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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Hazard mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of | ||||||
| 3 | life and property by lessening the impact
of disasters; it is | ||||||
| 4 | most effective when implemented under a comprehensive, | ||||||
| 5 | long-term mitigation
plan; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program, | ||||||
| 7 | administered by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency | ||||||
| 8 | (FEMA), is designed to assist states and local communities in | ||||||
| 9 | implementing a
sustained pre-disaster natural hazard | ||||||
| 10 | mitigation program; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Recently enacted federal legislation, the | ||||||
| 12 | Disaster Recovery Reform Act, makes available
new dollars for | ||||||
| 13 | states and communities to undertake pre-disaster mitigation | ||||||
| 14 | measures and creates
new incentives for states to build | ||||||
| 15 | resiliently; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Since 1908, natural disasters have cost the | ||||||
| 17 | country over $1 trillion dollars; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Disasters affect the local and state economies in | ||||||
| 19 | lost payrolls, lost sales and income tax,
and increased | ||||||
| 20 | disaster recovery times; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, According to a FEMA commissioned study conducted | ||||||
| 2 | by the National Institute of
Building Sciences, every $1 spent | ||||||
| 3 | on hazard mitigation provides the nation with $6 in future
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| 4 | benefits; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Twenty-five percent of small businesses that are | ||||||
| 6 | impacted by a natural disaster never
reopen their doors; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, September is National Preparedness Month in
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| 8 | recognition of the need for all Americans to prepare and plan | ||||||
| 9 | for recovery after a disaster; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Mitigation planning is a key process used to break | ||||||
| 11 | the cycle of disaster damage,
reconstruction, and repeated | ||||||
| 12 | damage; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Effective pre-disaster mitigation reduces the | ||||||
| 14 | demand for relief services on volunteer
organizations such as | ||||||
| 15 | disaster rescue and recovery teams, along with food banks and | ||||||
| 16 | homeless
shelters who serve our communities by changing their | ||||||
| 17 | operations to provide additional services to
those affected by | ||||||
| 18 | disaster; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The brave men and women who, as first responders, | ||||||
| 20 | selflessly provide
aid in a disaster to safeguard citizens | ||||||
| 21 | should be commended and recognized; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Communities should be encouraged to build | ||||||
| 2 | resiliently and develop long-range
mitigation strategies for | ||||||
| 3 | protecting people and property from future hazard events; | ||||||
| 4 | therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the week of | ||||||
| 7 | September 1- 7, 2019 as "Resiliency Week" to
raise public | ||||||
| 8 | awareness about the continuing need to plan for future | ||||||
| 9 | disasters by instituting a predisaster
mitigation strategy.
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