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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 23 - 2003
Series of 2003
TITLE:
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DENVER REGIONAL
NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, natural hazards in the nIne county Denver Region historIcally have
caused sIgnificant dIsasters with losses of life and property and natural resources damage,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridgc recognizes the Importance of reducing or
elimInating vulnerabIlIty to dIsasters caused by natural hazards for the overall good and
welfare of the community, and
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge has been an actJve particIpant m the
Regional Natural Hazard Steering CommIttee. which has established a comprehensIve,
multiJurIsdlctionaI RegIOnal Natural Hazard MItigatIOn Plan to IdentIfy natural hazards
and develop strategies to mitigate natural hazards, and
WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster MitigatIon Act of 2000 requires JUrIsdIctions to
prepare and adopt a natural hazards mItIgation plan to be elIgible for future pre-disaster
and post-disaster federal fundmg for mItigation purposes, and
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge has identIfied and Justified a number of
proposed proJects and programs needed to mItIgate the vulnerabIlities of the CIty of
Wheat RIdge to the Impacts of future disasters to be included m the RegIOnal Natural
Hazard Mitigation Plan.
that:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council,
Section 1. Adoption of Rel!:ional Plan. The CIty of Wheat Ridge hereby accepts
and approves of ItS desIgnated portion of the Denver RegIOnal Natural Hazard MitigatIOn
Plan, upon approval by the Colorado Office of Emergency Management and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Section 2. Fundinl!: and preparation of local plan. The CIty of Wheat RIdge is
requested and instructed to pursue avaIlable fundIng opportunities for ImplementatIOn of
the proposals designated therein and, upon receipt of such fundIng or other necessary
resources, seek to Implement the proposals contamed in its section of the mitigation
strategy
Section 3. Continued participation in rel!:ional plan. The CIty of Wheat Ridge
will contmue to partIcipate m the updating and revision of the Denver RegIonal Natural
Hazard MitigatIOn Plan wIth a plan review and revIsion to occur wIthin a five year cycle,
and desIgnated staff wIll provide annual progress reports on the status of implementation
of the plan to the Wheat Ridge CIty CouncIl. The City of Wheat Ridge will further seek
to encourage the businesses, community groups and organizations and other stak.eholders
wIthin the city to also partIcIpate in the updatmg and revision of the Denver RegIOnal
Hazard MItIgation Plan.
Section 4. Publication. ThIS ResolutIon shall be published in a newspaper of
general cIrculation WIthin the City of Wheat RIdge.
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DONE AND RESOLVED this ,',{y day of October 2003.
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Published m the Wheat RIdge Transcript:
November 13, 2003