The Sangamon County MultiJurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Task Force

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The Sangamon County Multi-Jurisdictional
Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanTask Force

• Welcome Introduction

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Task Force Purpose
What are we here for?

• To create a plan that identifies activities
  communities can implement prior to natural hazard
  events to protect lives and property.
• Plan will be adopted by the Boards or Councils of
  participating communities.

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Participants
Who we are - Communities

• Auburn Riverton
• Buffalo Rochester
• Cantrall Sangamon County
• Curran Sherman
• Dawson Southern View
• Grandview Springfield
• Illiopolis Thayer
• Jerome Williamsville
• New Berlin
• Pleasant Plains resolution from community needed

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Participants
Who we are Other Task Force Members

• Citizen Members
• Ameren
• American Red Cross
• Central Management Services
• Illinois Emergency Management Agency
• S.C. Dept. of Public Health
• S.C. Dept. of Zoning Building Safety
• Sangamon County Farm Bureau
• S.C. Highway Dept.
• S.C. Office of Emergency Management
• Springfield Building Zoning Department
• Springfield Homebuilders Association
• Springfield Park District
• Springfield Public School District 186
• Springfield Metro Sanitary District
• University of Illinois at Springfield

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The motivation
Why mitigate?

• Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2K)
• Legislation regarding disaster-related federal
  funding
• Implemented through the Federal Emergency
  Management Agency
• Requires pre-disaster planning as of November 1,
  2004
• Allows multi-jurisdictional plans

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Hazard Mitigation Grant Program What does it
offer?

• 75 FEMA funding
• 25 Local funding
• Planning grants
• SSCRPC receiving 46,167 to prepare SCM-jNHMP
  plan
• Sangamon County providing 15,389
• Project grants

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DMA2K
How does it direct creation of the plan?

• Step 1 Organization
• Step 2 Risk Assessment
• Step 3 Mitigation Strategy
• Step 4 Plan Maintenance
• Step 5 Adoption
• Step 6 FEMA Approval

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Step 1 Organization What is involved?

• Documentation of process
• Open public involvement
• Participation of all interested parties
• Incorporation of existing plans and reports
• Coordination with local, state, federal agencies

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Public Involvement
How do we facilitate it?

• -citizen survey
• -website www.co.sangamon.il.us/NHMP
• -media coverage
• -displays
• -meetings
• -hearings

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Step 2 Risk Assessment How vulnerable are
we?

• Identify natural hazards
• Profile hazard events
• Identify assets
• Estimate potential losses
• Analyze development trends

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Natural hazards
What are we facing?

• Starting point, from the Illinois Hazard
  Mitigation Plan

• Tornadoes
• Severe storms
• Severe winter storms

• Extreme heat
• Drought
• Flooding
• Earthquakes

• Also Dam failure

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Step 3 Mitigation Strategy What can be
done to make our communities safer?

• Develop hazard mitigation goals
• Identify mitigation measures
• Evaluate these measures
• Develop action plan to implement mitigation
  measures

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Step 4 Plan Maintenance How do we assure the
plan doesnt just sit on a shelf?

• Monitoring, evaluating, and updating the plan
  within a 5 year cycle
• Implementing through existing programs
• Continuing public involvement

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Step 5 Adoption What makes the plan
official?

• Draft plan available for review
• Final plan submitted to communities
• The final step in plan development is formal
  adoption of the plan by the governing bodies of
  each participating community.

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Step 6 FEMA Approval
When do we get it?

• The plan will be submitted to FEMA for approval
  after adoption by the participating communities.
  The Federal Register states that review will be
  completed within 45 days whenever possible.
• Communities are not eligible for Hazard
  Mitigation Grant Program funds until FEMA has
  approved the plan.

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Community Participation What is required?
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Mission Statement Why are we here?

• SAMPLE October 10, 2007
• The mission of the Sangamon County
  Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation
  Plan Task Force is to reduce the impact of
  natural hazards on citizens, infrastructure,
  private property, and critical facilities through
  a combined effort of communities, institutions,
  and citizenry to develop a mitigation action plan
  that will be adopted and implemented by each
  participating community.

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Citizen Survey
What do we need to know?