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Draft Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan - Citywide - Applicant: City of Alameda. A Public Hearing to Review and Comment on the Draft Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan. CEQA Determination: The proposed plan is not a project under CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 and Public Resources Code Section 21065. No further environmental review is needed.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Danielle Mieler, Sustainability and Resilience Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda ("City") is seeking feedback on its Draft Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan ("Plan") to serve as the City's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Plan updates the 2016 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and the adaptation chapter of the 2019 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP). Some of the information contained in CARP is directly translated into this Plan, and some of it is updated and adapted for this Plan. The Plan is aligned with the draft General Plan Safety Element and Emergency Management Plan.
The purpose of the Plan is to help Alameda adapt to climate change, reduce the impact of future disasters, and help us recover more quickly when disasters do occur. Local governments with a FEMA approved LHMP may be eligible for the following benefits:
* Create a more disaster-resistant and resilient community and region;
* Eligibility for hazard mitigation assistance programs, including Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Community (BRIC) Grant Program, Flood Mitigation Assistance and Severe Repetitive Loss grant programs as required by the Federal Emergency Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000);
* Eligibility for points under the National Flood Insurance Programs Community Rating System (CRS), and;
* Eligibility for waiver of the 6.25% local match for Public Assistance money after a disaster.
Per DMA 2000, Local Hazard Mitigation Plans mu...
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