TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: December 8, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Carmel J. Angelo
PHONE:
463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Nash Gonzalez
PHONE:
234-6693
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 15 mins
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of Resolution Adopting the 2020 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for Mendocino County as the Official Plan
(Sponsor: Executive Office)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Adopt Resolution Adopting the 2020 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for Mendocino County as the Official Plan; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On February 25, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement No. 20-009 with Atlas Planning Solutions for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program - Funded Local Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and General Plan Safety Element Consulting in the amount of $289,828, for the term effective upon execution by all parties through March 21, 2021 by a 5-0 vote. The MJHMP is the first in the two phase process of the scope to bring the Hazard Mitigation Plan into compliance with Federal and State statutes (The Stafford Act) as well as the Code of Federal Regulations - Title 44, Chapter 1, Part 201 (?201.6: Local Mitigation Plans)
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Hazard Mitigation is any work done to minimize the impacts of any type of hazard event before it occurs. Mendocino County requires an update to the Mendocino County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP). The existing plan expired on December 31, 2019, but remained in effect because a revision was underway. This project provides a 2020 consultant-guides process to ensure that the MJHMP remains an active and applicable document. The County's current plan was last updated in December 2014. On October 30, 2000, Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, which amend...
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