HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2015-13 Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy for 2015-2020RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE 2015 -2020
SEMINOLE COUNTY LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The City of Winter Springs is charged with the duty of
protecting the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, areas of the City of Winter Springs are vulnerable to a wide
range of natural, man -made and technological threats with potential human and
economic costs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs realizes the importance of reducing
or eliminatin g those vulnerabilities for the overall good and welfare of the
community, and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs has been an active participant in
the Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group, which has established a
comprehensive, coordinated planning process involving the county and its
municipalities, as well as other public and private sector organizations, to
eliminate or decrease these vulnerabilities, and
WHEREAS, the City adopted the initial Local Mitigation Strategy on
September 25, 2000 and updates of the plan on February 14, 2005 and April 12,
2010, which identified and prioritized hazardous and susceptible structures and
developed programs that reduced the City's vulnerability to disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government has implemented new and updated
Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) standards which further enhance the
minimum standards previously required; and
WHEREAS, City of Winter Springs representatives have reviewed the
information provided by or for other participating jurisdictions and organizations,
including the projects and programs they have proposed for incorporation into the
Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy update for 2015; and
WHEREAS, these proposed projects and programs have been
incorporated into the current edition of the Seminole County Local Mitigation
Strategy that has been prepared and issued for consideration and
implementation by the County and municipalities of Seminole County; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this document by the City will provide for
continued grant funding for local mitigation initiatives, as approved through the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
The City of Winter Springs hereby accepts and formally adopts the 2015 -2020
Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy,
The City of Winter Springs accepts and endorses the mitigation goals and
objectives established by the Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group for the
countywide plan,
The City of Winter Springs finds that the proposed mitigation projects and
programs included in the strategy by other jurisdictions and organizations are
acceptable and will not adversely affect the county or its neighborhoods,
The City of Winter Springs will continue to participate in the updating and
expansion of the Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy in the years ahead, and
Passed and adopted this 11th day of May , 2015.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
CHARLES LACEY, M
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ATTEST- '; r
ANDcRLi� LORENZO- LUACES, CITY CLERK