H.C.R. 8 Enrolled

RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING UTAH COMMUNITIES
TO PARTICIPATE IN NATURE-SAFE UTAH
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Ralph Becker
This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor urges state and local
partnerships to participate in the Nature-Safe Utah Initiative to help Utah communities to
become disaster resistant through disaster prevention.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
WHEREAS, the Utah Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management coordinates
disaster prevention among Utah communities and desires to facilitate a statewide partnership with
government, business, voluntary agencies, churches, and civic groups called Nature-Safe Utah;
WHEREAS, the goal of the partnership is to increase Utah disaster resistance;
WHEREAS, state emergency management agencies nationwide are responsible for
coordinating new congressional emphases in disaster prevention, requiring local governments to
address disaster prevention through planning, broad-based community involvement, and
implementation;
WHEREAS, members of related state and federal agencies are able to combine their
talents, expertise, and available resources in a coordinated manner to partnership with interested
local governments in disaster resistance;
WHEREAS, disaster prevention is different in concept and implementation from disaster
preparedness, response, and recovery, involving the mitigation of hazards that might cause
disasters;
WHEREAS, Utah, as other states, desires to do its part in reducing the national, state, and
local cost of natural disasters;
WHEREAS, each community should assume there is a disaster in its future and that
prevention is part of maintaining a sustainable community;
WHEREAS, all elements of communities benefit from disaster prevention;
WHEREAS, much remains to be done statewide in disaster prevention, which is best

accomplished at the local level, with state coordination; and
WHEREAS, the Utah Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management is promoting
Nature-Safe Utah for the coordinating emphasis in disaster prevention, as it relates to the new
national emphasis:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
Governor concurring therein, urge state and local partnerships to participate in the Nature-Safe Utah
initiative to help Utah communities in disaster prevention efforts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor support the spirit and
concept of the Utah Comprehensive Emergency Management's Nature-Safe Utah Initiative so that
Utah can more effectively accelerate statewide efforts in disaster prevention.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Utah Division
of Comprehensive Emergency Management.

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