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RESOLUTION NO. 16-046
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY/CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (REVISED 2016)
WHEREAS,the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (44CFR 201.6) (the Act) required the
development of a Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan as a prerequisite for pre-disaster and post-
disaster Hazard Mitigation Grants, including Natural Hazards Mitigation Planning Grants; and
WHEREAS, in 2010 the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management, on
behalf of Jefferson County, the City of Port Townsend and eighteen other Special Purpose
Districts, coordinated development of a multi-district Hazard Mitigation Plan(Plan) and
submitted the adopted Plan to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for
approval according to the Act; and
WHEREAS, FEMA determined that the submitted 2010 Natural Hazards Mitigation
Plan met or exceeded the criterion of the Act; and
WHEREAS,the Act requires review and revision of the Plan every five (5) years; and
WHEREAS, FEMA has determined that the Jefferson County—City of Port Townsend
Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan (Revised 2016) meets or exceeds the criterion of the Act; and
WHEREAS,the City Council concludes that the adoption of the Plan is necessary and in
the public interest:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Townsend that the Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Hazard Mitigation Plan (Revised
2016) is hereby adopted as the official natural hazards mitigation plan for the City of Port
Townsend and repeals and replaces the plan adopted by Resolution 10-013 adopted May 7, 2010.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting
thereof, held this 7t" day of November 2016.
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Deborah S. S, r on
Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
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Joanna Sanders,....CMC Steven L,......gross................................
City Clerk City Attorney