3429RESOLUTION NO.3429
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE GRANT COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
UPDATE FOR 2013-2018 AS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
RECITALS:
1.Section 322 ofthe Federal Disaster Mitigation Actof2000 requires localgovernment agencies todevelop
and submit a natural hazards mitigation plan to receive furtherHazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds.
2. The City of Moses Lake has knowledge and experience that natural and human-caused hazard events
pose threats to lives and cause damages to property within the City of Moses Lakeand Grant County.
3.Staff,working with technical experts, has used available technologies,information,and historical
documents toconducta comprehensive riskassessment process resulting inthe preparation ofthe Grant
County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.
4. The Hazard Mitigation Plan Update formalized the Cityof Moses Lake and Grant County comprehensive
efforts to make the County safer through preventing damage in the builtenvironment.
5. The Hazard Mitigation Plan Update builds on the objectives and actions established inthe 2006 Hazard
Mitigation Plan and the Cityof Moses Lake Comprehensive Plan.
6. The Hazard Mitigation Plan Update has been reviewed byallrelevant departments,boards,committees,
and the Washington State Department of Emergency Management.
7.The Hazard Mitigation Plan Update was available for public comment and review for the required time
period.
8. Approval of the Hazard MitigationPlan Update by the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA)
constitutes formal completion of the plan and establishes eligibilityfor the City of Moses Lake to pursue
Hazard Mitigation funds.
RESOLVED:
1.The City Council of the City of Moses Lake hereby adopts the Grant County Hazard Mitigation Plan
Update in accordance with the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000,thereby meeting the eligibility
requirements for the potential receipt of Hazard Mitigation Grant funds.
Adopted by the City Council on January 28,2014.
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ATTEST:/I Dick Deane,Mayor