HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-27-12-2k - Resolution - 09/27/2012 RESOLUTION NO. 09-.27-/2
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS, APPROVING THE COLLEGE STATION PORTION OF "MITIGATING RISK:
PROTECTING THE BRAZOS VALLEY FROM ALL HAZARDS, 2012 - 2017."
WHEREAS, certain areas of College Station are subject to periodic flooding and other natural
hazards with the potential to cause damages to people and properties within the area, and
WHEREAS, under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, the United States Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) requires that local jurisdictions have in place a FEMA- approved
Hazard Mitigation Action Plan as a condition of receipt of certain future Federal mitigation
funding after November 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, This plan, a five -year blueprint for the future, aimed at making communities in
Brazos County disaster resistant by reducing or eliminating the long -term risk of loss of life and
property from the full range of natural disasters; and
WHEREAS, This plan meets the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-
390); Section 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 201.6 and Part 206; and State of Texas
Division of Emergency Management standards.
• BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That the City Council hereby approves those portions of the Plan entitled,
Mitigating Risk: Protecting the Brazos Valley from All Hazards, 2012 -2017, that
pertain to the City of College Station.
PART 2: That the City Council hereby approves Brian Hilton, Emergency Management
Coordinator with the responsibility, authority, and the means to:
a. Inform all concerned parties of this action.
b. Develop an addendum to this Hazard Mitigation Plan if College Station's
unique situation warrants such an addendum.
PART 3: That the City Council hereby agrees to appoint the Emergency Management
Coordinator to assure that the Hazard Mitigation Plan be reviewed at least
annually and that any needed adjustment to the City of College Station addendum
to the Hazard Mitigation Plan be developed and presented to the City Council for
consideration.
PART 4: That this resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage.
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(oar ADOPTED this 0 day ofSZp &'t, 2012.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Secret ti Mayor
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City Attorney
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