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Resolution No. 13-16 Adopting Updates to the City of Oregon City Addendum to the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Move to adopt Resolution 13-16 Adopting Updates to the City of Oregon City Addendum to the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
BACKGROUND:
The Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience (OPDR) worked with Oregon City Public Works and Clackamas County to develop Appendix C to the City of Oregon City Addendum to the Clackamas County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan as part of the County's 2011-12 update to the Plan. On April 8, 2013, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved both the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan and Oregon City's Appendix C.
The City of Oregon City's Hazard Mitigation Plan was originally adopted by the City Commission by Resolution 98-39 on November 4, 1998. In 2002, Clackamas County adopted a Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan and the City was encouraged to prepare an addendum to their Plan addressing issues specific to Oregon City. In 2003, a Hazards Mitigation Plan Committee comprised of City employees, neighborhood associations, citizens, and regional organizations began the effort of preparing the addendum but efforts stalled.
In the fall of 2008, the OPDR along with Oregon City Public Works and Clackamas County developed an Addendum to the Clackamas County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. This City of Oregon City Addendum is smaller than a full plan but builds off of the information that’s included in Clackamas County’s Mitigation Plan. The Addendum was adopted by the City Commission on September 2, 2009.
Clackamas County has subsequently completed an update to the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan of which the City of Oregon City is party to and the City of Oregon City has updated its addendum to the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan to reflect new information contained therein through the creation of Appendix C. In order for the City to receive final approval and in order to allow the City to apply for federal disaster mitigation funding, the City Commission of Oregon City must adopt the plan by resolution.