Item 26 - Updated Hazard Mitigation Plan

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Hazard Mitigation Plan | 2022 Mitigation Strategies - 104 - willing and able to organize resources, find appropriate funding, or oversee activity implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. Lead departments may include local, County, or regional agencies that are capable of or responsible for implementing activities and programs. Plan Goals Addressed The plan goals addressed by each action item are included as a way to monitor and evaluate how well the mitigation plan is achieving its goals once implementation begins. The plan goals are organized into the following five areas: ✓ Protect Life and Property ✓ Enhance Public Awareness ✓ Preserve Natural Systems ✓ Enhance Emergency Services ✓ Promote Partnerships and Implementation Planning Mechanism It’s important that each action item be implemented. Perhaps the best way to ensure implementation is through integration with one or many of the City’s existing “planning mechanisms” including the General Plan, Capital Improvement Program, General Fund and Grants. Opportunities for integration will be simple and easy in cases where the action item is already compatible with the content of the planning mechanism. As an example, if the action item calls for the creation of a floodplain ordinance and the same action is already identified in the General Plan’s policies, then the General Plan will assist in implementation. On the contrary, if preparation of a floodplain ordinance is not already included in the General Plan policies, then the item will need to be added during the next update to the General Plan. The General Plan was last updated in 2020 and was used as a reference throughout the Mitigation Plan. The next General Plan update will likely not take place for another 10 years. The Capital Improvement Program (CIP), depending on the budgetary environment, is updated every 5 years. The CIP includes infrastructure projects built and owned by the City. As such, the CIP is an excellent medium for funding and implementing action items from t he Mitigation Plan. The Mitigation Actions Matrix includes several items from the existing CIP. The authors of the CIP served on the Planning Team and are already looking for funding opportunities for several of the Mitigation Plan action items. The Storm Drain Master Plan (2018) identifies flood-related improvements for the City and is referenced in several flood-related items on the Mitigation Actions Matrix. The General Fund is the budget document that guides all of the City’s expenditures and is updated on an annual basis. Although primarily a funding mechanism, it also includes descriptions and details associated with tasks and projects.