HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2003-17 adopt interjurisditional comprehensive all hazard mitigation plan
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.
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