HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-018 - Regional Multi-Hazard Mitigation PlanRESOLUTION NO. R-2010-018
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REGIONAL MULTI-HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Riverside, with the assistance from the Mid-America Regional
Council, has gathered information and participated with 40 other local governments and school
districts within the Kansas City region from the State of Missouri in the preparation of a Regional
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (hereinafter the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of such plan is to provide a framework for hazard mitigation
planning, both regionally and locally, to reduce the loss of life and property by lessening the
impact of natural, man-made and technological disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Plan has been prepared in accordance with FEMA requirements at 44
C.F.R. 201.6; and
WHEREAS, the City of Riverside is a local unit of government that has afforded the
citizens an opportunity to comment and provide input in the Plan and the actions in the Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen has reviewed the Plan and affirms that the Plan will
be updated no less than every five years; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen believe the Plan will contribute to the welfare of the
City as well as its residents, that such a Plan is important to the welfare of the City, and that the
adopting and support of such Plan is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Riverside;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE
CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
THAT the Regional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and
incorporated herein by reference, is hereby authorized, approved and adopted as the City of "
Riverside Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
FURTHER THAT the City Administrator and/or Mayor are hereby authorized to
implement and execute the actions in the Plan as welt as execute any and all documents
necessary to carry out the terms and conditions of such Plan and the City Clerk is authorized to
attest thereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of
the City of Riverside, Missouri, the /~ day of June, 2010.
Mayor Kathleen L. Rose
," ATTEST:
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Robin Littrell, City Clerk
APPROV TO FORM:
Th mpso City Attorney