HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9271Resolution No. 9271
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Annex to
the Santa Clara County, CA Annex to the 2010 Association
of Bay Area Governments Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
"Taming Natural Disasters"
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various earthquake-related hazards such as
ground shaking, liquefaction, landsliding, fault surface rupture, and tsunamis; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various weather-related hazards including
wildfires, floods, and landslides; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto recognizes that disasters do not recognize city,
county, or special district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto seeks to maintain and enhance both a disaster-
resistant City of Palo Alto and region by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and·
environmental degradation from natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery from
those disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto is committed to increasing the disaster resistance
of the infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services, education, environment,
and land use systems in the City of Palo Alto, as well as in the Bay Area as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all cities, counties,
and special districts to have adopted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to receive disaster
mitigation funding from FEMA; and
WHEREAS, ABAG has approved and adopted the ABAG report Taming Natural
Disasters as the multi-jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay
Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as
follows:
SECTION 1. That the City of Palo Alto adopts, and adapts with its local annex, this
multi-jurisdictional plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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