RES-11154 City's Official Agency Water Hazard Mitigation PlanRESOLUTION N0. 11154
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AND
ADOPTING THE UPDATED ORANGE COUNTY
REGIONAL WATER AND WASTEWATER
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS THE CITY'S
OFFICIAL AGENCY HAZARD MITIGATION
PLAN.
WHEREAS, federal legislation has historically provided funding for disaster relief,
recovery and some hazard mitigation planning; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390; herein
the"DMA"), the latest legislation to improve the hazard mitigation planning process, reinforces
the importance of mitigation planning and emphasizes planning for disasters before they occur,
allowing, among other things, national post-disaster Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds to
be used for planning activities, and increasing the amount of such funds available to states and
communities that ha e developed a comprehensive, enhanced mitigation plan prior to a
disaster; and
WHEREAS, the City of Orange participated with the Municipal Water District of
Orange County ("MWDOC") and nineteen other participating water and wastewater utilities in
the County of Orange to develop that certain Orange County Regional Water and Wastewater
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, dated as of August 2018 (herein referred to as the "Plan"), a
copy of which has been presented to the City Council at the meeting at which this Resolution
has been adopted; and
WHEREAS, in order to become eligible for funding and technical assistance for state
and federal hazard mitigation programs, the CiTy Council of the City of Orange is required to
formally adopt the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange
as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The Plan, in the form as submitted by the City Manager, is hereby
approved and adopted as the City's official agency hazard mitigation plan, subject to the
incorporation of comments, if any, by the State Office of Emergency Services and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency upon completion of their review.
Section 3. The City Manager(or his designee) is authorized and directed to transmit
to MWDOC a certified copy of this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 8th day of October 2019.
J G.,a
Mark A. Murphy, Mayor, C' f C range
ATTEST:
amela Coleman, City Clerk, CiTy of Orange .
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of October 2019, by the following vote:
AYES:COiJNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez, Murphy,Nichols, Monaco
NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COiJNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COLJNCILMEMBERS: None
Pamela Coleman, CiTy Clerk, City of Orange
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