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File #: 18-254    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Consent Item Ready
File created: 4/23/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/14/2018 Final action:
Title: Approval of a resolution approving the adoption of the Comal County Hazard Mitigation Action Plan 2017.
Attachments: 1. Resolution_MitPlan_May 2017
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Presenter/Contact

Presenter

Andrew Cardiel, Emergency Management Coordinator

Contact Info

(830) 221-4270 - acardiel@nbtexas.org

 

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SUBJECT:

Title

Approval of a resolution approving the adoption of the Comal County Hazard Mitigation Action Plan 2017.

 

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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:

Emergency management officials from Comal County, City of New Braunfels, City of Bulverde, and City of Garden Ridge collaboratively developed a Plan to identify activities, through a detailed risk assessment, which mitigate “high” and “moderate” risk. As defined in the Plan, “the goal is “to minimize or eliminate long-term risks to human life and property from known hazards by identifying and implementing cost-effective hazard mitigation actions.”

 

Texas Government Code Chapter 418.102 requires that “each county shall maintain an emergency management program or participate in a local or interjurisdictional emergency management program that has jurisdiciton over and serves the entire county or interjurisdictional area.”  Additionally, Texas Administrative Code, Title 37, Chapter 7, rule §7.1 requires “each incorporated city in Texas shall maintain an emergency management agency or participant in a local or interjurisdictional emergency management agency.”

 

ADDRESSES A NEED/ISSUE IN A CITY PLAN OR COUNCIL PRIORITY:

X

Yes

City Plan/Council Priority

Infrastructure: Use a variety of funding sources for operational and capital needs.  Public Safety: Maintain and review benchmarks for public safety services delivery.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of the Plan does not generate a Fiscal Impact.  However, future action will be necessary to fund activities to execute the Plan.  Alternative funding sources such as grants will be sought at the local, state and federal level to achieve portions of the Plan where a matching portion may be required of the City of New Braunfels. These matching funds will be considered in the fiscal budgeting process.

 

Recommendation

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:

N/A

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval of the resolution.