2012-007 - Annex to Santa Clara County ABAG Taming Natural DisastersRESOLUTION 2012 -007
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ADOPTING THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ANNEX TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY,
CA ANNEX TO THE 2010 ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENT LOCAL
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN ENTITLED "TAMING NATURAL DISASTERS" AND
APROVING THE ABAG PLAN AS THE TOWN'S LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION
PLAN
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various earthquake- related hazards such as
ground shaking, liquefaction, landsliding, 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 Gatos recognizes that disasters do not recognize city,
county, or special district bormdaries; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos seeks to maintain and enhance both a disaster-
resistant Town of Los Gatos and region by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage,
and environmental degradation from natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery
from those disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos is committed to increasing the disaster resistance of
the infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services, education, environment, and
land use systems in the Town of Los Gatos, 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 of Los Gatos adopts with its
local annex, this multi jurisdictional plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town of Los Gatos
commits to continuing to take those actions and initiating further actions, as appropriate, as
identified in the Town of Los Gatos Annex to the Santa Clara County Hazard Mitigation Plan
which is an annex to the Association of Bay Area Governments Hazard Mitigation Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos, California, held on the 21' day of February, 2012, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Barbara Spector, Mayor Steve Rice
NAYS:
ABSENT: Steven Leonardis
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED: M OR OFT 'OWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST: J
CLERK ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA