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3 <br /> RES-2025-035 ATTACHMENT 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> ADOPTING ENO-HAW REGIONAL <br /> HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN <br /> WHEREAS, the residents and property within Orange County are subject to the <br /> effects of natural hazards that pose threats to lives and cause damage to property, and with <br /> the knowledge and experience that certain areas of the region are particularly vulnerable to <br /> drought, excessive heat, hurricane and coastal hazards, thunderstorm, tornado, winter <br /> weather, flooding, wildfire, hazardous substances, cyber threat, terrorism, and <br /> infrastructure failure; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County desires to seek ways to mitigate the impact of <br /> identified hazard risks; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Article 5, Section <br /> 160D-501 of Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes, delegated to local <br /> governmental units the responsibility to adopt regulations designed to promote the public <br /> health, safety, and general welfare of its residents; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of North Carolina has enacted General <br /> Statute Section 166A-19.41 (State emergency assistance funds) which provides that for a <br /> state of emergency declared pursuant to G.S. 166A-19.20(a) after the deadline established <br /> by the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to the Disaster Mitigation Act of <br /> 2002, P.L. 106-390, the eligible entity shall have a hazard mitigation plan approved <br /> pursuant to the Stafford Act; and <br /> WHEREAS, Section 322 of the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 states that <br /> local governments must develop an All-Hazards Mitigation Plan in order to be eligible to <br /> receive future Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds and other disaster-related <br /> assistance funding and that said Plan must be updated and adopted within a five year cycle; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS,Orange County has performed a comprehensive review and evaluation <br /> of each section of the previously approved Hazard Mitigation Plan and has updated the <br /> said plan as required under regulations at 44 CFR Part 201 and according to guidance <br /> issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the North Carolina Division of <br /> Emergency Management; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County to <br /> fulfill this obligation in order that the County will be eligible for federal and state assistance <br /> in the event that a state of disaster is declared for a hazard event affecting the County; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Board of County Commissioners of <br /> Orange County hereby: <br /> 1 <br />