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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-84 - Local Hazards Mitigation PlanRESOLUTION NO. 2008 -84 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING THE 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 adopt a Local Hazards Mitigation Plan 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 prepared a 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 formulated to meet'the federal law requirements, and to serve as a reference document and basis for hazard mitigation projects and grant applications for citywide hazard mitigation programs ; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach adopts the Local Hazards Mitigation Plan, and approves submittal of the City of Newport Beach Local Hazards Mitigation Plan to the State of California Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Adopted this 14th day of October, 2008. ATTEST: m City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, 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. 2008 -84 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 14th day of October 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 15th day of October 2008. (Seal) AA City Clerk Newport Beach, California