Project Impact - City of Rye
AGREEMENT is made this 26th day of April 1999, by these parties: the City of Rye ("CITY"), Westchester County ("COUNTY"), the State of New York ("STATE"), the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its national level partners (referred to collectively as "FEMA"), and local corporate and nonprofit partners.
Understand that the City of Rye is located such that it is subject to a wide variety of potential natural and man-made risks;
Take note of the fact that Rye, bordered by Long Island Sound and traversed by Blind Brook and Beaver Swamp Brook, has been the past victim of flooding, storm damage, hurricanes, and nor'easters;
Recognize that Rye, whose boundaries are crossed Interstate 95, Interstate 287, and the Metro-North Railroad, is vulnerable to risks associated with proximity to major means of transportation;
Seek to mitigate the impacts of hazards which may occur in Rye and enhance the ability to sustain itself against threats to safety and property;