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Consider approving Resolution No. 2025-087 adopting the Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2025, authorizing the incorporation of said updated Plan into the City's Emergency Operations Plan; and take appropriate action.
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REQUESTER:
Emergency Management
BACKGROUND:
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) require communities to adopt a hazard mitigation action plan (HMAP) to be eligible for various pre-disaster and post-disaster federal funding for mitigation purposes. FEMA requires that communities update hazard mitigation action plans every five years to be eligible for federal funding. The City of Farmers Branch currently has a FEMA-approved plan called the Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Plan. This Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved in 2020 as a joint plan with Dallas County, Town of Addison, City of Balch Springs, City of Carrollton, City of Cedar Hill, City of Cockrell Hill, City of Coppell, City of DeSoto, City of Duncanville, City of Farmers Branch, City of Glenn Heights, Town of Highland Park, City of Irving, City of Lancaster, City of Richardson, City of Rowlett, City of Sachse, City of Seagoville, Town of Sunnyvale, City of University Park, and City of Wilmer.
In 2024, Dallas County and the 19 jurisdictions of Town of Addison, City of Balch Springs, City of Carrollton, City of Cedar Hill, City of Cockrell Hill, City of Coppell, City of DeSoto, City of Duncanville, City of Farmers Branch, City of Glenn Heights, Town of Highland Park, City of Lancaster, City of Richardson, City of Rowlett, City of Sachse, City of Seagoville, Town of Sunnyvale, City of University Park, and City of Wilmer (The City of Irving will be developing their own plan, so they are no longer participating in the Dallas County HMAP Update) collectively updated the 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan to be submitted and approved by FEMA in 2025.
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