Resolution 399-2004
Emergency Management
RESOLUTION NO. 399 -2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT'S REVISION AND UPDAnNG OF THE
LOCAL MITIGAnON STRATEGY PLAN
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes that hurricane and tropical storms, with winds
and flooding, pose a continual threat to public health and safety and could result in
significant public and private property damage, and economic losses; and
WHEREAS, the Local Mitigation Strategy planning process encouraged by the State of
Florida and the US Department of Homeland Security (Federal Emergency Management
Agency) offers the opportunity to consider hazards and risks, and to identify mitigation
actions to reduce future risk; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has provided a grant to support revising and updating
the Local Mitigation Strategy, including federal funds administered by the Department of
Community Affairs; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The Office of Emergency Management is charged with coordinating with
other appropriate County departments and agencies and representatives of the cities of
Islamorada, Key Colony Beach, Key West, Layton, and Marathon, to revise and update the
Monroe County Hazard Mitigation Plan in conformance with the State and federal
guidelines.
Section 2. The Office of Emergency Management shall notify, invite and encourage
participation by adjacent communities, and representative of business owners,
homeowners, and not-for-profit organizations.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of.,Monroe,County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of Novemb-~r,2004~
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