Resolution 305-2005
Emergency Management
RESOLUTION NO. 305 -2005
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2005
REVISED LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY IN
ORDER TO PERMIT MONROE COUNTY TO ACCESS
POST-DISASTER AND PRE-DISASTER HAZARD
MITIGATION GRANTS IN THE EVENT MONROE
COUNTY IS IMPACTED BY HURRICANES AND
OTHER NATURAL HAZARD EVENTS.
WHEREAS, Monroe County adopted a Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) in 1999; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County and the cities of Key West, Key Colony Beach, Layton,
Islamorada and Marathon have experienced hurricanes and other natural hazard events that pose
risks to public health and safety and which may cause serious property damage; and
WHEREAS, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as
amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 require local jurisdictions to adopt a mitigation
plan in order to be eligible for post-disaster and pre-disaster grants to implement certain
mitigation projects; and
WHEREAS, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 2004 require local jurisdictions to adopt a mitigation plan in order to be eligible
for grants to implement certain flood mitigation projects; and
WHEREAS, the planning process required by the State of Florida and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency offers the opportunity to consider natural hazards and risks,
and to identify mitigation actions to reduce future impacts of such hazards; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has provided federal mitigation funds to support the
development of the Local Mitigation Strategy; and
WHEREAS, the 1999 Monroe County LMS has been revised by the LMS Work Group
composed of representatives of Monroe County, the cities of Key West, Key Colony Beach,
Layton, Islamorada and Marathon, and a number of nonprofit organizations; and
WHEREAS, the revised LMS identifies mitigation initiatives that will improve the
process used to identify and manage mitigation initiatives intended to minimize and reduce
safety threats and damage to private and public property; and
WHEREAS, the LMS draft revisions was made available to the public and a public
meeting was held on July 19,2005, to solicit questions and comments and to present the LMS.
WHEREAS, the County's ability to access hazard mitigation grant funds is limited until
the revised LMS is adopted; and
WHEREAS, the revised LMS has been submitted to the State and FEMA for final
review; final approval by the State and FEMA will be withheld until the LMS is adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Emergency Management
1. The 2005 Revised Local Mitigation Strategy is adopted, contingent upon approval
by the State and FEMA.
2, The Office of Emergency Management is directed to report at the earliest possible
meeting to the Board of County Commissioners when final State and FEMA
comments are received and whether such comments require significant
modification of the revised LMS,
3, The Office of Emergency management is directed to provide, at any meeting
where staff reports that the State ofFEMA comments require changes to the
Strategy, to the Board of County Commissioners such revisions as staff proposes
be incorporated to address those comments.
4, Any initiative identified in the LMS shall be subject to, and contingent upon,
budget approval, if required, which shall be at the discretion of the Board of
County Commissioners, and this resolution shall not be interpreted so as to
mandate any such appropriations,
5. The Office of Emergency Management is directed to coordinate with appropriate
County departments and to perform the annual report requirements set forth in the
Florida Administrative Code Chapter 9G-22.
The Clerk is directed to mail copies of this resolution to the Florida Department of Community
Affairs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the mayors of municipalities within
Monroe County.
This Resolution shall become effective upon the date of its adoption herein,
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners ofMdnroe Cou$',
Florida at a regular meeting of said board held on 8/ 17 , 2005, ~ ;";, ~ . ,1
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