HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4392, hazardous Mitigation Plan
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Brian Heaston, Project Engineer
Debbie Arkell, Director of Public Services
SUBJECT: Approve Commission Resolution No. 4392 adopting Hazard Mitigation Plan dated July
2012
MEETING DATE: August 13, 2012
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Commission Resolution No. 4392 adopting Hazard Mitigation Plan
dated July 2012.
BACKGROUND: Gallatin County, and all incorporated cities, are required to have a Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved local mitigation plan in order to apply for and/or
receive grant funds under various federal grant programs (44 CFR §201.6). Local mitigation plans must
be revised and updated every five years and re-approved by FEMA.
Gallatin County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, adopted by the City through Commission Resolution 3919.5
on May 15, 2006, expired on December 16, 2011. The plan has been updated per FEMA requirements.
Gallatin County Emergency Management received notification from FEMA on July 11, 2012 that the
updated plan has been granted “Approvable Pending Adoption” status.
The updated Hazard Mitigation Plan is provided as ‘Exhibit A’ to Commission Resolution No. 4392
attached to this memorandum.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: The Hazard Mitigation Plan will be considered finally approved by FEMA
once all participating jurisdictions formally adopt the plan by resolution. The participating jurisdictions
are: Gallatin County, City of Bozeman, City of Belgrade, City of Three Forks, and Town of Manhattan.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: By adopting this resolution, and under the presumption that other participating
jurisdictions do as well and the plan is formally approved by FEMA, the City of Bozeman may apply for
and/or receive grant funds under federal grant programs to offset the costs of disasters should they occur
within city limits.
Attachments: Commission Resolution No. 4392
- Exhibit A: Hazard Mitigation Plan, July 2012
Report compiled on: August 2, 2012
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RESOLUTION NO. 4392
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4392
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, APPROVING HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN DATED JULY 2012.
WHEREAS, all citizens and property within the City of Bozeman are at risk from a wide
range of hazards such as, but not limited to, aviation accidents, bioterrorism, civil unrest,
communicable disease, drought, earthquake, extended cold, flooding, ground transportation
accidents, hazardous materials release, railroad accidents, severe thunderstorms, terrorism,
tornadoes, utility outage, violence, volcano, wildfire, wind, and winter storms; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman, pursuant to Section 322, Mitigation Planning, of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, enacted by Section 104 of the
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-390) and the Interim Final Rule published in the
Federal Registry on February 26, 2002 at 44 CFR Part 201, is required to have an approved
Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to receive future federal disaster mitigation funds; and
WHEREAS, a Hazard Mitigation Plan dated July 2012 and attached hereto as Exhibit A
and which is incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein, will guide the City of
Bozeman in making decisions for pre-disaster and post-disaster mitigation projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana as follows:
That the City Commission hereby adopts the Hazard Mitigation Plan dated July 2012,
pending approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana,
at a regular session held on the 13th day of August, 2012.
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SEAN A. BECKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
STACY ULMEN, CMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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GREG SULLIVAN
City Attorney
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