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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ADOPTION OF THE 2024 COOK COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners ("Board") recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and property within our community; and
WHEREAS, The Board recognizes the importance of reducing or eliminating vulnerability to disasters, in a changing climate, for the overall good and welfare of the community; and
WHEREAS, The Board recognizes the disproportionate impact of climate change and natural disasters on historically disinvested communities and our most vulnerable residents requiring proactive mitigation actions; and
WHEREAS, on October 10, 2000, the U.S. Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 ("Act") which provides the legal framework for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation, planning requirements for state, local, and tribal governments as a condition of mitigation grant assistance emphasizing the need for pre-disaster mitigation of potential hazards; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of future funding for mitigation projects, the Act requires jurisdictions to prepare and adopt hazard mitigation plans to identify and address certain vulnerabilities that exist prior to and during a disaster; and
WHEREAS, FEMA supports post-disaster hazard mitigation grant funding through the Hazards Mitigation Grant Program and pre-disaster hazard mitigation grant funding through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program and Flood Mitigation Assistance Program, which has, as a condition of funding eligibility, a requirement for jurisdictions to prepare and adopt a hazard mitigation plan; and
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2019, the Board adopted the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan ("2019 Plan"), which represented 122 Cook County jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, to maintain continued eligibility for FEMA mitigation grant assistance programs, the Act requires a hazard mitigation ...
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