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RESOLUTION NO.10-013
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND ADOPTING
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY -CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND NATURAL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN (REVISED 2009)
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 2004 the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management, on
behalf of Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend, coordinated development of a joint
jurisdiction Natural Hazards 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 2004 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 2009) meets or exceeds the criterion of the Act; and
WHEREAS, it is concluded that the adoption of the Plan is necessary and in the public
interest:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Jefferson County -City of Port
Townsend Hazard Mitigation Plan (Revised 2009) 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 04-037 approved on July 19, 2004.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting
thereof, held this seventeenth day of May, 2010.
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Michelle Sandoval, Mayor
Attest:
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Pamela Kolacy, MMC, City Cle k
Approved as to form:
John P. Watts, City Attorney