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September 20, 2004 Page 635 <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Chairman Freeman and <br />unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Resolution: <br /> <br />Resolution No. 2004-36 <br /> <br /> Resolution to Adopt the <br />Cabarrus County Hazard Mitigation Plan <br /> <br /> Cabarrus County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />September 20, 2004 <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the citizens and property within Cabarrus County are subject <br />to the effects of natural hazards and man-made hazard events that pose <br />threats to lives and cause damages to property, and with the knowledge and <br />experience that certain areas, i.e., flood hazard areas, are particularly <br />susceptible to flood hazard events; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the County desires to seek ways to mitigate situations that <br />may aggravate such circumstances; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Part 6, <br />Article 21 of Chapter 143; Parts 3, 5, and 8 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A; <br />and Article 8 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes, <br />delegated to local governmental units the responsibility to adopt regulations <br />designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its <br />citizenry; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Section <br />I part 166A of the North Carolina General Statutes (adopted in Session Law <br />2001-214--Senate Bill 300 effective July 1, 2001), states in Item (a) (2) ~For <br />a state of disaster proclaimed pursuant to G.S. 166A-6(a) after November 1, <br />2004, the eligible entity shall have a hazard mitigation plan approved <br />pursuant to the Stafford Act"; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 322 of the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 <br />states that local government must develop an All-Hazards Mitigation Plan in <br />order to receive future Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds, and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />to fulfill this obligation in order that the County will be eligible for <br />state assistance in the event that a state of disaster is declared for a <br />hazard event affecting the County; <br /> <br /> NOW, therefore, be it resolved that the Cabarrus County Board of <br />Commissioners hereby: <br /> <br />1. Adopts the Cabarrus County Hazard Mitigation Plan; and <br /> <br />2. Vests staff with the responsibility, authority, and the means to: <br /> <br />(a) Inform all concerned parties of this action. <br /> <br />(b) Cooperate with Federal, State and local agencies and private firms <br /> which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify floodplain or <br /> flood-related erosion areas, and cooperate with neighboring <br /> communities with respect to management of adjoining floodplain <br /> and/or flood-related erosion areas in order to prevent aggravation <br /> of existing hazards. <br /> <br />3. Appoints the Cabarrus County Departments of Commerce and Emergency <br /> Management to assure that the Hazard Mitigation Plan is reviewed annually <br /> and in greater detail at least once every five years to assure that the <br /> Plan is in compliance with all State and Federal regulations and that any <br /> needed revisions or amendments to the Plan are developed and presented to <br /> the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners for consideration. <br /> <br />4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary <br /> to carry out the objectives of the Hazard Mitigation Plan. <br /> <br />Adopted this 20th day of September, 2004 <br /> <br />/s/ Robert M. Freeman <br /> <br />Robert M. Freeman, Chairman <br />Board of Commissioners <br /> <br /> <br />