HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011 Resolution No. 003RESOLUTJO N NO . 3
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A R.ESOLUTJON AD OPT ING T lil: 20 10 DR COG DENVER REG ION NA T URAL HAZARD
M.ITJ GAT ION PL AN .
Wl:-l.Ef<..EAS, natl1ral hazard s i.n the Denve r Region historica ll y h.avc ca us c;d si,!Jnific:111 1
di sasters wi th losses oi life and property and natura l resou rces damage; and
\Vf--IF.::REAS, und ertak in g hazard mit ,ga li on .1 ct ion!-i wi ll n.:du ce the poten tial of harm to peop le
and property from futur e b.az.,rd occurrc:nccs; and
\:VHEREAS, 'J nd er the Fcdcml Di sasl cr Mi t i gr 1 t i o □ Ari nf 200fl, ;in :ui nptr.d N,11u:-;1J f-1117.;irrl
Mitigation Plan 1s rcqcircd ns a co nditi on of future funding for mitigation projects under multiple
Federal Emergency Manage ment Agency (FEMA) pre-disas ter ami pos 1-d is.1s tcr m_jtigation grau 1
prog:-ams; :ind
WHE RE AS, ·.he Ci ·y of Englewood, Co lorado bas fu !Jv pam eip,ied in lhe Federa l Emergency
Management Agency (FE M.A ) prescnbed mitiga tion pl anning process 10 prc.:pare thi s Natura l
l-f azertl Mi tigation Pla n;
NOW, T H!oRffORE, UI: IT 1<.ESO LVE D BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF T HI CITY OF
E'/GLEWOOD, COLORADO. Tt!A T:
Section 1-TI1e City Co w1cil o f the Ctty of En glewo od, Colorado hereby ado pts th e Denver
Regional !'-:arum! Ila.zard Mi:iga tion Plan a~ ar. offic ial plan upon npprovnl by the Colc,rodo
Office of EmergcTicy Ma nagemen t and the Federal Emergency Managemen t Agency (FEM.A)
Sec t io n 2. 1110 it)' of Englewoo d wi~I submi t this Adoption Resolut ion to the Co lorJdo
Offi re of Emr rg,~ncy Man~g~mr.nt ~mi FeC.ern l Fm ergc ncy M;magcrn en1 Agency, Re gion VIl1 to
enable th e Plan's fina l approval
ADO PTED AND APPROV ED this 18th day of Jan ua ry , cO I I.
,11~rns ·. -~' ~ Lo ri sbi a A. El~s , C11y Clerk
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I' Ji ll Wils on, Mayor Pr o Tcm
I, Louc:ishia A. Ell :s, Ci ty Clerk for tllf C11 y of Englewood,,.Co lora do , hereby certify 1h c
above 1s a ti ue i.:u py of Rcsu lu tiu1 1 No . .....2_, Se1ics of?Ql . 1 ...._
COUNCIL COMMUN ICAT ION
D<1 t e: Age nd a Ite m: Subject'
Janua ry 18, 20 11 9 C i Resol uti o n A d o pting th e 20 10
DRCOG De n ve r Regio na l Na tural
H azard M1t 1ga t1 o n f'lan
In i ti at ed By: Staff Sou rce:
Comm un ity Deve lopment Dep artm ent Haro ld J. Stitt, Se nior Plan ne r
Fire Depa rt men t Steve G ree n, EMS, Emergen cy lv1 anag em ent
loordma to r
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COUNC IL GOA L AND PREV I OUS COUNCIL ACT ION
There has been no prio r Co unci l ac ti o n on thi s mat1er .
RECOMM ENDED ACTI O N
To app rove a reso luti o n ad opti n g th e 20 10 D enve r Reg io na l Co un cil of G ov ernments ' D enver
Region Na tur al Hazard /vl 1t1gat 1o n Plan .
BAC KG ROUND
Th e Federal Disas ter M iti gatio n Ac t o f 2000 :DMA 2000} pro vides the legal auth o rit y an d
fin a nci al su ppo rt for co mprehensive hazard mitig atio n plannin g. It co nt inues th e fede ral
1e4ui 1en 1e11t fur d Stdle /V,i tigatio11 Plan as a co ndition o f federal di sas t e r ass istance and
esta bli shes a new req uir emen t a nd fund ing fo r loca l gove rnm ent miti gation plan ning. OMA
20 00 also prov ides for th e preparati o n and adop tion o f mu lti-jurisdict iona l plans by loca l
governm ents to mee t th ese requirem en ts. The D enver Keg,onal N at ura l Ha zard M1t1g ati on
Plan was p repar ed to support the req uirement of a mitigatio n pla n fo r t he parti c ipating loca l
governm ent~ ,n th e Denve r region . The OMA requires th at each j uri sd ic tion reques tin g
approva l of the regiona l plan partici pa te in its d eve lopme nt and dornrnent its forma l
adop ti on by th e gov rni11g body o f each local government. A n ope n publi c in vo lvem ent
process tha t provides opportunit ies for the public l o commen t o n the plaP ?l all sta ges of ,ts
formation is also requ ired.
In 2003 , DRC O G began ass ist i ng it s m ember governme nt s wi th natu r al haza rd miticatio n
p lanning tl-,ro ugh the developmen t of a reg io nal plan . The Den ve , Reg ional Na tural Hazard
Miti ga ti o,, Plan was approved b y the Colorado Divisio n o f Emergency Managern nt (DEM)
and bv th e f'e:Jera l Emerge ncy Managemen t Ag ency (FEMA) on M'1rc h 3 , ~004. The
purp o se o l i li e pl,11 1 w as 1wo iold. First, it id entified the 11dturdl 1,,,,,11 ds poss ib ly aff ec tin g
this rri,inn :111 d 1h r p eo p le and ;1la ces m o;I ,11 risk in th£ reg io n. Seco nd , i he p lan ~imed to
identi fy loc:,ll y 111 ,ple m e•1t c d act ions an d nw:i su rc s tha l rarlur-P nr eliminate long-t erm ri sk
f.·om n.:-t l u rtil h;iz:i 1d ..., ,111 U tlw i1 cf k:c ls. Lor;1I gove rnme 11 pa rti cip ~tion in pre parin g the pla n
and aclop 1i11 g II lnc.1lly flllfil's ihe federa l re q u1rc 1n cn1s 'o ' qll ,1li fy ing fo1 fed e1a l l ·.1 1.,i:d
1n 1ti g.:1Ii o n gr,111\s
l·o r the 2U I U \..,lr1n 11p dr1t e, ill c frn 11 mi1i g;11i rn 1 gu .i b w~•~ i1):',c1i 11 cv iewcd by c .·IC"h o f lhc
p,1r 11 ci pal i n g j,11 i,cli c ti o11s 10 cl c tcr m,ne whe th r r lhe gmls ,1il l :i ppli ed 10 1h c11 locality . In
M fr li :io n, r.:1 ch ju risd ic t,on ,,l sc, d~term ined w hPI IH'r tl w,e wc •1e goa ls thal nee d ed l o l:,o
.icldcrl 10 .1 d d1t•ss is,ut:s u niq ue l o !h eir juri sdic tion. As a res u lt, 1h is upda te adds one n ev.
item h1b lic I l e;,li h H azards, 10 the o ri g11 1al list of 1hir1 ee n na tu ra l ha,;11 tls .
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Publir I l ea ll h H ,11a1ds
By id en ti fying tl i1tu r~II l 1d1...1 1tb .i11 J 1hc peor:lc .t"ln pl.:iccs r1 t +;k al J rcgio n:tl .. c,1l e, loca ll y
i1T1ple rn ~n l ed ., li on:, and 1n cas ures 10 re ducP or cl11111 ni1 te long -tc ,111 li sk fr om 11 c1 1urd!
k,zord s ci n d th r,ir 2ffects c an he elev -lopr rl ,111c rnsl effectively im'llemcn tecl.
Folll main go als wp re d evelope d by the N,11ur;il H;izard M111g:,11 oi: Pl.111 Ste I ing
Comm 1ttPP In c,xp, f!SS th e ovN,>11, lo ng-l erm visio·1 fo r 1rn l ,gal i1 g nalur,d l1aza 1 ris 11 1 the
1egi:Jn. Th ese goals fi re gc ncr~I; the inten ti on of the co mmitt ee WJS 1l~;i 1 1h P gon ls co uld be
further d et ail ed and ;i d apt eu al 1l 1e loL,>I leve l fo r u se in spec ifi c pl,lll ni11g activ ili cs. Th e
miti g.iti o n go als as defin ed in th e Mitiga 11o n Plan are :
1. P10 1cc.1 peo p le, p roperty and natural 1csources
2. Inc rease publ ic il w ar cness of natural haz il rd~ ~u ,d their 111iti gL1ti u11
3. SlrPngilwn co m mu nicai io n and coordinati on amo ng p ub li c age nci es, no n-
gove rnme nt al orgu ni za li ons (NGOs), busines s, Jnd p ri vzi t~ citi zen ,.
4. Coordina te an d int eg ra te IIJ lur,il lidlard miti gati on ac 11,il ies w ith loca l land
d evelo pm ent p lann in~ ac tivities a11 d c m e1gency oper,11i om pl annin g.
The p lan p rus iu es " compreh ns ive se l of planned loc:11 governm ent ac ti on it em s 10
,1e hi evc reg io nal goa ls of red uc mg ris k fr o m 11 a1ural haza 1ds. rhese aL1 iu11, in lude
p reve n ta li ve m Pa,11 rRs such as in reas 1n g publi c aware ness, ,1nd meas ures lo pr otecl
p,ope rty and natu rnl resou rces, ::rn d enh;i nce emergency se rvices and stn1 r t11 r,1 I asse ts.
H av ing a ha za rd mitigau o n pla n in plac e L,111 he lp redu ce losses in futur e disas ters, es tab lish
p ri o rit ies for loss preve ntio n, and ,ed uce the soci al and ec ono mi c d isruption bro u gh t o n i.J y
di 5a5tc rs.
FEM,\ and the Co lo rado Divisio n of [m ergency M anage m ent (DE M ) cons ider this p la n a
":xerequ i s1te" activity beca use o f its fun da mental •u le dllU irnpur tance:. Loc,11 gove rnment s
officia ll y ad opti ng the regio nal p lan is th e ~rst si t·, in im rlern en rin g thP pl an. Adortion o f
the plan demo nstrates th e jurisd icti o n's co mm itm en t to fu lfi llin g the mi tiga tio n goa ls and
ob j ec tives ot.:tli ned in th e pl an, leg iti mizes the pl an dnd authorizes respo nsib le agencies to
execu te th eir res pcns 1bi11ties, and ful fill s req uire ments of seve 1dl fe d eral prugra111s (e .g. CRS,
r MAI') th at require loca l govc rnn,c,nts to ado p t the miti ea ti nn •,lrategy.
FINANCIA i. IMPA CT
Adop ti on o f the 2010 Denve r Reg io nal Natu ral H aza re Mitiga ti o n Pla n wi ll make th e Ci ty
el igible to r ece ive fed eral natura l ha zard mitiga ti o n p lannin g fu nd ing .
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