HomeMy WebLinkAbout19351 RES - 06/10/1986A RESOLUTION
URGING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEXAS CATASTROPHE
PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, THE STATE BOARD OF
INSURANCE, THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INSURANCE
COMMITTEE, AND THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS
IN REGARD TO THE WINDSTORM INSURANCE POOL; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi has been a leader in the
implementation of windstorm resistant building standards for coastal areas; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Texas1 Catastrophe Property
Insurance Association no longer recognizes the Corpus Christi Building Code
certificate of occupancy as sufficient indication of compliance with building
regulations required for obtaining windstorm insurance through the pool, and
instead is requiring execution of a building certificate which is unworkable;
and
WHEREAS, the insurance industry is proposing that wind design criteria
be increased from 120 to 140 miles per hour for buildings in coastal counties
insured through the pool; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Corpus Christi who reside in the area seaward
of the Intracoastal Canal and specifically on Padre Island are forced to pay
much higher premiums for windstorm insurance through the pool than property
owners similarly situated in Galveston, and are required to build to more
stringent wind design criteria than exists in Galveston;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the Texas Catastrophe Property
Insurance Association, the State Board of Insurance, the Texas House of
Representatives Insurance Committee and the Texas Legislature are urged to take
the following actions:
Accept the Corpus Christi Building Code certificate of occupancy as
sufficient indication of compliance with building regulations required
for obtaining windstorm insurance through the Pool; based on periodic
approval by the appropriate authorities of the effectiveness of local
code enforcement procedures.
- Reject insurance industry proposals to increase wind design criteria
140 miles per hour for buildings in coastal counties insured through
the pool; whereas the present requirements in Corpus Christi are 105
miles per hour inland of the Intracoastal Canal and 120 miles per hour
seaward of the Intracoastal Canal.
- Support an amendment to the Catastrophe Property Insurance Pool Act to
provide equitable premiums for insureds seaward of the Intracoastal
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Canal in Corpus Christi and in Galveston, and to require similar
construction standards in those areas.
Support the establishment of an incentive program for political
subdivisions which implement adequate code enforcement programs.
SECTION 2. That the City Secretary be directed to forward copies of
this Resolution to the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association, the
State Board of Insurance, the House Insurance Committee, the members of the
Texas Legislature representing this area, and the Governor of Texas.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the necessity to
urge the State Agencies and State Government to accept the recommendations of
the City of Corpus Christi Building Code Board of Appeals and Builder's
Association, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring
suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or
resolutions at three regular meetings so that this resolution is passed and
shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 10th day
of June, 1986.
ATTEST:
Cis• City Secretary,
APPROVED:/024 DAY OF JUNE, 1986
Cty�ney
06P.127.01
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of
, 198_6
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance
or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule
as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three
regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule
and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is introduced,
or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
The above ordinance
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
MAYOR
THE CITY 0 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
was passed by the following vote:
4-8A
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