HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-04 RESOLUTION NO. 9-04
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles, Washington, adopting the Clallam County Hazard
Mitigation Plan to serve as a guide in reducing the City's risk
from natural hazards.
The City Council has reviewed the proposed Clallam County Hazard Mitigation Plan;
received the recommendations of the Fire Department, Department of Community
Development, Public Works Department, and the Council's Health and Safety subcommittee;
heard the presentation of the Fire Chief regarding the Plan; and reviewed the process by
which the proposed Plan was formulated. Based on that information, the Council makes the
following:
FINDINGS OF FACT:
1. The Federal Government provides communities with access to funding following a
disaster for long-term hazard mitigation measures; and
2. Long term hazard mitigation measures can assist in reducing or eliminating the loss of
life and/or property damage should another natural disaster occur; and
3. Federal legislation requires that local governments applying for mitigation grant funding
have in place an approved local hazard mitigation plan; and
4. The local hazard mitigation plan will serve as a guide for directing resources aimed at
reducing the risks from natural hazards; and
5. The County conducted public hearings on August 26, 2003, and January 6, 2004, which
was continued to January 13, 2004; the City conducted a public hearing on May 18, 2004,
to gather and consider public comment on the plan; and
6. The terms of the proposed Plan appropriately and adequately address the major hazards
that forseeably would affect the City.
From the foregoing Findings, the Council makes the following:
CONCLUSIONS:
1. Adoption of the proposed Plan would benefit the citizens of the city and serve to protect
people and property inside the City.
2. It is in the best interests of the City, and of people and property in the City, that it join
with other local jurisdictions in adopting the proposed Clallam County Hazard Mitigation
Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing findings and conclusions,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
That City should, and does hereby, adopt the Clallam County Hazard Mitigation Plan.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
C°uncil held °n the 18th day °fMay' 2004' ~-~. ~_q0 ~)~~_
Richard Headrick, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Will-i~m E. Blo;r,-~ityAttorney ~ecky-Ji U-i~,, CCt~ Clerk/- - --
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