City of Milwaukee - File #: 111437

• File #: 111437
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/28/2012
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/20/2012
• Title: Resolution approving the 2011 Update of the All Hazards Mitigation Plan for the City of Milwaukee.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, FLOOD CONTROL, SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/23/2012	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/20/2012	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
3/8/2012	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Steven Fronk - Executive Director Office of Home Land Security (OHLS) Matthew Mortwedt - DPW Infrastructure Michael Haun - Southeastern WI Regional Planning Commission	Pass	3:0
3/1/2012	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/28/2012	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
111437
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving the 2011 Update of the All Hazards Mitigation Plan for the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution approves the 2011 All Hazards Mitigation Plan as an update to the 2005 All Hazards Mitigation Plan for the City of Milwaukee. The plan was prepared under the terms of an agreement between the City and the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Plan Commission (SEWRPC). Grant funds have been used to pay for SEWRPC's work with the City providing an in-kind match. The plan identifies various potential hazards (primarily natural hazards such as weather events) that the City could face and describes what can or should be done to mitigate them. Adoption of the plan is required by the federal Emergency Management Administration for the City to be eligible for disaster assistance in the event of an actual disaster.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee must adopt an All Hazards Mitigation Plan to be eligible for various federal disaster relief programs; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee received a $30,000-planning grant from the federal Emergency Management Administration to prepare such a plan; and

Whereas, The City then entered into an agreement with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Plan Commission whereby SEWRPC would prepare and update the plan with in-kind assistance from the City having a value of at least $10,000; and

Whereas, The All Hazards Mitigation Plan for the City of Milwaukee has now been completed; and

Whereas, The plan has been reviewed and found to be satisfactory by the funding agency; and

Whereas, An open public meeting allowing all interested parties to hear a presentation on the plan and to express their opinions was held by the City on June 7, 2011; and

Whereas, A fifteen-member task force representing agencies responsible for preventing or responding to various hazards that could potentially affect the community met on several occasions t...