Referred to: The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee (Chairwoman Hansut and Legislators Clinton, Hewitt, Maloney, McCollough and Walls)

Chairwoman of the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee, Gina Hansut, and Deputy Chair Chris Hewitt offer the following:  

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted at the request of the County Executive on behalf of Department of Emergency Communications/Emergency Management; and

WHEREAS,  the Ulster County Multi-Jurisdictional Plan provides a framework to reduce damage from future events and makes Ulster County disaster-resilient and thereby a safer place to live; and

WHEREAS, the plan identifies a full range of hazards that may affect Ulster County, identifies the assets in the County that are vulnerable to damage caused by the various hazards, and establishes goals and objectives that will be used in hazard mitigation activities; and

WHEREAS, the City of Kingston, Town of Denning, Town of Esopus, Town of Gardiner, Town of Hardenburgh, Town of Hurley, Town of Kingston, Town of Lloyd, Town of Marbletown, Town of Marlborough, Town of New Paltz, Town of Olive, Town of Plattekill, Town of Rochester, Town of Rosendale, Town of Saugerties, Town of Shandaken, Town of Shawangunk, Town of Ulster, Town of Wawarsing, Town of Woodstock, Village of Ellenville, Village of New Paltz and Village of Saugerties have partnered with the Ulster County to make this plan both broad-based in scope while simultaneously specific to each municipality’s needs; and

WHEREAS, the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan has been prepared in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000; and

WHEREAS, local governments must have a mitigation plan approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in order to receive funds from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) (CFDA# 97.039); and

WHEREAS, Ulster County has afforded the citizens an opportunity to comment and provide input in the Plan and the actions in the Plan; and

WHEREAS, having a Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan approved by the Federal Emergency Agency allows participating municipalities to apply for hazard mitigation project grants; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County have reviewed the plan and affirms that the Plan will be updated no less then every five years; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services has requested that the Ulster County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation plan be approved and adopted; now therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan as submitted to the Ulster County Legislature is approved and adopted,      

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                       NOES:      

Passed Committee: Law Enforcement and Public Safety on ________________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE