Flood Forum Bay Area MultiJurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

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Flood Forum - Bay Area
Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

• JEANNE PERKINS
• DANIELLE HUTCHINGS
• ABAG Earthquake and
• Hazards Program

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What Is DMA 2000?

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The federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA
2000) focuses on

• Mitigation before, rather than after, disasters
• Ties future mitigation funding to cities,
  counties, and special districts having Local
  Hazard Mitigation Plans completed

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Bottom Line Eligible for
MITIGATION Dollars from FEMA- PDM-C Grants-
HMGP Grants- Flood Grants
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Is It Worth Complying Even If I
Dont Plan to Apply for Mitigation Funds from
FEMA? YES!

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NEW 2007 State Legislation impacts Public
Assistance dollars for damage reimbursement

• Waives the 6.25 match requirement for Public
  Assistance damage reimbursement

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ABAG has taken the lead in developing a Bay
Areamulti-jurisdictional LHMP

• Participating in the MJ-LHMP is simpler than a
  stand-alone LHMP
• That plan is being updated 2009.
• Thus, now is the logical time to get on board

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MJ-LHMP Focus on NATURAL
HAZARDS
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Earthquake-Related Hazards

• Ground Shaking
• Fault Rupture
• Liquefaction
• Landslides
• Tsunamis

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Weather-Related Hazards

• Flooding
• Landslides
• Wildfires
• Drought
• Climate Change

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Flooding Hazard (Q3) 100-Year Event

• 9.4 of land
• 8.9 of urban
• 7.3 of roads
• Currently replacing Q3 with DFIRMs

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What Is Different in 2009 than
the LAST Time We Did This?

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REQUIREMENTS

• 1 Turn in Letter of Commitment by June 30
• 2 The Lag Time is NO LONGER AVAILABLE so
  get us your critical facilities by June 30 or
  you cant make any changes (This train is
  together this time)
• 3 Cant Join In after the plan is final.
• 4 We must have Core Regional Mitigation
  Strategies (with pros and cons)
• 5 More of language in your Annexes to be
  part of the main LHMP
• (under negotiation)

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CORE Mitigation Strategies (FEMA required)
Core priorities will be based on the review of
the exiting priorities in the existing annexes
and the hazards assessment.THIS workshop is
being held so that we can work together to ensure
consensus on these draft Core mitigation
strategies. The Core priorities can then be
changed (or accepted) by individual cities,
counties, and special districts. We must allow
the public an opportunity to comment on those
choices (at Council/Board meeting and with
ABAG)
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What Is Mitigation?

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Two ways to deal with hazards

• Increase emergency response capability
• Increase actions taken to reduce or eliminate the
  impacts of future incidents

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MJ-LHMP GOAL To develop a disaster-resistant
region by

• Reducing the potential loss of life, property
  damage, and environmental degradation from
  natural disasters, while
• Speeding economic recovery from those disasters.

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And ANOTHER (Practical) Goal To have a type of
insurance for receiving more Public
Assistance money from FEMA and the State
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Setting REGIONAL Priorities for
Mitigation The Purpose of This FLOOD Workshop
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MITIGATION Decisions Costs of ACTION vs.
INACTIONCOSTS vs. LOSS REDUCTION(BenefitCost
Analysis or BCA)

• Deaths and injury
• Damage property dollar loss
• Disruption downtime due to inoperable
  functioning

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OTHER Criteria STAPLEE

• Social
• Technical
• Administrative
• Political
• Legal
• Economic
• Environmental

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Organization of Strategies by
Function

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Infrastructure This includes mitigation of
lifeline facilities critical for operations AND
recovery.
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2. Health (more than hospitals) 3. Housing
(homes) 4. Economy (industrial and commercial)
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5. Government Services This includes mitigation
related to government facilities, in general.
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6. Education (for school districts) 7.
Environment (including climate) 8. Land Use
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Where is ABAGs Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
information on the internet?

• http//quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation
• With link to Commitment Letter (as word file)

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Setting Priorities

• Existing Program
• Very High NOW!
• High need money
• Moderate if money
• Under Study
• Not Applicable
• Not Yet Considered