To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Adoption and Approval of the Humboldt County Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020 Update
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review the Board Report and resolution;
2. Approve and adopt by resolution the Humboldt Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020 Update;
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services to be included in the final Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approval of the plan;
4. Authorize staff to make non-policy related changes to the plan if requested per FEMA plan approval review; and
5. Authorize staff to apply for the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMPG) to secure funds to implement projects identified in the Humboldt Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program #4301-047-022P, FIPS #023-00000 - Humboldt County, Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
DISCUSSION:
In August of 2018, a coalition of Humboldt County cities and special districts began a planning process to update the Humboldt County Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan, which is designed to prepare for and lessen the impacts of specified natural hazards. Responding to federal mandates in the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), the partnership was formed to pool resources and to create a uniform hazard mitigation strategy that can be consistently applied to the defined planning area and used to ensure eligibility for specified grant funding success.
This effort represents the second comprehensive update to the prior hazard mitigation plan, approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in March 20, 2014. The 23-member coalition of partners involved in this program includes unincorporated Humboldt County, the citie...
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