14-R-16 - Flood Insurance Support to House of RepresentativesRESOLUTION NO. 14 -R -16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, IN SUPPORT
OF UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' HOMEOWNER
FLOOD INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2013 (HR 3370) AND
OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, the Biggert- Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 sought to reform the
nearly bankrupt National Flood Insurance Program due to recent payouts as a result of
Hurricanes Katrina, Irene, Isaac, and Sandy; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Biggert- Waters Act was to shift the financial risk of insuring flood -
prone properties from taxpayers to the private market; and
WHEREAS, homeowners near coasts, rivers, and wetlands saw their insurance rates soar and
their property values plummet; and
WHEREAS, Members of the House have introduced the Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2013 (HR 3370) to delay the enactment of the Biggert - Waters Act provision
that would charge the property owner the full amount for flood insurance and restore the flood
insurance subsidy for affected property owners for five years; and
WHEREAS, the United States Senate has recently passed S 1846, a companion bill to the
Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 (HR 3370); and
WHEREAS, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 (HR 3370) has
bipartisan support of 182 cosponsors in the House and remains in the House Committee on
Financial Services.
BE IT RESOLOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
THAT:
1. City Council encourages the United States House of Representatives to pass the
Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 (HR 3370) with all due speed and
haste.
2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and such
recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
3. All resolutions or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of
this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of
this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State
of Texas and the United States of America.
5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the
application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be
valid, and the City Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted
without such invalid provision.
6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Resolution
is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter
of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so
resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this I Ph day of February, 2014
CITY SCHERTZ, TEXAS
David Scagliol ayor Pro -Tem
ATTEST:
renda Dennis, City Secretary
(CITY SEAL)