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RESOLUTION 44-
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WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, under authority vested in
said City by the State of Arkansas, has responsibilities for the safety
of life and property of its citizens from fire, flood, panic and other
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things and events, and pursuant theretoAhas established a planning commission
to supervise the planning of the use of the lands in said City for the best
interest of its citizens, and .
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission studies indicate that a very small part
of the area of the said City is being used for residential, commercial, and
industrial purposes, and that much larger part of said lands could be used
if proper planning and regulation were used in preserving adequate floodway
and channel rights-of-way and channel clearance, and
WHEREAS, the community needs a factual basis for reducing future flood
damages and hazards through carefully considered and well-planned local
regulations and use of the flood plan, including both guiding prospective
land use and preserving adequate floodway and channel rights-of-way and
channel clearances; to provide publicly available information for the guid-
ance of private citizens and interests on the use of flood plans; 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, the City of Fayetteville is an area of hazard by inundation and
erosion from the West Fork of the White River, Clear Creek, Mud Creek, Skull
Creek, Sublet Creek, and Hamstring Creek, and due to the continued growth
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pressures of land needs for residential, commercial, industrial and
recreational uses, which necessitates flood damage prevention measures
and plans and regulations for the use thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Board of Directors of the City
of Fayetteville, Arkansas that this body respectfully request the U. S.
Corps of Engineers to undertake a study of the prescribed area, pursuant to
Section 206, Public Law 86-645 and to investigate the intensity of flood
and permanently established flood elevations along said water courses, and
THAT, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas further agrees to furnish available
maps for the flood plain study, agrees to publicize the flood plain informa-
tion report, agrees to provide flood plain information to the City Planning
and Regional Planning Commissions for guidance in their deliberations and to
provide reasonable care to preserve survey markers, measurements, etc.
PASSED AND APPROVED this G.X day of , 1968.
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