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Resolution 2021-102 (First and Final Reading) — A Resolution of the Town Commission of the Town of Lady Lake, Florida, Adopting the Lake County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan

Department

Growth Management

Staff recommends approval of the first and final reading of Resolution 2021-102.

Summary

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners is required to update the County’s Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) plan every five years. On February 9, 2021, the Board of County Commissioners approved the resolution to approve the 2020 update to the LMS; see attached Resolution 2021-19.
Each municipality in Lake County should adopt the County’s LMS to be eligible for future Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding. HMGP funding typically becomes available after disasters such as a hurricane. Lake County has received HMGP funding after Hurricane Matthew in 2016, Hurricane Irma in 2017, Hurricane Matthew in 2018 (did not have direct impact on Lake, however unspent funds were eligible to Lake), and Hurricane Dorian in 2019 (did not have direct impact on Lake, however unspent funds were eligible to Lake).
Once the Town Commission adopts by resolution the County’s LMS plan, Resolution 2021-102 will be sent to Lake County and subsequently forwarded to the Florida Division of Emergency for their records.

Fiscal Impact

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Source of Funding

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Funding Account

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TC/ns

Draft Resolution 2021-102

A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF LADY LAKE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE LAKE COUNTY MULTIJURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

WHEREAS, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends that all local governments, in cooperation with their local county emergency management agency, develop and maintain a Hazard Mitigation Plan; and

WHEREAS, Lake County desires to have and maintain this plan to protect the life and property of its citizens, inclusive of the residents of the Town of Lady Lake; and

WHEREAS, Lake County, in cooperation with the municipalities of Lake County, has developed the plan, policies and procedures necessary to plan and develop projects to protect the citizens of Lake County from hazards.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lady Lake Town Commission, that the Town of Lady Lake adopts the proposed Lake County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, dated February 9, 2021, identifying the hazards and strategies to mitigate those hazards. The above recitals are incorporated herein.

This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Town Commission of the Town of Lady Lake.

RESOLVED this 5th day of April, 2021, in Lady Lake, Florida, by the Lady Lake Town Commission.

Town of Lady Lake, Florida

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Ruth Kussard, Mayor

Attest:

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Nancy Slaton, Interim Town Clerk

Approved as to form:

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Derek Schroth, Town Attorney

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