been
advised of the provision of Section 206, Public Law 86-645, Flood Control
Act of 1960, as amended, and the benefits thereunder; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of North Richland Hills
to encourage optimum use of lands in said City; and
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills desires to avail
itself of the factual information that would be available for reducing
future flood damages and hazards, if any, through carefully considered
and well planned local regulations and use of the flood plain, including
both the guidance as to prospective land use and the preserving of
adequate floodway and channel rights-of-way and channel 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 alleviation of flood problems which would
follow improper flood plain development, therefore increasing the amount
of land available for use; and
WHEREAS, portions of Fossil Creek, Calloway Branch and Walker
Branch are within the City of North Richland Hills and the continued
pressures of land needs for residential, commercial, industrial and
recreation uses necessitates flood damage prevention measures and plans
and regulations for the use thereof; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS:
That the City of North Richland Hills respectfully requests
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to undertake a study of the prescribed
areas, and to investigate the intensity of flood and establish flood
elevations along said water courses.
PASSED AND APPROVED thi s 28th day of
June
,1971.