TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Assistant Public Works Director
THROUGH: Suzanne Fisher, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: November 19, 2019
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH PROVIDING ITS SUPPORT FOR APPROVING AND ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 190-19 THE 2020 REVISED PALM BEACH COUNTY LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN (LMS2020)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve Resolution No. 190-19 in support of LMS2020 Program. This resolution supports the adoption of the 2020 Revised Local Mitigation Strategy for reducing a community’s vulnerability to identified natural, technological, and human caused hazards in order to be eligible for any mitigation funding in the future.
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Background:
The City of Delray Beach (City) participates in the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) steering committee consisting of all 38 municipalities within Palm Beach County that develops, and executes an ongoing methodology for reducing a community’s vulnerability. The LMS is the basis for countywide hazards, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategy activities. It is the intent of the LMS to provide a structure for identifying hazards and vulnerabilities, assisting municipalities and the County in planning for those hazards and vulnerabilities, and mitigating those hazards through the use of local, state, and federal funding sources, making our county more resilient.
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, was enacted to establish a national disaster hazard mitigation program to reduce the loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from disasters, and to assist state, local, and tribal governments in implementing effective hazard mitigation measures to ensure the continuation of critical services and facilities after a natural disaster, and as a condition for qualifying for and receiving future Federal mitigation assistance funding as well a...
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