Title
A RESOLUTION OF HUDSON ADOPTING THE 2024 SUMMIT COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
Brief Description: The Summit County Emergency Management Agency is responsible for adopting a revised mitigation plan every five years. The thirty-one communities in Summit County worked on a revised Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan over the past year, which included the City of Hudson. The Plan provides a guide for decisionmakers to help reduce risks from natural hazards and serves as a basis for the State of Ohio to provide technical and funding assistance. The mitigation plan is a stakeholder-driven document that describes risks and vulnerabilities, and long-term strategies and implementation approaches for reducing loss of life and property from natural disasters. Mitigation plans are vital to breaking the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage.
Body
Legislative History
This legislation must be approved every 5 years. This was last approved in 2019 with Res. No. 19-82.
Purpose & Explanation
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) has established rules and regulations under the United States Code of Federal Regulation, Title 44, Section 201.6., as authorized by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, requiring local governments to have a hazard mitigation plan (the “Plan”) approved pursuant to the aforementioned section in order to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program grants. Moreover, a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan is a condition for receiving certain non-emergency disaster assistance, including funding for mitigation projects.
Legal Authority for Proposed Legislation
Pursuant to Charter Section 6.04:
Competitively bid and advertised for three consecutive weeks; bid tab attached: [Yes/No/NA])
Joint or Cooperative Purchase Program
Professional Services
X Other [provide explanation] No cost to the City of Hudson.
Fiscal Impact
Currently Budgeted (Account #, $)
Supplemental Appropriation Required (Account #, $)
X Appropriation Not Required.
Does this legislation require use of an emergency clause?
Yes [if so, explain why]
X No
Recommendation
Suggested Action
The City Manager recommends that City Council approve this Resolution adopting the 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Submitted by,
Thomas J. Sheridan, City Manager