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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Agenda Date Requested: July 12.2010
Budl!et
Requested By: Jeff Suggs
Source of Funds:
Department: OEM
Account Number:
Report:
Resolution: X Ordinance:
Amount Budgeted:
Exhibits: Resolution
Amount Requested:
Exhibits: Resolution 2005-08
Budgeted Item: YES NO
Exhibits: Resolution 2003-17
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires local jurisdictions to have a FEMA-
approved Hazard Mitigation Action Plan in place to be eligible for federal mitigation
funding. The overall purpose of the plan is to identify potential hazards in local
jurisdictions and develop corresponding mitigation actions for each risk. On June 9,
2003, City Council approved Resolution No. 2003-17, which allowed the City to
participate in the development of a multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan with Harris
County. On May 23,2005, City Council approved Resolution No. 2005-08, adopting the
Harris County All Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Federal law (44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 201) requires local
jurisdictions to review and revise the plan, and resubmit it for approval within five (5)
years in order to continue to be eligible for mitigation project grant funding. Harris
County, along with each participating jurisdiction, recently completed a formal
evaluation and update of the Hazard Mitigation Plan that was originally adopted in 2005.
Once revised, the plan went through two stages of formal review by the State of Texas
and FEMA. The plan was approved at both levels. The revised plan must be formally
adopted by each participating jurisdiction in order to be considered a valid document.
The revised version of the Harris County All Hazard Mitigation Plan (1,605 pages) can
be accessed using the following link:
Download Link:
http://www.4shared.com/document/QuEbvFTW/HarrisCountyAIIHazardMitiq.html
Password: update2010
Action Reauired bv Council:
Consider approval of Resolution accepting the revised Harris County All Hazard
Mi . ion Plan for the City of La Porte.
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RESOLUTION NO. ~ i
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, ADOPTING THE HARRIS COUNTY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION
PLAN.
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of La Porte are subject to periodic flooding, hurricanes and other
natural hazards with the potential to cause damages to people properties within the area; and
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte desires to prepare and mitigate for such circumstances; and
WHEREAS, under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, the United States Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) requires that local jurisdictions have in place a FEMA-approved Hazard
Mitigation Action Plan 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 All Hazard Mitigation Plan, including the City of La
Porte;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS HERBY:
Adopts the Harris County All Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
Vests the 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 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
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Martha Gillett, City Se retary
RESOLUTION NO. ';AVO:?;- (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. Jna j' If) , 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 ofthe 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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Judge, Harris County
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