2012-007 - Annex to Santa Clara County ABAG Taming Natural Disasters

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RESOLUTION 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;