RES NO 07-02-2025 CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO.6I- &025
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS,A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED:
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CRAWFORD COUNTY
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, certain areas of Van Buren are subject to periodic flooding and other natural and
man-caused hazards with the potential to cause damages to people's properties
with the area; and
WHEREAS, under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, the United States Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) required that local jurisdictions
have in place a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Action Plan as a
condition of receipt of certain future Federal mitigation funding after
November 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, to assist cities and counties in meeting this requirement, Crawford County,with
the assistance of Western Arkansas Planning and Development District
(WAPDD), initiated development of county wide, multi jurisdiction Hazard
Mitigation Plan the county and all jurisdictions in the county, specifically the
cities and school districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF VAN
BUREN,ARKANSAS,THAT:
SECTION 1: The City of Van Buren adopts those portions of Plan relating to and protecting its
jurisdictional area against all hazards and appoints the Crawford County
Emergency Management Department to assure that the Hazard Mitigation Plan be
reviewed at least annually and that any needed adjustment to the Hazard Mitigation
Plan be developed and presented to the governing board for consideration and
agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry
out the objectives of the Hazard Mitigation Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Ci of Van Bu n,Arkansas, by its City Council,
did pass, approve, and adopt,by a vote of for and against,the foregoing Resolution
at its regular meeting held on the 8th day o July 2025.
G\evk Tress
,,
City of Van Buren J seph P urst
r
ATTESTED: d °ra <wac�ay APPRO
County.P
n _ _
r
Sha nna Reyn 1 s Ja ell 2
City Clerk/Treasurer City Attorney