RES-10137 Adopting Orange County Regional Water & Wastewater Multi-Hazard Mitigation PlanRESOLUTION NO. 10137
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AND ADOPTING
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL WATER AND
WASTEWATER MULTI-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 have 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 eighteen 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 September 29, 2006 (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
ADOPTED this 28th day of November, 2006.
City of Orange
ATTEST:
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Mary E.City Clerk,Orange
I, MARY E. MURPHY, 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 28th day of November, 2006, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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