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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 19 Series of 2011 TITLE: A RESOLUTION ADOPTING JEFFERSON COUNTY MUL TIJURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WHEREAS, natural hazards
in Jefferson County have historically caused significant disasters with losses of life and property and natural resources damage, and WHEREAS, under the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act
of 2000, an adopted natural hazard mitigation plan is required as a condition of future funding for mitigation projects under multiple FEMA pre-and post-disaster mitigation grant programs;
and WHEREAS, undertaking hazard mitigation actions will reduce the potential for harm to people and property from future hazard occurrences; and WHEREAS, a Multi-Jurisdictional Natural
Hazard Mitigation Plan has been prepared in accordance with FEMA requirements 44 C.F.R. 201.6, and WHEREAS, The City of Wheat Ridge has fully participated in the FEMA prescribed mitigation
planning process to prepare this Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: A. The City
Council adopts the Jefferson County Multi-Jurisdictional, MultiHazard Mitigation Plan as an official plan upon approval by the Colorado Office of Emergency Management and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). B. Be it further resolved, the City of Wheat Ridge will submit this adopted resolution to the Colorado Office of Emergency Management and Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Region VIII officials to enable the Plan's final approval. DONE AND RESOLVED this 13th day of June 2011. ATTEST: ~ Michael D. Snow, Ci