17-R-68 Approval of Hazard Mitigation Plan with Bexar CountyA RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SC HERTZ,
TEXAS AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OFT E HAZARD ITIGATION
PLAN WITH BEXAR COUNTY, AND OTHER MATTERS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, natural hazards in the City of Schertz area historically have caused significant
disasters with losses of life and property and natural resources damage; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) require communities to adopt a hazard mitigation action plan to be
eligible for the full range of pre - disaster and post- disaster federal funding for mitigation purposes;
and
WHEREAS, FEMA requires that communities update hazard mitigation action plans
every five years in order to be eligible for the full range of pre- disaster and post- disaster federal
funding for mitigation purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz has assessed the community's potential risks and hazards
and is committed to planning for a sustainable community and reducing the long -term
consequences of natural and man- caused hazards; and
WHEREAS, the Bexar County Hazard Mitigation Plan (attached hereto as Exhibit A)
outlines a mitigation vision, goals and objectives; assesses risk from a range of hazards; and
identifies risk reduction strategies and actions for hazards that threaten the community; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the Bexar County Hazard Mitigation
Plan as set forth in Exhibit A.
Section 2. The City vests with the Mayor the responsibility, authority, and means to
inform all parties of this action; assure that the Hazard Mitigation Plan will be reviewed at least
annually and that any needed adjustments will be presented to the City Council for consideration.
Section 3. The City will pursue available funding opportunities for implementation of
the proposals designated therein, and will, upon receipt of such funding or other necessary
resources, seek to implement the actions contained in the mitigation strategies;
Section 4. The City agrees to take such other action as may be reasonably necessary to
carry out the objectives of the Plan and report on progress as required by FEMA and the Texas
Division of Emergency Management (TDEM).
Section 5. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 6. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
*f the State • Texas and the United States of America.
Section 8. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City Council
hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 9. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 10. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage,
and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 22nd day of August, 2017.
CITY OF $Q HERTZ, TEXAS
R. Carpenter, Mayor
ATTEST:
ArenTa Dennis, City Secretary
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