#6 Adopt Rock County's Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (File Res. #2011-775)CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE MEMORANDUM
February 8, 2011
TO: City Council
FROM: Eric J. Levitt, City Manager
SUBJECT: Action on a proposed resolution adopting Rock County’s Natural Hazard
Mitigation Plan Updated September 2010 to 2015
(File Resolution No. 2011-775)
Request
The City Manager requests Council consideration to adopt Rock County’s Natural
Hazard Mitigation Plan Updated September 2010 to 2015.
City Manager Recommendation
The City Manager recommends adoption of the plan. The plan needs to be adopted to
be eligible for future FEMA funding. This plan was previously adopted September 2010,
but a new resolution is requested to meet the format required by FEMA.
Suggested Motion
I move the Council approve File Resolution No. 2011-775 adopting the proposed
Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Background
In April 2009, Rock County applied for a planning grant to amend the 2004 Rock County
Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning Manual and Plan. Rock County received public
input in 2009 and early 2010. At the conclusion of the planning process, the draft plan
was submitted to Wisconsin Emergency Management for approval in March 2010. The
plan has since been approved and is updated for September 2010 to 2015.
CC: Eric Levitt, City Manager
Jacob J. Winzenz, Director of Administrative Services/ Assistant City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 2011 - 775
Resolution Adopting the Rock County Hazard Mitigation Plan Updated September 2010 to 2015
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and
property; and
WHEREAS, undertaking hazard mitigation action before disasters occur will reduce the potential
for harm to people and save taxpayer dollars; and
WHEREAS, an adopted Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is required as a condition of future grant
funding from the State of Wisconsin and Federal Government for mitigation projects; and
WHEREAS, Rock County initiated the 2010 update of the existing Natural Hazard Mitigation
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville participated jointly in the planning process with the other units
of government within the County of Rock to prepare a Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Janesville find that the Rock County Natural
Hazard Mitigation Plan and related submissions are in the best interest of, and benefit to, the City of
Janesville and its residents and businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Janesville that
the Rock County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is hereby adopted as the official plan of the City of
Janesville; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Rock County Emergency Management Office will submit
the adopted Rock County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan to Wisconsin Emergency Management and
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials for final review and approval; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager and/or his designee(s) on behalf of the
City of Janesville is/are hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate, draft, modify, review, execute,
and enter into additional agreements, record, file and/or make minor modifications and/or amendments
to any and all documents, papers, forms, and agreements, and to take whatever other actions
concerning this matter that the City Manager may determine, from time to time and at any time,
necessary and/or desirable to effectuate the intent of this resolution and/or the public good.
A tnesbA ssaP yaN ey
ADOPTED: Motion by:
Second by:
APPROVED:
Councilmember
Eric J. Levitt, City Manager
ATTEST:
Brunner
McDonald
Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer
Perrotto
Rashkin
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Steeber
Truman
Voskuil
Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: City Manager
Prepared by: City Manager’s Office