HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Res 2012-03-07RESOLUTION NO. 10-2012
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TIBURON ADOPTING THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA
GOVERNMENTS (ABAG) REPORT "TAMING NATURAL DISASTERS" AS THE
TOWN OF TIBURON'S LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various earthquake-related hazards such as
ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, 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 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 Town of Tiburon is committed to increasing the disaster
resistance of the infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services,
education, environment, and land use systems in the Town of Tiburon, 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 Sad Francisco
Bay Area;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Tiburon adopts, and
adapts with its local annex, this multi jurisdictional plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation
Plan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town of Tiburon
commits to continuing to take those actions and initiating further actions, as appropriate,
as identified in the Town of Tiburon Annex of that multi jurisdictional Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan.
TIBURON TOWN COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 10-2012
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council on March 7,
2012 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Collins, Doyle, Fraser, Fredericks,
O'Donnell
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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