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Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Receive a presentation of the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) from the Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services Staff; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 187-2024 adopting the 2024 MJHMP update which is incorporated in the El Dorado County General Plan Public Health, Safety, and Noise Element by reference.
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) of 2000 (Public Law 106-390) requires local governments to develop and adopt pre-disaster mitigation plans in order to minimize property damage and the risk to public health and safety that might result from the effects of natural or man-made disasters. A MJHMP assesses risk and vulnerabilities and identifies and prioritizes mitigation projects. The 2024 MJHMP update, approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on August 29, 2024, makes the County eligible for FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs. FEMA requires that the MJHMP be updated every five years to maintain eligibility for grants.
This MJHMP update is a customized plan tailored for El Dorado County and its four participating jurisdictions and is an update to the previous MJHMP adopted in 2019, which expires in 2024. The related General Plan Amendment adopts the 2024 MJHMP update into the General Plan by reference. California adopted Assembly Bill (AB) 2140 (Hancock) in 2006, which added provisions specifying what is to be included in a MJHMP and requires a linkage between local jurisdiction’s MJHMP and the safety element of their general plan. AB 2140 requires a jurisdiction to adopt the MJHMP into the safety element of the general plan in order to be eligible for an increased share of disaster relief funding under the California Disaster Assistance Act.
The increasing cost of disaster recovery in the nation and the State of California over the past decades has prompted a rene...
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