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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety / Office of Emergency Management
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: 2025 Essex County Hazard Mitigation Plan
Purpose: Resolution authorizing the City of Newark to adopt Essex County All Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025
Entity Name: Essex County Sheriff’s Office (Office of Emergency Management)
Entity Address: 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey 07052
Contract Amount: No municipal funds required
Funding Source: N/A
Contract Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and property within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the County of Essex, in conjunction with the City of Newark Office of Emergency Management, has prepared a multi-hazard mitigation plan, hereby known as the 2025 Essex County Hazard Mitigation Plan (“Plan”) in accordance with federal laws, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended; and the National Dam Safety Program Act, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Plan identifies mitigation goals and actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property in the City of Newark from the impacts of future hazards and disasters; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the Plan by the City of Newark demonstrates its commitment to hazard mitigation and to achieving the goals outlined in the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The 2025 Essex County Hazard Mitigation Plan (“Plan”) is hereby adopted. While the content of the Plan as it relates to the City of Newark may require revisions to meet the plan approval requirements, such revisions occurring after adoption of this Resolution will not require the Municipal Council to re-adopt any further iterations of the Plan. Subsequent Plan updates after the approval period for this specific Plan concludes will require separate Municipal Council approval.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the City of Newark (“City”) to adopt the 2025 Essex County All Hazard Mitigation Plan as the City’s Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, and requires the City to execute the actions identified in the Plan that pertain to our jurisdiction, in an effort to address the natural hazards, and to remain in compliance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. No municipal funds are required.