Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan for Walker County, Alabama
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan for Walker County, Alabama Building Sustainable, Disaster Resistant Communities in Alabama Developed by the Walker County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team & Adopted By the Walker County Commission and the City Councils of Carbon Hill, Cordova, Dora, Eldridge, Jasper, Kansas, Nauvoo, Oakman, Parrish, Sipsey and Sumiton December, 2014 Foreward This Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan for Walker County, Alabama was formally adopted by the Walker County Commission on March 2, 2015 and signed by the County Commissioners and the Director of the Walker County EMA on the same date. Likewise, a representative of each individual municipality adopted this Plan and copies of the resolutions from each town can be found in Appendix D. Before the Walker County Commission, Alabama March 2, 2015 Resolution No. ____________ “A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITIES OF CARBON HILL, CORDOVA, DORA, ELDRIDGE, JASPER, KANSAS, NAUVOO, OAKMAN, PARRISH, SIPSEY AND SUMITON AND WALKER COUNTY, ALABAMA, HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.” WHEREAS, our lives, residential and commercial property, businesses, and infrastructure are at risk from a variety of natural hazards, including floods, thunderstorms, earthquakes, wildfire and tornadoes; and, WHEREAS, Hazard Mitigation Planning will create an operational framework for reducing losses from these hazards in a cost-effective, environmentally sound, manner; and, WHEREAS, a Hazard Mitigation Planning process was undertaken in order to maintain eligibility for multiple sources of Federal Mitigation Funding
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