Resolution No. 25-73RESOLUTION NO. 25-73
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING THE UPDATED DUVAL COUNTY LOCAL
HAZARD MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville Mayor's Security and Emergency Preparedness
Planning Council (SEPPC) serves as the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Working Group which
includes representation from the City of Atlantic Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Duval County Local Mitigation Strategy has been updated by the LMS
Working Group and Duval County Emergency Preparedness to meet federal requirements; and
WHEREAS, this Local Mitigation Strategy is intended to provide a strategy to mitigate
dangers and costs associated with natural and manmade hazards and provides a plan for mitigation
activities before and after a hazardous event occurs in Duval County; and
WHEREAS, the Duval County LMS Working Group has completed an update to the Local
Mitigation Strategy plan, which has been reviewed by the Florida State Department of Emergency
Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and it is necessary for participating
municipalities in Duval County to re -adopt the document.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach
as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Commission hereby accepts and adopts the 2025 Duval County Local
Mitigation Strategy and assigns review and maintenance responsibilities of the LMS to the Local
Mitigation Strategy Working Group to be coordinated by the Duval County Emergency
Preparedness Division.
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City of Atlantic Beach, this h day of August, 2025.
Curtis Ford, Mayor
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Donna L. Bartle, City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness: