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RESOLUTION NO. 56-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
APPROVING THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS (ABAG) REPORT
"TAMING NATURAL DISASTERS"WITH THE COUNTY AND CITY ANNEXES AS THE
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS' LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various earthquake related hazards such as
ground shaking, liquefaction, land sliding, fault surface rupture, and tsunamis; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various weather-related hazards including
wildfires, floods, and landslides; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills understands that disasters do not recognize city,
county, or special district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills seeks to maintain and enhance both a disaster-
resistant city and region by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and
environmental degradation from natural disasters, as well as accelerating economic recovery
from the disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills seeks to mitigate the potential effects of climate
change, identify adaptation measures given the changing climate, and implement resiliency
planning; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills is committed to increasing the disaster
resistance of the infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services, education,
environment, and land use systems in the city, as well as in the Bay Area as a whole: and
WHEREAS; the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all cities, counties, and
special districts to have adopted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to receive disaster mitigation
funding from FEMA; and
WHEREAS, ABAG has approved and adopted the ABAG report Taming Natural
Disasters as the multi jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay
Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town adopts, with its local annex, this
multi jurisdictional plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills hereby commits to ongoing evaluation and implementation of mitigation
strategies and future actions, as appropriate, and, identified in the Town's Annex of that multi-
jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Resolution 56-13
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 2013 by the following vote:
AYES: Waldeck, Corrigan, Harpootlian, Larsen, Radford
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
BY: ,/
Gary Waldeck, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deborah.Padovan, City Clerk
Resolution 56-13