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<br /> Hazard Mitigation Plan | 2022 <br />Mitigation Strategies <br />- 102 - <br /> <br />✓ Property Protection: Actions that involve modification of existing buildings or structures <br />to protect them from a hazard, or removal from the hazard area. Examples include <br />acquisition, elevation, relocation, structural retrofits, storm shutters, and shatter- <br />resistant glass. <br />✓ Public Education and Awareness: Actions to inform and educate citizens, property <br />owners, and elected officials about hazards and potential ways to mitigate them. <br />Such actions include outreach projects, real estate disclosure, hazard information <br />centers, and school-age and adult education programs. <br />✓ Natural Resource Protection: Actions that, in addition to minimizing hazard losses <br />preserve or restore the functions of natural systems. Examples include sediment and <br />erosion control, stream corridor restoration, watershed management, forest and <br />vegetation management, and wetland restoration and preservation. <br />✓ Emergency Services: Actions that protect people and property during and immediately <br />following a disaster or hazard event. Services include warning systems, emergency <br />response services, and protection of critical facilities. <br />✓ Structural Projects: Actions that involve the construction of structures to reduce the <br />impact of a hazard. Such structures include dams, levees, floodwalls, retaining walls, <br />and safe rooms. <br /> <br />Q&A | ELEMENT C. MITIGATION STRATEGY | C3 <br />Q: Does the plan include goals to reduce/avoid long-term vulnerabilities to the identified hazards? <br />(Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(i)) <br />A: See Goals below. <br /> <br />Goals <br />The Planning Team considered the goals identified in the 2005 HMP and decided to keep the <br />same goals. <br /> <br />Each goal is supported by mitigation action items. The Planning Team developed these action <br />items through its knowledge of the local area, risk assessment, review of past efforts, identification <br />of mitigation activities, and qualitative analysis. <br /> <br />The five mitigation goals and descriptions are listed below. <br /> <br />Protect Life and Property <br />Implement activities that assist in protecting lives by making homes, businesses, infrastructure, <br />critical facilities, and other property more resistant to losses from natural, human-caused, and <br />technological hazards. <br /> <br />Improve hazard assessment information to make recommendations for avoiding new <br />development in high hazard areas and encouraging preventative measures for existing <br />development in areas vulnerable to natural, human-caused, and technological hazards. <br /> <br />Increase Public Awareness <br />Develop and implement education and outreach programs to increase public awareness of the <br />risks associated with natural, human-caused, and technological hazards.