Woodland School District #404

RESOLUTION NO. 2584

Woodland School District Hazard Mitigation Plan

WHEREAS, Woodland School District (hereinafter District), with the assistance from Cowlitz County Department of Emergency Management, has gathered information and prepared the entity Hazard Mitigation Plan update; and

WHEREAS, District Hazard Mitigation Plan update has been prepared in accordance with FEMA requirements at 44 C.R.R. 201; and

WHEREAS, in the course of drafting the Hazard Mitigation Plan update, District reviewed its stated goals, policies and objectives adopted in the Comprehensive Plan, the Water and Wastewater Emergency Plan and other relevant and appropriate plans, regulations and development standards when conducting the planning process for this effort; and

WHEREAS, District participated in a public outreach effort that has afforded the citizens an opportunity to comment and provide input in the Plan and the actions in the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Plan identifies potential natural hazards within district limits and Cowlitz County, assesses the risk to life and property associated with the potential natural hazards, includes an action plan for reducing risks that requires integration into other planning mechanisms; and

WHEREAS, on August 16, 2013, FEMA provided a letter stating its pre-adoption review found the Plan successfully contains the required criteria for hazard mitigation plans, subject to receiving documentation of local adoption; and

WHEREAS, upon adoption of this resolution, the District remains eligible for funding under FEMA’s Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs; and

WHEREAS, District has reviewed the Plan and affirms that the Plan will be updated no less than every five years;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by its School Board that Woodland School District adopts the Woodland School District Hazard Mitigation Plan, as this jurisdiction’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, and Woodland School District resolves to execute the actions in the Plan.

ADOPTED this 25th day of November, 2013.