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Department of Police, Office of Emergency Management
Reference: Resolution to Adopt the 2016 Weld County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Manuel Esquibel, City Manager
Prepared By: Stephanie Hackett, Emergency Management Coordinator
Date Prepared: 1.31.2016
PURPOSE
To provide background and reference information necessary to inform the local adoption of the 2016 Weld County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP).
BACKGROUND
In 2010, the City adopted the Denver Regional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, sponsored by the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) which has been implemented for five (5) years until its expiration in 2015. To ensure local jurisdictions continue with hazard mitigation planning and maintain access to associated funding, many counties have undertaken the collaborative effort to develop more localized HMPs to be available for adoption by participants to replace expired HMPs.
To this end, The Weld County Office of Emergency Management has led process of brainstorming, developing and implementing the HMP. The City of Brighton and the Brighton Fire Rescue District have actively participated in this process, collaborating on the goals, objectives, priorities and strategies to best address effective hazard/risk mitigation.
The purpose of the 2016 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is:
* To protect life and property by reducing the potential for future damages and economic losses that result from natural disasters
* To qualify for additional grant funding, in both the pre-disaster and post-disaster environment
* To provide quick recovery and redevelopment following future disasters
* To integrate other existing and associated local planning documents
* To demonstrate a firm local commitment to hazard mitigation principles
* To comply with state and Federal legislative requirements tied to local hazard mitigati...
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