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Staff Report for Adoption of the San Leandro Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 2010 Annex
Staffreport
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and take testimony on the proposed adoption of the San Leandro Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 2010 Annex.
BACKGROUND
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and the guidelines established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) require that local jurisdictions identify hazards, risks and vulnerabilities as they relate to disasters. In 2005, the City completed and adopted the San Leandro Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, identifying those hazards, risks and vulnerabilities in this community. FEMA asks that jurisdictions update those plans every five years, and in 2009 the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) implemented a program to assist all agencies within the region with the updating of that plan.
Analysis
Disaster mitigation project funding and recovery funding may be dependent upon a local jurisdiction’s participation in the Hazard Mitigation Plan process. Therefore, City staff collaborated with ABAG to update the City’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan into a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, following FEMA’s guidelines. More than 90 cities, counties and special districts participated in ABAG’s Plan update process.
The goal of the Local Hazard Mitigation Process was to develop a disaster-resistant region, reducing the potential loss of life, property damage and environmental degradation from natural disasters, while speeding economic recovery from disasters.
The Plan updates focus on the most common natural disasters in our region - earthquakes, weather related hazards, wildland fires and landslides. Each jurisdiction was evaluated for potential risks from these hazards, and mitigation strategies were identified. It should be noted that in many categories within the Plan, the City of San Leandro already met or exceeded ABAG’s recommendations for mitigation strate...
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