HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 55, 2021CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 55-2021
Series of 2021
TITLE: A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY MULTI-
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN 2021 UPDATE
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge is a home rule municipality operating under
a charter approved by its electors and governed by its City Council; and
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 multi-
hazard mitigation plan is required to be updated every five years 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 comprehensive update to an approved Multi-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 comprehensive update to the approved Multi-
hazard Mitigation Plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
Section 1. The City Council adopts the 2021 Update to the Jefferson County Multi-
Hazard Mitigation Plan as this jurisdiction’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan and
resolves to execute the actions in the Plan.
Section 2. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 8th day of November 2021.
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Steve Kirkpatrick, City Clerk