HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 07-020REaL.UTI~N N~, ~~-0~~
A ~E~LUTI~N ~F THE IT~~OUN~IL~F THE ITY~F ARAT~A
APPR~VIN THE ABA REPORT "TAI~IN N~TU~A~L aIATE~"
A THE CITY aF ARATDA' L~AL HA~AR~ NIITIGAT~N PLAN
1~HEREA, the day Area is subject to various earthquake-related hazards such
a ground shaking, liquefaction, landsliding, fault surface rupture, and tsut~ar~is; and
WHEREAS, the Eay Area is subject to various uveather-related hazards including
wildfires, floods, and landslides; and
VI~HEREAS, the pity of arat~ga recognize that disasters do not recognize city,
county, or special district boundaries; and
VI~HEREAS, the pity of Saratoga seeks to maintain and enhance both a disaster
resistant pity and region by reducing the potential I~ss ~f life, property damage, and
environmental degradation from natural disasters, chile accelerating economic recovery
frarr~ those disasters; and
1NHEREA, the pity ~ committed to increasing the disaster resistance of the
infrastructure, healt~t, housing, economy, government services, education, envircnrnent,
and land use systems in the pity, as uvell as in the gay Area as a v~hole; and
VIfHEREAS, the federal disaster Mitigation Act of ~aaa requires all cities,
counties, and special districts to have adapted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to receive
disaster mitigation funding from FEMA; and
UVHEREA, HA has approved and adapted the ABA repork "Tar~ir~ lUa~~ra!
Disasfr'~ as the rr~ulti-jurisdictional Loyal Hazard Mitigation Plan far the fan Francisco
Bay Area;
NaUV, THEREF~~E, BE IT RE~LI~ED that the pity of Saratoga adopts, end
adapts v~ith its local annex, this multi-jurisdictional plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation
Plan.
NON, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHEF~ RE~LI~ED that the pity of Saratoga
commits tc continuing to take those actions and initiating further actions, as appropriate,
as identified in the pity Annex ~f that multi-jurisdictional Lanai Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The above and foregoing resolution eras approved and adopted by the pity council of
the pity of Saratoga on the nth day of April 2007 ~y the follo~rin vote:
AYES: ouncilmernber dill Hurter, l~athleen Ding, hula Page,
Mice MayarAr~r~ alton~r~ith, ~lleyorAileen lao
NEE None
ATTAIN: Nona
AGENT: None
ATT E
ileen Kao, Mayor
C~hle~r~ayer, City Clerk