Atherton Safety
Element Update
CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Agenda
1. Overview of Project
2. Project Schedule
3. Community Engagement Overview
4. Next Steps
Agenda
Consultant Project Team
Collaboration
Project
Manager
Subject Matter
Experts &
Technical Analysis
What is a Safety Element?
•Mandatory part of a General Plan.
•Identifies hazards of concern and
related risks to the community.
•Helps protect the community against
natural disasters and other hazards.
Why Update the Safety Element?
• Incorporate the 2021
Multijurisdictional Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan (LHMP).
• Ensure consistency with other General
Plan Elements and applicable agency
plans - Climate Action Plan (CAP) &
Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
• Enhance eligibility for grant funding.
• Comply with State regulations.
Safety
Element
LHMP
CAP EOP
Safety Element Update per State Law
SB 1241
• Update flood and
wildfire sections
• Identify responsible
agencies
• Minimize risks for
new buildings and
essential facilities
SB 379
• Prepare vulnerability
assessment
• Develop goals,
policies, and actions
to increase
adaptation and
resilience
SB 2140
• Incorporate LHMP
into Safety Element
SB 99
• Identify evacuationconstrained
residential areas
What is a Vulnerability Assessment?
• Identifies how people and key community assets may be affected by climate change. • Evaluates availability of existing policies or programs to help people avoid or recover from impacts. • Prioritizes vulnerabilities that inform the resilience and adaptation policies and implementation programs of the Safety Element. • Expected local impacts of climate change: • Increases in intense rainfall and drought conditions. • More frequent extreme heat events. • More frequent and intense regional wildfires. • Shoreline jurisdictions: Sea level rise and increased coastal/shoreline flooding Project Schedule
Compile
Background on
Hazards*
August 2023 –
January 2024
Conduct
Vulnerability
Assessment*
December 2023 –
June 2024
Prepare Goals,
Policies, and
Programs*
March 2024 –
September 2024
Prepare Safety
Element
August 2024 –
March 2025
Conduct
Environmental
Review*
August 2024 –
May 2025
State/Local
Agency Review
& Approval*
December 2024 –
June 2025
Next Steps
• Compiling data on hazards, populations, and community assets. • Creating a GIS database for spatial data. • Beginning preparation of the climate vulnerability assessment. • Beginning community outreach.
City Staff Contact
Brittany Bendix, Town Planner
[email protected]
(408) 688-2432