HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-59 - Approving the Updated City of Newport Beach’s Local Hazards Mitigation Plan (LHMP)RESOLUTION NO. 2016-59
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE UPDATED
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH'S LOCAL HAZARDS MITIGATION
PLAN (LHMP)
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is subject to various natural hazards such
as earthquakes, wildfires, tsunamis, floods, strong winds, and landslides; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach seeks to maintain and enhance the City
by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and environmental impacts from
natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery from those disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all cities,
counties, and special districts to update a Local Hazards Mitigation Plan every five
years in order to be eligible for and to receive disaster mitigation funding from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has updated the Local Hazards Mitigation
Plan in order to promote sound public policy designed to protect citizens, critical
infrastructure, private property, and the environment from natural hazards. The Local
Hazards Mitigation Plan has been updated to meet current federal law requirements,
and to serve as a reference document and basis for hazard mitigation projects and
grant applications for citywide hazard mitigation programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach adopts the updated Local Hazards Mitigation Plan which has been
approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ADOPTED this 10th day of May, 2016.
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Diane B. Dixon
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2016-59 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a
regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 10th day of May, 2016, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich,
Council Member Curry, Council Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon,
Mayor Dixon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 11 th day of May, 2016.
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Lei ani (.'Brown, MMC
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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