2354 HAZ Mitigation RESOLUTION NO. .Z,3 3 S
Crittenden County Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING IRE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN FOR 111E CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS,ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS,certain areas of Crittenden County,Arkansas,are subject to periodic flooding and other natural
and man-caused hazards with the potential to cause damages to people's properties within the area; and
WHEREAS,the City of West Memphis desires to prepare and mitigate for such circumstances;and
WHEREAS,under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000,the United States Federal Emergency Management
Agency required that local jurisdictions have in place a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Action Plan
as a condition of receipt of certain future Federal mitigation funding after November 1,2004; and
WHEREAS,to assist cities and counties in meeting this requirement,Crittenden County,Arkansas,with
the assistance of the East Arkansas Planning&Development District has initiated development of a multi-
jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan for the counties and all jurisdictions in the counties,specifically the
cities and school districts.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT the West Memphis City Council hereby adopts those
portions of the Plan relating to and protecting its jurisdictional area against all hazards; and
Appoints the Emergency Management Coordinator,Bud Spears,to assure that the Hazard Mitigation Plan
be reviewed at least annually and that any needed adjustment to the Hazard Mitigation Plan be developed
and presented to the governing board for consideration;and agrees to take such other official action as may
be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the Hazard Mitigation Plan.
APPROVED and ADOPTED on this(7th)day of May,2026.
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