2025-R-34 - Supporting the VC Local Mitigation Plan 2025A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA;
SUPPORTING THE VOLUSIA COUNTY LOCAL MITIGATION PLAN
2025; AUTHORIZING RECORDING; REPEALING RESOLUTIONS IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
APPLICABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, areas of the City of Edgewater are vulnerable to the human and economic
costs of natural, technological and societal disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater's governing body realizes the importance of reducing
or eliminating those vulnerabilities for the overall good and welfare of our community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater has been an active participant in Volusia Prepares,
the Local Mitigation Strategy working group, which has established a comprehensive,
coordinated planning process involving the county and its municipalities, as well as other public
and private sector organizations, to eliminate or decrease these vulnerabilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater's representatives and staff have identified, justified
and prioritized a number of proposed projects and programs needed to mitigate the
vulnerabilities of unincorporated areas of Volusia County to the impacts of future disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater's representatives and staff have reviewed the
information provided by or for other participating jurisdictions and organizations, including the
projects and programs they have proposed for incorporation into the Volusia County Local
Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater finds that the proposed mitigation projects and
programs included in the plan by other jurisdictions and organizations are acceptable, that they
will not adversely affect the county or its neighborhoods, and that they do not conflict with or
duplicate the mitigation proposals made by the county itself-, and
WHEREAS, these proposed projects and programs have been incorporated into the
current edition of the Volusia County Local Mitigation Plan that has been prepared and issued
for consideration and implementation by the communities and jurisdictions of Volusia County;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater will further seek to encourage the businesses,
industries and community groups operating within the City of Edgewater to also participate in
the updating and expansion of the Volusia County Local Mitigation Plan in the years ahead.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edgewater,
The City Council of the City of Edgewater has the authority to adopt this Resolution
pursuant to Article V111 of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166, Florida
Statutes, Chapter 177.101(5).The City of Edgewater hereby accepts and approves of its
designation portion of the Volusia County Local Mitigation Plan.
SECTION 2. RECORDING
A certified copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Volusia County Property
Appraiser and duly recorded into the Public Records of Volusia County, Florida, by the Volusia
County Clerk of Court.
SECTION 3. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY AND APPLICABILITY
If any portion of this resolution is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional,
inoperative, or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this resolution. If
this resolution or any provisions thereof shall be held to be inapplicable to any person, property,
or circumstances, such holding shall not affect its applicability to any other person, property, or
circumstance.
This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this day of 2025.
v,
Diezel DePew, Mayor
ATTEST:
A
loz'azlel
Monique Toupin, Interim City Clerk
Passed on first reading on the day of 2025
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:(
Aaron R. Wolfe,wty Attorney