FY2025-14 Adopting The Kodiak Island Borough Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update1
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2025-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ADOPTING THE
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH MULTI -JURISDICTIONAL MULTI -HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
UPDATE
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires that all states and
local governments submit a Hazard Mitigation Plan to be eligible for FEMA funding related to
disasters; and
WHEREAS, the previous hazard mitigation plan was completed in 2018 and expired in
November 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough prepared a Multi -Jurisdictional Multi -Hazard Mitigation
Plan update (the plan) on behalf of all Borough residents, including the Kodiak Island Borough
and other incorporated communities within the Borough; and
WHEREAS, the plan update process was completed in approximately a year and included a
planning team comprised of local government representatives, public meetings, a public survey,
and a public review process for the plan draft; and
WHEREAS, with this effort, the Kodiak Island Borough can be eligible for Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) pre -hazard and Alaska Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management (ADHS&EM) post -disaster mitigation project grants by adopting the
Multi -Jurisdiction Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, once the plan is adopted by the Borough Assembly, it will be transmitted to all the
communities within the borough for adoption and to ADHS&EM for evaluation; and
WHEREAS, following the completion of the evaluation by ADHS&EM, the plan will be submitted
to FEMA for final review and adoption; and
WHEREAS, once the plan and annexes are adopted, the communities will have the power to
make further changes to the plan pursuant to the process specified within plan and subject to
FEMA approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH that the Kodiak Island Borough Multi -Jurisdictional Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan
Update dated January 2025 is hereby adopted inclusive of any minor additions or corrections
that result from the State and FEMA review process.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 2025
Resolution No. FY2025-14
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ATTEST:
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Scott Arndt, Borough Mayor Nova M. Javier,
VOTES:
Ayes: Sharratt, Smiley, Whiteside, Johnson, and LeDoux
Absent: Ames and Griffin
Resolution No. FY2025-14
Clerk
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