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Arlington Hazard Mitigation Action Plan
Project Summary:
What is Hazard Mitigation?
"Hazard mitigation is the process of taking planned actions to reduce the probability that potential hazards in a community will turn into actual threats to life and property and/or reducing the impact of such threats if they materialize. Mitigation actions make communities safer, but they do not eliminate risk and vulnerability for all hazards, as some threats cannot be mitigated away."
-Governor's Division of Emergency Management
The Hazard Mitigation Plan will serve as a guide for decision makers as they commit resources to reduce the effects of natural hazards. This planning effort is a Federal iniative to minimize or eliminate damage from future natural disasters rather than to respond to and recover from those disasters.
The City of Arlington received a federal grant to develop a Hazard Mitigation Action Plan in September 2005. The City has contracted with Freese and Nichols, Inc. to assist in developing the plan. A Steering Committee has been formed with its members representing the City and its citizens. The study will be conducted from the Fall 2006 to the Spring 2008 with five scheduled public meetings. The study is comprised of the following general tasks:
1. Establishment of Goals and Objectives;
2. Hazard Identification and Profiling;
3. Asset Identification and Loss Estimation;
4. Development of Mitigation Strategies;
5. Completion of Draft Hazard Mitigation Action Plan;
6. State Review of Hazard Mitigation Action Plan;
7. FEMA Review of Hazard Mitigation Action Plan; and
8. City Council Adoption Final Hazard Mitigation Action Plan.
For disasters, declared after November 1, 2004, local governments must have a Hazard Mitigation Action Plan approved by FEMA to remain eligible for project funding from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HGMP) .
The development ot this plan is a public process and your input is encourgaged and needed. If you have a question or comments, please Contact Us.
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