CC Resolution No. 05-116
RESOLUTION NO, 05-116
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO APPROVING
THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENT (ABAG) REPORT "TAMING
NATURAL DISASTERS" AS THE CITY OF CUPERTINO'S 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 City of Cupertino recognizes that disasters do not recognize city, county,
or special district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino seeks to maintain and enhance both a disaster-resistant
city and region by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and environmental
degradation rrom natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery rrom those disasters;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino is committed to increasing the disaster resistance of
the inrrastructure, health, housing, economy, govemment 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 rrom 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 City of Cupertino adopts, and adapts
with its local annex, this multi-jurisdictional plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Cupertino
commits to continuing to take those actions and initiating further actions, as appropriate, as
identified in the City's Annex of that multi-jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this
19th day of July, 2005, by the following vote:
Vote
Members of the City Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Kwok, Lowenthal, Sandoval, Wang, James
None
None
None
ATTEST: .
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Mayor, City of Cupertino