55A - AA, AGMT AND RESO FOR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT

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Exhibit A discuss availability of mapping resources, and discuss opportunities for public participation. • Initial review of hazards. o Planning Team Meeting #2 (2 hours) • The purpose of the second meeting is to review best practices in hazard mitigation and examine opportunities to integrate the mitigation plan with the City's existing development policies included in the General Plan and other regulatory documents. o Planning Team Meeting #3 (2 hours) • The purpose of the second meeting is to begin work on the Mitigation Strategy. This will involve capturing existing mitigation activities along with developing mitigation action items for the future. EPC will work in advance of the meeting to review the General Plan -Safety Element, Annual Budget, and Capital Improvement Program in order to capture any already identified mitigation -related projects. o Planning Team Meeting #4 (2 hours) • The purpose of the third meeting is to continue to develop new mitigation action items. During the meeting EPC will distribute a planning tool that contains a comprehensive list of mitigation actions from a wide variety of jurisdictional plans. The use of this comprehensive list will assist and expedite the Planning Team's process of identifying existing and future mitigation actions. o Planning Team Meeting #5 (2 hours) • Review of the First Draft Plan will be preceded by advance distribution of the document to the Planning Team via the City's Point of Contact. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the Planning Team to share comments and corrections to the document. Also, this meeting will include a discussion on preparations and logistics for conducting the public participation process and soliciting input from the general public and external agencies during the distribution of the Second Draft Plan. General Public and External Agency Input FEMA requires the Second Draft Plan be made available to the general public and external agencies (e.g. adjoining jurisdictions, servicing special districts, etc.). EPC recommends posting the Second Draft Plan on the City's website and using existing notification methods perhaps including a newsletter or other means to inform the general public of the Plan's availability. As for the external agencies, EPC will provide email content for distribution to the various agencies (not yet including Cal OES and FEMA) including a link to the posting of the Second Draft Plan. All information gathered will be included in the Third Draft Plan. Finalization will include sending an electronic copy of the Third Draft to the Point of Contact along with a cover letter and completed FEMA Review Tool for submission to Cal OES. Following any DMA 2000-justified revisions by EPC, Cal OES will forward the Plan to FEMA for review and issuance of an Approval #36221v2 8 55A-23