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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1978-12. .- CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION N0. 78-12 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FQR A FLOOD HAZARD STUDY OF THE CITY AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURSUE THIS STUDY TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY OF KENAI. WHEREAS, the Kenai City Council recognizes the development of the Kenai area is accelerating in regard to additional subdivisions as well as street and road improvements, and WHEREAS, some subdivisions have included in their lot areas the drainage ditches which now exist, and WHEREAS, some of these areas are the primary drainage for the area surrounding the subdivision, as well as within the subdivision, and WHEREAS, development of the roads and streets is continually altering and diverting the natural drainage pattern, thus creating flood hazard conditions, and WHEREAS, there is no study of the natural drainage nor the potential effects of alteration of the drainage and how best to alter the drainage in order to minimize the pc~ssitility of flood hazard conditions, and WHEREAS, the U. S. Soil Conservation Service will provide a flood hazard survey as a part of its services to the community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska, that the Council hereby makes a request to the Kenai-Kasilof Soil Conservation Sub-District to assist the City in a flood hazard study and plan for the Kenai area. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is directed to pursue this matter with the Soil Conservation Sub-District to determine the obligations of the City, if any, in such a plan development. PASSED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska, this 1st day of February, 1978. ATTEST: Sue C. Peter, r~#.y C1er '~ I ~_ _ ~d VINCENT 0 REILLY