R-2003-17 adopt interjurisditional comprehensive all hazard mitigation plan

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RESOLUTION NO. ~ ()OJ > (7 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, pursuant to Resolution No. ~nD 1 /1 , and Harris County, pursuant to that certain Order of the Commissioners court dated , 2003, have established similar programs of a Comprehensive Hazard Mitigation which include plans for the mitigation, preparedness, responses, and recovery phases of emergency management; and WHEREAS, the City and County find that vulnerability to many potential hazards is shared by the residents of the City of La Porte and the unincorporated portions of Harris county; and WHEREAS, the City and the County further find that the common goal of developing an Interjurisdictional Comprehensive All Hazard Mitigation Plan can best be achieved through an organization which shares the combined resources of the City and the County; and WHEREAS, the action contemplated by this Resolution is specifically authorized by the aforementioned Ordinance and Court Order; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS: Section 1. The Harris County Emergency Management Organization shall consist of the officers and employees of the City and of the County as designated in an interjurisdictional emergency management plan, together with such organized volunteer groups as that plan may specify. Section 2. The Judge of Harris County and the Mayor of the City of La Porte shall agree on the appointment of an project team to coordinate all aspects of the Harris County Comprehensive All Hazard Mitigation Plan, including the review of the hazards and vulnerabilities for the City of La Porte and Harris County in accordance with this Joint Resolution. Section 3. The Judge of Harris County and the Mayor of the City of La Porte shall agree on the appointment of an project team to coordinate all aspects of the Harris County Comprehensive All Hazard Mitigation Plan, including the development of a mitigation strategy for the City of La Porte and Harris County in accordance with this Joint Resolution. 9 A j1-iL ,2003. 1/:ST: .~ d!//;/L ;t~!i(I City Secretary County Clerk