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RESOLUTI0N _k/ _
WHRREAS, The City of Batesville, 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 things and events, and
pursuant thereto has established a planning comwission to super-
vise the planning of the use of the lands in said City for the
best interest of its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that only part
of the area of the said City is being used for residential,
commercial and industrial purposes, and that a 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 re-
ducing 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 guidance 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 avail--
``w able for use, and
WHEREAS, the City of Batesville is an area of hazard by
inundation and erosion from the White River, Poke Bayou and
Miller's Creek, and other streams and due. to the growth
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=
Nov, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Batesville, 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 Lav 86-645 and
to investigate the intensity of flood and permanently established
flood elevations along said water courses.
Passed and approved this the 23rd day of March, 1971.
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
CITY CLzPJK �'
WAIVER OF NOTICE & CONSENT TO COUNCIL MEETING
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T4'e the undersigned councilmen of the city of
Ar.atesville .ierehy waive notice of the council meeting to he
tk 4Ad 0;1 erc'Ci 29 _ 1971, at 7 04 P. I3. and consent to said
nzee tine.
Vie further agree that any matter may he con
sidered at said meeting. We further acknowledcje our presence
at saiu meetin -
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