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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br />Agenda Date Requested: AUl!ust 12. 2002 <br /> <br />Appropriation <br /> <br />Requested By: J. L. Sease <br /> <br />Source of Funds: <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Department: Emerl!encv Services <br /> <br />Account Number: <br /> <br />Report: Resolution: ---K-Ordinance: <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: <br /> <br />Exhibits: Resolution with Harris County <br /> <br />Amount Requested: <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br /> <br />Budgeted Item: <br /> <br />YES <br /> <br />NO <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />On Oct. 30,2000 the 106th Congress passed into law an amendment to the existing R. T. Stafford <br />Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. This act has a short title of "Disaster Mitigation <br />Act of 2000". This act sets out all of the new requirements in Predisaster Mitigation Planning <br />including what is required, who will participate in the planning, and when the plan must be <br />completed and approved. The completion date is Nov. 1, 2004 and if a local government does <br />not have a new plan approved by this date, they will not be eligible for federal disaster relief. <br />Multi-jurisdictional plans will be accepted, as long as each jurisdiction has participated in the <br />process and has officially adopted the plan. This type of plan is permitted when items such as a <br />watershed plan is involved. <br /> <br />We are recommending that the City of La Porte participate with Harris County and many of the <br />smaller cities within Harris County in submitting a multi-jurisdictional plan. <br /> <br />Action Required bv Council: <br /> <br />Approve a Resolution providing for the multi-jurisdictional development of a Comprehensive <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan with Harris County <br /> <br /> <br />to~I/J5 <br /> <br />Date <br />