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RESOLUTION NO. 86- 52
A RESOLUTION OF INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND SPECIFICALLY OUR
UNITED STATES SENATORS, THE
HONORABLE LAWTON CHILES AND THE
HONORABLE PAULA HAWKINS, AND INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY' REPRESENTATIVES IN
THE UNITED STATES DOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, THE HONORABLE BILL
NELSON AND THE HONORABLE TOM LEWIS,
TO REJECT THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY'S PROPOSED
REVISIONS TO THE DISASTER RELIEF
ACT OF 1974, SEVERELY RESTRICTING
THE AVAILABILITY OF DISASTER RELIEF
ASSISTANCE.
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Is responsible for providing federal disaster assistance
loans to the public and private sectors when the President
declares an area to be a disaster area, pursuant to Public
Law 93-288, the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; and,
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency
has proposed changes which will drastically reduce the
amount of money available for loans to restore stricken
areas, while restricting the circumstances under which such
relief will be granted and limiting the President's power to
declare disasters; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Disaster
Relief Act of 1974 include a plan which will require local
governments to build, at their own expense, a system of
shelters to protect state and local government officials in
the event of nuclear war; and,
WHEREAS, the total affect of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency proposals will provide no protection from
nuclear attack to average citizens while drastically
reducing the disaster assistance funds which have been
available in the past on numerous occasions to provide
relief for areas stricken by cataclysmic occurrences; and,
WHEREAS, the current disaster relief programs
established by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 have served
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an indispensable role in allowing communities to rebuild
after being stricken by disasters; and,
WHEREAS, reduction of available aid will, without
question, adversely affect the abilities of local
communities to recover from the effects of such disasters;
and,
WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the Disaster
Relief Act of 1974 will become law on October 1, 1986,
unless the United States Congress intervenes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
County Commissioners of Indian River County urges Congress,
and specifically United States Senators, the Honorable
Lawton Chiles and the Honorable Paula Hawkins, and Indian
River County's Representatives in the United States House of
Representatives, the Honorable Bill Nelson and the Honorable
Tom Lewis, to reject the Federal Emergency Management
Agency's proposed amendments to the Disaster Relief Act of
1974 and to maintain a system, such as the present system,
which will provide worthwhile and meaningful federal
assistance to those communities stricken by disasters.
The foregoing resolution was offered by
Commissioner Lyons -- and seconded by Commissioner
Bird , and, being put to a vote, the vote was as
follows:
Chairman Don C. Scurlock, Jr. Aye
Vice Chairman Patrick B. Lyons
Commissioner Richard N. Bird
Commissioner William C. Wodtke, Jr. AYe_--
Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution
duly passed and adopted this 20th day of August , 1986.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA BY ITS
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Cha.irman--
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RESOLUTION NO. 86- 52
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