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Item #6 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 6, 2004 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council 7 FROM: Tom Hendrix, Fire Chief--" SUBJECT: Consider Resolution to approve joining with San Bernardino County and every city and town within the County in preparing a multi -jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan DATE: June 24, 2004 BACKGROUND: The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires jurisdictions (states, counties, cities, towns and special districts) to have a local Hazard Mitigation Plan approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by November 1, 2004, in order to be eligible for pre and post disaster mitigation funds administered by FEMA. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: A Hazard Mitigation Plan requires a city to identify its natural hazards, profile those hazards in detail, assess its vulnerabilities to those hazards, establish hazard mitigation goals, and identify projects to help mitigate those hazards. The City of Colton is required to complete a Hazard Mitigation Plan by November 1, 2004. We may prepare a "stand alone" plan that pertains only to our City, or we may join with other surrounding jurisdictions and do a mutli-jurisdiction plan. In San Bernardino County, the County and every other city/town within the county have committed to preparing a multi -jurisdictional plan. The multi -jurisdictional approach has several benefits. It is recommended by FEMA (who ultimately approves the plan), it allows the County and the cities to share resources and expertise, and it provides for a regional approach to mitigating natural hazards that extend over political boundaries. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of not doing a Hazard Mitigation Plan could be significant. It exposes the City to the possible loss of federal funds following a disaster. In joining with the County to prepare a multi - jurisdictional plan, we will incur the cost of purchasing a license for web -based planning tool that all the county partners will be using. The cost of the Visual Risk License will be $3,000. The money will come from Emergency Management Preparedness Grant (EMPG) funds and will not affect the general fund. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: None. CONFLICT OF INTEREST None.