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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-16 Requestion the President of the USA Declare Eagle County and the Communities Located therein a Major Disater AreaRESOLUTION N0. 16 Series of 1984 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 301(b), PUBLIC LACY 93-288, AS IMPLEMENTED BY 44 CFR 205, 41, DECLARE EAGLE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES LOCATED THEREIN A MAJOR DISASTER AREA. WHEREAS, as a result of extensive flooding, mudslides and landslides, Eagle County and the communities located therein have sustained substantial damage; and WHEREAS, the cost to the Town of Vail alone because of such flooding, mudslides and landslides was approximately X350,000 to 400,000; and WHEREAS, such flooding, mudslides and landslides were caused by a combination of the very early snowfall this past winter, insulating the ground and an abnormally intensive warming txend this spring which caused the heavy snowpack to run off in ~iigher than normal volumes; and WHEREAS, Eagle County and the communities located therein do not have the financial resources to de~.1 with the damage caused by said floods, mudslides and landslides. NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL THAT: Under the provisions of Section 30].(b), Public Law 93-288, as implemented by 44 CFR 205, 41, the President of the United States declare Eagle County and the communities therein a mayor disaster area. INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, THIS 21st August 1954. day of R,bdney E. <Slifer, ~Maybr ATTEST: Pamela A. Brandmeyer~-Town Clerk d