Resolution No. 20-29RESOLUTION NO. 20-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, ACCEPTING AND
ADOPTING THE UPDATED DUVAL COUNTY LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION
STRATEGY DOCUMENT
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 that the City of Atlantic Beach accepts and
adopts the 2020 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 with review and re-adoption by the Atlantic
Beach City Commission at least once every five years.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City of Atlantic Beach, this 10th day of August, 2020.
El en Glasser, Mayor
ATTEST
Donna L. Bartle, City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
Brurden, orney