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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NEW RIVER VALLEY HAZARD MITIGATION
PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, as amended, requires that local governments
develop and adopt natural hazard mitigation plans in order to receive certain federal assistance;
and
WHEREAS, the New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Work Group (HMWG) representing the
Town of Pulaski as well as the remaining fourteen localities of the New River Valley Planning
District was convened in order to study the region's risks from and vulnerabilities to natural
hazards, and to make recommendations on mitigating the effects of such hazards on the region;
and
WHEREAS, the HMWG was provided staff support by the New River Valley Planning District
Commission (NRVPDC); and
WHEREAS, the efforts of the HMWG members and the NRVPDC staff have resulted in the
development of a Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for the region.
NOW THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia
• sitting in regular session this ls` day of March 2005 that the New River Valley Hazard Mitigation
Plan, dated December 2004, is hereby approved and adopted for the Town of Pulaski by
recorded vote as follows:
Jeffrey S. Worrell -Aye Lane R. Penn -Aye
Dan Talbert, Jr. -Aye John T. Bolen -Aye
Bettye H. Steger -Aye Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
By:
Charles L. Wade, or
ATTEST:
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council