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Washington Terrace adopts Weber County pre-disaster mitigation plan to preserve grant eligibility
Summary
City council unanimously adopted Resolution 25-16 to join Weber County's FEMA- and state-approved pre-disaster mitigation plan, enabling the city to pursue future mitigation grants tied to that plan.
Washington Terrace City Council unanimously approved Resolution 25-16 on Aug. 5 to adopt the Weber County pre-disaster mitigation plan, a document county officials and staff said has been approved by the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is intended to make mitigation grant funds available to participating municipalities.
The approval came after staff described the plan as aligned with the city's capital improvement priorities, particularly projects that harden water and sewer infrastructure. Tom (staff) told the council the county plan "laces directly with our capital investment plan" and that the county and federal reviewers required edits before granting approval.
Council members asked clarifying questions about several entries in the county plan that read "unknown" in response fields; staff said the wording and classifications required by state and FEMA reviewers produced those entries and that the city wrote narrative justifications to connect local projects to the federal/state hazard categories. Councilmember discussion did not identify conditions that would prevent adoption.
A roll-call vote was requested; the mayor's clerk recorded the council's votes as unanimous. City staff said adopting the plan is required to remain eligible for certain state and federal mitigation grant programs should the city apply in the future.
The council's formal action authorizes the city to be included in the countywide mitigation framework and does not itself appropriate funds or approve specific mitigation projects. Staff said affected projects will appear later in capital improvement planning and, where appropriate, return to the council for separate funding or procurement approvals.
The item was introduced as Item 6.5 on the Aug. 5 agenda and passed with no recorded dissent.
Ending: With the resolution adopted, staff said the city will remain eligible to apply for mitigation grants that reference the county plan; any grant awards or project-level spending would require separate council action.
