07-13-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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RESOLUTION NO. ____________ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE HARRIS COUNTY MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of La Porteare subject to periodic flooding, hurricanes and other natural hazards with the potential to cause damages to people and properties within the area; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte desires to prepare for and mitigate such circumstances; and WHEREAS, under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires that local jurisdictions have a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Action Plan in place as a condition of receipt of certain future Federal mitigation funding after May 1, 2005; and WHEREAS, Harris County and certain municipalities, in order to meet this requirement, have initiated development of a countywide, multi-jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, including the City of La Porte; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS HEREBY: Adopts the Harris County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan; and Vests the La Porte Office of Emergency Management with the responsibility, authority, and the means to: (a) Inform all concerned parties of this action. (b) Develop an addendum to this Hazard Mitigation Plan if the town’s unique situation warrants such an addendum. Appoints the La Porte Office of Emergency Management to assure that the Hazard Mitigation Plan be reviewed at least annually and that any needed adjustment to the City of La Porte addendum to the Hazard Mitigation Plan be developed and presented to the City Council for consideration. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the Hazard Mitigation Plan. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on ______________________________________. City of La Porte, Texas Louis Rigby, Mayor ATTEST: Patrice Fogarty, City Secretary