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KENAI. ALASKA
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2010 -34
Suggested by: Administration
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, ADOPTING THE
CITY OF KENAI UPDATED ANNEX TO THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH ALL
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS AN OFFICIAL PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai recognizes the threat that all hazards pose to people and
property; and,
WHEREAS, undertaking hazard mitigation actions before disasters occur will reduce
the potential for harm to people and property and save taxpayer dollars; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai Planning Zoning Commission, at its regular meeting of
April 28, 2010, unanimously passed its Resolution No. PZ10 -06 recommending Kenai
City Council approval of the Annex Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management (DHS &EM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
require a Local hazard mitigation plan be adopted by resolution as a prerequisite of
future mitigation funding; and,
WHEREAS, the City Annex has been submitted to the DHS &EM and FEMA officials for
final review and approval along with the Kenai Peninsula Borough All Hazard
Mitigation Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, the City of Kenai Annex to the Kenai Peninsula Borough All Hazard
Mitigation Plan is hereby adopted and the City Manager is authorized to make
administrative changes and updates, and advise the City Council.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 16th day of June,
2010.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
PAT PORTER, MAYOR
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107 S. Willow St., Kenai, Alaska 99611 II I I I
Telephone: 907- 283 -7879 FAX: 907- 283 -2267
TO: Rick Koch City Manager
FROM: Gus Sandahl Police Chief
DATE: 6/9/10
SUBJECT: Requesting Resolution Approving Updated AII- Hazard Mitigation
Plan
In January, 2010 the Borough Office of Emergency Management notified the City
of Kenai that the All- Hazard Mitigation Plan was due for a 5 -year update. Five
years ago the City of Kenai (along with other cities in the KPB) drafted a plan
which was annexed into the Kenai Peninsula Borough All- Hazard Mitigation Plan.
From February to April, 2010, the plan was updated by the City administration
(with input from Police, Fire, Public Works, Planning, Capital Projects). The plan
was submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission at their April 14 and
April 28 meetings. At the April 28 meeting, P &Z passed Resolution PZ10 -06,
recommending that Council adopt the City of Kenai annex to the Borough All
Hazard Mitigation Plan.
I have been in contact with Borough and State Homeland Security officials, who
said the next step after P &Z approval is to send the plan to State Homeland
Security for approval. We have not yet received the plan back from State
Homeland Security and have been told that they are reviewing it with FEMA.
There are time constraints associated with the City of Kenai's approval of the
Annex to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Plan. Therefore, the city administration
suggests approval of the "City of Kenai Annex to the Kenai Peninsula Borough
Local All Hazard Mitigation Plan" in its present form. The plan will then be
submitted to the Kenai Peninsula Borough for annex into their plan. Other
municipalities in the Borough may be following similar procedures. When
FEMA and State Homeland Security complete their review of the City's plan it
may require modification and, if those modifications are substantive, additional
action of Council.
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