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Consider approving Resolution No. 2020-57 adopting the Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2020; authorizing incorporation of said updated Plan into the City's Emergency Operations Plan; and take appropriate action
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BACKGROUND:
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) require communities to adopt a hazard mitigation action plan to be eligible for various pre-disaster and post-disaster federal funding for mitigation purposes. FEMA requires that communities update hazard mitigation action plans every five years in order to be eligible for the federal funding. The City of Farmers Branch currently has a FEMA approved plan called the Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Plan. This Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved in 2015 that was submitted as a joint plan with Dallas County, Town of Addison, City of Balch Springs, City of Carrollton, City of Cedar Hill, City of Cockrell Hill, City of Coppell, City of DeSoto, City of Duncanville, City of Farmers Branch, City of Glenn Heights, Town of Highland Park, City of Irving, City of Lancaster, City of Richardson, City of Rowlett, City of Sachse, City of Seagoville, Town of Sunnyvale, City of University Park, and City of Wilmer.
In 2019, Dallas County, Farmers Branch and the 19 other jurisdictions collectively updated the 2015 Hazard Mitigation Plan to be submitted and approved by FEMA in 2020. Dallas County hired H20 Partners to assist with the update of the plan and plan submittal to the State and to FEMA. In the Dallas County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, Farmers Branch outlined a mitigation vision, goals and objectives; assessed risk from a range of hazards; and identified risk reduction strategies and actions for hazards that threaten our community. If the City were awarded federal funding after a disaster, the hazard mitigation plan will be used to develop projects for possible funding.
Each jurisdiction that is partnering in the Da...
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