TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Michael Lang, Interim Fire Chief
Amanda MacLennan, Emergency Preparedness Administrator
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution for the City of Manhattan Beach 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) (No Budget Impact) (Interim Fire Chief Lang).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0011
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 25-0011, the City of Manhattan Beach 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have approved the City's 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) pending the City Council's adoption of the plan. The LHMP Planning Committee (including the public) reviewed the LHMP prior to the submission to CalOES and FEMA.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The recommended action will have no direct impact to the City's General Fund. Adoption of the LHMP allows the City to be eligible for pre- and post-disaster FEMA mitigation funding.
BACKGROUND:
In 2000, Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA 2000), which requires local governments to reduce risks from natural hazards through mitigation planning to be eligible for pre- and post-disaster FEMA funding. A LHMP identifies risks, vulnerabilities, and long-term strategies for protecting people, property, and environment.
The purpose of the LHMP is to develop and adopt pre-disaster mitigation measures to help minimize property damage and the risk to public health and safety that could result from the effects of natural hazards. The LHMP also outlines the steps taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risks to human life and property as defined by FEMA, including the identification of hazards, assessment of impacts and vulnerabilities, setting of mitigation goals, and the selection and prioritization of mitigation strateg...
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