The City Engineer shall have the following responsibilities and authority to:
(a) Delineate or assist the administrator of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, at his request, in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood or mudslide hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites;
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain or mudslide area;
(c) Maintain for public inspection and to furnish, upon request, with respect to each area having special flood hazards, information on elevations, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floors of all new or substantially improved structures;
(d) Cooperate with federal, state and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain or mudslide areas and to cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to the management of adjoining flood plain or mudslide areas in order to prevent the aggravation of existing hazards;
(e) Submit, on the anniversary date of the community's initial eligibility, an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made during the past year within the community in the development and implementation of flood plain or mudslide area management measures; and
(f) Take other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
(1979 Code 31.23)