Item 26 - Updated Hazard Mitigation Plan

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Hazard Mitigation Plan | 2022 Mitigation Strategies - 103 - Provide information on tools; partnership opportunities, and funding resources to assist in implementing mitigation activities. Protect Natural Systems Support management and land use planning practices with hazard mitigation to protect life. Preserve, rehabilitate, and enhance natural systems to serve hazard mitigation functions. Promote Partnerships and Implementation Strengthen communication and coordinate participation with public agencies, non-profit organizations, business, and industry to support implementation. Encourage leadership within the City and public organizations to prioritize and implement local and regional hazard mitigation activities. Enhance Emergency Services Establish policy to ensure mitigation projects for critical facilities, services, and infrastructure. Strengthen emergency operations by increasing collaboration and coordination among public agencies, non-profit organizations, business, and industry. Coordinate and integrate hazard mitigation activities where appropriate, with emergency operations plans and procedures. How are the Mitigation Action Items Organized? The action items are a listing of activities in which City agencies and citizens can be engaged to reduce risk. Each action item includes an estimate of the timeline for implementation. The action items are organized within the following Mitigation Actions Matrix, which lists all of the multi-hazard (actions that reduce risks for more than one specific hazard) and hazard-specific action items included in the mitigation plan. Data collection and research and the public participation process resulted in the development of these action items. The Matrix includes the following information for each action item: Funding Source The action items can be funded through a variety of sources, possibly including the Annual Budget, development fees, Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant (BRIC), other Grants, private funding, and other funding opportunities. Lead Department The Mitigation Actions Matrix assigns primary responsibility for each of the action items. The hierarchies of the assignments vary – from positions to departments to committees. The primary responsibility for implementing the action items falls to the entity shown as the “Lead Department”. The lead department is the agency with regulatory responsibility to address hazards, or that is