HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Res 2019-03-06 (2) RESOLUTION NO. 06-2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE TIBURON TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TIBURON
ADOPTING THE 2018 MARIN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various earthquake-related hazards such as ground
shaking, liquefaction, landslides, fault surface rapture, and tsunamis; and
WHEREAS,the Bay Area is subject to various weather-related hazards including wildfires,
floods, and landslides; and
WHEREAS,the Town of Tiburon recognizes that disasters do not recognize city,county,or
special district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Tiburon seeks to maintain and enhance both a disaster-resistant
Town 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 preservation of life, property and the environment is an inherent
responsibility of the local government; and
WHEREAS,natural disasters pose a significant threat to the lives and the property of Tiburon
as well as Marin County residents and visitors; and
WHEREAS, natural disaster can occur with little or no warning; and
WHEREAS, Town staff in concert with local public safety organizations, in an effort to
identify best practices used in response to the threat and occurrence of natural disasters, did update
the Marin County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan integrating planning efforts of the Town of Tiburon
into the 2018 Marin County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan;
WHEREAS, the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all cities, counties, and
special districts to have adopted a Local Hazards Mitigation Plan to receive mitigation funding from
FEMA and that Local Hazard Mitigation Plans must be updated once every five years in order to
continue to be eligible for FEMA hazard mitigation project grant funding; and
WHEREAS,the project was determined to be exempt ii-om environmental review under the
California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)pursuant to Section 15060(e)(2)and Section 15061
(b)(3), and a CEQA Notice of Exemption was prepared and filed by the Marin County Community
Development Agency in December 2018.
NOW, THEREFORE_ BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Town Council of the "Town of
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Tiburon as follows:
1. Adopts the 2018 Marin County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan as
presented to the Town Council.
2. The Town Council gives authority to the County Emergency Services Manager to
make any required changes to the 2018 Marin County Multi-Jurisdictional Local
Hazard Mitigation Plan as necessary.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular-meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Tiburon
on March 6, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Fraser, Fredericks, Kulik, Thier, Welner
NAYS: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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DAVID KULIK, MAYOR
TOWN OF TIBURON
ATTEST:
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STEFANI, TOWN CLERK
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