A RESOLUTION ADOPTING VOLUME 1 OF THE COOK COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF CHICAGO ANNEX TO THE PLAN
WHEREAS, The federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390, enacted October 30, 2000) requires jurisdictions to adopt a Hazard Mitigation Plan on a form approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") to enable local eligibility for future hazard mitigation' grant funds; and
WHEREAS, The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program ("HMGP") is a program managed by the State of Illinois to administer funds from FEMA; and
WHEREAS, The intent of the HMGP is to reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering caused by natural hazards by providing financial support to carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation projects and plans as required of state and local governments as a condition of receiving federal disaster and emergency management assistance; and
WHEREAS, proactive mitigation of known natural hazards before a disaster event occurs can reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property; and
WHEREAS, the current Hazard Mitigation Plan ("City HMP") of the City of Chicago ("City") expires in August, 2018; and
WHEREAS, in lieu of creating a new City HMP to replace the expiring City HMP, the City of Chicago seeks to adopt Volume 1 of the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan ("County HMP") to enhance regional collaboration, as well as a City jurisdictional annex document ("City Annex") to the County HMP; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED:
The City:
) Adopts Volume 1 - Planning-Area-Wide Elements of the County HMP, attached hereto as
Exhibit A, effective immediately.
) Adopts the City Annex, attached hereto as Exhibit B, as the City's annex to Volume 2 of
the County HMP, effective immediately upon the expiration of the City HMP.
) Will use the adopted and approved portions of the County HMP, and the City Annex, to
guide pre- and post-disaster mitigation of the natural haza...
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