File #: 2004-0459    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Lapsed
File created: 9/20/2004 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/7/2005
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A MOTION authorizing the county executive to sign the adoption of the Multi-jurisdictional Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, as approved by Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson
Indexes: Emergency Management, Executive, Regional Planning
Attachments: 1. 2004-0459 Transmittal Letter.doc, 2. A. State Emergency Management and FEMA Approval Transmittal, 3. B. Federal Review Checklist and Comments, 4. C. King County Multi-Jurisdictional Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Staff: Alvine, Mike
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A MOTION authorizing the county executive to sign the adoption of the Multi-jurisdictional Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, as approved by Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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      WHEREAS, King County and other jurisdictions within King County have expressed a cooperative interest in disaster mitigation planning efforts, and
      WHEREAS, King County supports disaster mitigation efforts and regional disaster planning, and
      WHEREAS, twenty-one public agencies including King County have annexes to the plan, and
      WHEREAS, additional agencies are expected to join the plan as annexes, and
      WHEREAS, regular revisions and updates to the plan are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"), and
WHEREAS, a locally adopted plan reviewed and approved by FEMA is required under the Mitigation Act of 2000, 44 C.F.R. 201;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
      The county executive is hereby authorized to accept and approve its designated sections of the Multi-jurisdictional Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan as approved by FEMA.