City Council
	Agenda Request
Agenda Of:	October 23, 2007	Agenda Request No:		II B
Initiated By:	dale rudick, Director of intergovernmental relations	Responsible Department:		Intergovernmental Relations
Presented By:	Dale Rudick, Director of Intergovernmental Relations	Department Head:		dale rudick, Director of intergovernmental relations
		Additional Department. Head (s):		n/a
Subject / Proceeding:	approve Resolution No. 07-35 in support of the Fort Bend Levee Improvement District No. 2 Bond Referendum to be held November 6, 2007
Exhibits:	resolution no. 07-35
Clearances			Approval
Legal:	Joe Morris, City Attorney		Executive Director:	joe esch, business and intergovernmental relations
Purchasing:	n/a		Asst. City Manager:	n/a
Budget:	n/a		City Manager:	Allen Bogard/for AB
Budget
Expenditure Required: $			n/a
Amount Budgeted/Reallocation: $			n/a
Additional Appropriation: $			n/a
Recommended Action
Approve Resolution No. 07-35 in support of Fort Bend Levee Improvement No. 2 Bond Referendum to be held on November 6, 2007.
Executive Summary
On October 16, 2007, Mr. Glen Gill, Fort Bend Levee Improvement District No. 2 Director, presented City Council an overview of the LID #2’s proposed $15 million bond referendum to be held on November 6, 2007. Per Council’s direction, attached is a City resolution of support of the Board of Director’s decision to hold a 2007 bond referendum for planned capital improvements.
Exhibits

RESOLUTION NO. 07-35

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, SUPPORTING THE FORT BEND LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6, 2007 FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF $15 MILLION IN BONDS TO PROVIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WHEREAS, the Fort Bend Levee Improvement District No. 2 (LID No. 2) protects a portion of the City of Sugar Land that contains improvements valued at more than $3 Billion; and

WHEREAS, LID No. 2 improvements and facilities are designed to keep the Brazos River and Oyster Creek out of developed areas within the District; and

WHEREAS, a recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) study will change the requirements for levee heights to meet FEMA accreditation, and

WHEREAS, FEMA has released a new model for the Brazos River flood plain that creates revised certification requirements for levees in Fort Bend; and

WHEREAS, the new model will require LID No. 2 to raise the height levees by up to two feet to avoid reclassifying property that would place it in the flood plain; and

WHEREAS, flood insurance is currently optional insurance for residents, but flood insurance would be mandatory and require higher rates if the new FEMA levee height requirements are not met; and

WHEREAS, LID No. 2 is working diligently to minimize costs by working with adjacent levees to build a regional perimeter levee; and

WHEREAS, the LID No. 2 Board of Directors is calling for a bond election on November 6, 2007 to provide funding to raise the height of the levee to meet the new FEMA requirements, rehabilitate the pump stations and to perform general levee repair and modifications; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS:

Section 1. That it supports the Fort Bend Levee Improvement District No. 2 election on November 6, 2007, for the authorization of $15 million in bonds for capital improvements.

APPROVED on _______________________________, 2007.

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David G. Wallace, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Glenda Gundermann, City Secretary

Reviewed for Legal Compliance: