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COMMUNITY PARTNER MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT is made on ~ Lf `~ ~ by these parties: City of Sebastian, Florida
and the Federal Emergency Man Bement Agency (FEMA).
BECAUSE the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), established by the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, has several purposes, the most significant being:
• To better indemnify individuals from losses through the availability of flood insurance;
• To reduce future flood damages through community floodplain management regulations;
and
• To reduce costs for disaster assistance and flood control.
BECAUSE a critical component of this program is the identification and mapping of the nation's
floodplains to create abroad-based awareness of the flood hazard and to provide the data
necessary for community floodplain management programs and to actuarially rate flood
insurance;
BECAUSE FEMA administers the NFIP and is authorized by §1360 of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4101), to establish and update flood-risk zone
data in floodplain areas. Further, in the identification of flood-prone areas, FEMA is authorized
to consult with, receive information from, and enter into agreements or other arrangements
with the head of any State, regional, or local agency in order to identify these floodplain areas;
BECAUSE FEMA encourages strong Federal, State, regional, and local partnerships for the
purposes of reducing flood losses and disaster assistance; and FEMA and its State, regional,
and local partners have determined that it is advantageous to encourage and formalize greater
cooperation in the flood hazard identification and mapping processes;
BECAUSE City of Sebastian, Florida participates in the NFIP, and City of Sebastian, Florida has
been deemed by FEMA to be in good standing in the NFIP; and
BECAUSE City of Sebastian, Florida has expressed a desire to cooperate with FEMA in the
flood hazard identification process and has worked with FEMA to identify and prioritize City of
Sebastian's flood mapping needs and develop a scope of study to produce an updated, digital
flood map.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed that the parties enter into this agreement to work
together to produce an updated, digital flood map for City of Sebastian, Florida.
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