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Adoption of Resolution Approving the City of Alameda Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), June 2016. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Adopt a Resolution Approving the City of Alameda Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, June 2016
BACKGROUND
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) requires all local governments to adopt a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) to be eligible for participation in and receive disaster mitigation funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). Local governments with a FEMA approved LHMP may be eligible for the following benefits:
* A more disaster-resistant and resilient community and region,
* Eligibility for hazard mitigation assistance programs, including HMGP, Pre-Disaster Mitigation, Flood Mitigation Assistance, and Severe Repetitive Loss grant programs,
* Eligibility for points under the National Flood Insurance Programs Community Rating System (CRS),
* Eligibility for waiver of the 6.25% local match for Public Assistance money after a disaster.
The purpose of a LHMP is to identify the local natural hazards, review and assess past disaster occurrences, estimate the probability of future occurrences, and set goals to mitigate potential risks in order to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards. Per DMA 2000, LHMPs must be updated every five years.
The City of Alameda and other participating cities, counties, and special districts of the San Francisco Bay Area submitted letters of commitment to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to lead the 2005 publishing of and 2010 update to a multi-jurisdictional LHMP, "Taming Natural Disasters." The City prepared an Annex to the regional plan on March 17, 2005, with City Council approval of the updated annex on November 15, 2011. These Annexes allowed eligibility for pr...
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