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<br /> <br />FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY <br />COMMUNITY PARTNER MEMORANDUM of AGREEMENT <br /> <br />AGREEMENT is made on August 10, 2004, by these parties: City of Fargo, ND (City); Cass <br />County, ND (County); State of North Dakota (State), and the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency (FEMA). <br /> <br />BECAUSE the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) established by the National Flood <br />Insurance Act of 1968 has several purposes, the most significant being: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To better indemnify individuals from losses through the availability of flood insurance; <br />To reduce future flood damages through community floodplain management regulations; <br />and <br />To reduce costs for disaster assistance and flood control; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BECAUSE a critical component of the NFIP is the identification and mapping of the nation's <br />floodplains to create a broad-based awareness of flood hazards and to provide the data necessary <br />for community floodplain management programs and to actuarially rate flood insurance; <br /> <br />BECAUSE FEMA administers the NFIP and is authorized by §1360 of the National Flood <br />Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 V.S.C. 4101), to establish and update flood-risk zone <br />data in floodplain areas; <br /> <br />BECAUSE, in the identification offloodprone areas, FEMA is authorized to consult with, <br />receive information from, and enter into agreements or other arrangements with the head of any <br />State, regional, or local agency in order to identify these flood-prone areas; <br /> <br />BECAUSE FEMA encourages strong Federal, State, regional, and local partnerships for the <br />purposes of reducing flood losses and disaster assistance; FEMA and its State, regional, and local <br />partners have determined that it is advantageous to encourage and formalize greater cooperation <br />in the flood hazard identification and mapping processes; <br /> <br />BECAUSE the City, County and State participate in the NFIP, and have been deemed by FEMA <br />to be in good standing in the NFIP; and <br /> <br />BECAUSE the City, County and State have expressed a desire to cooperate with FEMA in the <br />flood hazard identification process and have worked with FEMA to identify and prioritize the <br />City, County and State's flood mapping needs and develop a scope of study to produce an <br />updated digital flood map. <br /> <br />Community Partner Memorandum of Agreement 1 <br />City of Fargo, ND; Cass County, NO; and State of North Dakota <br /> <br />August 2004 <br />