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Resolution Adopting the
New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025 Update
WHEREAS the Town of Pulaski, Virginia recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to
people and property within the Town of Pulaski; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski, Virginia participated in the preparation of a multi -
jurisdictional plan, New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025 Update; and
WHEREAS, the New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025 Update has been prepared in
accordance with federal laws, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, as amended; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended; and the
National Dam Safety Program Act, as amended; and,
WHEREAS, the New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025 Update identifies mitigation
goals and actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property in the Town of
Pulaski, Virginia from the impacts of future hazards and disasters; and
WHEREAS, adoption by the Town of Pulaski, Virginia Town Council demonstrates their
commitment to the hazard mitigation and achieving the goals outlined in the New River Valley
Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025 Update.
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski, Virginia is a local unit of government that has afforded the
citizens an opportunity to comment and provide input in the Plan and the actions in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski, Virginia has reviewed the Plan and affirms that the Plan will
be updated no less than every five years.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Town of Pulaski, Virginia Town Council that
the Town of Pulaski, Virginia sitting in regular session this 1ST day of July 2025 adopts the New
River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025 Update as this jurisdiction's Multi -Hazard Mitigation
Plan.
This resolution is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted on this 171h day of June 2025 by
the recorded vote of the Town Council of Pulaski, Virginia as follows:
Jeremy L. Clark- Aye G. Tyler Clontz- Aye
Sunshine N. Cope- Aye Steven W. Erickson- Aye
Brooks R. Dawson- Aye Joel B. Burchett- Aye
Mayor Collins- Aye
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA