REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BILLY P. ALCORN, Fire Chief
Fire Department
BY: SEAN A. JOHNSON, Battalion Chief
Fire Department, Emergency Preparedness Officer
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION - Adopting the May 2024 Fresno County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, and City of Fresno Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Resolution adopting the 2024 Fresno County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the City of Fresno Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex set forth in Annex E.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the 2024 hazard mitigation plan is to reduce long-term risk to people, property, infrastructure, and public services from natural hazards. Section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. ? 5165, together with FEMA's local mitigation planning regulations at 44 C.F.R. ? 201.6, requires a current FEMA-approved local hazard mitigation plan for a local government to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program project funding and to apply for other FEMA mitigation assistance. FEMA's regulations also allow multi-jurisdictional plans, provided each participating jurisdiction takes part in the planning process and formally adopts its own plan or annex.
The 2024 Fresno County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan includes Annex E for the City of Fresno. The annex identifies Fresno-specific hazards, vulnerabilities, capabilities, and mitigation actions, and supports continued use of hazard mitigation planning in capital improvement planning, development review, emergency operations, and future grant applications. Adoption of the 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan will also keep the City on the current federal planning cycle, which requires local mitigation plans to be reviewed, updated, and resubmitted at least every five years to maintain program eligibility.
State law also supports this action. Government Code section ...
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