RESOLUTION NO. 6833

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IN FULFILLMENT OF THE PLANNING CRITERIA OF THE FEDERAL DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000

WHEREAS, The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000), as administered by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management (KDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides Federal assistance to local governments to alleviate suffering and damage from disasters, and broadens existing relief programs to encourage disaster preparedness plans and programs, coordination and responsiveness, insurance coverage, and hazard mitigation measures; and,

WHEREAS, as a condition for qualifying for certain Federal disaster assistance programs in the future, DMA 2000 requires the development and adoption of a local all hazards mitigation plan; and,

WHEREAS, the KDEM awarded a planning grant funded through the FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program to Douglas County Emergency Management Agency; and,

WHEREAS, the Douglas County, Kansas Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan has been prepared in accordance with DMA 2000 requirements under the direction of the Douglas County Hazards Mitigation Planning Committee which represents all the jurisdictions within Douglas County; and,

WHEREAS, said mitigation plan addresses all hazards deemed to threaten property and persons within the unincorporated and incorporated areas of Douglas County, Kansas,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, that the Douglas County, Kansas Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, kept and maintained by the Douglas County Emergency Management Agency and dated December 2008, is hereby adopted and immediately made effective.

ADOPTED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this __ day of May, 2009.

        APPROVED:

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                                                                                Robert Chestnut, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Frank Reeb, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

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Toni Ramirez Wheeler                                  

Director of Legal Services