Campbell City Council
November 19, 2024

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Table 123: Electric Providers in Santa Clara County 3 3 0F 331
Jurisdiction
Commercial
Energy of
California
Freedom
Energy
Hudson
Energy
Pacific
Gas and
Electric
Company
Palo Alto
Utilities
Pilot
Power
Group
Public
Power &
Utility of
Maryland
San José
Clean
Energy
Silicon
Valley
Power
StateWise
Energy
Campbell 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Cupertino 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Gilroy 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Los Altos 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Los Altos
Hills

14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Los Gatos 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Milpitas 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Monte
Sereno

14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Morgan Hill 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Mountain
View

14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Palo Alto 1.30% 1.30% 1.30% 1.30% 90.88% 1.30% 1.30% 1.30% 1.30% 1.30% San José 12.52% 12.52% 12.52% 12.52% 12.52% 12.52% 12.52% 12.38% 12.52% 12.52% Santa Clara 49.92% 50.08%
Saratoga 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% Sunnyvale 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29%

331 Find Energy LLC. (2022 August 9). Santa Clara County, California Electricity Rates and Statistics. https://findenergy.com/ca/santa-clara-county-electricity/#city- coverage

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16.3.4 Hazard Profile
Public Safety Power Shutoff
In 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ruled that the California Public Utility Code gives electric utilities the authority to shut off electric power to protect public safety, since power supply systems have the potential to ignite wildfires.

These shutoffs typically end within 24 hours after the weather conditions have subsided but may extend beyond the 24-hour timeframe, depending on conditions. An extended power outage due to a power shutoff, is likely to have the same impacts on a community as described above for an unplanned power outage.

Past Events
The California Public Utilities Commission collects and compiles data on public safety power shutoffs Their records from 2019 through October 2021 show that the number of days with power shutoffs anywhere in the system has increased each year (see Table 124).

Table 124: Power Shutoffs Statewide 331F
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Year
Calendar Days
with a Power
Shutoff
Anywhere in
California
Power Shutoff Duration
Shortest Longest
2019 26 0 days, 1 hr., 19 min. 5 days, 21 hr., 0 min.
2020 31 0 days, 0 hr., 16 min. 5 days, 10 hr., 32 min.
2021 (through 10/22/21) 42 0 days, 2 hr., 52 min. 4 days, 18 hr., 38 min.

Location
Each power shutoff is linked to a specific circuit, but on many days, multiple circuits experience shutdowns, resulting in widespread power outages. Power loss from other causes is typically limited to local areas but could also affect larger regions.

Severity
The severity of power loss of any type relates to the number of days without power and the situation of the population and businesses without power. A 16-minute power loss is not significant to most, but to a person with a critical electrical medical device the loss would be severe. A loss of power for four days would be considered severe by all.

332 Union of Concerned Scientists. (2022, February 2). California Utilities Shut Off Power for Fewer People, But Too Many Are Still in the Dark. https://blog.ucsusa.org/mark-specht/california-utilities-shut-off-power-for-fewer-people-but- too-many-are-still-in-the-dark/

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Warning Time
Warning time for power outages will depend on the cause. An outage caused by hitting a distribution line or by an accident at a substation will occur without warning. However, an outage caused by weather conditions may come with some advance notice. Public safety power shutoffs are intended to provide adequate warning time.

Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
The impact of power outage on the facilities themselves is likely to be minimal but disruption of critical services would be significant.

Environment
The impact of power outage on the environment is unlikely but not impossible.

Future Trends in Development
In a growing community, more people and more businesses mean more are inconvenienced and/or negatively impacted by power outages.

Cascading Impacts
A county or city in the dark because of a power outage or shutdown could see an increase in crime.

Other impacts could include the following:
 Individuals would not have use of power-dependent medical equipment.  Chemical accidents can occur after power is restored to industrial facilities. Power interruptions at chemical handling plants are of particular concern because of the potential for a chemical spill during restart. 3 32F
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 Disrupting communications.
 Without proper procedures for backup of data and systems, the loss of data, systems, and telecommunications is a risk incurred by power outages. Data and telecommunications provide a primary method for service to the community by the government and the private sector. A loss of data or a system could result in loss of emergency dispatch capabilities, emergency planning services, infrastructure monitoring capabilities, access to statistical data, and loss of financial and personnel records. Loss of communication capability by first responders could have negative impacts on public safety. Backup systems such as amateur radio operators may be required during disasters to augment communications capabilities.  Closing retail businesses, grocery stores, gas stations, ATMs, banks, and other services.  Causing food spoilage and water contamination.
 Discomfort for those living without heat or without cooling during the outage.  Power outages can also lead to instances of civil disturbance, including looting.

333 Environmental Protection Agency. (2021, February). Risk of Chemical Accidents During Process Startup. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-02/documents/ncistartupsafety-enforcementalert.pdf

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16.4 Epidemic and Pandemic
An outbreak occurs when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in each area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular period of time. Epidemic has a similar definition, but generally refers to when a larger number of people or larger geographic area are experiencing an outbreak. In an outbreak or epidemic, it is presumed that the cases are related to one another or that they have a common cause. 333F
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The Santa Clara County Department of Public Health is responsible for protecting and improving the health of the community within the OA. The public health department responds to public health related emergencies and disasters and supports field responders at medical and rescue incidents. The OA has numerous health care facilities within its borders, including the following:
 The Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital in Stanford  El Camino Hospital in Mountain View
 Santa Clara Medical Center, in Santa Clara
 Good Samaritan Hospital in San José
 Kaiser Permanente San José Medical Center
 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

The following sections describe commonly recognized human health hazards that are a concern in the OA.

COVID-19
In late 2019, patients were reported exhibiting symptoms of an abnormal flu-like illness. The initial outbreak rapidly expanded across the world over the next few months and became known as COVID -19, a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a type of coronavirus. The disease spreads from person- to-person, usually through close contact such as when someone in conversat ional distance coughs, sneezes, speaks, sings, or breathes.334F
335 The disease can also spread through the air in congested areas where people tend to conjugate and through touching surfaces contaminated by the virus.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include fevers, chills, and sore throat. Other symptoms include muscle aches, severe fatigue or tiredness, headache, new and persistent cough, shortness of breath, and loss or change of sense of taste or smell. Symptoms usually begin within 5-6 days from the time of exposure.

However, some people with the disease remain asymptomatic. It is believed that some asymptomatic people may have been able to transmit the disease to others, but further research is needed. Everyone is able to be infected although older people, people with pre-existing conditions, and people who are pregnant are more likely to be infected or have a serious infection.

By March 4, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state prepare for broader spread of COVID-19. The proclamation came as the number of positive California cases rose and following one official COVID-19 death. Since then, cases

334 Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Lesson 1: Introduction to Epidemiology. https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section11.html 335 World Health Organization. (December 2021). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): How is it transmitted? https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus- disease-covid-19-how-is-it-
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continued to rise and over 1.1 million people died of COVID-19 in the United States alone. Measures were implemented to reduce the rapid spread including social distancing, mandatory testing, and isolation and quarantine policies.

Figure 77 illustrates the course of COVID-19 in Santa Clara County from onset through January 2023. As this plan is being prepared, the California COVID-19 State of Emergency ended on February 28, 2023, and the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency is scheduled to end on May 11, 2023.

Figure 77: Santa Clara COVID Cases 2020–2023335F
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Almost 7,000 cases of COVID-19 per day were recorded across the county at the peak of the pandemic, as shown in Table 125, but the percentages of each city’s population that were infected ranged from 9.6% in Monte Sereno to 37.3% in Gilroy.

336 Santa Clara County Public Health. (2023). COVID Cases and Deaths Dashboard. https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-cases-and-deaths

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Table 125: COVID-19 Cases Countywide and by City of Residence 3 36F 337
County/City Cases Population Rate City Cases Population Rate Santa Clara
Countya
496,338 1,885,508 26.3% Monte Sereno 331 3,492 9.5%
Campbell 10,005 42,470 23.6% Morgan Hill 13,696 43,876 31.2% Cupertino 8,523 60,614 14.1% Mountain
View
13,885 80,993 17.1%
Gilroy 20,715 55,525 37.3% Palo Alto 10,714 67,019 16.0% Los Altos 4,913 30,588 16.1% San José 285,709 1,026,658 27.8% Los Altos
Hills
1,231 8,517 14.5% Santa Clara 27,388 126,209 21.7%
Los Gatos 6,805 30,922 22.0% Saratoga 4,540 30,886 14.7% Milpitas 17,293 77,457 22.3% Sunnyvale 27,079 152,323 17.8% a Countywide total (includes city cases).

The spread and scope of COVID-19 was more than sufficient for it to be declared a pandemic. The only comparable outbreak in modern times could be the 1918 flu pandemic which affected an estimated one third of the world’s population. The two pandemics shared similar characteristics; their exact origins are unknown, it took multiple years for the diseases to run their course, and they required significant local, regional, and global efforts to respond and recover from.

Today, COVID-19 still represents a series threat however, some of that threat has been mitigated by the development of COVID testing capabilities and vaccines. COVID vaccines have been shown to effectively decrease the severity and likelihood of infection. COVID-19 is expected to be endemic, meaning that it will remain present in certain parts of the world with relatively low spread except for occasional outbreaks.

For this reason, it will continue to be a challenge that public health professionals will hav e to prepare for and respond to. There are still many unknowns about the disease as well. One significant threat is being referred to as “long COVID” or Post-COVID Conditions (PCC). Some people who develop the disease are experiencing long-term symptoms that continue or develop after the initial infection. These symptoms can include a wide range of problems including tiredness, fatigue, fever, difficulty breathing, coughing, difficulty thinking of concentrating, and more. While scientists work to develop ef fective treatment, the public, government, and private sector should be aware of this poorly understood condition .337F 338
Disease Outbreaks
In addition to COVID-19, there have been other major disease outbreaks within Santa Clara County since 2018 (see Table 126).338F
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337 Santa Clara County Public Health. (2023). COVID Cases and Deaths Dashboard. https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-cases-and-deaths
338 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (December 2022). Long COVID. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-
effects/index.html?s_cid=11841:%2Blong%20%2Bcovid:sem.b:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN:FY23 339 California Office of Emergency Services. (2023). California State Hazard Mitigation Plan – Part 3. https://www.caloes.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Hazard-Mitigation/Documents/California-SHMP_PublicReview_Vol1- Part3.pdf

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Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is caused by certain bacteria (called Borrelia burgdorferi) that can spread from the bite of an infected western blacklegged tick. Lyme disease may start as a mild illness that begins 3 to 30 days after a tick bite and might easily be mistaken for other common illnesses like a cold or flu. Signs and symptoms also can include a red, painless rash that may spread over time. If Lyme disease is not treated, it might develop into more severe health problems. 339F 340
Valley Fever
Valley fever (also called coccidioidomycosis or “cocci”) is a disease caused by a fungus that grows in the soil and dirt in some areas of California and the southwestern United States. People and animals can get sick when they breathe in dust that contains the Valley fever fungus. This fungus usually infects the lungs and can cause respiratory symptoms including cough, fever, chest pain, and tiredness. 340F 341
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne disease that was first detected in the United States in 1999. WNV first appeared in California in 2003, and by 2004, WNV had spread to all 58 counties. In 2022, there was one human case, 26 dead birds and 23 mosquito samples taken. 341F 342

Risk of infection is reduced through the coordinated efforts of local and state public health and vector control agencies. People can protect themselves from WNV by taking precautions to prevent mosquito bites.3 42F
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Table 126: Disease Outbreaks Identified in Santa Clara County, 2018–202234 3F 344
Disease Outbreaks 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
COVID-19 x x x
Lyme Disease x x
Valley Fever x x x x x
West Nile Virus x x x x
Other Diseases of Concern
Influenza
Epidemics of the flu typically occur in the fall and winter. Because flu seasons fluctuate in length and severity, a single estimate cannot be used to summarize influenza-associated deaths. Figure 78 depicts the weekly percentage of emergency department visits for influenza-like illness in Santa Clara County by influenza season. The most recent reports are for February 22, 2023.

340 California Department of Public Health. (n.d.) Lyme Disease. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/LymeDisease.aspx 341 California Department of Public Health. (n.d.). What is Valley Fever? https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/pages/Coccidioidomycosis.aspx 342 California Department of Public Health. (n.d.) 2022 West Nile Virus Activity in California. West Nile. https://westnile.ca.gov/
343California Department of Public Health. (n.d.) West Nile Virus. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/WestNileVirus.aspx 344 California Department of Public Health. (n.d.) Diseases and Conditions. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/allDiseases.aspx

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Figure 78: Weekly Percentage of Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness in Santa Clara County, 2019, to February 22, 2023 34 4F 345
H1N1
In April 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a health advisory on an outbreak of influenza- like illness caused by a new subtype of influenza A (A/H1N1) in Mexico and the United States. The disease spread rapidly, and in June the WHO declared an H1N1 pandemic, marking the first global pandemic since the 1968 Hong Kong flu. In October, the U.S. declared H1N1 a national emergency. In August 2010, the WHO declared an end to the pandemic globally. H1N1 viruses and seasonal influenza viruses are co-circulating in many parts of the world. It is likely that the 2009 H1N1 virus will continue to spread for years to come, like a regular seasonal influenza virus.

H5N1/H7N9
The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus is an influenza A subtype that occurs mainly in birds, causing high mortality among birds and domestic poultry. Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 among poultry and wild birds are ongoing in a number of countries.

H5N1 virus infections of humans are rare, and most cases have been associated with direct poultry contact during poultry outbreaks. Rare cases of limited human-to-human spread of H5N1 virus may have occurred, but there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission. Nonetheless, because all influenza viruses have the ability to change and mutate, scientists are concerned that H5N1 viruses one day could be able to infect humans more easily and spread more easily from one person to another, potentially causing another pandemic.

345 Santa Clara County Public Health. (2023). Influenza Report. https://publichealthproviders.sccgov.org/diseases/influenza/influenza-report

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While the H5N1 virus does not now infect people easily, infection in humans is much more serious when it occurs than is infection with H1N1. More than half of people reported infected with H5N1 have died.

Infections in humans and poultry by a new avian influenza A virus (H7N9) continue to be occasionally.

The last outbreak was in 2017 in China. Another case was reported in Malaysia. While mild illness in human cases has been seen, most patients have had severe respiratory illness, and some have died.

Source investigation by Chinese authorities is ongoing. Many of the people infected with H7N9 reportedly have had contact with poultry. However, some cases reportedly have not had such contact. Close contacts of confirmed H7N9 patients are being followed to determine whether any human-to- human spread of H7N9 is occurring. No sustained person-to-person spread of the H7N9 virus has been found at this time. However, based on previous experience with avian flu viruses, some limited human - to-human spread of this the virus would not be surprising.

As of the time of this writing, there is currently an outbreak of avian flu in birds. Over 58 million birds have been impacted, primarily in North and South Dakota 3 45F 346. Santa Clara County has not reported any cases
of avian influenza. The first case of influenza A (H5N1) in humans was reported in the U.S. in April 2022.

Despite the unlikely transmission of the bird flu to humans, the CDC still recommends preventative measures for those exposed to infected birds. No cases of H7N9 have been detected in people in the United States.

Smallpox
Smallpox is a sometimes-fatal infectious disease. There is no specific treatment, and the only prevention is vaccination. Symptoms include raised bumps on the face and body of an infected person. The oldest evidence of smallpox was found on the body of Pharaoh Ramses V of Egypt who died in 1157 BC.

Outbreaks have occurred from time to time for thousands of years, but the disease is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program. The last case of smallpox in the United States was in 1949. The last naturally occurring case in the world was in Somalia in 1977. As of the publication of this document, there are no cases of smallpox in the world. Currently only two locations in the world have samples of smallpox: The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta and the Ivanovsky Institute of Virology in Russia.

After the disease was eliminated, routine vaccination among the general public was stopped. Therefore, any cases of smallpox in the world would be considered an immediate international emergency. In 2003, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health conducted an investigation of state residents who became ill after having contact with prairie dogs. The cases appeared in May and June of 2003, and symptoms in the human cases included fever, cough, pox-like rash and swollen lymph nodes. CDC laboratory test results indicated that the cause of the human illness was Monkeypox, an orthopox virus that could be transmitted by prairie dogs. This outbreak, and the potential use of smallpox as a weapon of bioterrorism, brought the fear of smallpox back to the forefront of the population. A detailed nationwide smallpox response plan created at the end of 2002 is designed to quickly contain a potential outbreak and vaccinate the population.

346 U.S. Department of Agriculture. (May 2023). 2022-2023 Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard Flocks. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease- information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-commercial-backyard-flocks

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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by several distinct families of viruses.

VHF describes a multisystem syndrome (multiple systems in the body are affected). Characteristically, the overall vascular system is damaged and the body’s ability to regulate itself is impaired. These symptoms are often accompanied by hemorrhage (bleeding); however, the bleeding itself is rarely life - threatening.

While some types of hemorrhagic fever viruses can cause relatively mild illnesses, many ca use severe, life-threatening disease.

The viruses that cause VHFs are distributed over much of the globe. However, because each virus is associated with one or more particular host species, the virus and the disease it causes are usually seen only where the host species live. Some hosts, such as the rodent species carrying several of the New World arenaviruses, live in geographically restricted areas. Therefore, the risk of getting VHFs caused by these viruses is restricted to those areas. Other hosts range over continents, such as the rodents that carry viruses that cause the Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in North and South America, or the rodents that carry viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe and Asia.

Ebola
The 2014 Ebola virus outbreak was unprecedented in geographical reach and impact on health care systems across the globe. This was the largest and deadliest Ebola virus outbreak ever recorded. It was the first time the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal saw the virus. Ebola is more common in Central African countries, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan, where it was first discovered in 1976. It was also the first time that Ebola made it to the United States and Europe, prompting world-wide preparedness and response efforts. The outbreak was closely monitored, and traveler screenings were developed for those returning from West Africa.

In August 2014 two U.S. healthcare workers returned to the United States for treatment for Ebola. The case that most impacted the health care system in the United States was a patient diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas who died due to Ebola in October 2014. The nurse who provided care for him later tested positive for Ebola. This caused responses across the country from hospitals, emergency medical teams, fire departments and public health agencies to enhance isolation precautions, develop emergency policies, train with personal protective equipment, and conduct multi-agency emergency exercises in case the spread of Ebola became a pandemic.

Before the 2014 outbreak, only 2,200 cases of Ebola had been recorded and 68 percent were fatal.

Twenty percent of new Ebola infections were linked to burial traditions in which family and community members wash and touch dead bodies before burial. In Guinea, 60 percent of Ebola infections were linked to traditional burial practices.

Plague
Plague is a potentially fatal infectious disease of animals and humans caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. People usually get plague from being bitten by a flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an infected animal. Today, modern antibiotics are effective against plague, but if an infected person is not treated promptly, the disease is likely to cause illness or death.

Plague is an ancient disease but outbreaks throughout the world continue. Major plague epidemics occurred in the middle of the sixth century in Egypt, Europe, and Asia; during the 14th century in Europe, following caravan routes; in the 18th century in Austria and the Balkans; and in the late 19th century worldwide (but mostly in China and India). Manchuria in 1910–1911 witnessed about 60,000 deaths due to pneumonic plague with a repeat in 1920–1921. A minor outbreak occurred as recently as the summer of 1994 in Surat, India, closely following an earthquake in September 1993. Globally, the WHO reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague every year.

In North America, plague is found in certain animals and their fleas from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and from southwestern Canada to Mexico. The last urban plague epidemic in the United States

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occurred in Los Angeles in 1924–25. Since then, human plague in the U.S. has occurred as mostly scattered cases in rural areas (an average of 10 to 15 persons each year per the CDC). Most human cases in the United States occur in northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, southern Colorado, California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada.

Zika Virus
Zika is a disease transmitted by yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) and the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). An Aedes mosquito can only transmit Zika virus after it bites a person who has this virus in their blood. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild, with symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito. People usually do not get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they rarely die from the Zika virus. For this reason, many people might not realize they have been infected. However, Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause a serious birth defect called microcephaly (abnormally small head and brain), as well as other severe fetal brain defects. Once a person has been infected, he or she is likely to be protected from future infections. Zika virus is not spread through casual contact but can be spread by infected men to their sexual partners. There is a growing association between Zika and Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a disease affecting the nervous system.

The mosquitos that carry Zika are not native to California and from 2015 to the publishing of this document, there has been no local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus in California. 34 6F 347 However,
infestations have been reported in multiple counties in California. Most cases were documented in people who were infected while traveling outside the United States. The CDC maintains a list of countries where zika has been reported. Required reporting for Zika in California began in 2016. These numbers may be underestimated given multiple factors, including the fact many people are asymptomatic. Currently, the represent a decrease in cases in Santa Clara County. Thirty-six cases were reported from 2015 to 2016, 14 in 2017, 8 in 2018, 3 in 2019, and no cases since.

16.4.2 Hazard Profile
Location
These diseases are a worldwide threat, occasionally increasing in severity in some locations. Areas with higher concentrations of vulnerable populations are more likely to experience a serious outbreak.

Severity
The severity can range from very localized, in just case of just a few infected, to severe with widespread infection and complications. Widespread sickness and loss of life have resulted from the COVID -19 Pandemic. The most recent totals available as this plan is being written show a total of 496,338 confirmed cases and 2,714 deaths in Santa Clara County.

Warning Time
The first human cases of the diseases discussed in this MJHMP appeared with very little warning, as did the start of recent outbreaks. Air travel radically increases the speed at which disease spreads around the world. Today’s communication does provide warning to local communities of diseases which could be a problem for them in the future.

347 The Mercury News. (2016, March). Four Zika virus cases reported in Bay Area. https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/03/03/four-zika-virus-cases-reported-in-bay-area/

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Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
No direct impact is expected on the facilities, but the operation of medical-related facilities can and have been overwhelmed. The operation of critical infrastructure can be impacted by employee absence due to illness.

Environment
Epidemic, pandemic, and vector-borne diseases can be directly or indirectly tied to environmental impacts. Air pollution in California dropped suddenly during the COVID-19 lockdown between March 19 and May 7, 2020. Changes in the environment, due to human stressors or climate change, may increase vector-borne diseases and drive disease emergence in wildlife which could be transmitted to humans .3 47F 348
Future Trends in Development
Future development in Santa Clara County is not anticipated to have any direct impact on the risk of epidemic/pandemic disease. There could be an indirect impact from the development of buildable lands in that the population that could be exposed to this hazard would be increased. However, no direct impact is expected.

Cascading Impacts
In general, cascading impacts are not anticipated. A widespread pandemic like COVID -19 could threaten global supply chains and the local economy due to disruptions, delays, and shutdowns due to preventative employee health measures and lack of healthy workers.

16.5 Fog
The National Weather Service describes nine types of fog. 34 8F 349 Fog in the Santa Clara County OA has
different origins depending on the time of year. In summer, fog forms when warm, moist, and stable air is blown across a cooler surface (land or water). The air temperature falls until the dew point is reached and condensation occurs. Fog typically occurs in the Bay Area in June, July, and August. It is usually foggy in the morning, with fog burning off as the temperatures rise.

In winter, fog typically originates from the Great Valley. Radiation (ground) fog forms in the moist regions of the Sacramento River Delta and arrives to the region via Suisun and San Pablo Bays and San Francisco Bays on cool easterly winds. While this type of fog is less frequent than summer fog, appearing one winter and not again for years, it is typically denser and more likely to lead to significantly reduced visibility.3 49F
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The fog typical for the San Francisco Bay Area is known as advection fog. This type of fog forms when warm, moist, and stable air is blown across a cooler surface (land or water). The air temperature falls until the dew point is reached and condensation occurs. Fog typically occurs in the Bay Area in the June, July , and August. It is usually foggy in the morning, with fog burning off as the temperatures rise.

348 Semenza JC, Rocklöv J, Ebi KL. (May 2022). Climate Change and Cascading Risks from Infectious Disease. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9334478/
349 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. https://w1.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=fog
350 L.A. Times. (n.d.). Inside the return of Tule fog in California’s Central Valley. https://www.latimes.com/projects/return-tule-fog-california-central-valley

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16.5.1 Hazard Profile
Past Events
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Events Database reports 5 events of dense fog since the last plan update. Dense fog means the visibility was limited to a quarter of a mile or less.

However, this database does not account for the more common fog events in the OA, which typically occur in the morning when the temperatures are cool, and the relative humidity is high.

Location, Frequency, and Warning Time
Fog can occur almost anywhere during any season and is classified based on how it forms, which is related to where it forms. Certain seasons are more likely to have foggy days or nights based on a number of factors, including topography, nearby bodies of water, and wind conditions. Fog can form overnight. Local National Weather Service offices issue a Dense Fog Advisory when widespread dense fog develops. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has implemented a fog detection and warning system that uses speed and visibility detectors to assess road conditions, traffic management software to process data and control the field devices, and changeable message signs to provide information to the traveling public. 3 50F
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Severity
Heavy fog is particularly hazardous when it reduces visibility to ¼ mile or less. Although fog seems like a minor hazard, it can have significant impacts. Severe fog incidents can close roads, cause vehicle accidents, cause airport delays, and impair the effectiveness of emergency response. The California Highway Patrol records and news reports describe highway accidents, many with serious injuries or deaths, due to low visibility in dense fog. Many of those accidents involve chain reaction crashes including recent crashes in Santa Clara County. Financial losses associated with transportation delays caused by fog have not been calculated in the United States, but it is likely to be substantial.

Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
Critical facilities and infrastructure in the Santa Clara County OA would only be impacted indirectly by the fog hazard.

Environment
In the context of the MJHMP Update, fog is considered to be a hazard, but fog plays a key role in California’s ecosystems and agricultural sector.

Future Trends in Development
As more lands are developed in the Santa Clara County OA and more people use the area ’s highways, the fog hazard’s impact will increase.

Cascading Impacts
Potential cascading impacts of dense fog involve delays in response to all other hazard events in the vicinity and relate to highway accidents, some of which could involve hazardous materials.

351 Berman, M., Liu, J., and Justison, L. (2009). Caltrans Fog Detection and Warning System. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27652

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Scenario
The worst-case scenario for the fog hazard is probably the situation today. The negatives of delays, inconvenience, and potential traffic accidents are clear. Increases in temperatures in the Santa Clara County OA and likely related decreases in fog could have a more long-term negative impact on the environment and agriculture.

16.6 Identified Needs
This assessment of the other hazards of interest led to identification of the following needs throughout the Santa Clara County OA:
 Continue regular and redundant emergency preparedness training for field level responders (police, fire, and public works) and public information staff in order to respond quickly in the event of a disaster associated with the identified hazards of interest. Enhance awareness training for all local government employees to recognize threats or suspicious activity in order to prevent an incident from occurring.
 Continue all facets of hazardous materials team training and response through commitment of resources from the Environmental Health Department, local fire departments, and potential funding through homeland security budgets.
 Continue to improve response times for public safety throughout the Santa Clara County OA so as to reduce exposure to human-caused incidents. Maintain appropriate staffing levels of public safety personnel to address vulnerabilities identified in this section.  Continue to implement the hazardous materials business plan with enhancements, as warranted by the type of uses in the Santa Clara County OA and innovative technologies in preventing hazardous materials incidents.
 Continue to work proactively with industrial businesses regarding placards and labeling of containers, emergency plans and coordination, standardized response procedures, and notification of the types of materials being transported through the Santa Clara County OA. On at least an annual basis, conduct random inspections of transporters as allowed by the business; install mitigating techniques at critical locations; implement routine hazard communication initiatives; enhance security along the transportation corridors; and continuously look to the use of safer alternative products to conduct all business and transportation operations.  Participate in regional, state, and federal efforts to gather terrorism information at all levels and keep public safety officials briefed at all times regarding any local threats. Further develop response capabilities based on emerging threats.
 Commit support to the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative by dedicating fire, emergency medical services, emergency management grant managers, and police personnel to the program as funded with Homeland Security grants.
 Participate in the Cal OES Disaster Resistant California annual conference and other training sessions sponsored by regional, state, and federal agencies.  Use Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in future planning efforts as well as enhancing existing infrastructure and buildings to prevent or mitigate human -cause incidents.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design is an urban planning design process that integrates crime prevention with neighborhood design and community development. The process is based on the theory that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can reduce crime and the fear of crime and improve the quality of life. It creates an environment where the physical characteristics, building layout, and site planning allow inhabitants to become key agents in ensuring their own security.

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 Participate in regional training exercises per the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive #8 in support of national preparedness. These training exercises may be sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security San José office, the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative, local government offices of homeland security, grant funds through Cal OES, or FEMA.

Training exercises test and evaluate the ability to coordinate the activities of local and state government first responders, volunteer organizations and the private sector in responding to terrorism and technological hazards. The trainings enhance interagency coordination, provide training to staff, test response and recovery capabilities, and implement the Standardized Emergency Management System, the National Incident Management System, and the California and national mutual aid systems.
 Work with the private sector to enhance and create business continuity plans to be followed in the event of an emergency.
 Review existing automatic aid and mutual aid agreements with other public safety agencies to identify opportunities for enhancement.
 Identify, relocate, or construct a redundant Emergency Operations Center in a location away from hazards.
 Maintain an emergency services information line that the public can contact 24 hours a day during an emergency to ask questions of emergency staff.  Coordinate with all school districts in the OA and individual cities to ensure that their emergency preparedness plans include preparation for human-caused incidents.  Encourage local businesses to adopt information technology and telecommunications recovery plans.
 Promote 72-hour self-sufficiency through the United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County and other neighborhood associations, emergency preparedness efforts through local governments, emergency preparedness websites of local governments, civic organizations and the private sector, public outreach, and other means. Ensure inclusion of program information for people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs.  Prepare and present the human-caused hazard risk and preparedness program to the public through meetings, town hall gatherings, and preparedness fairs and outreach.  Maintain any and all citizen advisory groups and periodically e-mail emergency preparedness information including human-caused hazard preparedness instructions and reminders.  Support disease prevention through vaccination and personal emergency and disaster preparation to help reduce the impacts of human health hazards.  Integrate medical and response personnel in a unified command to provide care when needed in response to human health hazards.
 Adequately train and supply medical and response personnel.  Carry out up-to-date and functional all-hazard contingency planning.  Develop a system for informing the public with a unified message about the human health hazard.  Provide health agencies and facilities with surge capacity management and adaptation to the rising number and needs of the region.

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16.7 Related Plans
The following plans also address issues related to the “other hazards,” including response priorities.

Santa Clara County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan and Annexes
The Santa Clara County OA Emergency Operations Plan is an all-hazards document describing the OA’s Emergency Operations organization, compliance with relevant legal statutes, other guidelines, and critical components of the Emergency Response System. The Emergency Operations Plan consists of threat summaries based on a Santa Clara County OA hazard analysis. This hazard analysis was conducted by Santa Clara County OEM staff, providing a description of the local area, risk factors and the anticipated nature of situations that could occur in the Santa Clara County OA. The Emergency Operations Plan is activated during extraordinary emergency situations associated with large-scale disasters or emergencies affecting the Santa Clara County OA.

Santa Clara County Public Health Department Plan
This Santa Clara County Public Health Department Plan outlines the efforts to prepare for response to a disaster that has a medical/health component. The Countywide Medical Response System plan is focused on the goal of terrorism preparedness, and addresses topics such as risk communications, decontamination, personal protective equipment, mass prophylaxis, education, training, and exercises.

Each topic identifies participating agencies, including fire, law enforcement, hospitals, emergency management, schools, the medical examiner, mental health services, and many others. The plan further enumerates a list of responsibilities to the Countywide Medical Response System for each identified agency, as well as a list of public health commitments through the system that will assist those agencies.

Hazardous Materials Business Plans
Hazardous materials business plans are implemented by Certified Unified Program Agencies within their jurisdictions, along with local fire departments to protect human health and the environment from hazardous materials incidents.

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17 Mitigation Strategy

17.1 Goals and Objectives
Hazard mitigation plans must identify goals for reducing long-term vulnerabilities to identified hazards (44 CFR Section 201.6(c)(3)(i)). A guiding principle, a set of goals and measurable objectives for this plan were reviewed and approved by the larger Planning Team based on data from the preliminary risk assessment and updates to mitigation priorities since the previous MJHMP. The guiding principle, goals, objectives, and actions in this plan all support each other. Goals were selected to support the gui ding principle. Objectives were selected that met multiple goals. Actions were prioritized based on the action meeting multiple objectives.

17.1.1 Guiding Principle
A guiding principle focuses the range of objectives and actions to be considered. This is not a goal because it does not describe a hazard mitigation outcome, and it is broader than a hazard -specific objective. The guiding principle for this hazard mitigation plan is as follows:

To equitably reduce risk and increase resilience by establishing and promoting a comprehensive mitigation program and efforts to protect the Whole Community and environment from identified natural and human- induced hazards.

17.1.2 Goals
The following are the mitigation goals for this plan:

1. Actively develop community awareness, understanding, and interest in hazard mitigation and empower the Operational Area to engage in the shaping of associated mitigation policies and programs.

2. Minimize potential for loss of life, injury, social impacts, and dislocation due to hazards.

3. Minimize potential for damage to property, economic impacts, and unusual public expense due to hazards.

4. Minimize likelihood and impact of hazards causing environmental damage or damaging open space/nature preserves in the County and preserving ecological connectivity in the region and by working with residents to help build community capacity to respond and adapt to hazards and emergencies.

5. Effectively deliver essential information to the whole community that promotes personal preparedness and includes advice to reduce personal vulnerability to hazards.

6. Encourage programs and projects that promote community resiliency by maintaining the functionality of critical Operational Area resources, facilities, and infrastructure.

7. Pursue feasible, cost-effective, grant eligible, and environmentally sound hazard mitigation measures.

8. Increase adaptive capacity to reduce risk from hazard impacts that stem from a changing climate.

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9. Remove barriers for local governments to access mitigation funding (broad vs. specific) and reduce the administrative pain points to recipient agencies during the project deployment and auditing phases.

The effectiveness of a mitigation strategy is assessed by determining how well these goals are achieved.

17.1.3 Objectives
Each selected objective meets multiple goals, serving as a stand-alone measurement of the effectiveness of a mitigation action, rather than as a subset of a goal. The objectives also are used to help establish priorities and have been reviewed and approved by the Mitigation Strategy Working Group, and the larger Planning Team. The objectives are as follows:

1. Establish and maintain partnerships in the identification and implementation of mitigation measures in the Operational Area.

2. Implement hazard mitigation programs and projects that protect life, property, and the environment.

3. Develop and provide updated information about threats, hazards, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies to state, regional, and local agencies, as well as private sector groups, community - based organizations, and non-profits.

4. Improve understanding of the locations, potential impacts, and linkages among threats, hazards, vulnerability, and measures needed to protect life, property, and the environment.

5. Encourage the incorporation of mitigation best management measures into plans, codes, and other regulatory standards for public, private, and non-governmental entities within the Operational Area.

6. Inform the public on the risk exposure to natural hazards and ways to increase the public ’s capability to prevent, prepare, respond, recover, and mitigate impacts of these events.

7. Advance community and natural environment sustainability and resilience to future impacts through preparation and implementation of state, regional, and local projects.

8. Reduce repetitive property losses from all hazards.

9. Where feasible and cost-effective, encourage property protection measures for vulnerable structures located in hazard areas.

10. Improve the process on how public agencies select systems that provide warning and emergency communications for a broad array of agencies. This includes improving the selection process and ensuring warning and emergency communications processes are effective and accessible.

11. Partner with educational institutions that provide research, case studies and the like to help bolster agency communication that demonstrates the value of hazard mitigation.

17.2 Mitigation Alternatives
Catalogs of natural hazard mitigation alternatives were developed that present a broad range of alternatives to be considered for use in the OA, in compliance with 44 CFR (Section 201.6(c)(3)(ii)). One catalog was developed for each natural hazard of concern evaluated in this plan. The catalogs present alternatives that are categorized in two ways:
 By who would have responsibility for implementation:
▪ Individuals (personal scale).
▪ Businesses (corporate scale).

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▪ Government (government scale).
 By what the alternative would do:
▪ Manipulate the hazard.
▪ Reduce exposure to the hazard.
▪ Reduce vulnerability to the hazard.
▪ Increase the ability to respond to or be prepared for the hazard.

Hazard mitigation actions recommended in this plan were selected from among the alternatives presented in the catalogs. The catalogs provide a baseline of mitigation alternatives that are backed by a planning process, are consistent with the established goals and objectives, and are within the capabilities of the planning partners to implement. Some of these actions may not be feasible based on the selection criteria identified for this plan. The purpose of the catalog was to provide a list of what could be considered to reduce risk of the flood hazard within the OA. Actions in the catalog that are not included for the partnership’s action plan were not selected for one or more of the following reasons:
 The action is not feasible.
 The action is already being implemented.
 There is an apparently more cost-effective alternative.  The action does not have public or political support.

The catalogs for each hazard are presented in Table 127 through Table 134.

Table 127: Alternatives to Mitigate the Dam and Levee Failure Hazard What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
None. Remove dams.

Remove levees.

Harden dams.

Remove dams.

Remove levees.

Harden dams.

Reduce Exposure to
the Hazard
Relocate out of dam
failure inundation
areas.

Replace earthen
dams with
hardened
structures.

Replace earthen dams with
hardened structures.

Relocate critical facilities out of
dam failure inundation areas.

Consider open space land use
in designated dam failure
inundation areas.

Reduce
Vulnerability to the
Hazard
Elevate home to
appropriate levels.

Flood-proof
facilities within
dam failure
inundation areas.

Adopt higher floodplain
standards in mapped dam
failure inundation areas.

Retrofit critical facilities within
dam failure inundation areas.

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Increase the Ability
to Respond to or Be
Prepared for the
Hazard
Learn about risk
reduction for the dam
failure hazard.

Learn the evacuation
routes for a dam failure
event.

Educate yourself on
early warning systems
and the dissemination
of warnings.

Educate
employees on the
probable impacts
of a dam failure.

Develop a
continuity of
operations plan.

Map dam failure inundation
areas.

Enhance emergency
operations plan to include a
dam failure component.

Institute monthly
communications checks with
dam operators.

Inform the public on risk
reduction techniques.

Adopt real-estate disclosure
requirements for the re-sale of
property located within dam
failure inundation areas.

Consider the probable impacts
of climate in assessing the risk
associated with the dam failure
hazard.

Establish early warning
capability downstream of listed
high hazard dams.

Consider the residual risk
associated with protection
provided by dams in future
land use decisions.

Table 128: Alternatives to Mitigate the Drought Hazard
What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
None. None. Groundwater recharge
through stormwater
management
Reduce Exposure to
the Hazard
None. None. Identify and create
groundwater backup
sources.

Reduce Vulnerability
to the Hazard
Drought-resistant
landscapes.

Drought-resistant
landscapes.

Water use conflict
regulations.

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Reduce water system
losses.

Modify plumbing
systems through water
saving kits.

Reduce private water
system losses.

Reduce water system
losses.

Distribute water saving
kits.

Increase the Ability to
Respond to or Be
Prepared for the
Hazard
Practice active water
conservation.

Practice active water
conservation.

Public education on
drought resistance.

Identify alternative
water supplies for times
of drought and create
mutual aid agreements
with alternative
suppliers.

Develop drought
contingency plan.

Develop criteria
“triggers” for drought-
related actions.

Improve accuracy of
water supply forecasts.

Modify rate structure to
influence active water
conservation
techniques.

Table 129: Alternatives to Mitigate the Earthquake Hazard What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
None. None. None.

Reduce
Exposure to the
Hazard
Locate outside of hazard
area (off soft soils).

Locate or relocate
mission-critical
functions outside
hazard area where
possible.

Locate critical facilities
or functions outside
hazard area where
possible.

Reduce
Vulnerability to
the Hazard
Retrofit structure (anchor
house structure to
foundation).

Build redundancy for
critical functions and
facilities.

Harden infrastructure.

Provide redundancy for
critical functions.

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Secure household items that
can cause injury or damage
(such as water heaters,
bookcases, and other
appliances).

Build to higher design.

Retrofit critical buildings
and areas housing
mission-critical
functions.

Adopt higher regulatory
standards.

Increase the
Ability to
Respond to or Be
Prepared for the
Hazard
Practice “drop, cover, and
hold.”

Develop household
mitigation plan, such as
creating a retrofit savings
account, communication
capability with outside, and
72-hour self-sufficiency
during an event.

Keep cash reserves for
reconstruction.

Become informed on the
hazard and risk reduction
alternatives available.

Develop a post-disaster
action plan for your
household.

Adopt higher standard
for new construction;
consider “performance-
based design” when
building new structures.

Keep cash reserves for
reconstruction.

Inform your employees
on the possible impacts
of earthquake and how
to deal with them at
your work facility.

Develop a continuity of
operations plan.

Provide better hazard
maps.

Provide technical
information and
guidance.

Enact tools to help
manage development
in hazard areas (e.g.,
tax incentives,
information).

Include retrofitting and
replacement of critical
system elements in
capital improvement
plan.

Develop strategy to
take advantage of post-
disaster opportunities.

Warehouse critical
infrastructure
components such as
pipe, power line, and
road repair materials.

Develop and adopt a
continuity of operations
plan.

Initiate triggers guiding
improvements (such as
<50% substantial
damage or
improvements).

Further enhance
seismic risk
assessment to target

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale high hazard buildings
for mitigation
opportunities.

Develop a post-
disaster action plan
that includes grant
funding and debris
removal components.

Table 130: Alternatives to Mitigate the Flooding Hazard What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
Clear storm drains and
culverts.

Use low-impact
development techniques.

Clear storm drains
and culverts.

Use low-impact
development
techniques.

Maintain drainage system.

Institute low-impact
development techniques on
property.

Dredging, levee construction,
and providing regional
retention areas.

Structural flood control, levees,
channelization, or revetments.

Stormwater management
regulations and master
planning.

Acquire vacant land or
promote open space uses in
developing watersheds to
control increases in runoff.

Reduce
Exposure to the
Hazard
Locate outside of hazard
area.

Elevate utilities above
base flood elevation.

Use low-impact
development techniques.

Locate critical
facilities or functions
outside hazard area.

Use low-impact
development
techniques.

Locate or relocate critical
facilities outside of hazard
area.

Acquire or relocate identified
repetitive loss properties.

Promote open space uses in
identified high hazard areas
via techniques such as:
planned unit developments,
easements, setbacks,

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale greenways, sensitive area
tracks.

Adopt land development
criteria such as planned unit
developments, density
transfers, clustering.

Institute low impact
development techniques on
property.

Acquire vacant land or
promote open space uses in
developing watersheds to
control increases in runoff.

Reduce
Vulnerability to
the Hazard
Raise structures above
base flood elevation.

Elevate items within
house above base flood
elevation.

Build new homes above
base flood elevation.

Flood-proof structures.

Build redundancy for
critical functions or
retrofit critical
buildings.

Provide flood-
proofing when new
critical infrastructure
must be located in
floodplains.

Harden infrastructure, bridge
replacement program.

Provide redundancy for critical
functions and infrastructure.

Adopt regulatory standards
such as freeboard standards,
cumulative substantial
improvement or damage, lower
substantial damage threshold;
compensatory storage, non-
conversion deed restrictions.

Stormwater management
regulations and master
planning.

Adopt “no-adverse impact”
floodplain management
policies that strive to not
increase the flood risk on
downstream communities.

Increase the
Ability to
Respond to or
Be Prepared for
the Hazard
Buy flood insurance.

Develop household plan,
such as retrofit savings,
communication with
outside, 72-hour self-
sufficiency during and
after an event.

Keep cash reserves
for reconstruction.

Support and
implement hazard
disclosure for sale of
property in risk
zones.

Produce better hazard maps.

Provide technical information
and guidance.

Enact tools to help manage
development in hazard areas
(stronger controls, tax
incentives, and information).

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Solicit cost-sharing
through partnerships
with others on
projects with multiple
benefits.

Incorporate retrofitting or
replacement of critical system
elements in capital
improvement plan.

Develop strategy to take
advantage of post-disaster
opportunities.

Warehouse critical
infrastructure components.

Develop and adopt a continuity
of operations plan.

Consider participation in the
Community Rating System.

Maintain and collect data to
define risks and vulnerability.

Train emergency responders.

Create an elevation inventory
of structures in the floodplain.

Develop and implement a
public information strategy.

Charge a hazard mitigation
fee.

Integrate floodplain
management policies into
other planning mechanisms
within the OA.

Consider the probable impacts
of climate change on the risk
associated with the flood
hazard.

Consider the residual risk
associated with structural flood
control in future land use
decisions.

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Enforce National Flood
Insurance Program.

Adopt a Stormwater
Management Master Plan.

Table 131: Alternatives to Mitigate the Landslide/Mass Movement Hazard What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
Stabilize slope (dewater,
armor toe).

Reduce weight on top of
slope.

Minimize vegetation
removal and the
addition of impervious
surfaces.

Stabilize slope (dewater,
armor toe).

Reduce weight on top of
slope.

Stabilize slope (dewater,
armor toe).

Reduce weight on top of
slope.

Reduce Exposure
to the Hazard
Locate structures
outside of hazard area
(off unstable land and
away from slide-run out
area).

Locate structures outside
of hazard area (off
unstable land and away
from slide-run out area).

Acquire properties in
high-risk landslide areas.

Adopt land use policies
that prohibit the
placement of habitable
structures in high-risk
landslide areas.

Reduce
Vulnerability to the
Hazard
Retrofit home. Retrofit at-risk facilities. Adopt higher regulatory standards for new
development within
unstable slope areas.

Armor/retrofit critical
infrastructure against the
impact of landslides.

Increase the
Ability to Respond
to or Be Prepared
for the Hazard
Institute warning system
and develop evacuation
plan.

Keep cash reserves for
reconstruction.

Educate yourself on risk
reduction techniques for
landslide hazards.

Institute warning system
and develop evacuation
plan.

Keep cash reserves for
reconstruction.

Develop a continuity of
operations plan.

Produce better hazard
maps.

Provide technical
information and
guidance.

Enact tools to help
manage development in
hazard areas: better

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What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Educate employees on
the potential exposure to
landslide hazards and
emergency response
protocol.
land controls, tax
incentives, information.

Develop strategy to take
advantage of post-
disaster opportunities.

Warehouse critical
infrastructure
components.

Develop and adopt a
continuity of operations
plan.

Educate the public on
the landslide hazard and
appropriate risk
reduction alternatives.

Table 132: Alternatives to Mitigate the Inclement Weather Hazard What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
None. None. None.

Reduce Exposure
to the Hazard
None. None. None.

Reduce
Vulnerability to
the Hazard
Insulate house.

Provide redundant
heat and power.

Insulate structure.

Plant appropriate trees
near home and power
lines (“Right tree, right
place” National Arbor
Day Foundation
Program).

Relocate critical
infrastructure (such as
power lines)
underground.

Reinforce or relocate
critical infrastructure
such as power lines to
meet performance
expectations.

Install tree wire.

Harden infrastructure such as
locating utilities underground.

Trim trees back from power
lines.

Increase the
Ability to
Respond to or Be
Prepared for the
Hazard
Trim or remove trees
that could affect power
lines.

Trim or remove trees
that could affect
power lines.

Create redundancy.

Support programs such as
“Tree Watch” that proactively
manage problem areas
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Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Promote 72-hour self-
sufficiency.

Obtain a NOAA
weather radio.

Obtain an emergency
generator.

Equip facilities with a
NOAA weather radio.

Equip vital facilities
with emergency power
sources.
removal of hazardous trees,
tree replacement, etc.

Increase communication
alternatives.

Modify land use and
environmental regulations to
support vegetation
management activities that
improve reliability in utility
corridors.

Modify landscape and other
ordinances to encourage
appropriate planting near
overhead power, cable, and
phone lines.

Provide NOAA weather radios
to the public.

Table 133: Alternatives to Mitigate the Tsunami Hazard
What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
None. None. Build wave abatement
structures (e.g., the
“Jacks” looking
structure designed by
the Japanese).

Reduce
Exposure to the
Hazard
Locate outside of hazard
area.

Locate structure or
mission critical functions
outside of hazard area
whenever possible.

Locate structure or
functions outside of
hazard area whenever
possible.

Harden infrastructure
for tsunami impacts.

Relocate identified
critical facilities
located in tsunami
high hazard areas.

Reduce
Vulnerability to
the Hazard
Apply personal property
mitigation techniques to your
home such as anchoring
Mitigate personal
property for the impacts
of tsunami.

Adopt higher
regulatory standards
that will provide higher

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Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale your foundation and
foundation openings to allow
flow through.
levels of protection to
structures built in a
tsunami inundation
area.

Utilize tsunami
mapping once
available, to guide
development away
from high-risk areas
through land use
planning.

Increase the
Ability to
Respond to or
Be Prepared for
the Hazard
Develop and practice a
household evacuation plan.

Support/participate in the
Redwood Coast Tsunami
Working Group.

Educate yourself on the risk
exposure from the tsunami
hazard and ways to minimize
that risk.

Develop and practice a
corporate evacuation
plan.

Support/participate in the
Redwood Coast Tsunami
Working Group.

Educate employees on
the risk exposure from
the tsunami hazard and
ways to minimize that
risk.

Create a probabilistic
tsunami map for the
OA.

Provide incentives to
guide development
away from hazard
areas.

Develop a tsunami
warning and response
system.

Provide residents with
tsunami inundation
maps.

Join NOAA’s Tsunami
Ready program.

Develop and
communicate
evacuation routes.

Enhance the public
information program to
include risk reduction
options for the
tsunami hazard.

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Table 134: Alternatives to Mitigate the Wildfire Hazard What Alternative
Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Manipulate the
Hazard
Clear potential fuels on
property such as dry
overgrown underbrush
and diseased trees.

Clear potential fuels
on property such as
dry underbrush and
diseased trees.

Clear potential fuels on
property such as dry
underbrush and diseased
trees.

Implement best
management practices on
public lands.

Reduce Exposure
to the Hazard
Create and maintain
defensible space around
structures.

Locate outside of
hazard area.

Mow regularly.

Create and maintain
defensible space
around structures and
infrastructure.

Locate outside of
hazard area.

Create and maintain
defensible space around
structures and infrastructure.

Locate outside of hazard
area.

Enhance building code to
include use of fire resistant
materials in high hazard
area.

Reduce
Vulnerability to
the Hazard
Create and maintain
defensible space around
structures and provide
water on site.

Use fire-retardant
building materials.

Create defensible
spaces around home.

Create and maintain
defensible space
around structures and
infrastructure and
provide water on site.

Use fire-retardant
building materials.

Use fire-resistant
plantings in buffer
areas of high wildfire
threat.

Create and maintain
defensible space around
structures and infrastructure.

Use fire-retardant building
materials.

Use fire-resistant plantings in
buffer areas of high wildfire
threat.

Consider higher regulatory
standards (such as Class A
roofing).

Establish biomass
reclamation initiatives.

Increase the
Ability to
Respond to or Be
Prepared for the
Hazard
Employ techniques from
the National Fire
Protection Association’s
Firewise Communities
program to safeguard
home.

Identify alternative water
supplies for firefighting.

Support Firewise
community initiatives.

Create /establish
stored water supplies
to be utilized for
firefighting.

More public outreach and
education efforts, including
an active Firewise program.

Possible weapons of mass
destruction funds available
to enhance fire capability in
high-risk areas.

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Would Do Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale Install/replace roofing
material with non-
combustible roofing
materials.

Identify fire response and
alternative evacuation
routes.

Seek alternative water
supplies.

Become a Firewise
community.

Use academia to study
impacts/solutions to wildfire
risk.

Establish/maintain mutual
aid agreements between fire
service agencies.

Create/implement fire plans.

Consider the probable
impacts of climate change
on the risk associated with
the wildfire hazard in future
land use decisions.

17.3 Santa Clara County 2023 Mitigation Action Plan
An action plan is a detailed document that identifies specific steps required to achieve a particular goal.

The document breaks down the goal into actionable and measurable tasks that can be easily followed and tracked. These actions are determined by the risk of natural hazards impacting a community and the identifying solutions. The purpose of an action plan is to define specific steps necessary for achieving a certain goal, including required resources and a timeline for completing tasks.

The 2017 Santa Clara County MJHMP included action items for the entire Operational Area. The participants did not choose to continue to identify area-wide actions and opted for actions by jurisdiction only. The area-wide actions were integrated as appropriate in the Santa Clara County Annex and their status is summarized in Volume II Section 13. Each individual jurisdictions and special districts information can be found in each annex in Volume 2.

The planning partners utilized the following criteria to prioritize action items into the categories of high, medium, or low.
 High Priority— A project that:
▪ Meets multiple goals and objectives (i.e., multiple hazards); ▪ Addresses multiple hazards;
▪ Has benefits that exceed cost;
▪ Has funding secured or is an ongoing project;

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▪ Meets eligibility requirements for Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants; ▪ Can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years);
▪ Addresses immediate short-term impacts of climate change; ▪ Benefits underserved and/or socially vulnerable populations; AND ▪ Considers the Multi-Benefit Criteria utilized by the Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative, including equity, long-term value, ecosystem benefit, community benefit, and cross- jurisdictional alignment.
 Medium Priority— A project that:
▪ Meets multiple goals and objectives;
▪ Addresses multiple hazards;
▪ Has benefits that exceed costs;
▪ Has funding has not been secured, but that is grant eligible under Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants or other grant programs;
▪ Project can be completed in the short term (1-5 years), once funding is secured. Medium priority projects will become high priority projects once funding is secured; ▪ Addresses immediate short-term impacts of climate change; ▪ Benefits underserved and/or socially vulnerable populations; AND ▪ Considers the Multi-Benefit Criteria utilized by the Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative, including equity, long-term value, ecosystem benefit, community benefit, and cross- jurisdictional alignment.
 Low Priority— A project that:
▪ Will mitigate the risk of at least one hazard;
▪ Has benefits that do not exceed the costs or are difficult to quantify:
▪ Does not have secured funding;
▪ Is not eligible for Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding; ▪ Has a timeline for completion that is long term (greater than 5 years). Low priority projects may be eligible for other sources of grant funding from other programs; ▪ May address impacts of climate change;
▪ May benefit underserved and/or socially vulnerable populations; AND ▪ Considers the Multi-Benefit Criteria utilized by the Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative, including equity, long-term value, ecosystem benefit, community benefit, and cross- jurisdictional alignment.

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Table 135 County of Santa Clara 2023 Action Items
Action
Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-1* Maintain, implement, and update as
appropriate, the County
unincorporated CWPP, while
expanding the planning scope to
integrate all of the Operational
Area’s jurisdictions. Create
defensible space programs on a
county-wide basis. Using the 2023
Santa Clara County CWPP as a
guide, implement fuel management
and fuel reduction treatment
throughout the county specifically
adjacent to areas classified as high
and extreme risk to structures to
reduce the potential for catastrophic
wildfire.

Wildfire Santa Clara County
Fire Department- or-
FireSafe Council
SCCFD
General
Budget;
County OEM
General
Budget;
HMGP;
PDM; EMPG
Ongoing Low

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-2* CAL FIRE, South County Fire, and
the Santa Clara County Fire
Department should prepare for
coordinated wildfire response
operations through the
development of a Wildfire Annex to
the County's Emergency
Operations Plan. In August 2020 in
response to the SCU Lightning
Complex, the Wildfire Annex was
used to shed light into the response
and recovery activities that
unfolded.

Wildfire County OEM SCCFD
General
Budget;
County OEM
General
Budget;
HMGP;
EMPG
Short-term Low
SCC-4* Continue to promote programs that
mitigate vegetation fire, such as
diseased tree removal, creating
defensible space, and FireWise
community programs. In
accordance with the 2023 CWPP,
promote public education and
outreach to engage citizens in
helping to reduce risk around
individual property, particularly in
areas with larger drive times from
fire response. Utilize Fire Safe
Councils free chipping programs,
teach Firewise landscaping
techniques, and organize
community cleanup and green
waste removal in high risk areas to
reduce ignitability.

Wildfire Santa Clara County
Fire Department
SCCFD
General
Budget;
County OEM
General
Budget;
South
County Fire
General
Budget;
HMGP; and
EMPG
Ongoing Low

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-8* Develop, update, and maintain GIS
inventories of essential facilities, at-
risk buildings and infrastructure and
prioritize mitigation projects. Ideas
for Implementation: • Identify critical
facilities at risk from natural hazards
events. • Develop strategies to
mitigate risk to these facilities, or to
utilize alternative facilities should
natural hazard events cause
damage to the facilities in question.
• Identify bridges at risk from flood
or earthquake hazards.

All Hazards, Flood,
Earthquake, Wildfire
ISD (GIS) County ISD
Budget,
County
OEM
Budget,
Emergency
Management
Performance
Grant
Program,
HMGP;
PDM;
FMA; EMPG
Long-
term/Ongoing
Medium
SCC-9* Maintain the WebEOC system so
that it is up to date. For example,
review the WebEOC vendor's Road
Map, assess the vendor
technology's fitness relative to the
needs of the County's situational
awareness process and IT
infrastructure; consider upgrading
to a new system if necessary.

All Hazards, Wildfire,
Flood, Inclement
Weather – Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River, Inclement Weather
– High Winds
ISD (GIS) County ISD
Budget,
County
OEM
Budget,
Emergency
Management
Performance
Grant
Program,
HMGP;
PDM;
FMA; EMPG
Short-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
10*
Participate in statewide effort to
collaborate on spatial data
standardization, data sharing
platform, common operating
procedures.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
TSS (GIS) County ISD
Budget,
County
OEM
Budget,
Emergency
Management
Performance
Grant
Program,
HMGP;
PDM;
FMA; EMPG
Ongoing Medium
SCC-
11*
Develop and provide the Indoor
Mapping, Evacuation Routing to
Emergency Response Personnel.

All Hazards, Wildfire TSS (GIS) County ISD
Budget,
Emergency
Management
Performance
Grant
Program,
HMGP;
PDM; FMA;
EMPG
Long-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
13A*
Identify county facilities vulnerable
to earthquakes and develop
appropriate actions.

Identify county facilities vulnerable
to earthquakes (may include
building age, soft story structures,
building materials more vulnerable
to earthquake damage). Consider
options to retrofit, relocate or
consider alternate methods to
minimize earthquake damage and
maintain response functionality.

Earthquakes ISD (GIS) County ISD
Budget Fleet
and Facilities
Budget
Emergency
Management
Program,
HMGP;
PDM; FMA;
EMGP
Long-term Medium
SCC-
13B*
Identify the most seismically
vulnerable bridges on county roads.

Establish priorities for repair,
retrofit, or other efforts to harden
bridges against earthquake damage
to maintain transportation
functionality and facilitate
emergency response.

Earthquakes ISD (GIS) County ISD
Budget Fleet
and Facilities
Budget
Emergency
Management
Program,
HMGP;
PDM; FMA;
EMGP
Long-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
15*
Deploy plume modeling software
and enable OEM staff to manage
data input to assess hazardous
materials atmospheric risk. Due to
the COVID-19 global pandemic
there has been no progress on this
ongoing capability.

All Hazards, Wildfire,
Climate Change,
Inclement Weather –
High Wind
County Fire, Consumer
and Environmental
Protection Agency
(Department of
Environmental Health)
County ISD
Budget,
County
OEM
Budget;
County
Public
Health
Budget;
SCCFD;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program
Long-term Medium
SCC-
18*
Miguelito Road Repairs for two road
sections (located in east side of
San Jose): Section 1, located near
the intersection of Camino Vista
Way and Miguelito Road, would
replace the current soldier pile wall
with a new retaining wall and
repave the roadway. Section 2,
located near the intersection of Rica
Vista Way and Miguelito Road,
would repair the slope failure.

All Hazards, Landslide Roads and Airports County
Roads and
Airports
Budget;
County OEM
Budget;
HMGP;
PDM; FMA
Long-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
21*
Alma Bridge Road Slide Repair
(located in Los Gatos): Project site
is 0.75 mile south of the Los Gatos
Rowing Club @ Lexington
Reservoir
Dam Failure,
Landslide
Roads and Airports County
Roads and
Airports
Budget;
County OEM
Budget;
HMGP;
PDM; FMA
Long-term Medium
SCC-
23*
Review and implement selected
recommendations detailed in the
Loma Fire Watershed Emergency
Response Team Final Report,
October 25, 2016 (CA-SCU-
006912). Potential actions may
include, but are not limited to
deployment of an early warning
system, infrastructure
improvements, establishment of a
Firewise community program,
waterway clearance, general
watershed restoration, etc.

Wildfire County OEM County
Roads and
Airports
Budget;
County OEM
Budget;
HMGP;
PDM; FMA
Long-Term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
24*
Review critical facilities and capital
projects for mitigation project
potential- including, but not limited
to: water drainage, power
production maintenance/ upgrades,
etc.

Review flood risk assessment of
critical facilities at risk to 100 and
500 year flood. Initiate further study
to determine appropriate methods
to reduce flood risk, which might
include stormwater capture or
drainage, use of permeable
surfaces, changes to landscaping,
flood control structures, relocation,
or alternatives.

All Hazards
Flood
Fleet and Facilities County
Roads and
Airports
Budget,
County OEM
Budget,
County Fleet
and Facilities
Budget,
County
Roads and
Airports
Budget,
County
Planning &
Development
Budget;
HMGP;
PDM; FMA;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program
Short-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
25*
Provide technical information and
guidance to public on individual risk
identification using information
sharing/ GIS platforms.

Use GIS tools such as StoryMaps
or other GIS platforms or web
applications for public education
and outreach. Provide a method for
residents to understand where they
are in relation to potential hazards,
and educate them on what actions
they can take to reduce their
personal risk.

All Hazards, Wildfire,
Drought, Climate
Change, Flood
ISD (GIS) County ISD
Budget,
County OEM
Budget,
SCCFD;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program
Short-term High
SCC-
26*
Develop strategy to take advantage
of post disaster opportunities
through the development of
Disaster Recovery Planning,
Disaster Cost Recovery Planning,
etc.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget;
SCCFD;
County
Finance
Agency
Budget;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program;
HMGP
Long-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
27*
Develop and adopt a COOP for
County Departments, as
appropriate.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget;
SCCFD;
County ISD;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program;
HMGP
Short-Term Medium
SCC-
28*
Maintain existing data and gather
new data needed to define risks
and vulnerabilities impacting the
County. New data should be
integrated into County policies,
including but not limited to
stormwater management, post-
disaster recovery, real estate
disclosures, environmental
protection, climate change, fire
suppression, and seismic activity.

All Hazards, Climate
Change, Wildfire,
Earthquake
County OEM County OEM
Budget;
SCCFD;
County ISD;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program;
HMGP
Ongoing Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
29*
Maintain existing data and gather
new data needed to define risks
and vulnerability impacting the
County. New data should be
integrated into County plans,
including but not limited to the
County's General Plan, Capital
Improvement Plan, Stormwater
Plan, Habitat Conservation Plan,
Community Wildfire Protection
Plan, Forest Management Plan,
Climate Action Plan, Emergency
Operations Plan, Threat & Hazard
Identification & Risk Assessment,
Post-Disaster Recovery
Framework, Continuity of
Operations Plan, and Public Health
plans.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget;
SCCFD;
County ISD;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program;
HMGP;
BRIC
Ongoing Medium

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Action
Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
30*
Develop a Debris Collection and
Management Plan.

Earthquake, Wildfire,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/ /High Winds,
Dam/Levee Failure,
Flood, Landslide/Mass
Movement
County Roads and
Airports
County OEM
Budget;
SCCFD;
County ISD;
County
Roads &
Airports
Budget;
County
Public Health
Budget;
EMPG; the
State
Homeland
Security
Grant
Program;
EMPG
Short-term High
SCC-
32*
Integrate the hazard mitigation plan
into other plans, ordinances, and
programs that dictate land use
decisions within the community.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget,
SCCFD
Budget,
County
Planning &
Development
Budget
Ongoing Medium

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Action
Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
33*
Development and implement a
program to capture perishable data
significant events (e.g. high water
marks, locations of poor draining
following heavy rain, roadways or
culverts that have been damaged in
flood events, damage from high
wind events, preliminary damage
estimates, damage photos) to
support future mitigation efforts
including the implementation and
maintenance of the hazard
mitigation plan.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget,
SCCFD
Budget,
County

ISD/GIS
Budget,
County
Finance
Agency
Budget
Long-term Medium
SCC-
34*
Actively participate in the plan
maintenance protocols outlined in
Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation
plan.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget,
HMGP,
BRIC

Ongoing Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
SCC-
35*
Coordinate with the private sector
on prioritization of critical facilities
before and during restoration of
utility services.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
County OEM County OEM
Budget
Ongoing Medium
1 Address gaps in data and missing
information within this Annex for the
next plan update.

All Hazards, Earthquake,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality,
Inclement Weather –
Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric
River/Extreme
Temperatures/High
Winds/Space Weather,
Drought, Climate
Change, Dam/Levee
Failure, Flood,
Landslide/Mass
Movement
All Departments General
fund,
Short term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
2 Maintain a coordinated, multi-
lingual public awareness campaign
to educate and engage the public
about hazard risk, preparedness,
and safety to provide real-time
health related information during
extreme heat and poor air quality
warning days and information on
cooling center, resiliency hubs,
emergency shelters, and other
preparedness and post disaster
resources for the region.

Inclement Weather –
Extreme Temperatures,
Wildfire/Wildfire
Smoke/Air Quality
County OEM General fund Ongoing Medium
3 Consider nature-based solutions
such as a goal to plant 1,000 trees
annually Countywide in areas to
address issues such as urban heat
islands, low tree canopy, poor air
quality and stormwater
management. Work with local
governments, agencies, and
nonprofit partners to build a
comprehensive urban forest.

Inclement Weather –
Extreme Temperatures,
Flood
Office of Sustainability General
fund, BRIC
Medium-term Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
4 In coordination with SCVWD, host
regular workshops and classes on
water conservation, including
providing information on drought-
tolerant landscaping, available
rebates for water retrofits, and
water efficiency strategies in new
buildings. Distribute outreach
materials for water conservation.

Drought County OEM? General
Fund
Medium-term Medium
5 Work with local jurisdictions in dam
inundation zones to ensure
residents and businesses are
aware of the potential risk, and that
dam inundation mitigation
strategies are integrated into local
planning efforts. Work with local
jurisdictions to identify vulnerable
populations and unique information
needs to communicate their risk.

Use GIS mapping for risk analysis
and communication as appropriate.

Dam/Levee Failure County OEM General
Fund
Medium
Term
Medium

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Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion
Priority
6 Identify facilities to serve as
warming or cooling centers/short-
term severe weather shelters in an
effort to reduce loss of life. Assist
vulnerable populations by
facilitating and also notifying them
about warming centers (a short-
term emergency shelter that
operates when temperatures or a
combination of precipitation, wind
chill, wind and temperature become
dangerously inclement).

Extreme Heat, Extreme
Cold, High Wind, Heavy
Rain
County OEM General
Fund
Medium
Term
Medium
7 Identify areas with above ground
utilities at risk to damage from high
wind and evaluate feasibility of
pursuing funding for
undergrounding of utilities.

Consider areas where powerlines
may be near areas with high wildfire
risk.

High Wind, Wildfire County OEM General
Fund
Medium
Term
Medium

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17.4 Financial Capabilities
Determining current and/or potential funding sources is an important step of the mitigation planning process. By exploring, identifying, and evaluating alternative sources now, planning partners are positioned to select and implement actions which are financially obtainable.

This plan is written in accordance with federal guidelines in order to ensure participants remain eligible for certain mitigation funds. Under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 44, Part 201.6 (44 CFR §201.6), Local Mitigation Plans, local governments must have a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-approved plan in order to apply for and/or receive hazard mitigation project grant funds for hazard mitigation programs including:
 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
 HMGP Post Fire Program (HMGP-PF)
 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)  Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
 Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program

It is important to consider a variety of funding streams. Mitigation actions can and should be funded through multiple different avenues. Funding opportunities may include federal agencies; state, local, and tribal programs, as applicable; or private funding. Potential Federal, State, and Local funding opportunities are described below.

17.4.1 Federal
FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants fund eligible mitigation measures to reduce future disaster losses. Eligible applicants include state agencies, local governments, special districts, federally recognized tribes, and private non-profit organizations.

California’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) administers hazard mitigation assistance grants on behalf of FEMA. Cal OES supports outreach to inform eligible jurisdictions of available grants, reviews applications, and provides technical assistance. Cal OES is also responsible for submitting applications to FEMA by FEMA’s stated deadline. When eligible entities are interested in applying for these funds, the State Hazard Mitigation Officer (SHMO) can provide additional guidance and education about available grants and the grant application process.

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Table 136: FEMA Mitigation Funding Sources
Program Timeframe Description Lead Agency
or Agencies Resource(s)
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
(HMGP / 404
Mitigation)
Post-disaster -
application period
opens on the date of
the presidential
declaration.

Provides funding to state, local, tribal,
and territorial governments to develop
hazard mitigation plans and implement
mitigation products to reduce or
eliminate future disaster losses. Eligible
project types including planning and
enforcement, flood protection,
retrofitting, and construction. An
approved hazard mitigation plan is
required to receive funding. Because
the State of California has an enhanced
HMP, the State is eligible for additional
HMGP funds, up to 20% of the federal
share of disaster assistance provided
after a federally declared disaster.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation
/hazard-mitigation

https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation
/hazard-mitigation-assistance-guidance

HMGP Post Fire
(HMGP-PF)
State’s first FMAG
declaration of the fiscal
year to 6 months after
the end of that fiscal
year
Helps communities implement hazard
mitigation measures after wildfires
disasters. Funding depends on the 10-
year national average assistance
provided under Fire Management
Assistance Grants (FMAG)
declarations for States.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation
/hazard-mitigation-assistance-guidance

https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files
/2020-07/fema_DRRA-1204-policy.pdf

Fire Management
Assistance
Grants (FMAG)
Post-Fire Management
Assistance Declaration
Available to states, local and tribal
governments for the mitigation,
management, and control of fires on
publicly or privately owned forests or
grasslands.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files
/documents/fema_fmagppg_063121.pd
f
Public Assistance
406 Program
Post-federal disaster
declaration
Public Assistance funded mitigation
measures for disaster-damaged
facilities. Limited to eligible counties
and eligible damaged facilities, as well
FEMA https://www.fema.gov/press-
release/20220328/fema-hazard-
mitigation-grants-404-and-406

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Program Timeframe Description Lead Agency
or Agencies Resource(s)
as only the parts of the facility that are
damaged. Designed to reduce the
potential of future losses through a
similar disaster to the same eligible
facility.

Flood Mitigation
Assistance (FMA)
Annual Funding for cost-effective measures to
reduce or eliminate the long-term risk
of flood damage to buildings,
manufactured homes, and other
structures insured under the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation
/floods
Building Resilient
Infrastructure and
Communities
(BRIC)
Annual Provides funding to states, local
communities, tribes, and territories to
implement mitigation projects. This
program is designed to support
capability- and capacity-building,
promote partnerships, and enable large
projects. It emphasizes nature-based
solutions, community lifelines, and
benefitting underserved communities.

Each State has allocated funds as well
as a nationally competitive fund.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files
/documents/fema_bric-policy-fp-008-
05_program_policy.pdf

https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files
/documents/fema_riskmap-nature-
based-solutions-guide_2021.pdf

https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files
/documents/fema_fy-22-mitigation-
action-portfolio.pdf
Pre-Disaster
Mitigation (PDM)
Congressionally
appropriated
Makes funding available for state, local,
tribal, and territorial governments to
plan for and implement sustainable
cost-effective measures designed to
reduce the risk to individuals and
property from future natural hazards.

Previously replaced by the BRIC
program, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2022
reauthorized PDM for FY22.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation
/pre-disaster

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Program Timeframe Description Lead Agency
or Agencies Resource(s)
Rehabilitation of
High Hazard
Potential Dam
(HHPD) Grant
Program
Annual Provides technical, planning, design,
and construction assistance in the form
of grants for rehabilitation of eligible
high hazard potential dams. The dam
must be located in a jurisdiction with a
FEMA-approved plan that includes dam
risks.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/emergency-
managers/risk-management/dam-
safety/rehabilitation-high-hazard-
potential-dams

https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files
/documents/fema_hhpd-fact-sheet_05-
19-2020.pdf
National Flood
Insurance
Program (NFIP)
Ongoing Eligible property owners, renters and
businesses who purchase flood
insurance through the NFIP may be
eligible for funds to repair their
property. Increased Cost of
Compliance (ICC) claim benefits may
be available for compliance activities
including elevation, flood-proofing,
relocation, and demolition.

FEMA https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance

Planning partners may soon have access to additional mitigation funds through FEMA ’s new Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program. The Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act became law on January 1, 2021, and authorized FEMA to provide grants to eligible entities including the State of California for the development of a revolving loan fund for hazard mitigation initiatives.

Once established, this revolving loan fund will provide low interest loans to juri sdictions to reduce vulnerability to natural disaster, foster resilience, and reduce disaster suffering. These loans may be used as the non-federal cost match for other HMA grant applications. The first application for STORM is currently open as of the time of this writing.

FEMA funds should not be the only source of mitigation funding a community considers. Other federal resources are described in Table 137.

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Table 137: Additional Federal Funding Sources
Program Timeframe Description Lead Agency
or Agencies Resource(s)
Community Development
Block Grant – Disaster
Recovery (CDBG-DR)
Congressionally
Appropriated
Grants to states and local governments to
develop viable communities (e.g., housing,
suitable living environment, expanded economic
opportunities) and recover from federally
declared disasters. Principally for low- and
moderate-income areas.

U.S.

Department of
Housing and
Urban
Development
(HUD)
https://www.hud.gov/progr
am_offices/comm_plannin
g/cdbg
CDBG-Mitigation (CDBG-
MIT)
Congressionally
Appropriated
Supports a range of mitigation activities focused
on reducing or eliminating the long-term impacts
of future disasters.

HUD https://www.hud.gov/progr
am_offices/comm_plannin
g/cdbg-dr/cdbg-mit
Section 108 Loan
Guarantee Program
Upon request Provides low-cost, long-term financing for economic development and community
development projects, including improvements
to increase resilience.

HUD https://www.hudexchange.
info/programs/section-
108/section-108-program-
eligibility-
requirements/#overview
Natural Resources
Conversation Services
(NRCS)
Ongoing Can provide funding and technical assistance to communities to address threats to watersheds,
including conducting damage assessment and
evaluating potential solutions.

U.S.

Department of
Agriculture
(USDA)
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov
/
Urban Waters Small
Grants Program
Every two years Program that protects and restores urban waters by improving water quality through
activities that also support community
revitalization and other local priorities.

U.S.

Environmental
Protection
Agency (EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/urban
waterspartners/urban-
waters-small-
grants#:~:text=Overview%
20Since%20the%20incept
ion%20of%20the%20Urba
n%20Waters,with%20indiv
idual%20award%20amou
nts%20of%20up%20to%2
0%2460%2C000.

https://www.epa.gov/sites/
default/files/2016-
10/documents/uwsg_flyer
_october2016.pdf

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Program Timeframe Description Lead Agency
or Agencies Resource(s)
Clean Water State
Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Annual Provides low-cost financing for a range of water infrastructure projects.

EPA https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf

https://www.epa.gov/nps/f
unding-resources-
watershed-protection-and-
restoration
WaterSmart Annual Funding opportunity to support adequate and safe water supplies through water conservation,
water management, and restoration projects.

Bureau of
Reclamation
https://www.usbr.gov/wate
rsmart/
Partners for Fish and
Wildlife
Ongoing Financial and technical assistance to private
landowners, corporations, local governments,
and universities interested in pursuing
restoration projects affecting wetlands and
riparian habitats.

U.S. Fish and
Wildlife
Service (FWS)
https://www.fws.gov/progr
am/partners-fish-and-
wildlife
National Coastal
Resilience Fund
Annual Funds nature-based solutions designed to
improve the resilience of coastal communities
and ecosystems.

National Fish
and Wildlife
Foundation
https://www.nfwf.org/progr
ams/national-coastal-
resilience-
fund?activeTab=tab-1
Flood Risk Management
Program (FRMP)
Upon request Program designed to focus the policies,
programs, and expertise of the Corps toward
reducing overall flood risk. USACE works with
local government partners to coordinate flood
risk management within the context of shared
responsibility, including helping communities
understand their flood risk, communicate flood
risk to the public, and develop solutions.

U.S. Army
Corps of
Engineers
https://www.iwr.usace.arm
y.mil/Missions/Flood-Risk-
Management/Flood-Risk-
Management-
Program/Partners-in-
Shared-
Responsibility/State-and-
Local/

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or Agencies Resource(s)
Community Wildfire
Assistance
Ongoing Technical and funding assistance for wildfire
mitigation measures and training.

Department of
Interior Bureau
of Land
Management
https://www.blm.gov/site-
page/programs-public-
safety-and-fire-fire-and-
aviation-regional-
information-montana-
dakotas-3
Emergency Management
Performance Grant
(EMPG)
Annual Grant designed to support state, local, tribal,
and territorial emergency management
agencies in the implementation of the National
Preparedness System and the National
Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient
nation. FY23 EMPG program also included an
emphasis on the national priorities of equity;
climate resilience; and readiness.

DHS/FEMA https://www.fema.gov/gran
ts/preparedness/emergen
cy-management-
performance
Emergency Watershed
Protection
Ongoing Program that offers technical and financial
assistance to help local communities relieve
imminent threats to life and property caused by
natural disasters that impair the watershed.

USDA https://www.nrcs.usda.gov
/programs-initiatives/ewp-
emergency-watershed-
protection
Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations
(WVFPO) Program
Ongoing Provides technical and financial assistance to
help plan and implement watershed projects.

USDA https://www.nrcs.usda.gov
/programs-
initiatives/watershed-and-
flood-prevention-
operations-wfpo-
program#:~:text=The%20
Watershed%20Protection
%20and%20Flood%20Pre
vention%20%28WFPO%2
9%20Program,Watershed
%20and%20Flood%20Pre
vention%20Operations%2
0%28WFPO%29%20Prog
ram%20OVERVIEW

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17.4.2 State
The State of California proactively invests in hazard mitigation and climate adaptation in order to develop more resilient co mmunities. Open grants can be found online through the California Grants Portal. Table 138 lists some of the state-led funding sources available or likely to become available.

Table 138: State Mitigation Funding Sources
Program Timeframe Description Lead Agency
or Agencies Resource(s)
Prepare California As Funded Initiative to advance local capabilities through funding additional staff and covering the non-
federal cost share for mitigation actions.

Cal OES https://www.caloes.ca.gov/
office-of-the-
director/operations/recove
ry-directorate/hazard-
mitigation/prepare-
california/
Earthquake Brace + Bolt
(EBB) Program
TBD Grants for qualified homeowners with eligible
houses in higher-earthquake-risk areas to
seismically retrofit their house.

California
Earthquake
Authority
https://portal.earthquakea
uthority.com/Discounts-
Grants/Brace-and-Bolt-
Grants#:~:text=CEA%20of
fers%20two%20brace%20
%2B%20bolt%20grant%2
0programs,help%20CEA
%20policyholders%20pay
%20for%20a%20seismic
%20retrofit.

Proposition 84 Ongoing The California Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal
Protection Bond Act (Proposition) makes new
funding available for flood protection and water
management programs.

Multiple http://bondaccountability.r
esources.ca.gov/p84.aspx

http://bondaccountability.r
esources.ca.gov/PDF/Pro
p1E/PROPOSITION_84_f
act.pdf

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or Agencies Resource(s)
Integrated Regional Water
Management Grant
Program
Ongoing A collaborative grant program that covers
planning, project implementation, and
disadvantaged communities and tribes in order to
implement water management solutions on a
regional scale.

Department of
Water
Resources
https://water.ca.gov/Progr
ams/Integrated-Regional-
Water-Management
Urban Community
Drought Relief Funding
As Funded Offers financial assistance to address drought impacts, including drought resilience planning,
climate resilience activities, and water
conservation activities.

Department of
Water
Resources
https://water.ca.gov/Water
-Basics/Drought/Urban-
Drought-Grant

https://water.ca.gov/-
/media/DWR-
Website/Web-
Pages/Water-
Basics/Drought/Files/Urba
n-Community-Drought-
Relief/FrequentlyAskedQu
estions.pdf
Wildfire Prevention Grants Annual Funding for eligible applicants to conduct hazardous fuels reduction activities, wildfire
prevention planning, and wildfire prevention
education.

CAL FIRE https://www.fire.ca.gov/wh
at-we-do/grants/wildfire-
prevention-grants
Wildfire Resilience Block
Grants
As Funded Provides technical and financial assistance for forest management including reducing the risk of
wildfires.

CAL FIRE https://www.fire.ca.gov/wh
at-we-do/natural-resource-
management/wildfire-
resilience#ResilienceGran
tAnchor

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or Agencies Resource(s)
Listos California Funded for
2023
Local resilience grants for community-based
organizations throughout the state to provide
disaster training and resources to vulnerable and
diverse populations.

Cal OES https://www.grants.ca.gov/
grants/2022-23-listos-
california-statewide-grant-
ls-program-rfp/

https://news.caloes.ca.gov
/cal-oes-released-2023-
funding-opportunities-for-
listos-california-campaign/
California Climate
Investments
Ongoing Over 70 programs that fund various projects
related to climate change and climate resilience.

More than 20
state agencies
https://www.caclimateinve
stments.ca.gov/all-
programs
Resilient California Ongoing Resources for climate resilience including grant programs.

Governor’s
Office of
Planning and
Research
https://resilientca.org/topic
s/investing-in-adaptation/
Integrated Climate
Adaptation and Resiliency
Program (ICARP)
Ongoing Three grant programs designed to support
mitigation and climate adaptation through
adaptation planning, climate resilience efforts, and
preparing for the impacts of extreme heat.

Governor’s
Office of
Planning and
Research
https://opr.ca.gov/climate/i
carp/
Climate Smart Land
Management Program
Funded for
2023
New grant opportunity to implement projects and
develop plans that increase climate action on
California’s natural and working lands
Department of
Conservation
https://www.conservation.
ca.gov/dlrp/grant-
programs/Pages/Climate-
Smart-Land-Management-
Program.aspx

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17.4.3 Local
Local capability to fund mitigation actions can come from a variety of sources. Some sources local jurisdictions may have access to include:
 Capital improvements project funding.
 Taxes levied for specific purposes.
 User fees for water, sewer, gas, or electric services.  Stormwater utility fees.
 General obligation bonds.
 Special tax bonds.
 Private activity bonds.
 Development impact fees for homebuyers or developers.  Public or private partnerships.

The individual resources of each participating planning partner are discussed in each annex in Volume 2.

17.5 Action Plan Prioritization
The planning partners utilized the following criteria to prioritize action items into the categories of high, medium, or low.
 High Priority— A project that:
▪ Meets multiple goals and objectives (i.e., multiple hazards); ▪ Addresses multiple hazards;
▪ Has benefits that exceed cost;
▪ Has funding secured or is an ongoing project;
▪ Meets eligibility requirements for Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants; ▪ Can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years);
▪ Addresses immediate short-term impacts of climate change; ▪ Benefits underserved and/or socially vulnerable populations; AND ▪ Considers the Multi-Benefit Criteria utilized by the Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative, including equity, long-term value, ecosystem benefit, community benefit, and cross- jurisdictional alignment.
 Medium Priority— A project that:
▪ Meets multiple goals and objectives;
▪ Addresses multiple hazards;
▪ Has benefits that exceed costs;
▪ Has funding has not been secured, but that is grant eligible under Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants or other grant programs;

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▪ Project can be completed in the short term (1-5 years), once funding is secured. Medium priority projects will become high priority projects once funding is secured; ▪ Addresses immediate short-term impacts of climate change; ▪ Benefits underserved and/or socially vulnerable populations; AND ▪ Considers the Multi-Benefit Criteria utilized by the Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative, including equity, long-term value, ecosystem benefit, community benefit, and cross- jurisdictional alignment.
 Low Priority— A project that:
▪ Will mitigate the risk of at least one hazard;
▪ Has benefits that do not exceed the costs or are difficult to quantify:
▪ Does not have secured funding;
▪ Is not eligible for Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding; ▪ Has a timeline for completion that is long term (greater than 5 years). Low priority projects may be eligible for other sources of grant funding from other programs; ▪ May address impacts of climate change;
▪ May benefit underserved and/or socially vulnerable populations; AND ▪ Considers the Multi-Benefit Criteria utilized by the Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative, including equity, long-term value, ecosystem benefit, community benefit, and cross- jurisdictional alignment.

17.5.1 Benefit-Cost Review
One of the criteria used to prioritize proposed mitigation actions was a benefit-cost review. This review was not of the detailed benefit-cost analysis required by FEMA for project grant eligibility under Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants. A less formal approach was used because some projects may not be implemented for up to 10 years, and associated costs and benefits could change dramatically in that time.

Therefore, a review of the apparent benefits versus the apparent cost of each project was performed.

Parameters were established for assigning subjective ratings (high, med ium, and low) to the costs and benefits of these projects.

Cost ratings were defined as follows:
 High—Existing funding will not cover the cost of the project; implementation would require new revenue through an alternative source (for example, bonds, grants, and fee increases).  Medium—The project could be implemented with existing funding but would require a re - apportionment of the budget or a budget amendment, or the cost of the project would have to be spread over multiple years.
 Low—The project could be funded under the existing budget. The project is part of or can be part of an ongoing existing program.

Benefit ratings were defined as follows:
 High—Project will provide an immediate reduction of risk exposure for life and property.  Medium—Project will have a long-term impact on the reduction of risk exposure for life and property, or project will provide an immediate reduction in the risk exposure for property.

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 Low—Long-term benefits of the project are difficult to quantify in the short term.

Using this approach, projects with positive benefit versus cost ratios (such as high over high, high over medium, medium over low, etc.) are considered cost-beneficial and are prioritized accordingly.

For many of the strategies identified in this action plan, financial assistance may be available through FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants, all of which require detailed benefit/cost analyses. These analyses will be performed on projects at the time of application using the FEMA benefit-cost model. For projects not seeking financial assistance from grant programs that require detailed analysis, “benefits” can be defined according to parameters that meet the goals and objectives of this plan.

17.6 Plan Adoption
A hazard mitigation plan must document that it has been formally adopted by the governing bodies of the jurisdictions requesting federal approval of the plan (44 CFR Section 201.6(c)(5)). For multi-jurisdictional plans, each jurisdiction requesting approval must document that is has been formally adopted. Once the MJHMP has received FEMA Approvable Pending Adoption (APA) status, each participating jurisdiction or special district will take the plan to their governing body for final public comment and adopti on. Copies of the resolutions adopting this plan for all planning partners can be found in Appendix B of this volume.

17.7 Plan Maintenance Strategy
A hazard mitigation plan must present a plan maintenance process that includes the following (44 CFR Section 201.6(c)(4)):
 A section describing the method and schedule of monitoring, evaluating, and updating the mitigation plan over a 5-year cycle (44 CFR Section 201.6(c)(4)(i)).  A process by which local governments incorporate the requirements of the mitigation plan into other planning mechanisms, such as comprehensive or capital improvement plans, when appropriate (44 CFR Section 201.6(c)(4)(ii)).
 A discussion on how the community will continue public participation in the plan maintenance process (44 CFR Section 201.6(c)(4)(iii)).

This section details the formal process that will ensure that the hazard mitigation plan remains an active and relevant document and that the planning partners maintain their eligibility for applicable funding sources. The plan maintenance process includes a schedule for monitoring and evaluating the plan annually and producing an updated plan every five years. This section also describes how public participation will be integrated throughout the plan maintenance and implementation process. It also explains how the mitigation strategies outlined in this plan will be incorporated into existing planning mechanisms and programs, such as comprehensive land-use planning processes, capital improvement planning, and building code enforcement and implementation. The plan’s format allows sections to be reviewed and updated when new data become available, resulting in a plan that will remain current and relevant.

Pursuant to 44CFR 201.6(c)(4)(i), the plan maintenance matrix shown in Table 139 provides a synopsis of responsibilities for plan monitoring, evaluation, and update, which are discussed in further detail in the sections below.

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Table 139: Plan Maintenance Matrix
Task Approach Timeline Lead
Responsibility
Support
Responsibility
Monitoring Preparation of status
updates and action
implementation
tracking as part of
submission for Annual
Progress Report.

January to
February, or upon
comprehensive
update to General
Plan or major
disaster
Jurisdictional
points of contact
identified in
Volume 2 annexes
Local Planning
Team Members
identified in
Volume 2 annexes
Evaluation Review the status of
previous actions to
assess the
effectiveness of the
plan
Progress report
completed and
submitted to
MJHMP County
Project Manager
each year
Jurisdictional
points of contact
identified in
Volume 2 annexes
MJHMP County
Project Manager,
as appropriate
Update Reconvene the
planning partners, at a
minimum, every 5
years to guide a
comprehensive
update to review and
revise the plan.

Every 5 years, or
upon
comprehensive
update to General
Plan or major
disaster
MJHMP County
Project Manager
Jurisdictional
points of contacts
identified in
Volume 2 annexes

17.8 Plan Implementation
Each planning partner is responsible for implementing specific mitigation actions as described in the mitigation strategies located in the annexes. In each mitigation strategy, every proposed action is assigned to a specific department or division in order to assign responsibility and accountability and increase the likelihood of subsequent implementation. This approach enables individual participants to update their unique mitigation strategy as needed, without altering the broader focus of the countywide plan. The separate adoption of participant-specific actions also ensures that each plan member is not held responsible for monitoring and implementing the actions of other jurisdictions or special districts involved in the planning process.

The Santa Clara County MJHMP Project Manager is the lead position for plan implementation and will work with the planning partner to ensure mitigation actions are implemented according to jurisdictional or special district capabilities and planning procedures. Each partner will implement the plan and their individual mitigation actions, as resources permit, through existing plans, programs, and policies and in the timeframe appropriate for their planning processes. This implementation will be done by reviewing the MJHMP and mitigation strategy during the update of the planning mechanisms identified.

As necessary, partners may consider seeking outside funding sources to implement mitigation projects in both the pre-disaster and post-disaster environments. When applicable, potential funding sources have been identified for proposed actions listed in the mitigation strategies.

17.9 Plan Maintenance Element
Planning partner points of contact will continue to collaborate as a planning group in coordination with the Santa Clara County MJHMP Project Manager. Primary contact will be through emails and conference calls. Partner points of contact will jointly lead the plan maintenance and update process by:
 Discussing methods for continued public involvement and education;

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 Documenting successes and lessons learned;
 Researching new or updated data, laws, policies, regulations, or initiatives that can contribute to hazard histories, risk assessments, loss estimates, vulnerabilities of assets, or action items for plan participants;
 Reviewing potential funding availability, including state and federal grant program Notices of Funding Opportunities;
 Assessing the progress of previously implemented actions that reduce vulnerability and losses, and any new opportunities for mitigation actions; and
 Maintaining and completing documentation of the MJHMP maintenance process.

Each planning partner is responsible for monitoring and tracking the progress of action items identified by their jurisdiction or special district in this MJHMP and submitting a status summary to the County ’s project manager on a yearly basis.

Additionally, each planning partner point of contact will work with their Local Planning Teams and other jurisdictional or special district representatives to:
 Review existing action items to determine appropriateness for local funding;  Prioritize potential mitigation projects; and
 Update decision makers on progress of the plan.

17.9.1 Plan Update
The planning partners intend to update the hazard mitigation plan on a 5-year cycle from the date of initial plan adoption in accordance with the update schedule outlined in the DMA 2000. This cycle may be accelerated to less than 5 years based on the following triggers:
 A Presidential Disaster Declaration that impacts the OA.  A hazard event that causes loss of life.
 A comprehensive update of a planning partner’s general plan.

It will not be the intent of future updates to develop a completely new hazard mitigation plan for the OA.

The update will, at a minimum, include the following elements:
 The update process will be convened through a new planning partner group.  The hazard risk assessment will be reviewed and, if necessary, updated using best available information and technologies.
 The action plans will be reviewed and revised to account for any actions completed, no longer relevant, or changed and to account for changes in the risk assessment or new policies identified under other planning mechanisms.
 The draft update will be sent to appropriate agencies and organizations for comment.  The public will be given an opportunity to comment on the update prior to adoption.  planning partner governing bodies will adopt the updated plan.

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17.9.2 Grant Monitoring and Coordination
Santa Clara County OEM intends to be a resource to the planning partnership in the support of project grant writing and development. The degree of this support will depend on the level of assistance requested by the partnership during open windows for grant applications. It is not Santa Clara County OEM’s intent to lead any grant application effort for any specific planning partner requesting assistance. It will be the role of Santa Clara County OEM staff to provide support to a lead jurisdiction by providi ng or identifying resources for project development, scoping, feasibility, grant writing, environmental/historic preservation application, and benefit/cost analyses. As part of grant monitoring and coordination, Santa Clara County OEM agrees to provide the following:
 Notification to planning partners about impending grant opportunities.  A current list of eligible, jurisdiction-specific projects for funding pursuit consideration.  Notification about mitigation priorities for the fiscal year to assist the planning partners in the selection of appropriate projects.
 Training on the FEMA benefit-cost analysis tool upon request.  Training on the sub-applicant system upon request.
 Grant writing technical assistance upon request.
 Technical review of the completed sub-applicant package upon request.

Grant monitoring and coordination is expected to occur on an annual basis in coordination with the annual progress report or as needed based on the availability of non-HMA or post-disaster funding opportunities.

17.9.3 Continuing Public Involvement
Each planning partner has agreed to provide links to the hazard mitigation plan website on their individual jurisdictional websites to increase avenues of public access to the plan. Santa Clara County OEM has agreed to maintain the hazard mitigation plan website. This site will not only house the final plan, but it will also become the one-stop shop for information regarding the plan, the partnership and plan implementation. The plan will be posted to the Office of Emergency Management’s website, where ther e will be an opportunity for continued public feedback and engagement with the County mitigation planning team by providing their contact information. To ensure continued public engagement on issues relating to hazard mitigation, all comments received from the public and from interested agencies on this hazard mitigation plan will be reviewed as part of the plan maintenance procedures.

Public participation will be sought throughout the implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of the MJHMP. This participation can be sought in a multitude of ways, including but not limited to periodic presentations on the plan’s progress to elected officials, schools, or other community groups; questionnaires or surveys; public meetings; and postings on social media and participant websites.

Each participant in this plan is responsible for creating and documenting continued public involvement opportunities throughout the life of the MJHMP. The Santa Clara County NHMP Project Manager may facilitate countywide public involvement strategies that include plan participants, such as partnering with the countywide groups and organizations to distribute and disseminate public surveys and information related to mitigation. Copies of the MJHMP and annual revisions will be posted on the websites of plan participants, as appropriate.

The Santa Clara County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan acts as a foundation plan for the entire County. MJHMP will inform many other planning efforts such as plans relating to infrastructure projects (green or otherwise), the County of Santa Clara Emergency Operations Plan, the County of Santa Clara Disaster Recovery Framework (currently in draft), and the Office of Emergency Management

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Strategic Visioning Plan. Additionally, all other County plans that require a review of hazards and vulnerability will be informed by the MJHMP.

17.9.4 Incorporation into Other Planning Mechanisms
The information on hazard, risk, vulnerability, and mitigation contained in this plan is based on the best science and technology available at the time this plan was prepared. The general plans of the planning partners are considered to be integral parts of this plan. The planning partners, through adoption of general plans and zoning ordinances, have planned for the impact of natural hazards. The plan development process provided them with the opportunity to review and expand on policies contained within these planning mechanisms. The planning partners used their general plans and the hazard mitigation plan as complementary documents that work together to achieve the goal of reducing risk exposure to the citizens of the OA. An update to a general plan may trigger an update to the ha zard mitigation plan.

All municipal planning partners are committed to creating a linkage between the hazard mitigation plan and their individual general plan. Additionally, all planning partners are committed to being in full compliance with California Assembly Bill 2140 and Senate Bill 379, which promote the integration of local hazard mitigation plans and general plans and mandate that these plans address climate change. Other planning processes and programs to be coordinated with the recommendations of the hazard mitigation plan include the following:
 Emergency response plans.
 Training and exercise of emergency response plans.
 Debris Management Plans.
 Recovery Plans.
 Capital improvement programs.
 Municipal codes.
 Community design guidelines.
 Water-efficient landscape design guidelines.
 Stormwater management programs.
 Water system vulnerability assessments.
 Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
 Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plans.
 Resiliency Plans.
 Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery action plans.  Public information/Education plans.

Santa Clara County understands the importance of integrating plans in order to align efforts and increase the chances of success. Plan integration, including working closely with the County’s Safety Element update team and the countywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan team, has been a key element of this plan update. In addition to collaborating with these plan updates to integrate public feedback and wildfire risk data, the County will integrate this plan into other planning mechanisms as well. The MJM HP acts as a foundation plan for the entire County. It will inform many other planning efforts such as plans relating to infrastructure projects (green infrastructure or otherwise), the County of Santa Clara Emergency Operations Plan, the County of Santa Clara Disaster Recovery Framework (currently in draft),

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and the Office of Emergency Management Strategic Visioning Plan. Additionally, all other County plans that require a review of hazards and vulnerability will be informed by the MJHMP. Including a broad range of internal partners helps ensure the planning partners that participated in this plan update will be able to carry over knowledge of this plan and its actions into other planning mechanisms. Additional information on how each plan participants will integrate this plan into other planning mechanisms is included in Volume II.

Some action items do not need to be implemented through regulation. Instead, these items can be implemented through the creation of new educational programs, continued interagency coordination, or improved public participation. As information becomes available from other planning mechanisms that can enhance this plan, that information will be incorporated via the update process .

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Appendix A: Public Engagement Results
Public Survey Results
A 35-question survey was available to the public for seven weeks, from April 4–May 19, 2023. The survey results helped the Planning Team learn how the public viewed their risks and vulnerabilities to the hazards they felt could occur in the OA along with their viewpoint on impacts from climate change.

With this survey, the MJHMP planning process better supported the viewpoints and concerns of the public.

Figure 79: Sample of Public Survey Advertisement
The MJHMP public survey received 588 responses. There were 576 responses to the English survey, ten (10) responses to the Chinese survey, and two (2) responses to the Spanish survey.

The survey asked participants to pick a statement that best described their level of concern for each hazard. These levels of concern include:
• Not Concerned
• Somewhat Concerned
• Very Concerned
• Not Sure – Not Enough Information
The survey results are provided in the following tables.

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Table 140: Survey Results Level of Hazard Concern
Hazard Very Concerned Somewhat
Concerned Not Concerned Not Sure/Needs
More Information
Drought 355 180 45 6
Earthquake 296 245 38 4
Thunderstorms 29 152 268 34
Flood 85 268 200 30
Dam/Levee
Failure
44 160 316 62
Terrorism 67 209 248 58
Tsunami 11 48 456 70
Extreme
Heat/Cold
161 234 170 19
Hazardous
Materials
69 252 218 44
Atmospheric
River
148 264 149 24
Smoke/ Air
Quality
304 193 73 14
Weapons of
Mass
Destruction
73 146 291 74
Wildfire 208 217 138 20
Landslide 54 202 284 43
Tornadoes 11 46 458 69
Windstorms 110 279 172 21
Pandemics 162 275 129 18
Space
Weather/Other
25 90 319 149

Table 141: Level of Concern for Climate Change Impacts
Climate Effect Very
Concerned
Somewhat
Concerned Not Concerned Not Sure/Needs
More Information
Sea Level Rise 120 260 173 2
Increased Severity of
Hazard Events
227 229 99 0
Hotter Temperatures 285 201 83 1
Damage to the
Environment
310 175 84 1
Human Health Issues 227 247 93 0

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Climate Effect Very
Concerned
Somewhat
Concerned Not Concerned Not Sure/Needs
More Information
Increased Frequency of
Hazard Events
232 231 92 0
Decreased Water
Resources
392 147 37 2
Damage to Structures Not
Built for Climate Change
232 216 108 1
Harm to Food Production 224 239 97 2
Decreased Outdoor
Worker Productivity
109 264 173 2
Effect on Vulnerable
Populations
245 194 112 1

Table 142: Types of Stakeholders Represented
Group Represented Response (%)
Academia 6.4
Community Based Organizations 15.6
Special District 1.7
Neighboring Community 6.2
Healthcare Agency 2.1
Faith Based Organization 8.3
Private Organization 8.3
Private Utility 0.3

Table 143 lists comments received from the public survey and how this input that was taken into account during the plan update. Comments that didn’t relate to the hazard mitigation plan or were not a suggestion were not included.

Table 143: Public Comments
Public Comment Response
Our traditional methods for planning and
preparation cannot keep pace with the changing
natural hazard landscape. The current planning
cycles are simply too slow.

The Plan Maintenance Strategy in this plan
update emphasizes the need for more
engagement and timely update to information as
appropriate.

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Public Comment Response
I like the hazard maps. Nice to know I'm not in a
tsunami zone but was surprised that part of the
Baylands is in a tsunami zone - and yet proposals
to build homes and businesses quite close to the
bay keep coming. We should be building near 280
not near the SF Bay. I was shocked Saltworks on
an average of 1 foot of elevation in Redwood City
was even considered. I think there are big projects
scheduled for Brisbane and some in the East Bay
too. I have not seen any documentation of the
risks of sea rise affecting Facebook or Google or
NASA building very close to the bay. How can we
overcome the lure of building on the cheapest
land when that land is cheaper because of
hazards?
This plan includes additional information on the
Tsunami hazard which was not previously
profiled. This question is too broad for this plan
update to address but reflects a real concern for
the OA.

Please keep the urban forest a priority and please
push back when the state wants us to increase
our population. We do not have the natural water
for it.

Changes in development and planning for
hazards including drought which includes water
shortage is addressed in this plan.

Reduce flood risks and obvious fire risks.

Mitigation of flood risks from San Franciscquito
Creek should be immediately accelerated as
many are at known risk from this; homeowners
and businesses should be educated and
encouraged to reduce dry brush/fire risks,
including trimming dry trees/foliage from growing
up to affect such things as electrical lines. Code
enforcement should be stronger since we all see
dead wood, etc. close to and eventually affecting
power lines. Utilities should be required to
evaluate and remedy these when they pose a risk.

Actions to reduce flood and fire risk are included
in this plan.

More work needs to be done with clearing fallen
trees in creek and streams.

While not strictly speaking mitigation, this is an
ongoing theme of public feedback. Therefore,
multiple jurisdictions have in progress work
towards debris management plans, and others
selected to include actions related to debris.

As a CERT in Los Gatos, we practice responding
to large scale earthquakes. For the community,
not just my property, the risk of wildfire, landslide,
flooding, dam release, gas leaks is has high
probabilities in specific areas. So the survey
should not be confined to an individual’s property
alone. My property is near, but not on,
landslide/flooding/wildfire zones.

This survey was open to all. Individuals who live
near, but not in, high risk areas are welcome to
participate in future hazard mitigation
opportunities as relevant.

There is so little help for disabled people, and
most of it is useless in practice.

Equity in mitigation is an important concept. This
is integrated into the County and its stakeholders
approach to this plan update, and will be
something discussed in the future as well.

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Public Comment Response
In Louisiana, parishes have designated hurricane
evacuation routes. These are communicated to
the public and signs are posted along the routes
that say "Hurricane Evacuation Route." Should
Santa Clara County consider publishing
evacuation routes? Maybe it's no longer
necessary since we have Apple Maps. But one
would think the county should optimize the routes
and assign certain routes to certain
neighborhoods to minimize the chaos during
evacuations. For example, in New Orleans, they
convert all Interstate 10 lanes to westbound only
during evacuations to get twice the traffic flow out
of the city. Would something like this ever be
needed here?
Evacuation routes were not profiled as a part of
this plan update. However, other plans currently
be updated including the countywide Community
Wildfire Protection Plan will evaluate the current
evacuation route situation.

People are not well-informed about hazards in
their area and what can be done about it,
Multiple public education and outreach actions
were included as a part of the 2023 action items
listed in this plan in attempt to promote public
awareness of the risks to the OA and what can be
done about it, including mitigation.

I wish there had been a specific mention of soft-
story earthquake hazards in 2-story apartments
built in the 1950s–1970s. There are dozens, if not
hundreds, of these in Mountain View alone. There
doesn't seem to be much progress on addressing
this well-known hazard. I also wish there had
been a way to share my level of concern about
large-scale environmental "tipping points" that
might lead to runaway rises in methane and
carbon dioxide. I am highly concerned about
them!
This is noted as a Jurisdiction-Specific
Vulnerability.

I would like to be involved. Gilroy is not well
represented or serviced in SCCo.

Gilroy was an active participate in this plan update
and because of this, will be eligible for future
mitigation funding opportunities. All are welcome
to participate in future plan maintenance and
implementation initiatives. Further information can
be found on Santa Clara County’s website.

How are you going to prioritize among all of the
issues and needs?
The planning teams prioritized each action in
accordance with the criteria listed in this plan.

Solutions should not be forced on residents,
rather provide them with a variety of options or
alternatives to pick from. Everyone wants the best
for the environment and wants to be safe, but no
one wants to be dictated to on exactly how, OR,
have their options taken away and left with only
one method.

The majority of hazard mitigation actions are
voluntary, not mandatory, initiatives. Multiple
jurisdictions selected additional public education
and outreach actions to take in order to share with
residents their options for conducting hazard
mitigation.

I believe everyone in coastal California should be
required to have earthquake insurance.

This suggestion was considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update.

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Public Comment Response
Building new housing needs to have support
infrastructure such as roads so people can
escape their neighborhoods in emergencies and
not be trapped due to traffic.

This suggestion was considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update
however, other current planning initiatives are
evaluating evacuation routes.

I’m concerned about the lack of communication
abilities when the cell phone towers are down.

Power failure was discussed during the planning
meetings as well. A variety of related mitigation
activities were identified in the plan participant’s
lists of mitigation actions.

Traffic hazards, such as the dangerous
southbound 101 entrance from Charleston should
be closed and replaced by one from San Antonio
Road with an auxiliary lane connecting to the off-
ramp at Rengstorff.

Traffic incidents were not profiled in this plan
update as it focused on natural hazards in
accordance with FEMA local mitigation planning
guidance. However, it may be considered in future
updates.

Stronger support and funding are needed Mitigation is an ongoing process. Gathering support and funding for projects are common
challenges. Additional actions and funding
capabilities that could be enhanced to support this
goal are included in the list of 2023 actions.

The most concerning time for us was the 2020
wildfires that caused awful smoke throughout our
area.

Wildfire smoke was also a concern of the Core
Planning Team. It was considered important to
address this in this plan update, particularly given
recent events. Wildfire smoke was addressed
under the “Wildfire” hazard in this plan update.

Ban fires in the Santa Clara Valley. The smoke
enters my home and causes breathing problems.

The entire neighborhood is affected when people
hold bonfires.

This recommendation was considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update.

Wildfires were considered the primary source of
concern for smoke. Smoke from wildfires was
addressed in this plan update.

Despite heavy rains, still need to focus on future
drought conditions. Also, future pandemics. Would
anticipate domestic infrastructure also represent
increasing targets for domestic terrorism
Mitigation actions were identified for both
inclement weather and drought as a part of this
plan update. Terrorism was not profiled as this
plan update focused on natural hazards in
accordance with FEMA local mitigation planning
guidance. However, it may be considered in future
updates.

Never hear of any task force I can join Multiple plan participants selected additional public education and outreach as a part of their
mitigation actions. Future opportunities to
participate will be advertised publicly. All are
encouraged to review the Santa Clara County
website for additional information.

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There was no mention of pesticides/herbicides
esp. from professional gardeners. Also air
pollution from living near freeways and greatly
increased population driving in in SC Valley in
recent years. Affordable access to organic food
(vs. genetically modified and sprayed with
pesticides/herbicides). I've had a lot of ground
settling -- 1 foot drop since the Loma Prieta EQ in
1989, and with cold and wet weather recently
more ground settling and my front door latch
would hold the door closed so had to get a barn
latch put in -- lots of expansion and contraction of
house and building materials. ... Way too much
population increase in Silicon Valley, very
concerned about future resources, availability for
everyone, and costing more and getting less.

Food resources were not considered as a part of
this hazard mitigation update.

Offer inexpensive yet good coverage insurance The recommendation was considered beyond the scope of this hazard mitigation plan update but is
noted.

I hope some action is taken to secure Saratoga
Heights area where landslides happened in 80's
and now we see similar issues causing many
issues for residents, and all public utilities
providers like PG&E, SJ Water and
Cupertino/West Valley Sanitation District.

An action item was added by the City of Saratoga
to stabilize Saratoga Heights Drive to reduce the
possibility of landslide, erosion, and roadway
obstruction.

I would like to see more community projects that
encourage people to get involved in environment
preservation.

Noted.

Great job on forming this working group. I’m
hoping the working group incorporates all different
age/sex/race/disability groups, Including the
young, teens and differently abled folks. Telling
folks to get insurance, only solves the end result…
driving preemptive solutions would be more
effective. E.g. employing more environmental
solution minded folks and involving ALL in
discussions would be other suggestions.

The planning process was open to all. Further
public outreach and education as well as plan
maintenance opportunities can be targeted toward
a broad range of stakeholders.

The best thing you can do for county residents is
repave our roads and add drainage points.

The County included an action item on identifying
potential water drainage mitigation projects.

Resources need to be allocated toward hazards
affecting renters. The housing stock in SCC is old;
the majority of landlords appear reluctant to
update their properties to mitigate the hazards
that routinely impact renters (extreme heat/cold
events) or would we catastrophic if they occurred
(severe earthquake).

Multiple plan participants selected additional
public education and outreach initiatives as a part
of their mitigation actions. Renters are one group
that may need additional outreach to understand
their options.

Require use of EcoAtlas.org database of
headwater streams for all hillside community
planning. Require composite mapping of
landslides from property geotech reports in hillside
communities.

This suggestion was not included at this time.

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Please include multilingual community forums.

Please include changing street light post bulbs,
my community has very dim lightbulbs and some
streets are not safely lit.

Multilingual public education and outreach
opportunities was noted as a capability that could
be expanded.

Would like to see more communities build up
many more CERTs since we will need to rely on
each other during a disaster
CERTs were considered a capability of multiple
participating jurisdictions. Multiple plan
participants included mitigation actions regarding
support CERTs.

Thanks you for what you are doing -- and
especially for publicizing this in various
languages. These issues affect all of us in Santa
Clara County, and it's so important that the
information be disseminated in languages besides
English.

The Core Planning Team agreed. In addition to
the multilingual engagement conducted during this
plan update process, multilingual public education
and outreach opportunities was noted as a
capability that could be expanded. Multiple plan
participants highlighted public education and
outreach as a part of their mitigation actions.

Targeted marketing to neighborhoods and level
risks. Often, news and warnings are not relevant
to all neighborhoods.

Targeted outreach can be a great way to get
relevant information into the hands of the people
who need it the most. Multiple plan participants
selected to include additional public education and
outreach efforts as a part of their mitigation
actions.

We need to slow or stop growth due to traffic
congestion and the greater problems that creates
in an emergency, and due to the overbuilding
adding risk to more people, and stop building tall
buildings on corners of major intersections.

Traffic incidents were not profiled as a hazard in
this plan update as this plan focused on natural
hazards in accordance with FEMA local mitigation
planning guidance however, it could be
considered in future updates.

A lot of the rules have changed since the late
1970s early 1980 when I purchased my home in
San Jose. I have not heard of any Hazard
Mitigation being done in my area of San Jose.

A discussion of San Jose’s previous mitigation
action items and mitigation success stories is
included in the City’s annex in Volume II.

Trees offer significant protection against heat and
wind as well as soil moisture retention but the city
of San Jose has official policies which deforest the
city by burdening low-income residents with the
cost of maintaining trees and adjacent utility
infrastructure, a significant cost risk which
average households in the East Side and
downtown cannot bear.

This was not identified by the City as a concern
during their capability assessment or actions.

However, the city is currently developing other
environmental-focused plans which may consider
this point further.

I am very concerned about the environment of
Santa Clara County and the whole world. I would
like to learn more and be an advocate for change.

I would be happy to do some community outreach
to help reduce the plastic use in the valley and to
see more trees planted and to see the trees near
power lines and trees at risk of falling are pruned
for safety.

All are encouraged to become involved in future
plan maintenance and implementation
opportunities. Please refer to the Santa Clara
County website for more information.

Ensure that there is informed public review of
plan.

The public was provided a two-week opportunity
to review the plan and specific representatives of
community-based organizations were invited to
review it in additional to planning stakeholders.

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We need to keep water in Anderson to mitigate
fire risk and wildlife damage/death. Mitigation for
possible earthquake shouldn’t trump fire dangers
This suggestion was considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update
however it is noted.

Where are hazardous materials in my community
located? What are the disaster plans for my
community?
These are good questions which reflect the need
for additional public education and outreach.

Multiple plan participants selected these kinds of
actions in their action plan.

I’d like to see power and utility lines go
underground.

Multiple plan participants are actively working on
this or selected to include it as an action item.

From a wildland fire hazard perspective, all
communities south of Los Gatos served by the
Highway 17 corridor can only be honestly
described as death traps. A heavy emphasis on
evacuation, including fuels reductions along major
public roads, is the only way to prevent significant
loss of life. Mitigations would include adequate
defensible space, planned developments with
emergency exits, additional fire agency coverage,
a volunteer fire program for the Santa Clara side
as Santa Cruz side has, and last but not least,
cooperation with certain public and private
landowners who either do not care about or do not
have the funding to address significant wildfire
and fuel hazards. ESPECIALLY SAN JOSE
WATER COMPANY.

All of these types of mitigation measures have
been evaluated. Multiple plan participants listed
similar actions in their action plans. San Jose
Water was identified as a potential planning
partner however, they did not participate in this
plan update.

Fire risks are still extremely real. Homeowners
Insurance is tied to this risk. Defensible space is
the key. It’s neither fun or enjoyable work, but it’s
essential to community safety.

Defensible space is listed as a mitigation action
item for multiple plan participants.

You should include traffic planning as a possible
mitigation measure. With many communities
narrowing roadways to slow traffic, I'm concerned
that if people need to be moved from one area to
another, what was once a possible escape
corridor that could handle more traffic, has greatly
reduced the traffic flow capacity. The city has
installed permanent features that narrow the
roadway to a single lane in each direction with no
option to expand the flow if needed for an
evacuation.

This hazard mitigation plan focused on natural
hazards in accordance with FEMA local mitigation
planning guidance, but this can be reevaluated in
future updates.

Using social media to spread the word has
drawbacks — it can exclude many from
marginalized communities. Please be sure to
broaden your messaging beyond the suburban
upper-middle class.

Multiple in-person meetings were conducted as a
part of this plan update. Further, multiple plan
participants selected additional public education
and outreach as a part of their mitigation actions
moving forward.

Allow us to buy reasonably priced earthquake
insurance covering less than total destruction.

Allow us to remove trees next to houses for fire
safety even when they are healthy.

These suggestions were considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update but
are noted.

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Public Comment Response
Don’t let this winter’s record rainfall make you
forget that we live in a drought zone!
This hazard mitigation plan update focused on all
hazards, including both Heavy rain, heavy winds,
extreme temperatures and drought.
(1) Stanford climate scientist, Noah Diffenbaugh,
published peer-reviewed research showing that
we will be subject more frequently and regularly to
both extreme dry spells (leading to wildfires and
water shortages) and extreme wind & rain
patterns (leading to flooding, landslides, and
power outages), all lasting longer periods. We
need to plan for our critical infrastructure (i.e.
electricity and medical services) to sustain this
kind of situations.
(2) We need to be ready for a devastating
earthquake hitting in a bitter and rainy winter.

The Hazard Mitigation Plan is designed to help
communities plan to reduce risk to critical
infrastructure, including community lifelines. Both
climate change and cascading impacts are
considered throughout this plan update.

Fire evacuation in some parts of my community
(Los Altos Hills) will be severely hampered by
one-lane roads and bottlenecks (e.g., Moody
Road by Foothill College) if traffic is not actively
controlled (by a human) to keep vehicles moving.

Specifically, if traffic lights are not deactivated (or set to blink yellow), they alone will create a
massive logjam.

The evaluation of specific evacuation routes was
not a part of the scope of this plan update
however, other current planning processes around
the County are looking into evacuation routes.

Stop building more high density homes in a area
that has regular droughts, limiting people helps w
low supplies. Stop building in areas anyone w
common sense knows could be dangerous, like
below Anderson Dam during the last 25 years
when it was known to be not earthquake safe. The
life's that would have been loss are huge. Areas in
SJ that had landslides in the 1960's should never
be built on yet many are. See what I mean???
Look at how much concrete covers our land,
backyards, water tables cannot be replenished
like that. Common sense folks!!!!
This comment is considered beyond the scope of
this hazard mitigation plan however, integrating
the risk and changes in development information
listed in this plan into future planning
mechanisms, permitting, and development
decisions may lead to the result requested.

Please include local CERT members in you
group. I am currently work in quality and I am very
good at spotting potential hazards and developing
scenarios to fix the issues. SJ CERT program
manager can vouch for me & person in charge of
CERT, my instructor at Santa Clara County Fire
also can. My wife and I are always prepared,
100% all the time!
Stakeholders including CERT members were
invited to planning meetings. All were welcome to
attend the public meetings and provide feedback
on the plan during the review process. All are
welcome to participate in future plan maintenance
and implementation opportunities. More
information will be made available on the Santa
Clara County website.

We need to retrofit buildings in which housing is
built on top of garage or parking, due to increase
risk of collapse in an earthquake.

Mitigation includes retrofitting buildings at risk
from collapse during an earthquake. Multiple plan
participants listed seismic retrofitting as a part of
their mitigation actions.

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Public Comment Response
Please consider making a plan for an
electromagnetic pulse or a coronal mass ejection.

Also, i lost power 3 times in the last 2 years due to
pg&e’s equipment failure. Each of these times
was for 30 hours or more. Twice during a
heatwave. Last summer’s power outage cause me
heat exhaustion, with confusion and rapid heart
rate. It was 113 degrees in my neighborhood and
no power. This is so dangerous and I fear it will
happen again, it seems pg&e temporarily fixes the
problem but under strain the equipment breaks
again when we need it most.

Mitigation measures are important for the private
sector to consider as well. PG&E participated as a
stakeholder in this hazard mitigation plan but did
not develop specific actions as a participating
jurisdiction.

Educate hillside communities on the CA aquatic
resource inventory (EcoAtlas.org) by SFEI -
prohibit development near these small streams for
public safety. Compile complete map of all minor
and major landslide areas - most hillside
developments require GeoTech reports which
map these slides but a complete county-wide map
is not publicly available
These actions were not selected at this time.

Additional landslide mapping is available in
Volume II for each participating jurisdiction.

I have questions, how will all of this be funded?
Who pays?
Potential funding sources are listed in this plan
update for each action.

Thank you for doing this. The county needs to
consider a more proactive central role in disaster
planning that umbrellas the cities.

The County is actively involved in supporting
emergency management and hazard mitigation
efforts. The engagement between jurisdictions
and stakeholders that was conducted for this plan
update is described above as well as in each
annex.

Freeway exit at Arastradero from 280 North is
overgrown with weeds and has flammable debris
build-up. The area needs annual weeds/tree
debris mitigation, but this to my knowledge has
never been done. Fire from cigarettes or ignition
from other sources could spread quickly up hill
and into the surrounding fields and community.

Please attend to this area annually.

A related action was included in the community
where this comment came from.

Manage the water supply to homes effectively.

Invest in rainwater harvesting mechanisms at the
household level.

Multiple plan participants noted their support for
rainwater collection during their capability
assessment. Further education and outreach on
this topic could help residents implement this on a
household level. Multiple plan participants
indicated their support for additional public
education and outreach in their mitigation actions.

Hazmat releases are also concerning. This plan focused on natural hazards in accordance with FEMA local hazard mitigation
planning guidance however, this comment is
noted and can be evaluated during future
updates.

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Public Comment Response
Has the group done a mapping assessment to
understand the number and location of
multijurisdictional areas? We live in SCC, but 4
houses up and down is Los Altos. Across the
street is Los Altos Hills. We have several hazard
issues that need coordination.

Coordination is one of the main goals of the
multijurisdictional hazard mitigation planning
process. This plan update provided the
opportunity to map and assess risk across
jurisdictions in Santa Clara County as well as
bring partners together. Future opportunities for
plan maintenance and the next plan update are
intended to continue to promote coordination.

Make users pay to put power and water in the
urban forest interface if they want to live there.

Not a government or PGE function.

This suggestion was considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update but is
noted.

I am interested in boosting the flood control
around Palo Alto. My neighborhood association,
AMNA, has discussed it.

All are welcome to participate in future plan
maintenance and implantation opportunities.

Further information will be able on the Santa Clara
County website. Ideas for how to reduce flood risk
in Palo Alto are also listed in this plan update.

We could incorporate this hazard mitigation plan
into all other plans for the future of our community
to ensure that hazard mitigation is the standard
and not the bare minimum.

Future plan integration is a goal of all the plan
participants.

We were able to afford putting in some things like
a Big watertank, propane generator, solar cells for
the sole purpose of mobile electricity, Big bus
batteries to store it, etc. I wish there were small
kiosks where residents could go that they were
aware of--in plain sight, but not commonly
operational--for electricity and water (a tank that
was always filled, and then refilled during an
emergency, as needed). It could hand out masks,
tests, do shots, etc. This current system of trying
to figure out your insurance, etc, was too much.

We could use a single site that was passed
everyday by people, a 30-minute walk from
people during an emergency.

This recommendation was considered outside the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update but is
noted.

How to protect communities in Santa Clara
County?
This plan addresses multiple actions and
alternatives which can help reduce risk from the
hazards Santa Clara County faces.

Need the City of Santa Clara to hold public
hearings on these topics!
Residents of the City of Santa Clara were
welcome to attend two virtual and five in-person
meetings on this plan update. Residents are
encouraged to keep in touch with the city via
social media for future opportunities.
consider incentive programs for personal
emergency preparedness: rebates on expenses.

This suggestion was considered beyond the
scope of this hazard mitigation plan update but is
noted.

As an apartment renter, unclear what I can do or
what I should ask for/about wrt(sic) hazard
mitigation.

Renters often need additional information to
understand their options. Multiple plan participants
included public education and outreach initiatives
as a part of their mitigation actions.

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Public Comment Response
Please create a plan and educate the community. Multiple plan participants included public education and outreach initiatives as a part of
their mitigation actions.

We are on a ridge, hence no personal concern
related to flood or dam failure. Built home in 1980.

Structure and property did just fine in Loma Prieta
quake so we feel very fortunate. Extremely
concerned about potential for wildfire issues
however. No problem with insurance so far, but
have intentionally avoided discussing the issue
with our long-standing provider. New buyers in our
neighborhood have been consistently turned
down for insurance due to fire hazard. I am
president of our small (20 properties) HOA and
would welcome being a conduit for any relevant
information. Many thanks to whoever is reading
this for all that you are doing for our county-wide
community!
All are welcome to participate in future plan
maintenance and implementation opportunities,
including HOAs. Further information will be
available on the Santa Clara County website.

Good Job on the survey. I think the most
important hazard is fire as we live in a valley
surrounded by hillsides. Sea Rise might be next
(flooding in Sunnyvale all the way to El Camino?)
and then earthquakes. I think more regular people
should be trained in emergency preparedness.

Thanks again for the opportunity to participate in
the survey.

All of the hazards listed are profiled in this hazard
mitigation plan update. Additional public education
and outreach initiatives were selected as part of
multiple plan participants’ mitigation actions.

Fire Hazard risk reporting system should be
available and a well-known like 911
The area we live in Cupertino has very high risk of
Fire Hazard due to poor maintenance of the open
area. But I still have not found an effective
authority to contact after many years
Issues like knowing who to contact can be
resolved through additional education and
outreach. Multiple plan participants included
additional public education and outreach activities
as a part of their mitigation actions.

Please get Caltrans and the State to clear the
overgrown and dead foliage on Highway 9
(Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd.) It's the only wildfire
evacuation route for my house and many others.

This activity was considered beyond the scope of
this hazard mitigation plan update but is noted.

I think it is time to re-implement natural disaster
and civil defense training & preparedness for
communities. Evacuation plans, how to shelter-in-
place, community/neighborhood-based support
groups. Better to be prepared than to panic.

Multiple plan participants included additional
public education and outreach activities as a part
of their mitigation actions.

It is vitally important to actively go into the
community and send specialists to observe survey
storm and any disaster damages to private
property, non-county maintained roads and
infrastructures, wells, etc. in unincorporated areas
of County-- so to NOT FAIL in acquiring
constituents needed relief, and Hazard Mitigation
funding for resilience planning for all Disasters,
including Wildfire.

The County actively supports obtaining Hazard
Mitigation funding and identified this as a
capability that can be increased this planning
cycle.

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Public Meeting Summary
A total of seven public meetings, two virtual and five in-person, were held across the OA. During these meetings, members of the public were surveyed in-person, invited to take the digital MJHMP survey, and had the opportunity to discuss their hazard-related concerns. The results helped the plan participants including the County learn about the public’s interests, hazard impacts, and awareness of their risks.

Figure 80: Sample Public Feedback on Hazard Impacts - Gilroy Meeting

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Figure 81: Sample Public Feedback on Hazard Impacts - Campbell Meeting

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Figure 82: Sample In-Person Feedback Option - Gilroy Meeting

Table 144: General Feedback Received
Public Feedback
Wind is a real concern. Falling trees and powerlines are scary to deal with.

Residents are not universally affected by flooding.

Needs to be planning for evacuation on non-County maintained roads. How many residents are in Lexington Hills? No one is paying attention or communicating what is going on in these areas.

PG&E doesn’t care about their mess.

Power is slow to come back on in current event. (Note: There was a heat wave at the time of this meeting)
“Priorities” shift seasonally, but they are all important.

Living with wildfires is a new reality for us. People are working outside when the air is unbreathable.

Indoor workers work without money for air filtration systems. Not just need for cool centers, but filtration.

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Public Feedback
Drought – a community well system is expensive. This is another hazard that is seasonal. Need better system for capturing stormwater runoff. Need more education and funding. Need help installing residential and community systems.

San Jose Water increasing rates, doing a lot of work right now Flooding – takes a long time to recover from losses, get back to pre-disaster state. Roads washing out.

Flooding is an additional insurance, many areas didn’t know it was something they needed.

Extreme heat events happening more frequently and closer together than they use to. (“Once in 25 year rainfall” is happening five times per month)
Weekly newsletters/newspapers to spread information
Sirens in Gilroy, used them in ’98, haven’t used recently to signify floods. Five minutes can make a big difference as a house floods.

Monterey County uses Alert/Sheriff system all the time – has evacuation warning and fire maps. Make you respond that they’ve reached out.

How much time is enough time to evacuate and prepare? Depends on the event. Storms vs fire vs drought have really different timescale.

Averages don’t always capture the real situation on the ground – also look at min and max.

Why are these outreach meetings not also being sent out as press release to local news media for general circulation. Weekly newspapers service each of the different areas of the County unincorporated areas: make a requirement for public notice? County failed to designate evacuation route planning since 2009 CWPP recommendations.

Subdivisions of 30+ homes share a single egress route.

Participants expressed some frustration that the County does not engage with the South County communities enough.

Many questions about how the County is letting people in general know about hazards, specifically flood zones and flood risks, and how are the County is specifically reaching out to farm worker camps.

A reminder that mailing the property owners (directly or through water bill, etc) does not always provide information to renters or temporary residents.

One question about noxious fumes from a sewage plant impacting a neighborhood.

Advance Earthquake warning system should be in place.

Flood area warning system for the public within the areas that are known to flood regularly.

Air quality and evacuation for farm workers. The recent fires showed that the farm workers were not given notices for evacuations or poor air quality like the homeowners in the new housing tracks.

A few key takeaways from this public feedback was how concerned the public is with their risk from the hazards the OA face. Climate-change related changes in hazard frequency and severity is already being felt across the OA. This puts more people in harm’s way from hazards they were not aware they would have to face. Further impacts are discussed throughout the hazard profiles and jurisdictional -specific vulnerabilities are highlighted in Volume II of this plan.

Further, there is significant need for additional public education and outreach. The public may be aware of some hazards, but not all risk is equal. Outreach to both homeowners and renters is important. Mitigation measures such as air filtration are also needed not only for public infrastructure, but residential and private sector structures as well. Additional public education and outreach actions are identified in Volume II of this plan.

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Listening Section Summaries

Summary

Safety Element/MJHMP Update
Listening Session # 1: CARAS
December 15, 2022 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Facilitators: Sam Gutierrez, Principal Planner, County of Santa Clara Location: CARAS, Gilroy, CA

The Listening Session began with a poll to help the County better understand community demographics and experiences. As illustrated in Figure 1. What City Do you Live In/Near? A majority of residents live in or near Gilroy.

Figure 1. What City Do you Live In/Near?

As illustrated in Figure 2. Hazardous Events with the Greatest Impact, participants have experienced a broad range of hazardous events with Extreme Heat the primary event. Drought, wildfire + smoke, and Q1: What City Do You Live In/Near?
Watsonville
Morgan Hill
11%
4%
Milpitas
4%
Gilroy Milpitas Morgan Hill Watsonville
Gilroy
81%

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flooding were experienced by 14 percent of participants. 82 percent of all participants have experienced a hazardous event that has impacted their life or home in the past 5 years.

Figure 2. Hazardous Events with the Greatest Impact

Approximately 4 out of 5 participants do not have a home emergency preparedness kit or supplies to support their household in the event of an emergency.

Figure 3. Emergency Preparedness Supplies

Finally, only 15 percent of participants were aware of County Services or Programs to support them prepare or respond to a hazardous event as illustrated in in Figure 4. County Services Awareness.

Q2: In the Past 5 Years, What Hazardous Event Has
Had the Greatest Impact on Your Life/Home?
Other
4%
None of the Above
18%
Earthquake +
Landslide
8%

Flooding
12%
Extreme Heat
Flooding
Other
Drought
Wildfire + Smoke
Earthquake + Landslide None of the Above
Wildfire + Smoke
14%
Drought
12%
Extreme Heat
32%
Q3: Do You Have Emergency Preparedness
Supplies?
Partial
7%
Yes
15%
No
78%
Yes No Partial

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Figure 4. County Services Awareness.

County staff facilitated a interactive session where participants could respond to questions posted on whiteboards. The following are their responses.

1. What are your primary hazards of concern and why?

Q4: Are You Aware of County Services and
Programs?
Unsure
15%

No
70%
Yes No Unsure
Yes
15%

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1. Extreme Heat / Calorextremo
a. I do not have air conditioning in my home / No tengo aire acondicionado en mi casa 6 b. I have air conditioning in my home, but cannot afford to run it during all heat events / Tengo aire acondicionado en mi casa, pero no puedo costearlo durante eventos de calor extremo 8 c. I work outdoors / Trabajoal airelibre 0
d. I have a family member or friends that work outdoors / Tengo un familiaro amigos que trabajan al aire libre
7 e. No close access to a cooling facility such as a park, library, or community center / Las instalacionesdel centrode enfriamiento, comoparques, bibliotecaso centroscomunitarios, no se encuentrancercade mí
2 f. There are cooling facilities such as a park, library, or community center in my community, but I don’t have physical access or do not feel safe going. / Instalaciones de centros de enfriamiento, como un parque, bibliotecas o centros comunitarios en mi comunidad, pero no puedo viajar allí debido al acceso físico o problemas de seguridad
2 2. Drought / Sequía
a. Plants are dying / Las plantas se están poniendo marrones y/o muriendo 3 b. Financial hardship of increased water cost / El aumento de los costos del agua es un desafío para mí
6 c. Water restrictions affect my health and well-being / Las restricciones de agua afectan mi salud y bienestar
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d. I work in agriculture or a related and drought has led to less work / Trabajo en el sector agrícola y la sequía ha provocado menos trabajo
5 3. Wildfire + Smoke / Incendioforestal+ Humo
a. Injury to myself, family, friends / Lesión a mí mismo, familia, amigos 6 b. Loss of home, car, belongings / Pérdidade casa, coche, pertenencias 5 c. Don’t have insurance to cover my belongings / No tengo seguro contra incendios para proteger mi propiedad y pertenencias
6 d. I am sensitive to smoke and pollution / Soy sensible al humo y la contaminación del aire 4 e. I have a family member or friends that are sensitive to smoke and pollution / Tengo un familiaro amigos que son sensibles al humo y la contaminación del aire 4 f. Fear of not being able to escape wildfire / Miedo a no poder escapar de un incendio forestal 5 g. Don’t have information where to go during event of a wildfire evacuation / No sabe adónde ir durante un evento de evacuación por incendio forestall
5 4. Flooding / Inundación
a. Injury to myself, family, friends / Lesión a mí mismo, familia, amigos 10 b. Loss of home, car, belongings / Pérdidade casa, coche, pertenencias 6 c. Don’t have insurance to cover my belongings / No tengo seguro contra inundaciones para proteger mi propiedad y pertenencias
6 d. Fear of not being able to escape a flood / / Miedo a no poder escapar de una inundación 4 e. Don’t have information where to go during event of a flooding evacuation / No sabe adónde ir durante un evento de evacuación por inundación
6 5. Earthquake+ Landslide / Terremoto+ Deslizamientode tierra a. Injury to myself, family, friends / Lesión a mí mismo, familia, amigos 10 b. Loss of home, car, belongings / Pérdidade casa, coche, pertenencias 8 c. Don’t have insurance to cover my belongings / No tengo seguro contra terremotos para proteger mi propiedad y pertenencias
5 d. Fear of not being able to escape landslide / No sé si los peligros de deslizamientos de tierra son una preocupación para mi comunidad
5 e. Don’t have information where to go during event of an earthquake evacuation / No sabe qué hacer o adónde ir después de un terremoto
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2. Which of the following applies to your household? Check all that apply.

a. My household can easily cover the cost of housing. / Mi hogar puede cubrir fácilmente el costo de la vivienda.
1 b. My household can easily cover other regular expenses like transportation, food, and healthcare. / Mi hogar puede cubrir fácilmente otros gastos regulares como transporte, comida y atención médica. 1 c. My household has spent more than $100 in the past year on repairing damages caused by the environment or reducing potential impacts. / Mi hogar ha gastado más de $100 el año pasado en reparar daños causados por peligros o reducir problemas futuros. 4 d. We have delayed repairs we want to do to our home (like roof, windows, mold) because of cost. / Hemos retrasado las reparaciones que queremos hacer en nuestra casa (como el techo, las ventanas, el moho) debido al costo.
5 e. We do not have or need flood insurance. / No tenemos seguro contra inundaciones. 5 f. We do not have earthquake insurance. / No tenemossegurocontra terremotos. 9 g. If my household faced a $400 emergency expense, we would not be able to immediately pay for it in cash. / Si mi hogar enfrentara un gasto de emergencia de $400, no podríamos pagarlo inmediatamente en efectivo.
10 h. In order to pay a $400 emergency expense, my household would have to pay with a credit card or borrow the money. / Para pagar un gasto de emergencia de $400, mi hogar tendría que pagar con una tarjeta de crédito o pedir prestado el dinero.
9 i. Other / Otro

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3. What information or materials would be helpful to make you feel safer in future hazardous events? What County resources or programs (e.g., fire safety) would be helpful to prepare you for future hazardous events?

What information or materials would be helpful to make you feel safer in future hazardous events?
a. Emergency alerts / Alertasde emergencia 7
b. Know evacuation routes / Conoce las rutas de evacuación 7 c. Items to keep in an emergency preparedness kit / Artículos para tener en un kit de preparación para emergencias
5 d. What to do with pets / Que hacer con las mascotas 4 e. Where are shelters or temporary cooling centers / Dondese ubican albergueso centros de enfriamiento temporal
5 What County resources or programs (e.g., fire safety) would be helpful to prepare you for future hazardous events?
a. Phone app that provides alerts / Aplicación de teléfono que proporciona alertas 3 b. Information about financial resources or services to support preparedness / Información sobre recursos financieros o servicios para apoyar la preparación 2 c. Written information provided in my language spoken / Información escrita proporcionada en mi idioma hablado
2 d. The ability to call someone at the County for support in my language / La capacidad de llamar 2

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aalguien en el condado para obtener apoyo en mi idioma

5. Which of the following would you prioritize for neighborhood improvements?

a. Improved transit infrastructure (bus stops, signs, benches) / Infraestructurade tránsitomejorada(paradasde autobús, letreros, bancos)
8 b. Safer biking routes / Rutasciclistasmásseguras 2
c. Pedestrian safety (sidewalks, crosswalks, speed bumps) / Rutas peatonales más seguras (aceras, cruces peatonales, badenes)
4 d. Improved water supply (safe drinking, firefighting) / Mejor suministro de agua (bebida segura, extinción de incendios)
4 e. Flood barriers / Barreras contra inundaciones 2
f. Security cameras for safety and dumping / Cámaras de seguridad para seguridad y vertido 3 g. More or improved parks /Más parqueso mejorados 2
h. Improved roads (potholes) / Carreterasmejoradas(baches) 4 i. Air quality monitoring / Monitoreo de la calidad del aire 2 j. Cool and clean air shelters (community center) / Centrosde enfriamiento/refugiosde airelimpio(centrocomunitario)
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Summary

Safety Element/MJHMP Update
Listening Session # 3: CRC
March 15, 2023 5:30 – 7:00 PM

Facilitators: Sam Gutierrez, Principal Planner, County of Santa Clara Location:

Campbell Community Center, Campbell, CA

The Listening Session began with a poll to help the County better understand community demographics and experiences. As illustrated in Figure 1. What City Do you Live In/Near? A majority of residents live in or near Sunnyvale.

Figure 1. What City Do you Live In/Near?

Santa Clara
9%

San Jose
27%
Sunnyvale
46%

Sunnyvale Palo Alto
Palo Alto
9%
Lexington Hills San Jose Santa Clara

As illustrated in Figure 2. Hazardous Events with the Greatest Impact, participants have experienced a broad range of hazardous events with Extreme Heat the primary event, followed by Drought. Wildfire + smoke, and flooding were experienced by at least 11 percent of participants. 97 percent of all participants have experienced a hazardous event that has impacted their life or home in the past 5 years.

Lexington Hills
9%

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Figure 2. Hazardous Events with the Greatest Impact
None of the

Earthquake +
Landslide
7%
Other
11%
Above
3%

Extreme Heat
29%

Wildfire +
Smoke
18%

Flooding
11%
Drought
21%
Extreme Heat Drought Flooding
Wildfire + Smoke Earthquake + Landslide Other
None of the Above

Approximately 1/3 of participants do not have a home emergency preparedness kit or supplies to support their household in the event of an emergency as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Emergency Preparedness Supplies

Yes No Partial

Finally, only 46 percent of participants were aware of County Services or Programs to support them prepare or respond to a hazardous event as illustrated in in Figure 4. County Services Awareness.

Yes
18%
Partial
46%
No
36%

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Figure 4. County Services Awareness.

Yes No Unsure

County staff facilitated a interactive session where participants could respond to questions posted on whiteboards.

The following are their responses.

1. What are your primary hazards of concern and why?
Wildfire, severe rainstorms and evacuation planning, eroded roads

1. Extreme Heat / Calorextremo
a. I do not have air conditioning in my home / No tengo aire acondicionado en mi casa 1 b. I have air conditioning in my home, but cannot afford to run it during all heat events / Tengo aire acondicionado en mi casa, pero no puedo costearlo durante eventos de calor extremo 1 c. I work outdoors / Trabajoal airelibre
d. I have a family member or friends that work outdoors / Tengo un familiaro amigos que trabajan al aire libre
1 e. No close access to a cooling facility such as a park, library, or community center / Las instalacionesdel centrode enfriamiento, comoparques, bibliotecaso centroscomunitarios, no se encuentrancercade mí

f. There are cooling facilities such as a park, library, or community center in my community, but I don’t have physical access or do not feel safe going. / Instalaciones de centros de enfriamiento, como un parque, bibliotecas o centros comunitarios en mi comunidad, pero no puedo viajar allí debido al acceso físico o problemas de seguridad

Yes
46%
No
45%
Unsure
9%

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2. Drought / Sequía
a. Plants are dying / Las plantas se están poniendo marrones y/o muriendo 3 b. Financial hardship of increased water cost / El aumento de los costos del agua es un desafío para mí
3 c. Water restrictions affect my health and well-being / Las restricciones de agua afectan mi salud y bienestar
1 d. I work in agriculture or a related and drought has led to less work / Trabajo en el sector agrícola y la sequía ha provocado menos trabajo

3.Wildfire + Smoke / Incendioforestal+ Humo
a. Injury to myself, family, friends / Lesión a mí mismo, familia, amigos 1 b. Loss of home, car, belongings / Pérdidade casa, coche, pertenencias 1 c. Don’t have insurance to cover my belongings / No tengo seguro contra incendios para proteger mi propiedad y pertenencias
1 d. I am sensitive to smoke and pollution / Soy sensible al humo y la contaminación del aire 5 e. I have a family member or friends that are sensitive to smoke and pollution / Tengo un familiaro amigos que son sensibles al humo y la contaminación del aire 5 f. Fear of not being able to escape wildfire / Miedo a no poder escapar de un incendio forestal 2 g. Don’t have information where to go during event of a wildfire evacuation / No sabe adónde ir durante un evento de evacuación por incendio forestall
5 4. Flooding / Inundación
a. Injury to myself, family, friends / Lesión a mí mismo, familia, amigos b. Loss of home, car, belongings / Pérdidade casa, coche, pertenencias c. Don’t have insurance to cover my belongings / No tengo seguro contra inundaciones para proteger mi propiedad y pertenencias
4 d. Fear of not being able to escape a flood / / Miedo a no poder escapar de una inundación 4 e. Don’t have information where to go during event of a flooding evacuation / No sabe adónde ir durante un evento de evacuación por inundación
2 5. Earthquake+ Landslide / Terremoto+ Deslizamientode tierra a. Injury to myself, family, friends / Lesión a mí mismo, familia, amigos 4 b. Loss of home, car, belongings / Pérdidade casa, coche, pertenencias 3 c. Don’t have insurance to cover my belongings / No tengo seguro contra terremotos para proteger mi propiedad y pertenencias
3 d. Fear of not being able to escape landslide / No sé si los peligros de deslizamientos de tierra son una preocupación para mi comunidad
2 e. Don’t have information where to go during event of an earthquake evacuation / No sabe qué hacer o adónde ir después de un terremoto
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2. Which of the following applies to your household? Check all that apply. a. My household can easily cover the cost of housing. / Mi hogar puede cubrir fácilmente el costo de la vivienda.
2 b. My household can easily cover other regular expenses like transportation, food, and healthcare. / Mi hogar puede cubrir fácilmente otros gastos regulares como transporte, comida y atención médica. 2 c. My household has spent more than $100 in the past year on repairing damages caused by the environment or reducing potential impacts. / Mi hogar ha gastado más de $100 el año pasado en reparar daños causados por peligros o reducir problemas futuros. 3 d. We have delayed repairs we want to do to our home (like roof, windows, mold) because of cost. / Hemos retrasado las reparaciones que queremos hacer en nuestra casa (como el techo, las ventanas, el moho) debido al costo.
3 e. We do not have or need flood insurance. / No tenemos seguro contra inundaciones. 4 f. We do not have earthquake insurance. / No tenemossegurocontra terremotos. 2 g. If my household faced a $400 emergency expense, we would not be able to immediately pay for it in cash. / Si mi hogar enfrentara un gasto de emergencia de $400, no podríamos pagarlo inmediatamente en efectivo.
1 h. In order to pay a $400 emergency expense, my household would have to pay with a credit card or borrow the money. / Para pagar un gasto de emergencia de $400, mi hogar tendría que pagar con una tarjeta de crédito o pedir prestado el dinero.
1 i. Other / Otro

3. What information or materials would be helpful to make you feel safer in future hazardous events? What County resources or programs (e.g., fire safety) would be helpful to prepare you for future hazardous events?

a. Emergency alerts / Alertasde emergencia 5
b. Know evacuation routes / Conoce las rutas de evacuación 5 c. Items to keep in an emergency preparedness kit / Artículos para tener en un kit de preparación para emergencias
3 d. What to do with pets / Que hacer con las mascotas 2 e. Where are shelters or temporary cooling centers / Dondese ubican albergueso centros de enfriamiento temporal
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What County resources or programs (e.g., fire safety) would be helpful to prepare you for future hazardous events?
a. Phone app that provides alerts / Aplicación de teléfono que proporciona alertas 4 b. Information about financial resources or services to support preparedness / Información sobre recursos financieros o servicios para apoyar la preparación 3 c. Written information provided in my language spoken / Información escrita proporcionada en mi idioma hablado
1 d. The ability to call someone at the County for support in my language / La capacidad de llamar aalguien en el condado para obtener apoyo en mi idioma

5. Which of the following would you prioritize for neighborhood improvements? a. Improved transit infrastructure (bus stops, signs, benches) / Infraestructurade tránsitomejorada(paradasde autobús, letreros, bancos)
1 b. Safer biking routes / Rutasciclistasmásseguras
c. Pedestrian safety (sidewalks, crosswalks, speed bumps) / Rutas peatonales más seguras (aceras, cruces peatonales, badenes)
3 d. Improved water supply (safe drinking, firefighting) / Mejor suministro de agua (bebida segura, extinción de incendios)
1 e. Flood barriers / Barreras contra inundaciones 2
f. Security cameras for safety and dumping / Cámaras de seguridad para seguridad y vertido 1 g. More or improved parks /Más parqueso mejorados 1
h. Improved roads (potholes) / Carreterasmejoradas(baches) 4 i. Air quality monitoring / Monitoreo de la calidad del aire 3 j. Cool and clean air shelters (community center) / Centrosde enfriamiento/refugiosde airelimpio(centrocomunitario)

General comments:

• Wind is a real concern. Falling trees and powerlines are scary to deal with. • Residents are not universally affected by flooding.
• Needs to be planning for evacuation on non-County maintained roads. How many residents are in Lexington Hills? No one is paying attention or communicating what is going on in these areas. • PG&E doesn’t care about their mess.
• Power is slow to come back on in current event. (Note: These was a heat wave at time of listening session.)
• “Priorities” shift seasonally, but they are all important. • Living with wildfires is a new reality for us.
o People are working outside when the air is unbreathable. o Indoors [workers] work without money for air filtration systems. o Not just need for cooling centers, but filtration.

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• Drought – A community well system is expensive.
o This is another hazard that is seasonal.
o Need better system for capturing stormwater runoff. Need more education and funding. Need help installing residential and community systems.
• San Jose Water increasing rates, doing a lot of work right now • Flooding
o Takes a long time to recover from losses, get back to pre-disaster state o Roads washing out
o Flooding is an additional insurance, many areas didn’t know it was something they needed. • Extreme heat events happening more frequently and closer together than they use to. (“Once in 25 year rainfall” is happening five times per month)
• Weekly newsletters/newspapers to spread information.
• Sirens in Gilroy, used them in ’98, haven’t used recently to signify floods. o Five minutes can make a big difference as a house floods. • Monterey County uses Alert/Sheriff system all the time – has evacuation warning and fire maps. o Make you respond that they’ve reached you.
• How much time is enough time to evacuate and prepare? Depends on the event. Storms vs fire vs drought have really different timescale.
• Averages don’t always capture the real situation on the ground – also look at min and max. • Why are these outreach meetings not also being sent out as press release to local news media for general circulation. Weekly newspapers service each of the different areas of the County unincorporated areas: Make a requirement for Public Notice?
• County failed to designate evacuation route planning since 2009 CWPP recommendations.

Subdivisions of 30+ homes share a single egress route.

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Appendix B: Adoption Resolution
Once the 2023 Santa Clara Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) has received FEMA “Approvable Pending Adoption” (APA) status, the governing body of every participating jurisdiction will formally adopt this MJHMP.

After FEMA has determined that all plan requirements have been met, including receipt of the formal adoption documentation, FEMA will provide a letter indicating the plan is approved.

A copy of the adoption resolutions and approval letter are included in this appendix.

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Multijurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan 2023 Update
City of Campbell Annex
February 21, 2024

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1. City of Campbell

1.1. Hazard Mitigation Plan Points of Contact
The point of contact during the Santa Clara County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) planning process for the City of Campbell was the Police Department’s Captain of Support Services Division. This annex within the MJHMP was developed using information provided by the City of Campbell’s Local Planning Team.

Table 1: City of Campbell Local Planning Team Members for the 2023 Santa Clara County MJHMP
Name Position Organization Role on Team and in Planning Process
Ian White Captain City of Campbell General oversight, hazard identification, and plan development
Ron Taormina Acting
Superintendent City of Campbell Hazard identification and plan development
Bob Lennen Building Official City of Campbell Hazard identification and plan development

The City’s Local Planning Team Members participated in the MJHMP by attending meetings on the Risk Assessment, Capabilities Assessment, Mitigation Strategy, Wrap-up, and two one-on-one meetings with the planning consultant. In addition, the city filled out the requested forms on each section which were used to develop this annex. The city also shared information regarding public opportunities to participate in the draft plan update utilizing the digital survey and seven in-person and virtual public outreach meetings. Further, the City team was provided the opportunity to review the draft plan prior to submittal to Cal OES and FEMA.

The City supported a “whole community” approach to this plan update. Neighboring communities, local and regional agencies involved in mitigation activities, agencies that have the authority to regulate development as well as businesses, academia, and other private and nonprofit interests were invited to be involved in the planning process by participating in planning meetings, public meetings, or reviewing the draft plan. In addition to the wide variety of stakeholders identified by the County, stakeholders the City of Campbell recommended including included the American Red Cross, Campbell CERT, Campbell Union School District, ARES, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Santa Clara County Fire, Animal Services (SVACA). Additional stakeholders that were able to participate are included in Volume 1 of this plan. The City Planning Team did not identify additional changes in priorities to be highlighted in their annex.

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Table 2: External Stakeholders Invited to Be Involved in Planning Process Agency or Organization Stakeholder Type Description
American Red Cross Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations, among
others.

A nonprofit humanitarian
organization that provides
emergency assistance, disaster
relief, and disaster
preparedness education in the
United States.

American Red Cross – Silicon
Valley Chapter
Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations, among
others.

A nonprofit humanitarian
organization that provides
emergency assistance, disaster
relief, and disaster
preparedness education in the
United States.

Amateur Radio Emergency
Service (ARES)
Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

A corps of trained amateur radio
operator volunteers organized to
assist in public service and
emergency communications.

California Office of Emergency
Services (Cal OES)
Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities.

Office responsible for
overseeing and coordinating
emergency preparedness,
response, recovery, and
homeland security activities
within the state.

California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection
Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities.

The fire department of the
California Natural Resources
Agency.

California Department of
Transportation
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development.

An executive department of the
U.S. state of California.

Campbell Community
Emergency Response Team
Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations.

A program that helps train
people to be better prepared to
respond to emergency situations
in their communities.

Campbell Union School District Representatives of businesses, academia, and other private
organizations.

An American school district for
primary schools in the greater
San Jose, California area.

Cattlemen’s Association Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

A nonprofit trade association
that represents California's
ranchers and beef producers in
political affairs.

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Agency or Organization Stakeholder Type Description
Department of Homeland
Security
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development.

The U.S. federal executive
department responsible for
public security, roughly
comparable to the interior or
home ministries of other
countries.

Department of Toxic
Substances
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development.

An agency of the government of
the state of California that
protects public health and the
environment from hazardous
waste.

Emergency Medical Services Agencies that have the authority to regulate development.

Provides statewide coordination
and leadership for the planning,
development, and
implementation of
local EMS systems.

Emergency Services Volunteer
Representative
Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities.

Organization that ensures public
safety, security, and health by
addressing and resolving
different emergencies.

Federal Aviation Administration Agencies that have the authority to regulate development.

Offers civil aviation safety
enforcement services.

Google Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

American multinational
technology company focusing
on artificial intelligence, online
advertising, search engine
technology, cloud computing,
computer software, quantum
computing, e-commerce, and
consumer electronics.

Hidden Villa Farm Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations, among
others
Nonprofit educational
organization teaching programs
on environmental and
multicultural awareness.

Intel Corporation Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

An American multinational
corporation and technology
company headquartered in
Santa Clara, California.

Kaiser Permanente—Santa
Clara
Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

An American integrated
managed care consortium.

Life Moves Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

Provides interim housing and
supportive services for
homeless families and
individuals to rapidly return to
stable housing.

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Agency or Organization Stakeholder Type Description
Moffett Field Ames Research
Center, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
(NASA)
Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

Major NASA research center
at Moffett Federal Airfield in
California's Silicon Valley.

National Weather Service,
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development.

Scientific and regulatory agency
within the U.S. Department of
Commerce.

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Representatives of businesses, academia, and other private
organizations, and neighboring
communities.

One of the largest combination
natural gas and electric utilities
in the United States.

Regional Water Quality Control
Board
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development.

Provides government regulatory
services related to water
pollution and control.

Rotating Safe Car Park Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities, and neighboring
communities.

Allows for temporary overnight
parking for homeless individuals
or families living out of their
cars as a safe alternative to
sleeping on the streets or in a
homeless shelter.

Santa Clara County CERT Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations.

Trains residents to prepare for
and respond to life-threatening
events in their community.

Santa Clara County FireSafe
Council
Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations.

A nonprofit, grassroots
organization that provides
education and project
assistance for homeowners.

Santa Clara County Local
Oversight Program
Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities.

Program to oversee assessment
and mitigation of contaminated
sites to protect groundwater
resources, human health,
safety, and the environment.

Santa Clara County Parks Agencies that have the authority to regulate development, and
neighboring communities.

Provide, protect, and preserve
regional parklands for the
enjoyment and education of
residents.

Santa Clara County Planning &
Development
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development, and
neighboring communities.

Plays a key role in supporting
economic development and
ensuring opportunities for the
public to participate in
land development.

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Agency or Organization Stakeholder Type Description
Santa Clara County Planning &
Development
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development, and
neighboring communities.

Plays a key role in supporting
economic development and
ensuring opportunities for the
public to participate in
land development.

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s
Office
Agencies that have the authority
to regulate development, and
neighboring communities.

A local law enforcement agency
that serves Santa Clara County,
California.

Santa Clara University Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations.

A private Jesuit university in
Santa Clara, California.

Santa Clara Valley Open Space
Authority
Neighboring communities. An independent special district in Santa Clara County.

St. Louise Hospital (Santa Clara
County Hospital System)
Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations.

Community hospital.

Stanford Healthcare Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations, and neighboring
communities.

Multispecialty clinic that
provides convenient access to
advanced, specialty care in the
South Bay.

Valley Water Flood Information
Team
Representatives of nonprofit
organizations, including
community-based organizations,
that work directly with and/or
provide support to underserved
communities and socially
vulnerable populations, local
agencies.

A group of volunteer district
employees who are willingly
dispatched before, during, or
after large storms to flooded or
at-risk sites to assist the water
district’s EOC,
West Valley Clean Water
Program Authority
Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities.

Serves as the Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Authority.

County of Santa Clara Neighboring jurisdiction, local
agency involved in hazard
mitigation.

Responsible for engaging the
whole community in assessing
needs and developing strategies
to achieve stronger mitigation
capabilities within the Santa
Clara County Operational Area.

City of Campbell Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County.

City of Cupertino Neighboring communities. Located in Silicon Valley.

City of Gilroy Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County.

City of Los Altos Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County.

Town of Los Altos Hills Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County.

Town of Los Gatos Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County.

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Agency or Organization Stakeholder Type Description
City of Milpitas Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County City of Morgan Hill Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County City of Mountain View Neighboring communities. A city in Santa Clara County.

City of Palo Alto Neighboring communities. Located in Silicon Valley.

City of San José Neighboring communities. Located in Silicon Valley.

City of Santa Clara Neighboring communities. A city near San Jose, in California’s Silicon Valley.

City of Saratoga Neighboring communities. Located in Silicon Valley.

City of Sunnyvale Neighboring communities. Located in the Santa Clara Valley.

Santa Clara County Fire
Department
Local and regional agencies
involved in hazard mitigation
activities, and neighboring
communities.

A California Fire Protection
District serving Santa Clara
County.

Santa Clara Valley Water
District
Representatives of businesses,
academia, and other private
organizations, and neighboring
communities.

Provides stream stewardship,
wholesale water supply, and
flood protection for Santa Clara
County, California.

1.1.1. Public Outreach and Engagement
In addition to inviting a wide range of stakeholders, the City supported public outreach and engagement through distributing a digital survey utilizing social media. This survey reached members of underserved populations, including primarily non-English speaking households. In addition, the city hosted a joint in- person plan outreach opportunity with the Community Wildfire Protection Plan development team and the MJHMP was discussed at an additional two virtual and four in-person public meetings across Santa Clara County. These in-person meetings were targeted towards areas with socially vulnerably populations.

These meetings were also designed to be accessible for AFN (access and functional needs) populations.

This plan update utilized the legal definition of AFN for this approach. The California Government Code Section 8593.3 defines Access and Functional Needs as “Individuals who have: Developmental, intellectual, or physical disabilities; Chronic conditions or injuries; Limited English proficiency or non- English speaking; Or individuals who are: older adults, children, or pregnant; living in institutional settings; or Low-income, homeless, and/or transportation disadvantaged.” In Saratoga, according to the U.S.

Census an estimated 46.1% of the population speaks a language other than English, a key factor to consider while developing any kind of emergency management and mitigation approach to public outreach. The C-MIST framework is used to integrate AFN populations in the operational area into emergency management through communications, maintain health, independence, support, safetyand self-determination, and transportation.The meetings were all designed to be accessible for AFN populations.

The Santa Clara County Access and Functional Needs and Cultural Competency Working Group , which represents tens of community and faith-based organizations within the SCC operational area, was consulted on these meetings and the plan. They provided feedback based on the populations they serve, representing approximately 100 non-profits and VOAD members participating in the AFN and Cultural Competency Working Group. SCC also has representation from community centers and two consulate generals. In addition, some advocates do not have an affiliation but are Santa Clara County residents and provided input on LGBTQ+ and Disability topics. Some organizations include but are not limited to San Andreas Regional Center, Immigrant Info Services, Vista Center for the Blind, American Red Cross,

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Parents Helping Parents, and Lighthouse. The direct interaction and represented voices generally shared similar concerns for the extreme heat and wildfire hazards, community preparedness, and education and outreach activities.

Figure 1 Public Feedback - Hazards of Concern at Campbell Community Center Meeting

Public feedback at the Campbell meeting included notable concerns about wildfire smoke, evacuation routes, extreme heat, and flooding. Overall, the public expressed concern with the amount of time it takes to respond and recover from hazards like drought and wildfire. The new reality of wildfires impacting the area was noted, and incorporated into the risk assessment section of the plan. Further, the City has committed to multiple mitigation actions designed to reduce recovery time and response needs by mitigating risk prior to a disaster occurring.

The City solicited feedback from the public on the draft hazard mitigation plan through a digital survey as well. The public was also provided the opportunity to comment on the draft plan. Comments from the public survey were reviewed, evaluated for alignment with planning priorities, and incorporated as appropriate. In general, the public expressed interest in additional education and outreach on the hazards that could affect the planning area and what could be done about them.

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Figure 2: City of Campbell Public Comment Period Twitter Post

Figure 3: City of Campbell Public Comment Period Twitter Post

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Figure 4: City of Campbell Public Comment Period Twitter Post

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The participation of the City of Campbell and its stakeholders helped inform the development of the MJHMP and this annex in accordance with current priorities. The new plan continues to expand upon the work of the prior plan including emphasizing partnerships both within jurisdictions and special districts as well as with external stakeholders. Further, there is an increased emphasis on climate change, reflecting the increased understanding of the risk this hazard poses to the OA. The City did not identify additional changes in priorities to be highlighted in their annex.

1.2. Jurisdiction Profile
The following is a summary of key information about the jurisdiction and its history:
 Date of Incorporation: 1952
 Current Population: 42,286 (as of July 2022 – U.S. Census Bureau)  Population Growth: Between January 2022 and July 2022, the California Department of Finance estimates that the City of Campbell experienced a decline by about 550 people, or 0.01% of the population. This reflects similar trends across the OA.  Location and Description: Nestled in the midst of Silicon Valley, Campbell has retained the charm of a small, friendly town while embracing the future. Residents enjoy beautiful natural surroundings, well maintained parks and trails, and easy access to transit and major freeways.

The City occupies approximately six square miles of relatively flat land near the south end of the San Francisco Bay. Nearby communities include San José to the west, east, and north, and Los Gatos and Saratoga to the south.
 Brief History: The City was founded in 1887 and incorporated in 1952 as a general law city.

Benjamin Campbell, Campbell’s founder, came west in 1846 with his family. In 1851, he bought 160 acres which would later become Campbell’s historical downtown core. Although there were efforts to incorporate Campbell in 1906, it was not considered by the voters until 1946, at which time it failed by a narrow margin of 10 votes. Facing the threat of being gobbled up by its voracious neighbors and the impending loss of county services, incorporation advocates won the day on March 11, 1951, by a narrow margin of 50 votes.

From the mid-1850s, Campbell was primarily an agricultural production center, with fruits as its major crops. By 1950, however, croplands were beginning to be transformed into residential neighborhoods. Campbell’s population doubled during the 1960s, slowe d down in the 1970s, increased by 33 percent in the 1980s, and has been limited since 1990. Today, Campbell is a largely built-out suburban community. Campbell has grown from a small farming community with a population of approximately 5,000 to a progressive community with a population of over 42,000.  Climate: Campbell has a Mediterranean climate, generally characterized by mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. On average, the warmest month of the year is July with an average high temperature of 85 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and the coolest month is January with an average low temperature of 39 °F. The annual average precipitation is approximately 23 inches , with the wettest month of the year being February with an average rainfall of approximately 5.1 inches.  Governing Body Format: Campbell operates under a Council/Manager form of government.

Campbell is a General Law City with a five-member Council including a rotating Mayor’s position.

The City Council is elected to four-year terms. The City Manager is the chief administrative officer of the city, acts as a liaison between the City Council and employees and appoints department heads and all other staff. City departments include the City Manager/City Clerk’s Office, Community Development, Finance, Recreation & Parks, Public Safety (Police), and Public Works.

The City has several commissions and boards including the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; Building Board of Appeals; Civic Improvement Commission; Historic Preservation Board; Parks and Recreation Commission; Planning Commission; Rental Increase Fact Finding Committee; Successor Agency; and Youth Commission. The City Council assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan: the City Manager will oversee its implementation.

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1.3. Development Trends
Campbell offers a mix of housing types, including single-family homes, townhomes, apartments, condominium developments, and live-work space. Of the approximately 18,200 housing units recorded in 2020 by the California Department of Finance, 58 percent were single-family homes, 40 percent were multifamily units, and two percent were mobile homes. 0F0F 1 The City has grown and changed since it adopted
its current General Plan in 2001. The City of Campbell has adopted a variety of special area plans to protect the small-town residential character and encourage commercial revitalization efforts in areas tha t are showing signs of age and obsolescence. In 2016, the City initiated a multi-year process of updating their General Plan. This General Plan update, referred to as the Envision Campbell Plan, looks ahead to the year 2040, adjusting based on current issues and emergent trends, and positioning the City of Campbell for the next 20-25 years. It went out for public review in fall 2022. Table 2 summarizes development trends in the performance period since development of the previous hazar d mitigation plan and expected future development trends.

Campbell has increased its population since the previous plan was developed thereby increasing its vulnerability to earthquakes. The City of Campbell has and will continue to monitor the vulnerability of its population by coordinating with county Geologists to monitor areas of concern.

Table 3: Recent and Expected Future Development Trends
Criterion Response
Has your jurisdiction annexed
any land since the development
of the previous hazard mitigation
plan?
 If yes, give the estimated area
annexed and estimated
number of parcels or
structures.

No
Is your jurisdiction expected to
annex any areas during the
performance period of this plan?
 If yes, please describe land
areas and dominant uses.
 If yes, who currently has
permitting authority over
these areas?
No

1 City of Campbell. (2023 April 18). Envision Campbell 6th Cycle 2023-2031 Housing Element. campbellca.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2953

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Criterion Response
Are any areas targeted for
development or major
redevelopment in the next five
years?
 If yes, please briefly describe,
including whether any of the
areas are in known hazard risk
areas.

Multiple sites throughout the City under the City’s Housing Element, generally focused on the main commercial corridors, near the City’s Light Rail stations, and in the designated Hamilton Avenue Specific Plan area (around Highway 17 / Hamilton). Several areas in the San Tomas area are near the mapped Cascade Fault. The City’s General Plan addresses this as follows:

SA-1.f The City shall coordinate with the County Geologist on preparation of additional geologic studies or other actions that would support the creation of a designated hazard zone
associated with the identified location of the Cascade Fault in Campbell. The purpose of this hazard zone would be to identify an area where site-specific geologic studies are needed in association with new development on properties located in close proximity to mapped fault lines.

How many building permits were
issued in your jurisdiction since
the development of the previous
hazard mitigation plan?
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
Number of
Permits
1,584 1,694 1,661 1,713 1,943 1,963
Please provide the number of
permits for each hazard area or
provide a qualitative description
of where development has
occurred.

The entire City of Campbell is approximately 4 miles north of a major dam (Lexington Reservoir) as well as in close proximity to the San Andreas Fault.

Development has occurred throughout the City during the performance period for this plan. For hazards with a clearly defined extent and location, the City cannot estimate
development impacts. For hazards with impacts citywide, it is safe to assume that this new development could be subject to impacts from those hazards. However, it is important to note that all new development was subject to the regulatory
capabilities identified in this annex.

Please describe the level of
buildout in the jurisdiction, based
on your jurisdiction’s buildable
lands inventory. If no such
inventory exists, provide a
qualitative description.

The City of Campbell is 90% built out. Areas of vacant land are sporadic throughout the City, usually resulting in split parcels from larger parcels.

1.4. Capability Assessment

1.4.1. Resources for the 2023 Planning Initiative
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for inclusion into the 2023 MJHMP for both Volume 1 and Volume 2 (City of Campbell Annex). All the below items were additionally reviewed as part of the full capability assessment for the City of Campbell.

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• City of Campbell General Plan: The General Plan, including the Land Use and Safety Elements, were reviewed for information regarding goals and policies consistent with hazard mitigation for carry over as goals and objectives.
• City of Campbell Municipal Code: The Municipal Code was reviewed for the full capability assessment and for identifying opportunities for action plan integration. • Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance: The Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance was reviewed for compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program. • Capital Improvements Plan: The Capital Improvements Plan was reviewed to identify cross- planning initiatives for inclusion as mitigation projects.

1.4.2. Full Capability Assessment
An assessment of legal and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 4 and Table 5. An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 6. An assessment of staffing capabilities is presented in Table

7. An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 8. Information on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) compliance is presented in Table 9. An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 10. Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 11. Development and permitting capabilities are presented in Table 12, and the community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 13.

Table 4: Legal and Regulatory Capability: Codes, Ordinances, and Requirements Local
Authority
Other
Jurisdiction
Authority
State
Mandated
Integration
Opportunity?
Building Code Yes Yes Yes Yes
Comment: International Building Code of 2018 Volumes 1 and 2 of the International Code Council, as amended in 2019 by the State of California in the State Building Standard Regulations (Title 24).

California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11, 2019 Ed. California Code of Regulations.

Zoning Ordinance Yes No No Yes
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Title 21, Articles 1 through 6 Subdivision
Ordinance
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Title 20
Stormwater
Management
Ordinance
No Yes Yes Yes
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Title 21, Chapter 21.22 Other Natural Hazard-
Specific Ordinances
Yes No Yes Yes
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Chapter 21, Article 22, Flood Damage Prevention Post-Disaster
Recovery
Yes No No Yes
Comment: None Located; Recovery plan development would be a coordinated effort

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Local
Authority
Other
Jurisdiction
Authority
State
Mandated
Integration
Opportunity?
Real Estate Disclosure No No Yes No
Comment: California Civil Code §1102 et seq.

Growth Management Yes No Yes No
Comment: California Government Code §65300 et seq.

Site Plan Review Yes No No Yes
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Chapter 21.42
Environmental
Protection
Yes Yes (State) Yes No
Comment: California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code, Section 21000 et seq.

Flood Damage
Prevention
Yes Yes (State) Yes Yes
Comment: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Campbell Municipal Code Chapter 21.22 Emergency
Management
Yes Yes (State) Yes No
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Title 2.28
Climate Change Yes – in
progress
No Yes Yes – in progress
Comment: The City is currently working on a Climate Action Plan.

Acquisition of land for
open space and public
recreation
Yes Yes No Yes
Other: Fire Code Yes Yes (State) Yes No
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Title 17

Table 5: Planning, Legal, and Regulatory Capabilities
Planning, Legal, or Regulatory Capability Local
Authority
Other
Jurisdiction
Authority
State
Mandated
Integration
Opportunity?
General Plan Yes No Yes Yes
Is the plan compliant with Assembly Bill 2140? The General Plan includes a Health and Safety Element.

Comment: The General Plan is being updated.

Capital Improvement Plan Yes No No Yes
How often is the plan updated? Annually
Comment: 2023-2027 Capital Improvement Plan
Floodplain or Watershed Plan Yes Yes Yes Yes
Comment: Santa Clara Valley Water District
Stormwater Plan No Yes Yes Yes

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Planning, Legal, or Regulatory Capability Local
Authority
Other
Jurisdiction
Authority
State
Mandated
Integration
Opportunity?
Comment: Campbell Municipal Code Title 14, Chapter 14.02 Urban Water Management Plan No Yes Yes No
Comment: Santa Clara Valley Water District
Habitat Conservation Plan No Yes No No
Comment: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Economic Development Plan Yes No No No
Comment: The General Plan identifies economic development strategies.

Transportation Plan Yes No No Yes
Comment: City of Campbell Transportation Improvement Plan Shoreline Management Plan No No No No
Comment: None Identified
Community Wildfire Protection Plan No Yes No No
Comment: The Santa Clara County Fire Department 2016 plan is undergoing a 2022-2023 update.

Forest Management Plan No No No No
Comment: None Identified
Climate Action Plan Yes No No Yes
Comment: The City of Campbell Climate Action Plan is in progress.

Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan
Yes No Yes No
Comment: The plan was revised and adopted by City Council in 2014.

Local Emergency Operations Plan Yes No No No
Comment: The City EOP was adopted in 2019.

Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk
Assessment (THIRA)
No Yes No No
Comment: Santa Clara County of Office Emergency Services Post-Disaster Recovery Plan Yes No No No
Comment: The plan was revised and adopted by City Council in 2014.

Continuity of Operations Plan No No No No
Comment: None identified
Public Health Plan Yes No No No
Comment: The plan was revised and adopted by Council in 2014.

Other: N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Comment: N/A

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Table 6: Financial Capabilities
Financial Capability Could the resource be used to
fund future mitigation
activities?
Has the funding resource
been used in the past for
mitigation activities? If yes,
for what type of mitigation
activities?
Community Development
Block Grants
Yes Yes
Other Federal Funding
Programs
Yes No
Capital Improvements Project
Funding
Yes Previously used for
infrastructure (flood/earthquake
mitigation)
Authority to Levy Taxes for
Specific Purposes
Yes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer,
Gas or Electric Service
No No
Incur Debt through General
Obligation Bonds
Yes Yes, new police facility that will
be fully functional during a
disaster and a seismically safe
library
Incur Debt through Special
Tax Bonds
Yes Yes, have used for new police
facility that will be fully functional
during a disaster and a
seismically safe library.

Incur Debt through Private
Activity Bonds
Yes No
Withhold Public Expenditures
in Hazard-Prone Areas
No No
State Funding Grant
Programs
Yes Utilized for Mobile Emergency
Operations Center and
CRD/COW – connectivity when
cell coverage is unavailable.

Development Impact Fees for
Homebuyers or Developers
Yes Park impact fees, vehicle impact
fees

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Table 7: Staffing Capabilities
Staffing Capability Have Capability? Is staffing adequate to enforce regulations?
Is staff trained on
natural hazards and
mitigation?
Planners or engineers
with knowledge of
land development and
land management
practices
 Yes
 Full time
Multiple staff in
Community
Development
Department and Public
Works Department
Yes Yes
Engineers or
professionals trained
in building or
infrastructure
construction
practices
 Yes
 Full time
Multiple staff in
Community
Development
Department and Public
Works Department
Yes Yes
Planners or engineers
with an
understanding of
natural hazards
 Yes
 Full time
Multiple staff in
Community
Development
Department and Public
Works Department
Yes Yes
Staff with training in
benefit/cost analysis
No No No
Surveyors  Yes
 Contract staff
Yes Yes
Personnel skilled or
trained in GIS
applications
 Yes
 Full time
Contracted
Yes Yes
Scientist familiar with
natural hazards in
local area
No No No
Emergency manager  Yes
 Full time
 Police Captain acts
in this role as a
collateral duty.

Additional support is
needed to enforce
regulation.

No Yes

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Staffing Capability Have Capability? Is staffing adequate to enforce regulations?
Is staff trained on
natural hazards and
mitigation?
Grant writers  Yes
 Full Time
 Community
Development/Public
Works/City
Management
Yes Yes

Table 8: Administrative and Technical Capabilities
Administrative or Technical
Capability
Have Capability? Has the capability been used to
assess or mitigate risk in the past? If
yes, what type of hazard event?
Maintenance programs to
reduce risk
Yes Street tree and landscape median
maintenance
Mutual aid agreements Yes Agreements between the Town of Los Gatos and Cupertino to share public
works equipment.

Hazard data and information Yes Flood potential for land use Hazus analysis or GIS
software
Yes Geologic hazards, flood hazards
Grant writing Yes For infrastructure – roadways
(flood/earthquake mitigation)
Does your jurisdiction have
any established warning
systems or services for
hazard events?
Yes AlertSCC. Alerts are sent directly to your
mobile device, landline, and/or email.

Alerts for fire, earthquake, Heavy rain,
heavy winds, extreme temperatures,
crime, and instructions during a disaster.

Table 9: National Flood Insurance Program Compliance
Topic Response
What local department is responsible for
floodplain management?
Community Development Department
Who is your floodplain administrator?
(department/position)
Community Development Director, Community
Development Department
Is the floodplain administrator or NFIP
Coordinator certified?
No
Is floodplain management an auxiliary
function in your jurisdiction?
No
What is the date of adoption of your flood
damage prevention ordinance?
2014

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Topic Response
Do floodplain development regulations meet
or exceed FEMA or state minimum
requirements? If regulations exceed
requirements, in what ways?
Yes
How are the substantial
improvement/substantial damage provisions
implemented?
The Floodplain Administrator is responsible for
assessing substantial improvement and
substantial damage structures in accordance with
FEMA publication FEMA 213, “Answers to
Questions about Substantially Damaged
Buildings” as well as defining the market value
used to determine if a structure meets this
definition.

Provide an explanation of the permitting
process for development within the floodplain.

City of Campbell Municipal Code, Chapter 21.22,
Section 21.22.040
Does your floodplain management program
meet or exceed minimum requirements?
Yes
When did your jurisdiction enter the NFIP? June 30, 1976 Is your jurisdiction in good standing with the
NFIP?
Yes
Are the jurisdiction’s Flood Insurance Rate
Maps (FIRMs) digital, paper, or both?
Digital
Explanation of NFIP administration services
within your jurisdiction.

The Campbell Community Development
Department maintains a FIRM layer in its GIS
service that is used to identify properties within a
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). This
information is integrated into the City’s permitting
platform such that properties located with a SFHA
are flagged upon request for a building permit. In
this manner, the City can apply appropriate
standards of construction pursuant to Campbell
Municipal Code (CMC) Chapter 21.22 (Flood
Damage Prevention).

However, the City does not have any in-house
subject matter expertise to assist property owners
whose properties are located within a SFHA.

Specifically, the City cannot assist in ascertaining
base flood elevation data or assist in preparing a
Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA).

Barriers to running an effective NFIP program
in your jurisdiction.

None
When was the most recent Community
Assistance Visit (CAV) or Community
Assistance Contact (CAC)?
March 15, 2012

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Topic Response
Is a CAV or CAC scheduled or needed? A CAV or CAC could be beneficial to the extent it may highlight existing limitations in the City’s
understanding of its flood risk hazard. However,
since the City lacks in-house subject matter
expertise, it may be questionable to what extent it
would be useful.

Does your jurisdiction have any outstanding
NFIP compliance violations that need to be
addressed?
 If so, please state what they are.

No
Do your flood hazard maps adequately
address the flood risk within your jurisdiction?
 If no, please state why.

No
Some of the maps are outdated. Property owners
must apply for a letter of map amendment/revision
in these cases.

Does your floodplain management staff need
any assistance or training to support its
floodplain management program?
 If so, what type of assistance/training is
needed?
Yes, FEMA E273 class
Does your jurisdiction participate in the
Community Rating System (CRS)?
No
How many structures are exposed to flood risk
within your jurisdiction?
In 10% annual chance flood hazard area: 0

In 1% annual chance flood hazard area: 14

In 0.2% annual chance flood hazard area: 18
How many flood insurance policies are in
force in your jurisdiction?
 What is the insurance in force?
 What is the premium in force?
Flood insurance policies: 28
Insurance in force: $8,541,000
Premium in force: $16,222
Areas of flood risk with limited NFIP policy
coverage.

No known areas
How many total loss claims have been filed in
your jurisdiction?
 How many claims were closed without
payment/are still open?
 What were the total payments for losses?
Total claims: 20
Claims closed without payment/still open: 20
Total payments: $0
How NFIP compliance will be continued during
the next 5 years.
 Adoption and enforcement of floodplain
management requirements, including
regulating new construction in Special Flood
Hazard Areas (SFHAs).
 Floodplain identification and mapping,
including any local requests for map updates.
 Description of community assistance and
monitoring activities.

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Table 10: Education and Outreach
Education or
Outreach Capability
Response How does the
personnel program,
or organization relate
to disaster resilience
and mitigation?
Could the personnel,
program, or
organization help
implement future
mitigation activities?
Do you have a Public
Information Officer or
Communications
Office?
Yes The PIO may
communicate hazard
and disaster related
information to the
community.

Yes
Do you have
personnel skilled or
trained in website
development?
Yes Websites can be
developed to include
hazard awareness
information, and other
mitigation initiatives.

Yes
Do you have hazard
mitigation information
available on your
website?
 If yes, please
briefly describe.

No N/A N/A
Do you utilize social
media for hazard
mitigation education
and outreach?
 If yes, please
briefly describe.

Yes The City uses Twitter
and Nextdoor to inform
residents about
preparedness and local
hazards.

Yes
Do you have any
citizen boards or
commissions that
address issues
related to hazard
mitigation?
No N/A N/A
Do you have any
other programs
already in place that
could be used to
communicate hazard-
related information?
 If yes, please
briefly describe.

Yes The Community
Emergency Response
Team (CERT) trains
citizens on disaster
response and hazard
related concerns.

Yes
Do you have any
established warning
systems for hazard
events?
 If yes, please
briefly describe.

Yes Alert SCC and
CodeRED are used to
notify citizens during
hazard events.

Yes

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Education or
Outreach Capability
Response How does the
personnel program,
or organization relate
to disaster resilience
and mitigation?
Could the personnel,
program, or
organization help
implement future
mitigation activities?
Does your jurisdiction
have local citizen
groups or nonprofit
organizations focused
on environmental
protection,
emergency
preparedness, and/or
underserved
populations?
Yes The Community
Emergency Response
Team (CERT) trains
citizens on disaster
response and hazard
related concerns.

Yes
Does your jurisdiction
have ongoing public
education or
information
programs?
Yes The PIO and other city
departments implement
various education
campaigns for the
public.

Yes
Does your jurisdiction
have natural disaster
or safety related
school programs?
No N/A N/A
Does your jurisdiction
have public/private
partnership initiatives
addressing disaster-
related issues
No N/A N/A

Table 11: Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date
Classified
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading
Schedule
Yes 2 2010
Insurance Services Office (ISO) Fire Rating Yes ISO 02/2Y 2021 StormReady No N/A N/A
Firewise USA® No N/A N/A

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Table 12: Development and Permitting Capabilities
Criteria Response
Does your jurisdiction issue development
permits?
 If no, who does? If yes, which department?
Yes, the Planning Commission
Does your jurisdiction have the ability to track
permits by hazard area?
No
Does your jurisdiction have a buildable lands
inventory?
No, however staff has informally identified some
underdeveloped areas that could be redeveloped.

Table 13: Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Adaptive Capacity Assessment Question Jurisdiction Rating Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential
climate change impacts Low
Comment: The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023.

For an initial evaluation, Campbell staff has evaluated potential climate impacts to the City using mapping resources prepared by the County Office of Sustainability through Silicon Valley 2.0 – found here – https://siliconvalleytwopointzero.org/home.

Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate
change impacts Low
Comment: The City of Campbell is not actively monitoring climate change impacts beyond addressing and responding to issues related to extreme heat and weather-related impacts. The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023.

Technical resources to assess proposed
strategies for feasibility and externalities Low
Comment: Our jurisdiction rating should improve within the next two years because DeNovo Planning Group proposes to utilize a greenhouse gas (GHG) software program to estimate the effectiveness of each measure or policy in reducing GHG levels and in meeting a Target Reduction Goal.

Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of
greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low
Comment: The City of Campbell has access to greenhouse gas emissions inventory from its Community Choice Aggregate Electricity provider – Silicon Valley Clean Energy. The City has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023.

Capital planning and land use decisions
informed by potential climate impacts Low

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Adaptive Capacity Assessment Question Jurisdiction Rating Comment: The City prepared a programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for its General Plan and Housing Element that evaluated the potential cumulative greenhouse gas impacts resulting from buildout under these planning documents. The EIR did not evaluate climate impacts upon the City (sea level rise). The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023.

Participation in regional groups addressing
climate risks Low
Comment: City staff participates in collaboratives led by the County focused on climate issues.

Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate
change impacts during public decision-
making processes
Medium
Comment: The City prepared a programmatic EIR for its General Plan and Housing Element that evaluated the potential cumulative greenhouse gas impacts resulting from buildout under these planning documents. The analysis in this EIR will be considered by the City in adopting its General Plan (scheduled for April 2023) and as reference information in evaluating future projects that rely upon the EIR analysis as part of a CEQA study. The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023.

Identified strategies for greenhouse gas
mitigation efforts Low
Comment: The City prepared a programmatic EIR for its General Plan and Housing Element that evaluated the potential cumulative greenhouse gas impacts resulting from buildout under these planning documents. The EIR identified that the City would have significant and unavoidable greenhouse gas impacts and identified the preparation of a Climate Action Plan as a mitigation measure. The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023 .

For an initial evaluation, Campbell staff has evaluated potential climate impacts to the City using mapping resources prepared by the County Office of Sustainability through Silicon Valley 2.0 – found here – https://siliconvalleytwopointzero.org/home
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Low
Comment: The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in Summer 2023.

The Climate Adaptation Plan will identify strategies for adaptation to Climate impacts. For an initial evaluation, Campbell staff has evaluated potential climate impacts to the City using mapping resources prepared by the County Office of Sustainability through Silicon Valley 2.0 – found here – https://siliconvalleytwopointzero.org/home
Champions for climate action in local
government departments Low

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Adaptive Capacity Assessment Question Jurisdiction Rating Comment: The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begin in summer 2023.

Political support for implementing climate
change adaptation strategies High
Comment: The City Council of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The proposed workplan for the Climate Action Plan from Staff will address both Climate Action / Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation / Resilience. The City is now only at the initial stages of preparing to start work on the plan, anticipated to actively begi n in summer 2023.

Financial resources devoted to climate change
adaptation Medium
Comment: Campbell City Staff estimates that preparation of a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan will cost between $250,000 and $300,000. The City is currently applying for a State Climate Adaptation Planning Grant to support preparation of the Plan. City Staff have requested that the full amount needed to support preparation of the Plan (up to $300,000) be included in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to fund the workplan.

Local authority over sectors likely to be
negative impacted Low
Comment: It is unknown at this time. However, our jurisdiction rating should improve within the next two years in this regard.

Public Capacity
Local residents knowledge of and
understanding of climate risk Unknown
Comment: The City Council has received public comments in 2022 requesting that the City prepare a Climate Action Plan. The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan will include extensive community outreach to increase awareness of climate risks
Local residents support of adaptation efforts Unknown
Comment: It The City Council has received public comments in 2022 requesting that the City prepare a Climate Action Plan. The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan will include extensive community outreach to increase awareness of adaptation efforts
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate
impacts Unknown
Comment: The City Council has received public comments in 2022 requesting that the City prepare a Climate Action Plan. The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan will include extensive community outreach to increase residents capacity to adapt to climate impact.

Local economy current capacity to adapt to
climate impacts Unknown
Comment: The local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts is currently unknown.

Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate
impacts Unknown

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Adaptive Capacity Assessment Question Jurisdiction Rating Comment: The City of Campbell has identified as a priority workplan for 2023 the preparation of a Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan will include an evaluation of local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts.

1.4.3. Opportunities to Expand Upon and Improve Existing Capabilities The hazard mitigation planning process presented the opportunity for the community to discuss and evaluate their current capabilities however, building mitigation capabilities is an ongoing process. New capabilities can be added which will support mitigation. Current capabilities can also be enhanced to actively support mitigation and reduce risk. Significant efforts have been made to increase the capabilities of jurisdictions across the OA. By participating in this plan update, each community is reinforcin g their support for mitigation and understanding of the capabilities they need to successfully implement mitigation measures. Actions that can expand and improve existing authorities, plans, policies, and resources for mitigation include:
 Developing a Climate Action Plan which incorporates hazard data and actions to adapt to a changing climate.
 Budgeting and passing policies and procedures for mitigation actions.  Adopting and implementing stricter mitigation regulations.  Approving the training of staff for mitigation activities.  Approving mitigation updates to existing plans as new needs are recognized.  Continuing to update plans as necessary to ensure they are current and reflect the needs of the community or special district.
 Further developing warning systems and messaging.
 Creating and implementing additional public education and outreach offerings and increasing the volume of translated materials.
 Ensuring grant opportunities are capitalized upon to meet mitigation goals.

Each type of the four FEMA-identified capabilities were evaluated, in addition to OA-priority capabilities like adaptive capacity. Gaps and limitations, if any, are discussed in the tables above. Additional jurisdiction-specific opportunities to expand on and improve capabilities for reducing risk include:
 Developing a Climate Action Plan which incorporates hazard data and actions to adapt to a changing climate.
 Clearly mandate the consideration of climate change during decision making such as through incorporating climate change considerations into the General Plan.  Join the Community Rating System and identify additional actions in accordance with this program that can reduce flood risk.
 Expand current emergency management staffing and encourage local stakeholder engagement.  Support staff in completing training, including on benefit-cost analysis, preparing a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA), and taking the FEMA E0273: Managing Floodplain Development through the National Flood Insurance Program class.
 Since the last plan update, multiple new grant programs that support mitigation measures have been established. FEMA’s annual BRIC grant program funds a variety of mitigation actions , including infrastructure projects, nature-based solutions, climate adaptation, hazard resistant

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building codes, and projects benefitting disadvantaged communities. This program is funded annually, meaning the City can apply on a consistent basis, rather than waiting for a disaster declaration to make additional mitigation funds available. Within California, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research has established the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP), which funds multiple grants related to climate adaptation and resilience. Types of projects that could be funded under ICARP grants include adaptation planning, capacity building, climate resilience measures, and reducing the impacts of extreme heat. Regi onal partnerships are also a priority. In addition to local funding, pursuing these types of grant programs can help the City fund additional mitigation actions and increase their financial capabilities.

1.5. Integration with Other Planning Initiatives
This section describes the process for integrating the hazard mitigation plan into local planning mechanisms.

1.5.1. Existing Integration
The following plans and programs currently integrate the goals, risk assessment and/or recommendations of the hazard mitigation plan:
 Emergency Operations Plan (EOP): The EOP’s purpose is to help identify hazards in the City of Campbell and enhance the development of its local hazard mitigation plan. These, and other goals, are written in the plan under the “Purpose” and “Scope” sections of the plan.  General Plan: The General Plan recently underwent an update and included information about the hazards identified in this plan for the city.
 Building Codes: Current building codes address hazard mitigation.  Emergency Plans: Emergency plans that address evacuation and sheltering support outreach to the public, especially to populations that are vulnerable, with information and resources to mitigate effects of extreme heat and cold events with shelter/center location support an d increasing access and transportation to these sites.
 Floodplain Management Program: This program identifies and maps existing and planned critical public infrastructure and facilities located in SFHA’s (including inundation zone for dam failure) and highlights those facilities as a focus for mitigation and preparedness measures.

1.5.2. Opportunities for Future Integration
The following plans and programs do not currently integrate the goals, risk assessment and/or recommendations of the hazard mitigation plan, but provide an opportunity for future integration:
• Climate Action Plan: The city will begin work on a Climate Action Plan. This plan will consider the impacts of hazards addressed in this plan, including climate change. Data, information, goals, and mitigation actions from this plan could be incorporated into the Climate Action Plan.
• Building Codes: Current building codes that address hazard mitigation will be updated as necessary during scheduled building code updates.
• Public Engagement, Education, and Outreach: The City can reach out to local non- government organizations to learn about community outreach opportunities that may exist that the City can join.

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The Planning Division is responsible for managing and reviewing plans and other relevant development standards and land use requirements for the city. The Local Planning Team will be responsible for ensuring this plan is received by the appropriate parties in order for it to be integrated into other planning mechanisms.

1.6. Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 14 lists all past occurrences of natural hazards within the jurisdiction.

Table 14: Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster #
(if applicable)
Date Preliminary
Damage Assessment
Severe Storm DR-1203 02/09/1998 Unknown
Severe Storm DR-1155 01/04/1997 Unknown
Severe Storm DR-758 02/21/1996 Unknown
Severe Storm DR-1046 03/12/1995 Unknown
Severe Storm DR-1044 01/10/1995 Unknown
Severe Freeze DR-894 02/11/1991 $31,800
Loma Prieta
Earthquake
DR-845 10/18/1989 Unknown
Severe Storm 651 December 1981 Unknown
Drought 3023 January 1977 Unknown

1.7. Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities
 Hazus estimated losses to the City of Campbell from an earthquake ranging from $432 million to $2.6 billion depending on the scenario. The 500-year probabilistic scenario showed the greatest loss potential, with 23.67% of the total replacement value in losses.  The northern part of City of Campbell is in a moderate liquefaction potential zone. Areas along Los Gatos Creek have high to very high liquefaction potential. These areas may experience more serious impacts from ground shaking in an earthquake.
 A 2003 inventory found 221 soft-story buildings in Campbell. Weak first stories in these buildings make them more susceptible to damage in an earthquake. These buildings were all constructed before the inventory. Because of their age, it is possible they may house more lower-income households.
 Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are also more susceptible to damage from ground shaking during an earthquake. Retrofitting URM buildings can reduce risk to occupants. Older facilities built before current building codes are also at risk. The city library constructed in 1975 lacks modern seismic safety features.
 The City of Campbell is exposed to potential inundation from the failure of the Lenihan and Vasona dams. Campbell has $6.6 million worth of structures exposed in potential dam inundation areas, the third highest value in Santa Clara County.
 5.63%, 8.48%, and 10.6% of the population of Campbell are within the 10%, 1%, and 0.2% chance annual flood hazard area, respectively. Persons potentially displaced by a 1% chance annual flood is estimated at over 3,700. Flood risk is concentrated along the channels of Los

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Gatos Creek and San Tomas Aquino Creek. No critical facilities are within the hazard zones.

State Route 17 and San Tomas Expressway run roughly parallel to these creeks. Flooding could impact these roads or bridges at Camden Avenue and Campbell Avenue.  Potential structural damage is $140 million for a 10% chance flood, $257 million for a 1% annual chance flood, and $355 million for a 0.2% chance flood.  Critical facilities in areas at risk of flooding, dam failure, or earthquake may need to be retrofitted, relocated, or hardened to ensure they can continue to provide their critical functions following a disaster.
 Risk of wildfire is minimal in Campbell. A few isolated areas of risk are located in riparian areas along the creek. Residents could be impacted by poor air quality caused by wildfires in the region.  Landslide potential is minimal, but there are some slopes with landslide potential near Los Gatos Creek. This would most likely occur along the banks of the creek, which might experience erosion or undercutting that could lead to slope failure. Impacts to structures, populations, or other assets would be minimal. Because of minimal risks, the City of Campbell chose not to complete an action item related to landslide.
 It is anticipated that the impacts of drought will be consistent across the OA. Drought impacts vegetation and can make it more vulnerable to disease and wildfire. Extended drought may necessitate limits on landscape irrigation or higher costs for irrigation, which can have economic impacts. Although agriculture is not a primary economic sector in the OA, drought can have severe negative impacts on growth of crops and gardens and could impact regional economies.

Water conservation measures can help reduce some of the impacts from drought.  Impacts from inclement weather such as heavy rain, hail, and wind are likely to be very similar across the OA. Individual events may impact only limited areas, but the entire OA is at risk to similar conditions. Heavy rain may cause localized flooding on roadways and low-lying areas which may disrupt transportation for the general public and can also delay emergency response.

Heavy rain can also have cascading impacts on landslide potential or strain the capacity of dams.

High wind can disrupt power, communication and other services and cause damage to structures.

Extreme heat or cold can be harmful to health, particularly to those without access to housing with adequate warming and cooling systems. Informing communities of the risk from severe weather and appropriate actions to take could help reduce risk to individuals.  Campbell is located at a significant distance from the shoreline and does not anticipate any direct impacts from tsunamis. Because of the lack of impacts to the City of Campbell, tsunami was not included in the hazards profiled for this jurisdiction.

Climate Change:

Anticipated changes in climate may increase the number of occurrences, length or intensity in hazards such as extreme heat or drought, as indicated by the CMRA tool. Both drought and extreme heat conditions contribute to increased risk of wildfire, as lack of precipitation and high temperatures both contribute to vegetation becoming dry and more susceptible to quick ignition and faster fire spread.

Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns can also reduce snowpack, and changes in runoff from snowpack may result in changes to water supplies throughout the region. Climate change may also impact the future frequency or severity of severe weather such as heavy rain and subsequent risk of flooding. Although CMRA does not indicate a significant change in the number of precipitation events or overall annual rainfall, it is anticipated that those events may become more extreme, with significant amounts of precipitation occurring during an extreme precipitation event. Climate change may lead to frequent fluctuation of water levels retained by dams, and may result increased discharges and flooding downstream and possibly overtopping or other design failures following extreme precipitation events. The California Adaptation Strategy does not include an in-depth assessment of the possibility of increasing numbers and intensities of windstorms. Changes in temperature and extreme weather events may also be accompanied with increases in high wind, which contribute to damaged utility lines resulting in power outages and can also contribute to extreme wildfire risk conditions. Intense rainstorms can result in

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increased risk of landslides occurrences. Loss of vegetation from wildfire reduces slope stability, and post-fire debris flows.

Campbell will likely experience effects of climate change in relation to drought, extreme heat, heavy rain, high wind, flooding, and dam failure. Wildfire and landslide risk are relatively minor in Campbell, and climate change is not anticipated to significantly change those conditions. Climate impacts to earthquake hazards are not well understood and not currently believed to have an effect in Campbell. Additional details on potential impacts to population, property, critical facilities, the environment, a nd the economy can be found in Volume 1, Section 12.

Repetitive loss records are as follows:
 Number of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-identified Repetitive Loss (RL) Properties: 0
 Number of FEMA-identified Severe-Repetitive-Loss (SRL) Properties: 0  Number of RL Properties or SRL Properties that have been mitigated: 0

Other noted vulnerabilities include:
 Critical City infrastructure was built before modern seismic codes and is in need of retrofitting.  The generators responsible for supporting the City’s critical infrastructure (EOC, City Hall, etc.) are over 25 years old and need to be replaced.
 There are multifamily unit structures within the City with soft-story construction that may be vulnerable to Earthquakes and various hazards.

1.7.1. Social Vulnerability
Figure 4 shows the social vulnerability of Campbell and the surrounding area. A large portion of the city is considered moderately to highly vulnerable. This indicates that several characteristics exist in this community that might contribute to difficulties recovering from the impacts of natural hazards. Social vulnerability is moderately high for all four vulnerability themes but is particularly high in the Housing Type and Transportation theme. Special consideration may be required to address populations in multi-unit housing or more crowded living conditions, and those without personal vehicles. In one census tract in Campbell, 40.5% of housing cost-burdened occupied housing units with an annual income less than $75,000 and 19.9 percent of persons are below the 150% poverty estimate. Those with lower incomes may be more likely to live in areas of poorly maintained or aging housing and infrastructure. Older homes may be more susceptible to damage from earthquake, severe weather, or flooding. Individuals with fewer financial resources have less capacity to recover from disaster losses and are less able to secure temporary housing if needed. Renters in multifamily properties often experience higher levels of displacement following a disaster. Those without personal vehicles have difficulty evacuating or relocating during or following a disaster.

The northwest area of the city has a higher percentage of Hispanic/Latino and Asian populations ; 25.6 % and 29.8% respectively. Some areas of the city also have higher percentages of individuals who speak English less than well, Cultural or language barriers may limit their access to information regarding hazard risks and post-disaster relief.

Several census tracts in Campbell have higher percentages of individuals over 65 years of age. Older populations are more sensitive to severe weather hazards like extreme heat and poor air quality from wildfires and may experience more severe negative health effects from these hazards. They may also have mobility limitations that increase their risks from severe weather, and they may depend on others for medical care and other day-to-day assistance.

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Liquefaction potential and dam failure inundation hazard areas cover large portions of the city, so many of these vulnerable populations are potentially exposed to those hazards in particular. Severe weather and drought can occur throughout the city, so all vulnerable populations could potentially experience greater impacts from those hazards. Landslide susceptibility, flooding, and wildfire hazard are most likely along the corridor around Los Gatos Creek and Hwy 17. Adjacent census tracts to these hazard areas show moderately high social vulnerability, but fewer people will be in proximity to be directly exposed to the hazards.

Figure 5: City of Campbell Social Vulnerability

1.8. Hazard Risk Index
Table 15 presents the hazards of concern from highest risk index number to lowest, as assigned by the City of Campbell.

Table 15: Hazard Risk Index
Hazard Probability Life Impact Property
Impact
Percentage
of Area
Impacted
Maximum
Probable
Extent
Earthquake Likely Critical Critical Significant Major
Dam/Levee
Failure
Unlikely Critical Catastrophic Extensive Major
Heavy Rain Highly Likely Limited Limited Significant Moderate

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Hazard Probability Life Impact Property
Impact
Percentage
of Area
Impacted
Maximum
Probable
Extent
High Wind Likely Limited Limited Significant Moderate
Extreme Heat Likely Limited Limited Significant Moderate Wildfire/Smoke/Air
Quality
Likely Minor Minor Extensive Weak
Drought Likely Minor Minor Minimal Weak
Flood Occasional Minor Limited Negligible Weak
Climate Change Unlikely Minor Minor Negligible Weak

Table 16: Risk Index Score Comparison of Campbell to the Operational Area (OA) Risk
Score Earthquake Dam/Levee
Failure
Heavy
Rain
High
Wind
Extreme
Heat Wildfire Drought Flood Climate
Change
Campbell 2 1.75 1.7 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.55 0
OA 2.24 1.19 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.68 1.21 .90 1.13

1.9. Future Needs to Better Understand Risk/Vulnerability A dam inundation study to include Lexington and Stevens Creek Reservoir is needed.

1.10. Status of Previous Plan Actions
Participants were asked to report the status of their mitigation actions listed in the previous plan as a part of this plan update. Where further information isn’t provided, the answers are defined as follows:
 Completed – work on this action is totally complete.
 Completed and ongoing – work on this action is complete; however, it is an ongoing project that will continue to be implemented. An example is a public outreach campaign that was created and will continue to be implemented.
 In progress – work on this action has begun and is in progress, but the action is not yet complete.  Retain – work on this action has not begun yet, the action is still relevant, and it should be in the 2023 MJHMP.
 No longer relevant – Action item is no longer relevant due to reduce or eliminated risk, it no longer being feasible, there has been a change in jurisdictional or organizational priorities, or another reason as stated.

Unless specifically requested otherwise, only those actions listed as “retain” are incorporated into the 2023 action plan.

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Table 17: Status of Action Items from the 2017 MJHMP
Action Item Number* Action Item
Description
Hazard(s) Mitigated Current Status and
Comments
CB-1 Update the General
Plan, which will assist
in directing the growth
and land development
of our community, so
we can better address
environmental
concerns and hazards
during future growth.

All Hazards Completed. Adopted by
City Council in April of
2023
CB-2 Develop a Climate
Action Plan to help our
community incorporate
green elements and
environmental resource
elements so we can
help lower greenhouse
gas emissions,
reducing waste,
improving energy and
water efficiency, and
complying with state
and nationwide
standards.

All Hazards Retain
CB-3 Update our Municipal
Code (Zoning,
Subdivision, Flood
Prevention, Site Plan
Review) to adjust
specific standards for
achieving our General
Plan goals and policies,
which will help to
mitigate risk in our
community.

All Hazards Completed and
ongoing
CB-4 Develop a Green
Infrastructure Master
Plan to increase
roadway safety and
address storm run-off
and drainage issues to
prevent flooding and
lessen the
environmental impacts.

Flood, Severe Weather Completed and
ongoing

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Action Item Number* Action Item
Description
Hazard(s) Mitigated Current Status and
Comments
CB-5 Replace the CAD/RMS
system in the Police
Department to improve
emergency
communications and
improve the
functionality of this
critical resource
All Hazards Completed and
ongoing. Original
CAD/RMS project was
completed. Due to
issues with the product,
we are implementing
another new CAD/RMS
project (Axon).

CB-6 Develop a post disaster
recovery plan and
debris management
plan
Earthquake, Flood,
Severe Weather, Dam
and Levee Failure,
Landslide
Retain
CB-7 Complete Unreinforced
Masonry (URM)
Abatement Program to
ensure all private
properties identified in
the community have
completed retrofitting of
their buildings
Earthquake Retain
CB-8 Where appropriate,
support retrofitting,
purchase or relocation
of critical structures
located in high hazard
area and prioritize
those structures that
have experienced
repetitive losses
All Hazards Retain
CB-9 Complete the Campisi
Bridge Feasibility Study
to enhance and
improve the structural
stability of a key
roadway and bridge
that will be used for
ingress and egress
over a key waterway.

Earthquake Completed
CB-10 Develop the San
Tomas Creek Trail Plan
to provide greater
recreational
opportunities for
Campbell and enhance
natural environment
hazard buffers
Flood Completed

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Action Item Number* Action Item
Description
Hazard(s) Mitigated Current Status and
Comments
CB-11 Silicon Valley Radio
Interoperability
Authority Emergency
Radio Replacement-
improve emergency
communications and
the ability to
communicate with
multiple agencies
across the Operational
Area
All Hazards Completed
CB-12 Support efforts to
retrofit privately owned
buildings with soft-story
construction
Earthquake Retain
CB-13 Actively participate in
the plan maintenance
protocols outlined in
Volume 1 of the hazard
mitigation plan
All Hazards Completed and
ongoing
CB-14 Continue to maintain
good standing and
compliance under the
National Flood
Insurance Program
(NFIP). This will be
accomplished through
the implementation of
floodplain management
programs that will, at a
minimum, meet the
requirements of the
NFIP:

Enforcement of the
flood damage
prevention ordinance
Participate in floodplain
identification and
mapping updates
Provide public
assistance/ information
on floodplain
requirements and
impacts
Flood Completed and
ongoing
* Number given to action item in 2017 Santa Clara County Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan

1.11. Mitigation Successes
The City of Campbell recognizes the potential benefits of hazard mitigation measures and incorporates these concepts into plans and regulations. Local plans beyond the Hazard Mitigation Plan that reference

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risk reduction efforts include the General Plan, Emergency Operations Plan, and Green Stormwater Infrastructure Plan. The City reduces risk in conjunction with Valley Water and other partners through general maintenance, such as through clearing storm drains, managing vegetation along creeks, and implementing other flood protection measures. One project the City successfully implemented was the Hacienda Avenue Green Street project that reconstructed a 1.1-mile stretch of Hacienda Avenue, including addressing improper drainage issues and installing 63 biotreatment areas. In the months after this project was completed, a study found that all stormwater was able to be filtered into the underlying soils, and none overflowed into the storm drain system. This project was also the first in the State of California to receive a silver certification from GREENROADS and is rated as Bay Friendly.

1.12. Hazard Mitigation Action Plan and Evaluation of
Recommended Actions
Table 18 lists the actions that make up the City of Campbell hazard mitigation action plan. The maps in Figure 5 through Figure 12 present the City’s critical facilities, infrastructure, and identified hazard risk areas.

Descriptions of the expected time frames for actions are provided below:
• Short term: 1–5 years
• Medium term: 5–10 years
• Long term: Over 10 years
 Ongoing: Currently being funded and implemented under existing programs

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Table 18: City of Campbell 2023 Action Items
Action
Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding Sources
Expected
Timeline
for
Completion
Priority
CB-2* Develop a Climate Action Plan to
help our community incorporate
green elements and environmental
resource elements so we can help
lower greenhouse gas emissions,
reducing waste, improving energy
and water efficiency and complying
with state and nationwide standards.

All Hazards, including
Drought
Planning/DeNovo
Planning Group
General Plan
Maintenance Fees
Short Term High
CB-6* Develop a post disaster recovery
plan and debris management plan.

Earthquake, Flood,
Heavy Precipitation,
High Wind, Dam and
Levee Failure,
Landslide
Emergency
Management
Emergency
Management
Performance
Grant (EMPG)
Long term High
CB-7* Complete Unreinforced Masonry
(URM) Abatement Program to
ensure all private properties
identified in the community have
completed retrofitting of their
buildings.

Earthquake Building Department Staff time,
General Fund,

HMGP, PDM
Short term Medium
CB-8* Where appropriate, support
retrofitting, purchase or relocation of
critical structures located in high
hazard area and prioritize those
structures that have experienced
repetitive losses.

All Hazards, including
Flood, Earthquake,
Dam Failure
Public Works HMGP, PDM,
Flood Mitigation
Assistance Grant
(FMA)
Short Term Medium
CB-12* Support efforts to retrofit privately
owned buildings with soft-story
construction.

Earthquake Public Works General Funds,

HMGP, PDM
Long term Medium

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Action
Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding Sources
Expected
Timeline
for
Completion
Priority
1 Develop a Climate Action Plan that
establishes GHG reduction targets
that are consistent with Statewide
GHG reduction goals and includes
an implementation program to
achieve the reduction targets.

Periodically review and update the
Plan as necessary to achieve the
GHG reduction targets specified in
the Plan.

All Hazards, including
Drought, Extreme
Heat
Planning General Fund,
Building Resilient
Infrastructure and
Communities
Grant (BRIC),
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
(HMGP)
Long term High
2 Design and build a police
emergency operations center that is
fully operational during a disaster.

Earthquake, Severe
Weather
Public Works, Police
Department
Bond Measure,

CIPR, BRIC,
HMGP
Long term High
3 Design and build an innovative
library that is seismically safe.

Earthquake, Severe
Weather
Public Works Bond Measure,

CIPR, BRIC,
HMGP
Long term Medium
4 Plan and conduct a functional or full-
scale exercise to test command and
coordination, communications, and
reunification during and after an
active shooter event in public school
building.

Terrorism and
Weapons of Mass
Destruction, Active
Shooter
Police Department General Fund Ongoing High
5 Ensure Amateur Radio Emergency
Service-ARES continues to function
as backup communication option in
case of disruption of main
communication channels. This
includes collaboration, training, and
equipment.

All Hazards Police Department General Fund Ongoing Medium

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Action
Item
Number
Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Position, Office,
Department, or
Division Responsible
for Implementation
Potential
Funding Sources
Expected
Timeline
for
Completion
Priority
6 Replace the CAD/RMS system in
the Police Department to improve
emergency communications and
improve the functionality of this
critical resource.

All Hazards Police Department CIPR Long term High
7 Improve public awareness of severe
weather hazards such as heavy rain
and associated flooding, high wind,
and extreme heat and appropriate
actions to protect themselves and
their property.

All Hazards, including
Heavy Rain, Flood,
High Wind, Extreme
Heat, Wildfire (Air
Quality)
Emergency
Management
General Fund Short term Medium
*Number given to action item in 2017 Santa Clara County Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan

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Figure 6: City of Campbell Critical Facilities Map

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Figure 7: City of Campbell Critical Infrastructure

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Figure 8: City of Campbell Flood Hazard Area

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Figure 9: City of Campbell Deep-Seated Landslide Susceptibility

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Figure 10: City of Campbell Liquefaction Susceptibility

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Figure 11: City of Campbell Fire Hazard Severity Zones and Historic Fires

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Figure 12: City of Campbell Wildfire Hazard Classification Map

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Figure 13: City of Campbell Wildfire Risk to Structures

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TITLE: Proposed Modifications to Council Policy, Section 16, Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy (Resolution/Roll Call Vote)

RECOMMENDED ACTION
That the City Council adopt a resolution approving the proposed modifications to Council Policy, Section 16, Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy to be effective November 20, 2024.

BACKGROUND
The City Council established a Park, Field & Athletic Use Policy to ensure the safety, proper use, and upkeep of the City’s athletic fields. This policy covers key areas such as field allocation, field usage, maintenance, and scheduling. As our community continues to grow and engage in diverse recreational activities, it is essential to revisit and update our policies periodically to maintain safety and ensure the fields are used appropriately for everyone’s benefit. This policy was most recently reviewed and updated in July 2020.

DISCUSSION
This report recommends several minor revisions to the existing Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy. Key changes include:

1. Limiting the number of approved field markings colors to three (black, white and yellow) in order to improve visibility on green surfaces.

2. Clarifying procedures for reporting hazards, damage or unsafe field conditions, providing better guidance for users.

3. Expanding language related to Non -Exclusive Use Permits to ensure clearer understanding and application.

4. Removing specific references to Special Events in Campbell Parks as this is included in a separate policy.

5. Clarifying requirements for additional equipment such as pop-up tents, tables and chair and allowable locations.

The proposed modifications to the Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy aim to enhance the visibility, safety, and overall experience for all users of our athletic fields and will ensure Campbell facilities meet the highest standards for community recreation.

Item: 9
Category: NEW BUSINESS
Meeting Date: November 19, 2024
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FISCAL IMPACT
The changes proposed in this report will have no fiscal impact.

ALTERNATIVES:

1. Do not accept minor modifications to policy.

2. Provide another direction to staff.

Prepared by:

Lauren Merriman, Recreation Services
Manager
Reviewed by:

Natasha Bissell, Recreation and
Community Services Director
Approved by:

Brian Loventhal, City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO.______________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL

TO UPDATE THE PARK, FIELD & ATHLETIC FACILITY USE POLICY WHEREAS, the City of Campbell provides and maintains a variety of park , field and athletic facilities including public areas for the general enjoyment of the community; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Campbell adopted the Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy to regulate field allocation, usage, maintenance, and scheduling for the safety and functionality of the City’s athletic fields; and WHEREAS, as part of the City’s commitment to enhancing recreational opportunities for the community, periodic reviews of the Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy have been undertaken to address emerging needs and improve safety and user experience; and
WHEREAS, other edits to the Policy related to reflect administrative process changes were required; and
WHEREAS, the modifications to the policy are intended to enhance the safety, functionality, and overall experience for users of Campbell’s athletic fields and to ensure that the facilities meet the highest standards for community recreation; and WHEREAS, the Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Picnic Policy was last updated in July 2020; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby adopts the updated Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy for the Recreation and Community Services Department, effective November 20, 2024.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 2024 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

APPROVED:
_______________________
Susan M. Landry, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Andrea Sanders, City Clerk

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Reviewed November 2024
Effective November 20, 2024
Recreation and Community Services Department
1 West Campbell Avenue, # C-31
Campbell, CA 95008
(P) 408.866.2104 ▪ (F) 408.374.6965
[email protected]
www.campbellca.gov/

Office Hours
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

City of Campbell
Park, Field and Athletic Facility Use
Policy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 3 II. FACILITIES AVAILABLE ........................................................... 3 III. RESERVATIONS ...................................................................... 4 IV. GENERAL PARK AND FACILITY RULES AND REGULATIONS ...

Facility Renters Rules & Regulations ......................... 5 Alcoholic Beverages ..................................................... 7 Animals …………… ......................................................... 7 Liability/Insurance ....................................................... 7 Modifications to Rules/Policy .................................. 10 V. FIELD USE POLICY .............................................................. 10 Turf Preservation ...................................................... 10 Conditions of Use ...................................................... 11 Wet Field Policy ......................................................... 11 VI. FACILITY/COURT USE POLICY ............................................ 12 VII. TRACK/TRAIL USE POLICY ................................................. 13 Los Gatos Creek Trail ............................................... 13 Community Center Track .......................................... 13 VIII. ORCHARD CITY GREEN USE POLICY ................................. 14 IX. NON-EXCLUSIVE PARK USE PERMITS .............................. 14 X. SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS .................................................. 15 General Guidelines ................................................... 15 Application Materials ................................................ 15 Pre-Event Meetings ................................................... 16 Insurance Requirements .......................................... 16 XI. OTHER INFORMATION ........................................................ 16 Tent and Canopy Requirements .............................. 16 Barbeque Rules and Regulations ............................ 17 CCC Good Neighbor Policy ....................................... 17 Park Location Map .................................................... 18 XII. PROCEDURES FOR YOUTH SPORTS ORGS ........................ 19 XIII. FEES & CHARGES……………………………………………………...22
Group Definitions …………………………………………... .. 23
Schedule of Fees & Charges…………………………… ... 24

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Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy

I. Introduction

This policy has been established to assure that the park and field facilities are utilized for recreational, athletic, cultural, educational, social and community service functions that meet the needs and interests of the community, as well as to set clear policies, procedures, regulations, and rental fees regarding such uses.

In additional to the facilities that are available for general public use, Campbell parks have a wide variety of amenities that are available for rental by the general public. These amenities include softball diamonds, a soccer bowl, a football stadium and track, general athletic fields/lawn, group picnic areas, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, handball courts, and horseshoe pits. Exclusive use requires an advance reservation and is subject to fees, and in some cases, damage deposits. Citizens are encouraged to use these facilities, when available, for their casual recreational needs, or to reserve them in advance for organized groups, parties, or league play. Please note that Jack Fischer Park is not available for rental or regular organized activities. This turf area has been designated to remain open and available for casual use.

II. Facilities Available

The City of Campbell’s Community Center and John D. Morgan Park both have numerous play fields and facilities available for rent.

John D. Morgan Park 540 W. Rincon Avenue
The city’s largest park is Morgan Park, named for former Police Chief John D. Morgan.

Morgan Park is 32 acres and is located east of San Tomas Expressway between Budd and Rincon Avenues. Morgan Park is home to the Campbell-Moreland Pony/Colt Baseball League and contains two softball fields, a soccer bowl, open playfields, two separate playgrounds, two sand volleyball courts, four horseshoe pits, restrooms, picnic areas, open fields and water play features.

Fields and facilities available for rent on an hourly basis include the following:
# Description
2 Full Size Soccer Fields (Goals not provided)
2 Jr. Size Soccer Field (Goals not provided)
2 Softball Diamonds with Backstops (Bases not provided) 4 Horseshoe Pits (2 available for rent)
2 Sand Volleyball Courts (1 available for rent)

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The Campbell Community Center 1 W. Campbell Ave.

The Campbell Community Center is a unique community service complex. The site, which used to house the city's only high school, was purchased by the City of Campbell from the Campbell Union High School District in August of 1985.

The facility was purchased primarily for the purpose of preserving its open space and recreational facilities for the use and enjoyment of the citizens of Campbell. The offices for the City's Recreation and Community Services Department are located on-site (Building C, Room 31). In addition to the reservable athletic facilities the Community Center is also home to the City’s Skate Park.

Fields and facilities available for rent on an hourly basis:
# Description
1 Football Stadium Athletic Field and Track (Bleachers on one side) 1 Large Multi-Use Field Area (used for various sports-rented in quadrants – 4 fields total)
2 Handball Courts (lighted until 10:00pm)

Los Gatos Creek Trail
The City’s section of the Los Gatos Creek Trail (from Bascom Ave. to Camden Ave.) is available for non-exclusive use to groups holding small walking/running events. The Campbell section of the trail includes a paved walkway approximately three miles in total length, including a two-mile par course loop. Use of the trail for special events (groups over 100) and/or fundraisers requires a Special Event Permit (Section X). Use of other sections of the Creek Trail must be arranged with the correct jurisdiction. (The County of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Department, City of San Jose, and the Town of Los Gatos all manage sections of the Trail.)

III. Reservations

A. APPLICATIONS

1. Field Reservations can be made no less than 10 calendar days prior to the desired date(s) of use and may be submitted according to the following schedule:

For rentals for the period of March 1 through June 30

Type of User Apply on:

Non-Profit Organizations November 15
Campbell Community Center Tenants November 15
All others November 25

For rentals for the period of July 1 through November 15

Type of User Apply on:

Non-Profit Organizations April 15
Campbell Community Center Tenants April 15
All Others April 25

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2. Applications must be submitted to the Campbell Community Center office during business hours or emailed to the Recreation Supervisor or to [email protected] Call (408) 866-2104 to check on facility availability.

3. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older.

4. Full rental fees and applicable deposits are due at the time the reservation is made.

NOTE: VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover are accepted. Uses will not be confirmed or approved until all fees are received.

B. CANCELLATIONS

1. Cancellations must be made in writing (fax acceptable: 408-866-2795374-6965) and received by the Recreation and Community Services Department at least 15 days in advance of the use date in order to receive a refund. The $25 processing fee will be deducted from all refunds. If it rains on the date of reservation, a full refund is available, providing the permittee submits a formal request for refund.

IV. General Park and Facility Use Rules and Regulations

A. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Parks are open for public use from sunrise until one-half hour after sunset. Lighted facilities (Community Center tennis, handball and track as well as Campbell Park basketball courts) are available for public use until 10:00pm. No person shall remain in a City Park during non-operating hours.

2. Misuse of a public park facility, or the failure to conform to established policies, procedures, rules, and regulations is sufficient reason for denial of future applications. This includes abiding by the Wet Field Policy (Section V.c and outlines restrictions for use of turf areas when they are wet).

3. Permits/reservations cannot be transferred, assigned, or sub-let to any other group or organization for any reason.

4. The use of any type of portable equipment i.e. tTables, chairs and pop-up tents is are allowed with a permit and in permitted field spaces only and must .

3.5. The tying down or sStaking of any item (including, but not limited to lawn signs, banners or pop-up tens) into the grass/turf, dirt or any other surface of signs, pop-up tents or anything else is strictly prohibited.

4.6. Customers are responsible to remove all items they brought into the park at the conclusion of their use. All balloons, decorations, tablecloths, food, bottles, cans, paper, and other litter must be deposited into trash receptacles, where provided, or removed from the premises. Recycling is encouraged. If you anticipate generating a great deal of trash, you are responsible to provide your own additional waste bags to contain your trash. The customer is responsible for the condition in which he/she leaves the facility.

5.7. Athletic uses must be restricted to designated field areas. Portable volleyball and/or badminton courts must be set up away from walking paths and picnic areas, so as not to cause a danger or potential injury to the general public.

6.8. Individual minors or groups of minors must be properly supervised by adults when using park facilities.

7.9. Permittees are to restrict their use to only use those playfields or courts specifically reserved and paid for, as designated on their Facility Reservation ContractPermit.

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available. Permittees are advised to always carry their Facility Reservation ContractPermit in case there is a question as to who has priority/reservation for the use of the field or court area. If you arrive at the facility and have difficulty gaining access due to an unscheduled user, contact the Campbell Police Department at (408) 866-2101.

8.10. Complaints from surrounding neighborhood residents as to noise level, litter and debris, and disregard for use of parking regulations could result in cancellation of your reservation and denial of future facility use. Groups using the Stadium Field must abide by the Community Center’s established Good Neighbor Policy (see Section XII-C).

9.11. In the event of an emergency, unsafe condition, or conflict with City or school activities, the City reserves the right to cancel a previously approved reservation. When possible, alternate facilities will be provided.

10.12. Private play apparatus (dunk booths, trampolines, etc.) are not allowed in parks with the exception of commercially contracted Bounce-Abouts in John D Morgan and Edith Morley Parks. Bounce-Abouts are allowed only with a permit may be provided only by companies that have a current certificate of insurance on file with the City of Campbell.

11.13. All motor vehicles must park in designated marked stalls in the parking lots or legally on side streets or be subject to citation by the Campbell Police Department.

No unauthorized vehicles shall enter park premises, drive on turf, grounds, playfields, or paved walkways. Customers must carry or “cart” their belongings to and from parking lots.

12.14. Gambling is prohibited on all City property.

13.15. Per State law, smoking is not permitted in parks.

14.16. Disfigurement of City property is not allowed. The City of Campbell maintains a ‘Graffiti Hotline’ for citizens to use to report graffiti and assist the City in its eradication. To report graffiti or to access the Hotline call (408) 866-2191.

15.17. Vending of any merchandise is not allowed in Campbell parks, except with the possession of a concession agreement approved by the City Council.

16.18. No amplified sound is permitted including megaphones, public address systems or other equipment.

17.19. No fires are allowed in City Parks, except in provided barbecue pits. Customers are not allowed to bring in their own portable barbecues or hibachis.

18.20. Model rockets are allowed, with a permit only, in specific areas within John D.

Morgan Park and at the Campbell Community Center. Permits are issued by the Santa Clara County Fire Department, and only after you have secured a park reservation for the date and time of the firing of the rocket. For details or a copy of model rocket procedures, contact the Community Center Recreation office at (408) 866-2104.

For details on model rocket permits, contact:

Santa Clara County Fire Department (408) 378-4010
Office of Fire Prevention
14700 Winchester Blvd.

Los Gatos, CA 95030

19. Fireworks are prohibited in all City parks.

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B. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

1. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed in City parks (per Municipal Ordinance

13.04.160).

2. At John D. Morgan Park and Edith Morley Park beer and wine may be consumed only with an approved permit and only in a designated group picnic area. No alcoholic beverages may be consumed in any other areas including athletic fields and facilities.

3. The selling of alcoholic beverages in Campbell parks is prohibited.

4. In cases where a special event is held in a City park and alcoholic beverages are desired to be served or sold, the City Council may make an exception to this policy on a case-by-case basis.

C. ANIMALS
Dogs are allowed on leash in all Campbell parks, except in children’s play areas and when special events are taking place.

D. LIABILITY/INSURANCE
Indemnification
Permittee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City, and its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers, to the fullest extent permitted by law from any and all claims, causes of action, injuries, losses, liabilities, cost (including reasonable defense costs and attorneys' fees) or damages arising out of or related to, or alleged to arise out of or relate to the permittee’s use of City facilities or any acts or omissions of Permittee, its agents, officers, employees, or anyone rendering services on their behalf, except for any claims, causes of action, injuries, losses, liabilities or damages proximately caused by the sole negligence, or willful misconduct of City. This provision is intended to fully allocate all risk of liability to third-parties between Permittee and City; and there shall be no rights of contribution or indemnity, whether in law or equity or otherwise in favor of Permittee against the City. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Insurance
Permittee shall maintain insurance for injuries to persons or damage to property during the term of the permit, conforming to the following specifications:

A. Types of Coverage

1. Permittee shall maintain Commercial General Liability coverage;

2. If Permittee owns or operates any motor vehicles in the course and scope of exercising the rights granted by the permit, then Permittee shall maintain automobile insurance;

3. If Permittee employs persons in the course and scope of exercising the rights granted by the permit, then Permittee shall maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance as required by the Labor Code of the State of California and Employer's Liability insurance.

B. Minimum Scope of Insurance
Coverage shall be at least as broad as:

1. For Commercial Liability Coverage: Insurance Services Office (ISO) CGL form CG 00 01 11 85 covering Commercial General Liability on an “occurrence” c basis; and

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2. For Automobile Insurance Coverage: ISO CA 00 01 06 92 including symbol 1 (Any Auto); and

3. Workers’ Compensation insurance as required by the Labor Code of the State of California and Employer's Liability insurance acceptable to the City.

C. Minimum Limits of Insurance
Permittee shall maintain limits no less than:

1. General Liability: $1,000,000 combined single limit per occurrence for bodily, personal injury and property damage. If Commercial General Liability Insurance or other form with a general aggregate limit is used, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this project/location or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit.

2. Automobile Liability: $1,000,000 combined single limit per accident for bodily injury and property damage.

3. Workers’ Compensation and Employer's Liability: Workers’ Compensation limits as required by the State of California and Employer's Liability limits of $1,000,000 per accident.

D. Deductible and Self-Insured Retention
Any deductibles or self-insured retention must be declared to and approved by the City.

At the option of the City, either: the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retention as respects the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers; or the Permittee shall procure a bond guaranteeing payment of, or provide proof of ability to pay losses related to investigations, claim administration, and defense expenses.

E. Other Insurance Provisions
The policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions:

1. General Liability and Automobile Liability Coverage:
a. The City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers are to be covered as insureds as respects: liability arising out

of activities related to use of the City’s facilities by Permittee, operations performed by or on behalf of the Permittee, including equipment furnished in connection with permittee’s operations, or automobiles owned, leased, hired or borrowed by the Permittee.
b. The Permittee's insurance coverage shall be primary insurance as respects the City its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers shall be excess of the Permittee's insurance and shall not contribute with it. c. Any failure to comply with reporting provisions of the policies shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials, and volunteers.
d. The Permittee's insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought except with respect to the limits of the insurer's liability.

2. Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s Liability Coverage: The insurer shall agree to waive all rights of subrogation against the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials, and volunteers for losses arising from work performed by the Permittee for the City.

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3. All Coverages: Each insurance policy required by this clause shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be suspended, voided, canceled by either party, reduced in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City. A ten (10) day written notice is required for cancellation due to non-payment of a premium.

F. Acceptability of Insurers
The policies of insurance listed above are to be issued by an issuer with a current A.M. Best Rating of A:VII and be authorized to transact business in the State of California, unless otherwise approved by the City.

G. Verification of Coverage
Permittee shall furnish the City with the original certificates of insurance and amendatory endorsements evidencing coverage required by this clause at least ten (10) days prior to the event or use. All certificates and endorsements are to be received and approved by the City before work commences. However, failure to obtain the required documents prior to the work beginning shall not waive the Permittee’s obligation to provide them. The certificates and endorsements for each insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. The certificates are to be on forms acceptable to the City. The City reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including endorsements effecting coverage required by these specifications, at any time.

H. The foregoing provisions shall survive termination of the Permit while coverage is still required to be in effect.

Modifications to Rules & Policy

1. The City of Campbell shall have the authority to waive or modify these rules, for uses on their property, at their discretion, upon written request and approval. Any and all requests/variances shall be considered individually and shall not be automatically applied as a matter of precedent to past or future uses of a similar nature by the same or another group. Requests for fee waivers or waiver of any rule shall be directed, in writing, to the Director of Recreation and Community Services at least 90 days prior to the intended date of use/event.

2. This Park, Field and Athletic Facility Use Policy supersedes any policy now in effect and will take effect on July 8, 2020 November 20, 2024.

V. Field Use Policy

General information pertaining to use of sports fields has been summarized and noted here so that field users and those participating in their activities may be made fully aware of the conditions of use under which your reservation was made.

A. TURF PRESERVATION
Your cooperation is needed to preserve the turf on City fields by following these guidelines:

1. The City will determine when a field must be taken out of service in order to maintain the health of the turf.

2. Field use, especially sports practices, should be conducted in such a way that play will take place on different sections of the turf, thus reducing excessive turf damage

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to any one area. Rotate use of areas (i.e. use middle of turf area for drills one day and sides of field the following day), and when possible, stay off of fringe or bare areas to limit erosion and further damage.

3. Replace turf divots at end of each day to help re-root grass.

4. Do not use fields during or after heavy rain, or when wet or muddy.

5. Soccer practices are NOT to be held on the infield area of a softball or baseball diamond.

6. Softball, baseball, and T-ball practices are to be held only on designated ball fields in order to prevent injuries to other park users.

7. Permit holders must remove all equipment at the conclusion of use each day. This includes soccer goals. No equipment (goals, etc.) can be left on City property.

8. Do not overcrowd fields by scheduling multiple games in areas reserved. Allow a safe distance between fields for safe passage of spectators and participants.

9. Paint is the only approved method of applying lines to the fields. Burning of lines with chemicals or cutting lines into turf areas is not allowed.

10. Field line paint must be one of the three colors approved for optimal visibility on green surfaces: white, yellow, or black.

10.11. Report hazards on City property to the Recreation & Community Services Department Public Works Grounds Maintenance Division office at 408-866-214504 or [email protected].

11.12. Report immediate emergencies (broken water lines, gushing sprinkler heads, etc.) to the Campbell Police Department (408-866-2101) who will call-out appropriate City maintenance personnel. When you make the call, be prepared to fully identify yourself, your location, and the specific nature of the emergency and where it is so that the appropriate personnel will be notified and can come prepared with the proper repair equipment.

12.13. Do not drive or park cars, motorcycles, or other motorized vehicles on turf areas or sidewalks. Vehicles are only permitted in marked parking spaces.

B. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. Tournament dates, practice games and league game dates are to be specified when making field reservations.

2. All leagues must make photocopies of their facility permit to be carried by each coach or manager. They must show it upon request of any person or group.

3. The Recreation & Community Services Department or duly appointed representative must be notified immediately if a field or fields reserved by your group are no longer needed or if there is a change in your playing schedule.

4. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to all field uses. All Community Center Good Neighbor Policies (Section XII) apply to all field uses at the Community Center.

5. All field users must promptly report any hazards, damage, or unsafe conditions to the Recreation Supervisor via email, providing a clear description of the condition(s), location of damage and photos if available.

5.6. Field users renting the Community Center Concession Stand agree to abide by Concession Stand Use Procedures (available on request) and must be in possession of a current Concession Agreement if they intend to sell food or beverages.

C. WET FIELD POLICY

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The following information is the City’s policy regarding the use of fields during wet conditions. This policy and described procedures apply to all sports and activities including football, soccer, softball, baseball, rugby, field hockey, or any other physical activity taking place on a grass field or turf area. This includes all fields at John D. Morgan Park/Campbell School of Innovation, Edith Morley Park, and the Campbell Community Center.

Play is prohibited if any of these conditions are present:
• During active rainfall, all fields are closed. Play is allowed during a light mist if the ground is hard and relatively dry.
• Standing water is visible and “squishy” sounds are heard when walking on the turf. • Soil is wet and “spongy”.
• The ground is muddy and soil clumps or clings to shoes after walking on the turf. • If it has been raining for three consecutive days prior to date of use.

The following procedures are to be followed regarding the use of the fields when there has been rain, over-watering, or the fields are not playable.

Users’ Responsibility

1. If it has rained within the preceding 24 hours, groups using public fields must call the Recreation & Community Services Department’s FIELD CONDITIONS HOTLINE at (408) 866-2769 to receive updated information on field playability. Generally, only same-day information will be provided, except in the case of severe conditions or scheduled maintenance. The HOTLINE message will be updated by 3:00pm Monday- Friday and by 8:007:30am Saturday and Sunday. As time permits, staff will also send an email update to permit holders regarding the field closure. PLEASE DO NOT INQUIRE EARLIER OR ABOUT FUTURE DAYS as the determination of field conditions are not made until those times each day. Determination of field conditions will be made by City personnel, and determinations/decisions are not negotiable.

2. In the event that the HOTLINE has not been updated, or is unavailable, groups are expected to make educated and responsible decisions regarding field conditions and playability, keeping in mind the current and future quality of turf facilities. In general, if you can see standing water, hear a “squishy” sound when walking on the turf, or have mud on the bottom of your shoes after walking on the turf, the field is too wet to allow safe play. Scheduled activities on the turf should be canceled to avoid damage to the turf and potential injuries to the players.

3. Groups failing to follow the guidelines of this policy will subject their reservation to cancellation and risk loss of future use and/or priority status. Fields will be checked for misuse during times when fields are considered too wet and/or muddy by designated City staff.

4. Groups witnessing misuse of fields by other scheduled or unscheduled users are advised to contact Campbell Police Department (408-866-2101) to report misuse.

5. Abuse/use during wet conditions shall result in a minimum $50 fine* upon the first occurrence and minimum $100* fine for the second infraction. A third infraction in a calendar year will result in loss of future scheduled uses and/or priority status. It is the permit holder’s responsibility to be sure that all coaches and parents understand and enforce this policy, however inconvenient it may be. *Fine may be higher if the cost of repairs necessary as a result of group’s use of wet field exceed the minimum fine amount.

6. The City’s maintenance staff has the authority to close fields due to wet field

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conditions or deterioration indefinitely.

VI. Facility/Court Use Policy

General information pertaining to use of handball courts, sand volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits has been summarized and noted here so that users and those participating in their activities may be made fully aware of the conditions of use under which your reservation was made.

A. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. The tennis courts at the Campbell Community Center are not available for rental uses.

2. When requesting to reserve the handball courts, sand volleyball courts or horseshoe pits, only 50% of the available courts will be reserved at one time. All other courts will remain open to the general public. For full closure of any facility a Special Event Permit is required.

3. Permit holders are required to carry their permit with them at all times while using a rented facility.

4. Only tennis shoes and non-marking soled shoes are allowed on the tennis and handball courts.

5. All steel racquets must have guards.

6. Skates, skateboards, scooters, go-peds, bicycles, animals, glass containers, and alcoholic beverages are not allowed on tennis courts, handball courts, sand volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits.

7. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to court uses.

VII. Track/Trail Use Policy

General information pertaining to non-exclusive group use of the Campbell Community Center Track and the Los Gatos Creek Trail has been summarized and noted here so that groups utilizing the facilities are fully aware of the conditions of use under which their reservations are made.

A. LOS GATOS CREEK TRAIL

1. Organized group use of the trail is allowed by permit only. Facility use permits will only be issued to groups of less than 100 people. For events with more than 100 people a Special Event Permit is required (Section X).

2. Permits for trail use are for non-exclusive use only. To avoid conflict with other trail users group members are required to run/walk on the right side of the trail single file.

Any closure of the trail would require a Special Event Permit (Section X).

3. Permits for trail use will only be issued to one group at any given time.

4. For organized groups of more than 30 people starting at Campbell Park, we ask that organizers staggered the start of the race to prevent congestion on the trail.

5. All equipment left by your group must be removed by the conclusion of the event. All

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litter must be picked up and removed.

6. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to all trail uses

B. COMMUNITY CENTER TRACK

1. Organized group use of the track is allowed by permit only.

2. Permits for track use are for non-exclusive use only. Group members are required to run/walk in the inside lanes, leaving the four outside lanes open to the general public. Closure of the track/stadium to the general public would require an approved Special Event Permit (Section X).

3. All equipment left by your group must be removed by the conclusion of the event. All litter must be picked up and removed.

4. Groups are not allowed to place cones, barricades or any other types of training tools or equipment on the track that may impede the general public’s use and enjoyment of the facility.

5. No amplified sound or music is allowed at any time (this includes megaphones, public address systems or small speakers).

6. All Community Center Good Neighbor Policies (Section XII) and General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to all track uses.

VIII. Orchard City Green Policy

All facility use rules in the City’s Park Field and Facility Use Policy apply to use of the Orchard City Green.

A. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. Organized group use of the area is allowed by permit only. Facility use permits will only be issued to groups of less than 100 people. For events with more than 100 people a Special Event Permit is required (Section X). Permitted uses of this area will be strictly limited so as not to conflict with City, Library and Museum or Ainsley House business, operations and activities.

2. Permits will only be issued for community-sponsored events by an individual or non- profit organization. Permits will not be issued for commercial or private use of the area. No gated or for fee events will be considered, except for City events or for events sponsored by non-profit support groups for the benefit of City programs.

3. The Orchard City Green is adjacent to many public facilities that are heavily used by the general public; permits will only be issued for events that will not heavily impact the regular business operations in the area or other previously scheduled uses (such as the Ainsley Gardens).

IX. Non-Exclusive Park Use Permits

Many park areas are not available for reservation and are open to the general public. All organized groups that meet regularly or belong to an organization must obtain a permit for park use, even if not reserving a specific facility. Commercial use of these public park facilities, which includes any profit-driven activity such as the sale of goods or services, organized events, and business operations requires a use permit (CMC 13.04140). Non- exclusive park use permits are available per the following conditions.

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A. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. Non-exclusive park use permits will only be issued to groups who will not disrupt the general public’s use and enjoyment of the park facility.

2. Permit holders are not allowed to setup equipment (i.e. cones) or use heavy equipment (i.e. kettlebells) that may impact or damage the facility.

3. PA systems, amplified sound in general and megaphones are not allowed.

4. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to this section.

X. Special Event Permits

Special events of 100 people or more held in City parks or on City of Campbell property (i.e.

Los Gatos Creek Trail, Community Center) will be authorized by the Recreation & Community Services Department (R&CS). It is the intent of the City to welcome outdoor public events for the general economic benefit of the City’s business community, cultural enrichment and/or promotion of the City while not negatively impacting public access. For more information about planning a Special Event in a City Park or to obtain the application form, please visit our website at www.campbellca.gov/specialevents (see the link “Planning a Community Event”). Events targeted in Downtown Campbell are permitted differently, please refer to the Downtown Special Event Policy and Application Packet..

A. GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. The event must not severely disrupt normal business and residential traffic patterns.

Plans must be developed that mitigate public inconvenience to the greatest extent possible.

2. The proposed site must be suitable for the event, with consideration given to adequate space, traffic flow, parking, power, health and safety requirements, and impact on the site.

3. The Organizer must pay for all applicable City services and permit fees and charges as specified by City Council Policy (see schedule of Fees and Charges).

B. APPLICATION MATERIALS
The application should be filled out completely and submitted a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the event. The following items are required to be submitted with the application.

1. Event Site Diagram and/or Route Map – must accompany the application, indicating the layout of all equipment (food, vendor booths, tent and canopy locations, stages, first aid, information/headquarters, trash & recycling container locations, parking areas, volunteer stations, etc.).

2. Event Description – a detailed description of all aspects of the event including logistics, schedule of events, changes from previous years events, and any other relevant information.

3. Any necessary permits (i.e. health permits, liquor license, fire inspection, etc.)

4. Event Financial Report – This should include an expense and revenue report from the previous year’s event. If this is the first year for the event, include an estimate of Commented [LM1]: This section of special event information is thoroughly listed in the Special Event Policy referred to in this section.

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expenses and revenue to be generated by the event. If the event is a fundraiser, also include what the revenue is going towards.

The completed application along with the supporting documents will be distributed to the City’s Special Events Committee (Police, Public Works & Recreation Department representatives) for approval or denial. The event organizer will hear within sixty days (60) whether or not their event is approved.

C. PRE-EVENT MEETING
After the event is approved, a pre-event meeting with the Event Organizer and representatives from City departments will be scheduled 30 to 60 days before the event. At this meeting, the Event Organizer will present the proposed event plan and, with City staff, finalize an event plan that meets public health and safety standards, provides for the delivery of City services and addresses the concerns of the community.

The Organizer will be informed of all the required fees, permits and insurance requirements.

D. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
Insurance requirements listed under Section IV.D.E apply to Special Events as well.

XI. Other Information
A. TENT AND CANOPY REQUIREMENTS

21. 1. The use of 10x10 or 12x12 larger pop-up tents in the City of Campell parks requires a permit. are allowed with a permit and in permitted field spaces only.

22. Staking any item into the grass/turf i.e. lawn signs, banners, pop-up tents is strictly prohibited.

32. Article 32 of the State Fire Code requires that permits be obtained for the rental, use, or installation of:
• Tents over 200 square feet in size; and
• Canopies over 400 square feet in size.

When more than one tent or canopy is installed at the same location, adjacent to one another, the total square footage shall be computed for the purpose of enforcing the need for a permit.

The code was written to provide assurance that the fabric is of a non-flammable material, the unit is properly installed and anchored to the ground, and exits are clearly marked and readily accessible in the event of an emergency.

The Santa Clara County Fire Department is the governing body for the City of Campbell. They will generally only issue the permits to the vendor who owns and sets up the tents and canopies.

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To obtain a permit, or obtain further information, contact:

Santa Clara County Fire Department (408) 378-4010
Office of Fire Prevention
14700 Winchester Blvd.

Los Gatos, CA 95030

B. FUNDRAISING
Concessions, other than City operated, must possess a valid City of Campbell business license and any other applicable state, county or federal permit.

Concessions will be defined as the sale of any food, beverage, souvenir item or service. Copies of said permits and licenses must be submitted a minimum of 30 working days in advance of permit use date.

Food being sold to the public requires a Health Permit obtainable from the County of Santa Clara’s Health Department and must be submitted to the City, 30 working days prior to permit use date.

C. BARBECUE RULES AND REGULATIONS
As per City Ordinance (13.04.060), “No fire shall be built, lighted or maintained within any city or county park area except in a camp stove or barbecue provided in areas designated for such purposes....”

Portable barbecues, hibachis, gas grills, etc. are not allowed in City parks or facilities, with the following exceptions:

1. Groups or organizations holding a current Concession Agreement with the City of Campbell, and then only if the barbecue or grill is a professional portable trailered grill, or a portable propane barbecue in good condition, to be used in a specific designated area, as approved in advance by the Director of Recreation & Community Services or his/her designee.

2. Professional catering companies holding a Campbell Business License and authorized by the Director of Recreation & Community Services to provide such service to a scheduled picnic or facility use customer, and then only if the barbecue or grill is a professional portable trailered grill and used in the specific location designated. All grills are to be supervised at all times to prevent injury to the general public.

D. COMMUNITY CENTER GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY
The City has established the following rules and regulations to govern use of Community Center facilities for the safe and pleasant enjoyment of your participants and neighbors. Failure to abide by the Good Neighbor Policy may result in loss of security/damage deposit and/or loss of the privilege of future use of the facilities.

1. No unauthorized vehicles are allowed inside the Football Stadium, on any turf areas, corridors, patios or any location other than the parking lot. Authorized vehicles must obtain a Parking Permit from the Recreation Supervisor and display it on their front left dashboard. Unauthorized vehicles are subject to citation and towing.

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2. No amplified music, use of musical instruments, radios, or public address systems, with the exception of approved Special Events.

3. All litter and debris that occur as a result of your event must be picked up. All trash must be placed inside the provided containers or in sealed trash bags adjacent to the containers.

4. No smoking in City parks or in areas adjacent to surrounding neighborhoods.

5. No outside vendors allowed on the Campbell Community Center campus, areas adjacent to surrounding neighborhoods, or streets.

6. 6. Site Plan – The location of all vendors, booths, barbecue equipment, portable restrooms, and any other special equipment desired by your organization must be proposed on a Site Plan and approved, in advance, by

the Recreation Supervisor. If they are not submitted and approved, they are NOT ALLOWED and must be removed upon demand by City staff or the Campbell Police Department. All vendors must have a Campbell Business License and food booths must meet Santa Clara County Health Department and Fire Department codes and requirements (or be subject to shut down upon determination that they do not meet applicable codes).

E. PARK LOCATION MAP

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XII. Procedures for Youth Sports Organizations

ELIGIBILITY FOR YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS (YSO’s)
Policy Goal: To ensure that youth who reside in the City of Campbell can play organized sports on Campbell fields at reduced rates; that Recreation staff will be guided by the Policy in order to equitably allocate fields to youth organizations; to protect athletic fields by providing scheduled rest periods and prohibit usage during and as a result of inclement weather.

Field Rental applications for Youth Sports Organizations must be submitted according to the timeline listed in this policy under Section III Reservations. Youth Sports Organizations must meet the following requirements:

A. Provide participant rosters for the previous year to verify the number of Campbell residents. Organizations will provide proof of residency (for example: utility bill, drivers’ license, preprinted personal check). Organizations will also be required to provide team rosters four weeks after the start of each season’s games and/or access to organization’s computer registration reports.

B. Provide documentation of non-profit status by the State of California’s Secretary of State.

C. Provide a service, program or opportunity that is not currently provided by the City of Campbell.

D. Provide a training program for coaches which includes positive coaching practices when working with youth.

E. Certify in writing that all coaches and volunteers who are in direct contact with children have completed a background check in keeping with California Penal Code Section 11105.3, and that the organization will not utilize the services of anyone with convictions or any arrest pending adjudication involving the offenses specified in subdivision (a) of Section 15660 of the California Welfare and Instructions Code.

F. Maintain updated website.

G. Provide certificate of insurance.

H. Complete all specified forms, information, materials, and pay fees by the appropriate deadline.

Failure to meet stated Campbell residency requirements and/or failure to provide documents of proof; and/or repeated failure to use fields that are reserved may result in reduced priority in the future season.

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FACILITY RESERVATION REQUESTS. The Recreation Supervisor will review facility requests and create Reservation Permits based on facility availability. The City’s maintenance and Capital Improvement Project schedules shall receive priority over field requests. The City will attempt to set construction schedules so as not to interfere with the approved schedules of the leagues.

Groups must be flexible in accepting alternate facilities if/when their normal facility is scheduled for maintenance or major renovation/improvement. The City reserves the right to cancel an approved reservation due to maintenance needs, overuse of facility, unsafe conditions, or due to conflict with a City or school district event. In these cases, all attempts will be made to provide a minimum of 15 days advance notice and to provide an alternate location for the group’s scheduled practice, game, or activity.

In the event of an emergency, or when no notice is provided, groups must cooperate with the request not to use the facility. If there are no alternate facilities available, the City is not obligated to provide an alternate facility.

Recreation Supervisor will grant field use based on the following priority:

Priority 1 - City of Campbell Recreation Programs
Priority 2 - Youth Sports Organizations (YSOs)

1. Number of Campbell Residents Served in League

2. Previous Field User

3. Responsible Field User

4. Non-profit Organization

5. For-profit Organization*
*For-profit youth sports organizations will not receive a discounted field rental rate and must meet the requirements listed within this policy.

Priority 3 - Adult Sports Organization (ASOs)

1. Number of Campbell Residents Served in League Previous Field User

2. Responsible Field User

3. Non-profit Organization

4. For-profit Organization

All dates, times, and fields listed on any group’s application may not be approved in total.

The Recreation Supervisor may need to reduce days/week, hours/day, weeks/year, or assign a different field to meet demands or avoid construction/repair projects and planned field rotations. The Recreation Supervisor will work with the groups to maximize the use of the available facilities for the best and most efficient use of all facilities for the community.

RESPONSIBLE FIELD USE
All organizations permitted to use fields will be responsible for the following items:
• Litter removal from fields and adjacent areas such as parking lots • Ensuring that the lanes of the track are kept open for public use • No amplified sound
• Enforcement of no smoking and no alcohol
• Supervision of youth spectators, especially on outdoor exercise equipment • Providing a contact name and cell number for the groups on-site supervisor

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FIELD USE AND MONITORING Groups should not reserve fields or facilities that they do not intend to use. Once a reservation/permit is received, the groups are responsible to notify the City’s Recreation Supervisor in writing of any reserved time that can be released. The City will monitor use of the facilities to ensure that groups are using the facilities they reserved. Groups who reserve time that they do not use (other than rainy days) will be subject to penalty fees of $25/day. Leagues may not assign their scheduled time to other groups.

CONTACT PERSON Each group shall appoint one contact person to be the agent for the organization in all communications with the City of Campbell’s Recreation Supervisor. Only this person shall communicate with the Recreation Supervisor regarding any issues relating to the organization’s use of the park facilities, except in the event of the need to report the existence of a safety hazard. The contact person is responsible to see that all the organization’s board members, coaches, committee chairs and parents are aware of all policies, procedures and conditions of use of the facilities.

SCHEDULING CHANGES. Scheduling changes after the original permit has been issued will be subject to a $25 processing fee per incident.

Safety hazards should be reported immediately to the Recreation and Community Services Department at 408-866-2104. Be sure to specify the park and the specific location and nature of the hazard. If possible, cone or flag the hazard so that the maintenance staff can more easily locate the hazard for investigation and repair.

All groups are expected to take responsibility for their actions, the actions of their participants, and the guests/families of their participants. Any damage that occurs to the facility during the group’s scheduled time must be reported to the Recreation Supervisor. If repairs are required, the responsible group will be invoiced for the repair cost. Failure to pay will result in retention of your security/damage deposit and may impact the group’s ability to use Campbell fields in the future. Damage that occurred prior to the group’s scheduled use should also be reported as such to the Recreation Supervisor so that necessary action and repairs can be initiated.

NOTE:

Field Users may propose to provide improvements to the facilities in lieu of use fees.

Documents and/or detailed drawings outlining such proposals must accompany the field use application, must meet or exceed the permit value from the prior season in labor and materials, and are subject to the approval and acceptance of the City. If not approved, the group is subject to the use fees as described above. Only improvements that will benefit the general public (not just a specific group) will be considered for a fee waiver.

Facilities that are designed for dedicated use, and have separate water and/or utility meters, may be subject to additional fees (i.e.: groups using the facilities pay the water and utility bills) and arrangements regarding the maintenance of such dedicated facilities. Such arrangements shall be made, in writing, between the facility owner and the approved facility user.

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Current fees and charges are listed in Section XIII. Checks should be made payable to the City of Campbell and be drawn on an organization check. Organization credit cards are also accepted. No personal checks or credit cards will be accepted. Checks returned due to insufficient funds are subject to a $25 handling fee and payment of the balance due by certified check, cash, or money order within ten days of notice of such action.

As stated above, any repairs to facilities required as the result of damage caused by a YSO or ASO shall be invoiced to the group and payment is due within thirty (30) days. Invoices shall be for cost + 15%. Non-payment of fees due for damage repairs will affect the group’s future status.

Groups who wish to request that the City make significant repairs to any facility shall submit such request/proposal in writing, at time of application. These items will be prepared as budget requests in the annual budget process for consideration. If approved, funds will be available the following fiscal year (starting in July). Groups will be made aware of improvements scheduled for each calendar year. All attempts will be made to perform improvements during the off-season, when possible. Be aware, however, that the off-season is usually the rainy season, when it is difficult or not appropriate to make repairs to turf or other outside athletic facilities due to the wet conditions.

Groups wishing to make improvements to facilities must submit these improvements in advance to the City. No groups are allowed to make improvements to any facility without first obtaining approval.

The City of Campbell reserves the right to amend fees and charges as deemed necessary.

FACILITY USE AND MAINTENANCE. All field users shall respect the facilities and treat them as they would their own. Care shall be taken to avoid constant wear in the same location.

Practices and drills shall be relocated daily so as not to over-wear any certain area. Divots shall be filled and/or replaced according to the specifications provided. Unauthorized vehicles are not allowed on turf, play field, paths, or blacktop areas. All vehicles shall park in marked stalls in parking lots or legally on adjacent public streets. Litter shall be removed or deposited into the provided receptacles.

XIII. Fees and Charges

The fees and charges set forth here are not negotiable; City staff does not have the authority to waive or reduce fees. All fees and deposits are due at the time the reservation is submitted to hold the date and facility.

A. PROCESSING FEES

1. All applications are subject to a non-refundable $25 processing fee. This fee is designed to cover administrative time required to process your reservation.

B. DEPOSITS

1. A refundable damage deposit of $100 is required for all athletic field reservations.

Long-term renters and co-sponsored groups are required to provide a $250 refundable damage deposit.

2. The City reserves the right to deduct from the damage deposit all additional charges relating to, but not limited to, janitorial services, maintenance/repair

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services, staff time, or emergency services that were required as a result of your use.

3. Refunds of security/damage deposits may be fully or partially withheld for any of the following reasons:
a. Damage to or misuse of the facility.
b. Inadequate cleanup by permittee, requiring additional custodial/staff time/services after your use.
c. Misrepresentation of the type of event held, or group/individual actually using the facility.

4. If additional fees due exceed the amount of deposit, permittee will be billed for the balance. Payment will be due within thirty (30) days of date of invoice. Fees not paid will be sent to collections.

5. Deposits, less any applicable additional charges, will be processed through the City's Finance Department, approved by City Council, and returned to the permittee by mail within 30 days of the date of their event.

6. It is the permitee's responsibility to keep the Campbell Community Center office staff informed of any address, or telephone changes.

C. DEFINITION OF TERMS

A. NON-PROFIT: To qualify for non-profit rates, customers must provide a copy of their letter of non-profit status from the California Secretary of State’s Office with their non- profit ID number indicated and must pay with an organization check or charge card.

Non-profit customer account address must match the non-profit organization’s business address. Note: The Organization name and address must be the same on the following items:
• Letter of non-profit status from California Secretary of State Office • Check/Charge card,
• Insurance documentation, and
• Permit

D. FEES & CHARGES FOR USE OF PARKS, FIELDS & FACILITIES Non-profit Youth Sports Organizations will receive a discounted rate corresponding to the percentage of Campbell residents in their league up to a 70% discount. For example, a group with 58% Campbell residents would receive a 58% discount from the non-profit rental

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fee. For-profit Youth Sports Organizations and all Adult Sports Organizations are not eligible for a discount.

Base Hourly
Rate
Non-Profit
Hourly Rate
John D. Morgan Park Soccer Bowl* $30 hr $25 hr
John D. Morgan Park Athletic Field* $25 hr $20 hr
Community Center Stadium Field* $50 hr $30 hr
Community Center Athletic Field (1-4) * $25 hr $20 hr
Community Center Concession Stand $40 day $35 day
Handball Court (CCC) $25 hr $20 hr
Sand Volleyball Court (JDM) $25 hr $20 hr
Horseshoe Pit (JDM) $10 hr $6 hr
Los Gatos Creek Trail Special Events* & ** $1,050/use $630/use Orchard City Green* N/A $25 hr
Non-Exclusive Use Permit (Under 10 People) $25 hr $25 hr Non-Exclusive Use Permit (10-20 People) $30 hr $30 hr
Non-Exclusive Use Permit (21-99 People) $35 hr $35 hr

* A refundable damage deposit is required for all indicated uses. ** Special Events must be approved by the City of Campbell Special Event Committee (Section X)

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Effective November 20, 2024

Recreation and Community Services Department
1 West Campbell Avenue, # C-31
Campbell, CA 95008
(P) 408.866.2104 ▪ (F) 408.374.6965
[email protected]
www.campbellca.gov/

Office Hours
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

City of Campbell
Park, Field and Athletic Facility Use
Policy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 3 II. FACILITIES AVAILABLE ........................................................... 3 III. RESERVATIONS ...................................................................... 4 IV. GENERAL PARK AND FACILITY RULES AND REGULATIONS
Facility Renters Rules & Regulations ......................... 5 Alcoholic Beverages ................................................ 6/7 Animals …………… ......................................................... 7 Liability/Insurance ....................................................... 7 Modifications to Rules/Policy .................................... .9 V. FIELD USE POLICY ................................................................. 9 Turf Preservation ......................................................... 9 Conditions of Use ...................................................... 10 Wet Field Policy ......................................................... 10 VI. FACILITY/COURT USE POLICY ............................................ 12 VII. TRACK/TRAIL USE POLICY ................................................. 12 Los Gatos Creek Trail ............................................... 12 Community Center Track .......................................... 13 VIII. ORCHARD CITY GREEN USE POLICY ................................. 13 IX. NON-EXCLUSIVE PARK USE PERMITS .............................. 13 X. SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS .................................................. 14 XI. OTHER INFORMATION ........................................................ 14 Tent and Canopy Requirements .............................. 14 Barbeque Rules and Regulations ............................ 15 CCC Good Neighbor Policy ....................................... 15 Park Location Map .................................................... 16 XII. PROCEDURES FOR YOUTH SPORTS ORGS ........................ 17 XIII. FEES & CHARGES………………………………………………………..20
Group Definitions …………………………………………... .. 21
Schedule of Fees & Charges…………………………… ... 21

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Park, Field & Athletic Facility Use Policy

I. Introduction

This policy has been established to assure that the park and field facilities are utilized for recreational, athletic, cultural, educational, social and community service functions that meet the needs and interests of the community, as well as to set clear policies, procedures, regulations, and rental fees regarding such uses.

In addition to the facilities that are available for general public use, Campbell parks have a wide variety of amenities that are available for rental by the general public. These amenities include softball diamonds, a soccer bowl, a football stadium and track, general athletic fields/lawn, group picnic areas, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, handball courts, and horseshoe pits. Exclusive use requires an advance reservation and is subject to fees, and in some cases, damage deposits. Citizens are encouraged to use these facilities, when available, for their casual recreational needs, or to reserve them in advance for organized groups, parties, or league play. Please note that Jack Fischer Park is not available for rental or regular organized activities. This turf area has been designated to remain open and available for casual use.

II. Facilities Available

The City of Campbell’s Community Center and John D. Morgan Park both have numerous play fields and facilities available for rent.

John D. Morgan Park 540 W. Rincon Avenue
The city’s largest park is Morgan Park, named for former Police Chief John D. Morgan.

Morgan Park is 32 acres and is located east of San Tomas Expressway between Budd and Rincon Avenues. Morgan Park is home to the Campbell-Moreland Pony/Colt Baseball League and contains two softball fields, a soccer bowl, open playfields, two separate playgrounds, two sand volleyball courts, four horseshoe pits, restrooms, picnic areas, open fields and water play features.

Fields and facilities available for rent on an hourly basis include the following:
# Description
2 Full Size Soccer Fields (Goals not provided)
2 Jr. Size Soccer Field (Goals not provided)
2 Softball Diamonds with Backstops (Bases not provided) 4 Horseshoe Pits (2 available for rent)
2 Sand Volleyball Courts (1 available for rent)

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The Campbell Community Center 1 W. Campbell Ave.

The Campbell Community Center is a unique community service complex. The site, which used to house the city's only high school, was purchased by the City of Campbell from the Campbell Union High School District in August of 1985.

The facility was purchased primarily for the purpose of preserving its open space and recreational facilities for the use and enjoyment of the citizens of Campbell. The offices for the City's Recreation and Community Services Department are located on-site (Building C, Room 31). In addition to the reservable athletic facilities the Community Center is also home to the City’s Skate Park.

Fields and facilities available for rent on an hourly basis:
# Description
1 Football Stadium Athletic Field and Track (Bleachers on one side) 1 Large Multi-Use Field Area (used for various sports-rented in quadrants – 4 fields total)
2 Handball Courts (lighted until 10:00pm)

Los Gatos Creek Trail
The City’s section of the Los Gatos Creek Trail (from Bascom Ave. to Camden Ave.) is available for non-exclusive use to groups holding small walking/running events. The Campbell section of the trail includes a paved walkway approximately three miles in total length, including a two-mile par course loop. Use of the trail for special events (groups over 100) and/or fundraisers requires a Special Event Permit (Section X). Use of other sections of the Creek Trail must be arranged with the correct jurisdiction. (The County of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Department, City of San Jose, and the Town of Los Gatos all manage sections of the Trail.)

III. Reservations

A. APPLICATIONS

1. Field Reservations can be made no less than 10 calendar days prior to the desired date(s) of use and may be submitted according to the following schedule:

For rentals for the period of March 1 through June 30

Type of User Apply on:

Non-Profit Organizations November 15
Campbell Community Center Tenants November 15
All others November 25

For rentals for the period of July 1 through November 15

Type of User Apply on:

Non-Profit Organizations April 15
Campbell Community Center Tenants April 15
All Others April 25

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2. Applications must be submitted to the Campbell Community Center office during business hours or emailed to the Recreation Supervisor or to [email protected] Call (408) 866-2104 to check on facility availability.

3. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older.

4. Full rental fees and applicable deposits are due at the time the reservation is made.

NOTE: VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover are accepted. Uses will not be confirmed or approved until all fees are received.

B. CANCELLATIONS

1. Cancellations must be made in writing (fax acceptable: 408-866-2795) and received by the Recreation and Community Services Department at least 15 days in advance of the use date in order to receive a refund. The $25 processing fee will be deducted from all refunds. If it rains on the date of reservation, a full refund is available, providing the permittee submits a formal request for refund.

IV. General Park and Facility Use Rules and Regulations

A. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Parks are open for public use from sunrise until one-half hour after sunset. Lighted facilities (Community Center tennis, handball and track as well as Campbell Park basketball courts) are available for public use until 10:00pm. No person shall remain in a City Park during non-operating hours.

2. Misuse of a public park facility, or the failure to conform to established policies, procedures, rules, and regulations is sufficient reason for denial of future applications. This includes abiding by the Wet Field Policy (Section V.c and outlines restrictions for use of turf areas when they are wet).

3. Permits/reservations cannot be transferred, assigned, or sub-let to any other group or organization for any reason.

4. The use of any type of portable equipment (i.e. tables, chairs and pop-up tents) is allowed with a permit and in permitted field spaces only.

5. The tying down or staking of any item (including, but not limited to lawn signs, banners, or pop-up tents) into the grass/turf is strictly prohibited.

6. Customers are responsible to remove all items they brought into the park at the conclusion of their use. All balloons, decorations, tablecloths, food, bottles, cans, paper, and other litter must be deposited into trash receptacles, where provided, or removed from the premises. Recycling is encouraged. If you anticipate generating a great deal of trash, you are responsible to provide your own additional waste bags to contain your trash. The customer is responsible for the condition in which he/she leaves the facility.

7. Athletic uses must be restricted to designated field areas. Portable volleyball and/or badminton courts must be set up away from walking paths and picnic areas, so as not to cause a danger or potential injury to the general public.

8. Individual minors or groups of minors must be properly supervised by adults when using park facilities.

9. Permittees are to restrict their use to only use those playfields or courts specifically reserved and paid for, as designated on their Facility Reservation Permit. Other playfields or courts may be scheduled by other groups and may not be available.

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is a question as to who has priority/reservation for the use of the field or court area.

If you arrive at the facility and have difficulty gaining access due to an unscheduled user, contact the Campbell Police Department at (408) 866-2101.

10. Complaints from surrounding neighborhood residents as to noise level, litter and debris, and disregard for use of parking regulations could result in cancellation of your reservation and denial of future facility use. Groups using the Stadium Field must abide by the Community Center’s established Good Neighbor Policy (see Section XII-C).

11. In the event of an emergency, unsafe condition, or conflict with City or school activities, the City reserves the right to cancel a previously approved reservation.

When possible, alternate facilities will be provided.

12. Private play apparatus (dunk booths, trampolines, etc.) are not allowed in parks with the exception of commercially contracted Bounce-Abouts in John D Morgan and Edith Morley Parks. Bounce-Abouts are allowed only with a permit may be provided only by companies that have a current certificate of insurance on file with the City of Campbell.

13. All motor vehicles must park in designated marked stalls in the parking lots or legally on side streets or be subject to citation by the Campbell Police Department. No unauthorized vehicles shall enter park premises, drive on turf, grounds, playfields, or paved walkways. Customers must carry or “cart” their belongings to and from parking lots.

14. Gambling is prohibited on all City property.

15. Per State law, smoking is not permitted in parks.

16. Disfigurement of City property is not allowed. The City of Campbell maintains a ‘Graffiti Hotline’ for citizens to use to report graffiti and assist the City in its eradication. To report graffiti or to access the Hotline call (408) 866-2191.

17. Vending of any merchandise is not allowed in Campbell parks, except with the possession of a concession agreement approved by the City Council.

18. No amplified sound is permitted including megaphones, public address systems or other equipment.

19. No fires are allowed in City Parks, except in provided barbecue pits. Customers are not allowed to bring in their own portable barbecues or hibachis.

20. Model rockets are allowed, with a permit only, in specific areas within John D.

Morgan Park and at the Campbell Community Center. Permits are issued by the Santa Clara County Fire Department, and only after you have secured a park reservation for the date and time of the firing of the rocket. For details or a copy of model rocket procedures, contact the Community Center Recreation office at (408) 866-2104.

For details on model rocket permits, contact:

Santa Clara County Fire Department (408) 378-4010
Office of Fire Prevention
14700 Winchester Blvd.

Los Gatos, CA 95030

19. Fireworks are prohibited in all City parks.

B. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

1. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed in City parks (per Municipal Ordinance

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2. At John D. Morgan Park and Edith Morley Park beer and wine may be consumed only with an approved permit and only in a designated group picnic area. No alcoholic beverages may be consumed in any other areas including athletic fields and facilities.

3. The selling of alcoholic beverages in Campbell parks is prohibited.

4. In cases where a special event is held in a City park and alcoholic beverages are desired to be served or sold, the City Council may make an exception to this policy on a case-by-case basis.

C. ANIMALS
Dogs are allowed on leash in all Campbell parks, except in children’s play areas and when special events are taking place.

D. LIABILITY/INSURANCE
Indemnification
Permittee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City, and its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers, to the fullest extent permitted by law from any and all claims, causes of action, injuries, losses, liabilities, cost (including reasonable defense costs and attorneys' fees) or damages arising out of or related to, or alleged to arise out of or relate to the permittee’s use of City facilities or any acts or omissions of Permittee, its agents, officers, employees, or anyone rendering services on their behalf, except for any claims, causes of action, injuries, losses, liabilities or damages proximately caused by the sole negligence, or willful misconduct of City. This provision is intended to fully allocate all risk of liability to third-parties between Permittee and City; and there shall be no rights of contribution or indemnity, whether in law or equity or otherwise in favor of Permittee against the City. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Insurance
Permittee shall maintain insurance for injuries to persons or damage to property during the term of the permit, conforming to the following specifications:

A. Types of Coverage

1. Permittee shall maintain Commercial General Liability coverage;

2. If Permittee owns or operates any motor vehicles in the course and scope of exercising the rights granted by the permit, then Permittee shall maintain automobile insurance;

3. If Permittee employs persons in the course and scope of exercising the rights granted by the permit, then Permittee shall maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance as required by the Labor Code of the State of California and Employer's Liability insurance.

B. Minimum Scope of Insurance
Coverage shall be at least as broad as:

1. For Commercial Liability Coverage: Insurance Services Office (ISO) CGL form CG 00 01 11 85 covering Commercial General Liability on an “occurrence” c basis; and

2. For Automobile Insurance Coverage: ISO CA 00 01 06 92 including symbol 1 (Any Auto); and

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3. Workers’ Compensation insurance as required by the Labor Code of the State of California and Employer's Liability insurance acceptable to the City.

C. Minimum Limits of Insurance
Permittee shall maintain limits no less than:

1. General Liability: $1,000,000 combined single limit per occurrence for bodily, personal injury and property damage. If Commercial General Liability Insurance or other form with a general aggregate limit is used, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this project/location or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit.

2. Automobile Liability: $1,000,000 combined single limit per accident for bodily injury and property damage.

3. Workers’ Compensation and Employer's Liability: Workers’ Compensation limits as required by the State of California and Employer's Liability limits of $1,000,000 per accident.

D. Deductible and Self-Insured Retention
Any deductibles or self-insured retention must be declared to and approved by the City.

At the option of the City, either: the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retention as respects the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers; or the Permittee shall procure a bond guaranteeing payment of, or provide proof of ability to pay losses related to investigations, claim administration, and defense expenses.

E. Other Insurance Provisions
The policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions:

1. General Liability and Automobile Liability Coverage:
a. The City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers are to be covered as insureds as respects: liability arising out of activities related to use of the City’s facilities by Permittee, operations performed by or on behalf of the Permittee, including equipment furnished in connection with permittee’s operations, or automobiles owned, leased, hired or borrowed by the Permittee.
b. The Permittee's insurance coverage shall be primary insurance as respects the City its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials and volunteers shall be excess of the Permittee's insurance and shall not contribute with it. c. Any failure to comply with reporting provisions of the policies shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials, and volunteers.
d. The Permittee's insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought except with respect to the limits of the insurer's liability.

2. Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s Liability Coverage: The insurer shall agree to waive all rights of subrogation against the City, its agents, officers, attorneys, employees, officials, and volunteers for losses arising from work performed by the Permittee for the City.

3. All Coverages: Each insurance policy required by this clause shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be suspended, voided, canceled by either party, reduced in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days prior written notice by

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certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City. A ten (10) day written notice is required for cancellation due to non-payment of a premium.

F. Acceptability of Insurers
The policies of insurance listed above are to be issued by an issuer with a current A.M. Best Rating of A:VII and be authorized to transact business in the State of California, unless otherwise approved by the City.

G. Verification of Coverage
Permittee shall furnish the City with the original certificates of insurance and amendatory endorsements evidencing coverage required by this clause at least ten (10) days prior to the event or use. All certificates and endorsements are to be received and approved by the City before work commences. However, failure to obtain the required documents prior to the work beginning shall not waive the Permittee’s obligation to provide them. The certificates and endorsements for each insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. The certificates are to be on forms acceptable to the City. The City reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including endorsements effecting coverage required by these specifications, at any time.

H. The foregoing provisions shall survive termination of the Permit while coverage is still required to be in effect.

Modifications to Rules & Policy

1. The City of Campbell shall have the authority to waive or modify these rules, for uses on their property, at their discretion, upon written request and approval. Any and all requests/variances shall be considered individually and shall not be automatically applied as a matter of precedent to past or future uses of a similar nature by the same or another group. Requests for fee waivers or waiver of any rule shall be directed, in writing, to the Director of Recreation and Community Services at least 90 days prior to the intended date of use/event.

2. This Park, Field and Athletic Facility Use Policy supersedes any policy now in effect and will take effect on November 20, 2024.

V. Field Use Policy

General information pertaining to use of sports fields has been summarized and noted here so that field users and those participating in their activities may be made fully aware of the conditions of use under which your reservation was made.

A. TURF PRESERVATION
Your cooperation is needed to preserve the turf on City fields by following these guidelines:

1. The City will determine when a field must be taken out of service in order to maintain the health of the turf.

2. Field use, especially sports practices, should be conducted in such a way that play will take place on different sections of the turf, thus reducing excessive turf damage to any one area. Rotate use of areas (i.e. use middle of turf area for drills one day and sides of field the following day), and when possible, stay off of fringe or bare areas to limit erosion and further damage.

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3. Replace turf divots at end of each day to help re-root grass.

4. Do not use fields during or after heavy rain, or when wet or muddy.

5. Soccer practices are NOT to be held on the infield area of a softball or baseball diamond.

6. Softball, baseball, and T-ball practices are to be held only on designated ball fields in order to prevent injuries to other park users.

7. Permit holders must remove all equipment at the conclusion of use each day. This includes soccer goals. No equipment (goals, etc.) can be left on City property.

8. Do not overcrowd fields by scheduling multiple games in areas reserved. Allow a safe distance between fields for safe passage of spectators and participants.

9. Paint is the only approved method of applying lines to the fields. Burning of lines with chemicals or cutting lines into turf areas is not allowed.

10. Field line paint must be one of the three colors approved for optimal visibility on green surfaces: white, yellow, or black.

11. Report hazards on City property to the Recreation & Community Services Department at 408-866-2104 or [email protected].

12. Report immediate emergencies (broken water lines, gushing sprinkler heads, etc.) to the Campbell Police Department (408-866-2101) who will call-out appropriate City maintenance personnel. When you make the call, be prepared to fully identify yourself, your location, and the specific nature of the emergency and where it is so that the appropriate personnel will be notified and can come prepared with the proper repair equipment.

13. Do not drive or park cars, motorcycles, or other motorized vehicles on turf areas or sidewalks. Vehicles are only permitted in marked parking spaces.

B. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. Tournament dates, practice games and league game dates are to be specified when making field reservations.

2. All leagues must make photocopies of their facility permit to be carried by each coach or manager. They must show it upon request of any person or group.

3. The Recreation & Community Services Department or duly appointed representative must be notified immediately if a field or fields reserved by your group are no longer needed or if there is a change in your playing schedule.

4. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to all field uses. All Community Center Good Neighbor Policies (Section XII) apply to all field uses at the Community Center.

5. All field users must promptly report any hazards, damage, or unsafe conditions to the Recreation Supervisor via email, providing a clear description of the condition(s), location of damage and photos if available.

6. Field users renting the Community Center Concession Stand agree to abide by Concession Stand Use Procedures (available on request) and must be in possession of a current Concession Agreement if they intend to sell food or beverages.

C. WET FIELD POLICY
The following information is the City’s policy regarding the use of fields during wet conditions. This policy and described procedures apply to all sports and activities including football, soccer, softball, baseball, rugby, field hockey, or any other physical activity taking

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place on a grass field or turf area. This includes all fields at John D. Morgan Park/Campbell School of Innovation, Edith Morley Park, and the Campbell Community Center.

Play is prohibited if any of these conditions are present:
• During active rainfall, all fields are closed. Play is allowed during a light mist if the ground is hard and relatively dry.
• Standing water is visible and “squishy” sounds are heard when walking on the turf. • Soil is wet and “spongy”.
• The ground is muddy and soil clumps or clings to shoes after walking on the turf. • If it has been raining for three consecutive days prior to date of use.

The following procedures are to be followed regarding the use of the fields when there has been rain, over-watering, or the fields are not playable.

Users’ Responsibility

1. If it has rained within the preceding 24 hours, groups using public fields must call the Recreation & Community Services Department’s FIELD CONDITIONS HOTLINE at (408) 866-2769 to receive updated information on field playability. Generally, only same-day information will be provided, except in the case of severe conditions or scheduled maintenance. The HOTLINE message will be updated by 3:00pm Monday- Friday and by 8:00am Saturday and Sunday. As time permits, staff will also send an email update to permit holders regarding the field closure. PLEASE DO NOT INQUIRE EARLIER OR ABOUT FUTURE DAYS as the determination of field conditions are not made until those times each day. Determination of field conditions will be made by City personnel, and determinations/decisions are not negotiable.

2. In the event that the HOTLINE has not been updated, or is unavailable, groups are expected to make educated and responsible decisions regarding field conditions and playability, keeping in mind the current and future quality of turf facilities. In general, if you can see standing water, hear a “squishy” sound when walking on the turf, or have mud on the bottom of your shoes after walking on the turf, the field is too wet to allow safe play. Scheduled activities on the turf should be canceled to avoid damage to the turf and potential injuries to the players.

3. Groups failing to follow the guidelines of this policy will subject their reservation to cancellation and risk loss of future use and/or priority status. Fields will be checked for misuse during times when fields are considered too wet and/or muddy by designated City staff.

4. Groups witnessing misuse of fields by other scheduled or unscheduled users are advised to contact Campbell Police Department (408-866-2101) to report misuse.

5. Abuse/use during wet conditions shall result in a minimum $50 fine* upon the first occurrence and minimum $100* fine for the second infraction. A third infraction in a calendar year will result in loss of future scheduled uses and/or priority status. It is the permit holder’s responsibility to be sure that all coaches and parents understand and enforce this policy, however inconvenient it may be. *Fine may be higher if the cost of repairs necessary as a result of group’s use of wet field exceed the minimum fine amount.

6. The City’s maintenance staff has the authority to close fields due to wet field conditions or deterioration indefinitely.

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VI. Facility/Court Use Policy

General information pertaining to use of handball courts, sand volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits has been summarized and noted here so that users and those participating in their activities may be made fully aware of the conditions of use under which your reservation was made.

A. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. The tennis courts at the Campbell Community Center are not available for rental uses.

2. When requesting to reserve the handball courts, sand volleyball courts or horseshoe pits, only 50% of the available courts will be reserved at one time. All other courts will remain open to the general public. For full closure of any facility a Special Event Permit is required.

3. Permit holders are required to carry their permit with them at all times while using a rented facility.

4. Only tennis shoes and non-marking soled shoes are allowed on the tennis and handball courts.

5. All steel racquets must have guards.

6. Skates, skateboards, scooters, go-peds, bicycles, animals, glass containers, and alcoholic beverages are not allowed on tennis courts, handball courts, sand volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits.

7. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to court uses.

VII. Track/Trail Use Policy

General information pertaining to non-exclusive group use of the Campbell Community Center Track and the Los Gatos Creek Trail has been summarized and noted here so that groups utilizing the facilities are fully aware of the conditions of use under which their reservations are made.

A. LOS GATOS CREEK TRAIL

1. Organized group use of the trail is allowed by permit only. Facility use permits will only be issued to groups of less than 100 people. For events with more than 100 people a Special Event Permit is required (Section X).

2. Permits for trail use are for non-exclusive use only. To avoid conflict with other trail users group members are required to run/walk on the right side of the trail single file.

Any closure of the trail would require a Special Event Permit (Section X).

3. Permits for trail use will only be issued to one group at any given time.

4. For organized groups of more than 30 people starting at Campbell Park, we ask that organizers staggered the start of the race to prevent congestion on the trail.

5. All equipment left by your group must be removed by the conclusion of the event. All litter must be picked up and removed.

6. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to all trail uses

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B. COMMUNITY CENTER TRACK

1. Organized group use of the track is allowed by permit only.

2. Permits for track use are for non-exclusive use only. Group members are required to run/walk in the inside lanes, leaving the four outside lanes open to the general public. Closure of the track/stadium to the general public would require an approved Special Event Permit (Section X).

3. All equipment left by your group must be removed by the conclusion of the event. All litter must be picked up and removed.

4. Groups are not allowed to place cones, barricades or any other types of training tools or equipment on the track that may impede the general public’s use and enjoyment of the facility.

5. No amplified sound or music is allowed at any time (this includes megaphones, public address systems or small speakers).

6. All Community Center Good Neighbor Policies (Section XII) and General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to all track uses.

VIII. Orchard City Green Policy

All facility use rules in the City’s Park Field and Facility Use Policy apply to use of the Orchard City Green.

A. CONDITIONS OF USE

1. Organized group use of the area is allowed by permit only. Facility use permits will only be issued to groups of less than 100 people. For events with more than 100 people a Special Event Permit is required (Section X). Permitted uses of this area will be strictly limited so as not to conflict with City, Library and Museum or Ainsley House business, operations and activities.

2. Permits will only be issued for community-sponsored events by an individual or non- profit organization. Permits will not be issued for commercial or private use of the area. No gated or for fee events will be considered, except for City events or for events sponsored by non-profit support groups for the benefit of City programs.

3. The Orchard City Green is adjacent to many public facilities that are heavily used by the general public; permits will only be issued for events that will not heavily impact the regular business operations in the area or other previously scheduled uses (such as the Ainsley Gardens).

IX. Non-Exclusive Park Use Permits

Many park areas are not available for reservation and are open to the general public. All organized groups that meet regularly or belong to an organization must obtain a permit for park use, even if not reserving a specific facility. Commercial use of these public park facilities, which includes any profit-driven activity such as the sale of goods or services, organized events, and business operations requires a use permit (CMC 13.04140). Non- exclusive park use permits are available per the following conditions.

A. CONDITIONS OF USE

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1. Non-exclusive park use permits will only be issued to groups who will not disrupt the general public’s use and enjoyment of the park facility.

2. Permit holders are not allowed to setup equipment (i.e. cones) or use heavy equipment (i.e. kettlebells) that may impact or damage the facility.

3. PA systems, amplified sound in general and megaphones are not allowed.

4. All General Facility Use Rules (Section IV) apply to this section.

X. Special Event Permits

Special events of 100 people or more held in City parks or on City of Campbell property (i.e.

Los Gatos Creek Trail, Community Center) will be authorized by the Recreation & Community Services Department (R&CS). It is the intent of the City to welcome outdoor public events for the general economic benefit of the City’s business community, cultural enrichment and/or promotion of the City while not negatively impacting public access. For more information about planning a Special Event in a City Park or to obtain the application form, please visit our website at www.campbellca.gov/specialevents (see the link “Planning a Community Event”). Events targeted in Downtown Campbell are permitted differently, please refer to the Downtown Special Event Policy and Application Packet.

XI. Other Information
A. TENT AND CANOPY REQUIREMENTS

1. The use of 10x10 or 12x12 pop-up tents in the City of Campell parks are allowed with a permit and in permitted field spaces only.

2. Staking any item into the grass/turf i.e. lawn signs, banners, pop-up tents is strictly prohibited.

3. Article 32 of the State Fire Code requires that permits be obtained for the rental, use, or installation of:
• Tents over 200 square feet in size; and
• Canopies over 400 square feet in size.

When more than one tent or canopy is installed at the same location, adjacent to one another, the total square footage shall be computed for the purpose of enforcing the need for a permit.

The code was written to provide assurance that the fabric is of a non-flammable material, the unit is properly installed and anchored to the ground, and exits are clearly marked and readily accessible in the event of an emergency.

The Santa Clara County Fire Department is the governing body for the City of Campbell. They will generally only issue the permits to the vendor who owns and sets up the tents and canopies.

To obtain a permit, or obtain further information, contact:

Santa Clara County Fire Department (408) 378-4010
Office of Fire Prevention

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B. FUNDRAISING
Concessions, other than City operated, must possess a valid City of Campbell business license and any other applicable state, county or federal permit.

Concessions will be defined as the sale of any food, beverage, souvenir item or service. Copies of said permits and licenses must be submitted a minimum of 30 working days in advance of permit use date.

Food being sold to the public requires a Health Permit obtainable from the County of Santa Clara’s Health Department and must be submitted to the City, 30 working days prior to permit use date.

C. BARBECUE RULES AND REGULATIONS
As per City Ordinance (13.04.060), “No fire shall be built, lighted or maintained within any city or county park area except in a camp stove or barbecue provided in areas designated for such purposes....”

Portable barbecues, hibachis, gas grills, etc. are not allowed in City parks or facilities, with the following exceptions:

1. Groups or organizations holding a current Concession Agreement with the City of Campbell, and then only if the barbecue or grill is a professional portable trailered grill, or a portable propane barbecue in good condition, to be used in a specific designated area, as approved in advance by the Director of Recreation & Community Services or his/her designee.

2. Professional catering companies holding a Campbell Business License and authorized by the Director of Recreation & Community Services to provide such service to a scheduled picnic or facility use customer, and then only if the barbecue or grill is a professional portable trailered grill and used in the specific location designated. All grills are to be supervised at all times to prevent injury to the general public.

D. COMMUNITY CENTER GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY
The City has established the following rules and regulations to govern use of Community Center facilities for the safe and pleasant enjoyment of our participants and neighbors. Failure to abide by the Good Neighbor Policy may result in loss of security/damage deposit and/or loss of the privilege of future use of the facilities.

1. No unauthorized vehicles are allowed inside the Football Stadium, on any turf areas, corridors, patios or any location other than the parking lot. Authorized vehicles must obtain a Parking Permit from the Recreation Supervisor and display it on their front left dashboard. Unauthorized vehicles are subject to citation and towing.

2. No amplified music, use of musical instruments, radios, or public address systems, with the exception of approved Special Events.

3. All litter and debris that occur as a result of your event must be picked up. All

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trash must be placed inside the provided containers or in sealed trash bags adjacent to the containers.

4. No smoking in City parks or in areas adjacent to surrounding neighborhoods.

5. No outside vendors allowed on the Campbell Community Center campus, areas adjacent to surrounding neighborhoods, or streets.

6. 6. Site Plan – The location of all vendors, booths, barbecue equipment, portable restrooms, and any other special equipment desired by your organization must be proposed on a Site Plan and approved, in advance, by

the Recreation Supervisor. If they are not submitted and approved, they are NOT ALLOWED and must be removed upon demand by City staff or the Campbell Police Department. All vendors must have a Campbell Business License and food booths must meet Santa Clara County Health Department and Fire Department codes and requirements (or be subject to shut down upon determination that they do not meet applicable codes).

E. PARK LOCATION MAP

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XII. Procedures for Youth Sports Organizations

ELIGIBILITY FOR YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS (YSO’s)
Policy Goal: To ensure that youth who reside in the City of Campbell can play organized sports on Campbell fields at reduced rates; that Recreation staff will be guided by the Policy in order to equitably allocate fields to youth organizations; to protect athletic fields by providing scheduled rest periods and prohibit usage during and as a result of inclement weather.

Field Rental applications for Youth Sports Organizations must be submitted according to the timeline listed in this policy under Section III Reservations. Youth Sports Organizations must meet the following requirements:

A. Provide participant rosters for the previous year to verify the number of Campbell residents. Organizations will provide proof of residency (for example: utility bill, drivers’ license, preprinted personal check). Organizations will also be required to provide team rosters four weeks after the start of each season’s games and/or access to organization’s computer registration reports.

B. Provide documentation of non-profit status by the State of California’s Secretary of State.

C. Provide a service, program or opportunity that is not currently provided by the City of Campbell.

D. Provide a training program for coaches which includes positive coaching practices when working with youth.

E. Certify in writing that all coaches and volunteers who are in direct contact with children have completed a background check in keeping with California Penal Code Section 11105.3, and that the organization will not utilize the services of anyone with convictions or any arrest pending adjudication involving the offenses specified in subdivision (a) of Section 15660 of the California Welfare and Instructions Code.

F. Maintain updated website.

G. Provide certificate of insurance.

H. Complete all specified forms, information, materials, and pay fees by the appropriate deadline.

Failure to meet stated Campbell residency requirements and/or failure to provide documents of proof; and/or repeated failure to use fields that are reserved may result in reduced priority in the future season.

FACILITY RESERVATION REQUESTS. The Recreation Supervisor will review facility requests and create Reservation Permits based on facility availability. The City’s maintenance and Capital Improvement Project schedules shall receive priority over field requests. The City will attempt to set construction schedules so as not to interfere with the approved schedules of the leagues.

Groups must be flexible in accepting alternate facilities if/when their normal facility is scheduled for maintenance or major renovation/improvement. The City reserves the right to cancel an approved reservation due to maintenance needs, overuse of facility, unsafe

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conditions, or due to conflict with a City or school district event. In these cases, all attempts will be made to provide a minimum of 15 days advance notice and to provide an alternate location for the group’s scheduled practice, game, or activity.

In the event of an emergency, or when no notice is provided, groups must cooperate with the request not to use the facility. If there are no alternate facilities available, the City is not obligated to provide an alternate facility.

Recreation Supervisor will grant field use based on the following priority:

Priority 1 - City of Campbell Recreation Programs
Priority 2 - Youth Sports Organizations (YSOs)

1. Number of Campbell Residents Served in League

2. Previous Field User

3. Responsible Field User

4. Non-profit Organization

5. For-profit Organization*
*For-profit youth sports organizations will not receive a discounted field rental rate and must meet the requirements listed within this policy.

Priority 3 - Adult Sports Organization (ASOs)

1. Number of Campbell Residents Served in League Previous Field User

2. Responsible Field User

3. Non-profit Organization

4. For-profit Organization

All dates, times, and fields listed on any group’s application may not be approved in total.

The Recreation Supervisor may need to reduce days/week, hours/day, weeks/year, or assign a different field to meet demands or avoid construction/repair projects and planned field rotations. The Recreation Supervisor will work with the groups to maximize the use of the available facilities for the best and most efficient use of all facilities for the community.

RESPONSIBLE FIELD USE
All organizations permitted to use fields will be responsible for the following items:
• Litter removal from fields and adjacent areas such as parking lots • Ensuring that the lanes of the track are kept open for public use • No amplified sound
• Enforcement of no smoking and no alcohol
• Supervision of youth spectators, especially on outdoor exercise equipment • Providing a contact name and cell number for the groups on-site supervisor

FIELD USE AND MONITORING Groups should not reserve fields or facilities that they do not intend to use. Once a reservation/permit is received, the groups are responsible to notify the City’s Recreation Supervisor in writing of any reserved time that can be released. The City will monitor use of the facilities to ensure that groups are using the facilities they reserved. Groups who reserve time that they do not use (other than rainy days) will be subject to penalty fees of $25/day. Leagues may not assign their scheduled time to other groups.

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CONTACT PERSON Each group shall appoint one contact person to be the agent for the organization in all communications with the City of Campbell’s Recreation Supervisor. Only this person shall communicate with the Recreation Supervisor regarding any issues relating to the organization’s use of the park facilities, except in the event of the need to report the existence of a safety hazard. The contact person is responsible to see that all the organization’s board members, coaches, committee chairs and parents are aware of all policies, procedures and conditions of use of the facilities.

SCHEDULING CHANGES. Scheduling changes after the original permit has been issued will be subject to a $25 processing fee per incident.

Safety hazards should be reported immediately to the Recreation and Community Services Department at 408-866-2104. Be sure to specify the park and the specific location and nature of the hazard. If possible, cone or flag the hazard so that the maintenance staff can more easily locate the hazard for investigation and repair.

All groups are expected to take responsibility for their actions, the actions of their participants, and the guests/families of their participants. Any damage that occurs to the facility during the group’s scheduled time must be reported to the Recreation Supervisor. If repairs are required, the responsible group will be invoiced for the repair cost. Failure to pay will result in retention of your security/damage deposit and may impact the group’s ability to use Campbell fields in the future. Damage that occurred prior to the group’s scheduled use should also be reported as such to the Recreation Supervisor so that necessary action and repairs can be initiated.

NOTE:

Field Users may propose to provide improvements to the facilities in lieu of use fees.

Documents and/or detailed drawings outlining such proposals must accompany the field use application, must meet or exceed the permit value from the prior season in labor and materials, and are subject to the approval and acceptance of the City. If not approved, the group is subject to the use fees as described above. Only improvements that will benefit the general public (not just a specific group) will be considered for a fee waiver.

Facilities that are designed for dedicated use, and have separate water and/or utility meters, may be subject to additional fees (i.e.: groups using the facilities pay the water and utility bills) and arrangements regarding the maintenance of such dedicated facilities. Such arrangements shall be made, in writing, between the facility owner and the approved facility user.

Current fees and charges are listed in Section XIII. Checks should be made payable to the City of Campbell and be drawn on an organization check. Organization credit cards are also accepted. No personal checks or credit cards will be accepted. Checks returned due to insufficient funds are subject to a $25 handling fee and payment of the balance due by certified check, cash, or money order within ten days of notice of such action.

As stated above, any repairs to facilities required as the result of damage caused by a YSO or ASO shall be invoiced to the group and payment is due within thirty (30) days. Invoices shall be for cost + 15%. Non-payment of fees due for damage repairs will affect the group’s future status.

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Groups who wish to request that the City make significant repairs to any facility shall submit such request/proposal in writing, at time of application. These items will be prepared as budget requests in the annual budget process for consideration. If approved, funds will be available the following fiscal year (starting in July). Groups will be made aware of improvements scheduled for each calendar year. All attempts will be made to perform improvements during the off-season, when possible. Be aware, however, that the off-season is usually the rainy season, when it is difficult or not appropriate to make repairs to turf or other outside athletic facilities due to the wet conditions.

Groups wishing to make improvements to facilities must submit these improvements in advance to the City. No groups are allowed to make improvements to any facility without first obtaining approval.

The City of Campbell reserves the right to amend fees and charges as deemed necessary.

FACILITY USE AND MAINTENANCE. All field users shall respect the facilities and treat them as they would their own. Care shall be taken to avoid constant wear in the same location.

Practices and drills shall be relocated daily so as not to over-wear any certain area. Divots shall be filled and/or replaced according to the specifications provided. Unauthorized vehicles are not allowed on turf, play field, paths, or blacktop areas. All vehicles shall park in marked stalls in parking lots or legally on adjacent public streets. Litter shall be removed or deposited into the provided receptacles.

XIII. Fees and Charges

The fees and charges set forth here are not negotiable; City staff does not have the authority to waive or reduce fees. All fees and deposits are due at the time the reservation is submitted to hold the date and facility.

A. PROCESSING FEES

1. All applications are subject to a non-refundable $25 processing fee. This fee is designed to cover administrative time required to process your reservation.

B. DEPOSITS

1. A refundable damage deposit of $100 is required for all athletic field reservations.

Long-term renters and co-sponsored groups are required to provide a $250 refundable damage deposit.

2. The City reserves the right to deduct from the damage deposit all additional charges relating to, but not limited to, janitorial services, maintenance/repair services, staff time, or emergency services that were required as a result of your use.

3. Refunds of security/damage deposits may be fully or partially withheld for any of the following reasons:
a. Damage to or misuse of the facility.
b. Inadequate cleanup by permittee, requiring additional custodial/staff time/services after your use.
c. Misrepresentation of the type of event held, or group/individual actually using the facility.

4. If additional fees due exceed the amount of deposit, permittee will be billed for

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the balance. Payment will be due within thirty (30) days of date of invoice. Fees not paid will be sent to collections.

5. Deposits, less any applicable additional charges, will be processed through the City's Finance Department, approved by City Council, and returned to the permittee by mail within 30 days of the date of their event.

6. It is the permitee's responsibility to keep the Campbell Community Center office staff informed of any address, or telephone changes.

C. DEFINITION OF TERMS

A. NON-PROFIT: To qualify for non-profit rates, customers must provide a copy of their letter of non-profit status from the California Secretary of State’s Office with their non- profit ID number indicated and must pay with an organization check or charge card.

Non-profit customer account address must match the non-profit organization’s business address. Note: The Organization name and address must be the same on the following items:
• Letter of non-profit status from California Secretary of State Office • Check/Charge card,
• Insurance documentation, and
• Permit

D. FEES & CHARGES FOR USE OF PARKS, FIELDS & FACILITIES Non-profit Youth Sports Organizations will receive a discounted rate corresponding to the percentage of Campbell residents in their league up to a 70% discount. For example, a group with 58% Campbell residents would receive a 58% discount from the non-profit rental fee. For-profit Youth Sports Organizations and all Adult Sports Organizations are not eligible for a discount.

Base Hourly
Rate
Non-Profit
Hourly Rate
John D. Morgan Park Soccer Bowl* $30 hr $25 hr
John D. Morgan Park Athletic Field* $25 hr $20 hr
Community Center Stadium Field* $50 hr $30 hr
Community Center Athletic Field (1-4) * $25 hr $20 hr
Community Center Concession Stand $40 day $35 day
Handball Court (CCC) $25 hr $20 hr
Sand Volleyball Court (JDM) $25 hr $20 hr
Horseshoe Pit (JDM) $10 hr $6 hr
Los Gatos Creek Trail Special Events* & ** $1,050/use $630/use Orchard City Green* N/A $25 hr
Non-Exclusive Use Permit (Under 10 People) $25 hr $25 hr Non-Exclusive Use Permit (10-20 People) $30 hr $30 hr
Non-Exclusive Use Permit (21-99 People) $35 hr $35 hr

* A refundable damage deposit is required for all indicated uses. ** Special Events must be approved by the City of Campbell Special Event Committee (Section X)

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Council
Report
TITLE: Discuss Rental Protection Policies

RECOMMENDED ACTION
That the City Council receive the report and provide feedback regarding the City’s rental protection policies and programs.

BACKGROUND
At the February 8 ,2024 City Council Priority setting session the City Council discussed, and ultimately adopted, the City’s priorities for the fiscal year 2024 -25. As part of that discussion the City Council agreed to a future discussion about rental policies in general.

The purpose of this item is to provide an overview of the city’s existing rental protection policies, tenant protections provided under the California Tenant Protection Act (Assembly Bill 1482) and programs implemented by nearby jurisdictions in Santa Clara County. This report will also discuss how rent control policies are addressed in the City's Housing Element. The report will also provide some options for new programs and/or programs that the Council may wish to consider in the future. There is no specific Council action proposed. Rather, staff is providing background and seeking Council feedback.

Key Discussion Topics:
• City’s existing rental protection programs
• The relationship between rental protection and the City of Campbell’s Housing Element goals
• Role of the City’s Rental Fact-Finding Committee
• State rent control (AB 1482) and Proposition 33
• Overview of rent control programs in neighboring cities (San Jose, Mountain View, and Los Gatos)
• Potential options for implementing additional rental protection policies and programs in the City

DISCUSSION
Item: 10
Category: NEW BUSINESS
Meeting Date: November 19, 2024
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I. City of Campbell Existing Rental Protection Programs

The City of Campbell has several existing programs to address rental protection for Campbell residents. They include provisions in Chapter 6.09 – Rental Dispute Resolution of the City’s municipal code , a Rent Mediation program managed by Project Sentinel, and the establishment of a Rental Fact-Finding Committee.

• Chapter 6.09 Rental Increase Dispute Resolution
The City established this chapter in 1978 to encourage landlords to limit rent increases, provide greater advance notice of increases and to limit the number of rent increases in any one year. Landlords are required to provide information about the ordinance requirements and Campbell’s Rent Mediation Program to tenants before they take possession of the unit.

• Rent Mediation Program
The City has a contract with Project Sentinel, a non -profit organization that assists individuals with housing problems such as discrimination and rental issues including repairs, deposits and dispute resolution. Project Sentinel manages the Campbell Rent Mediation Program and provides information and counseling regarding rights and responsibilities under the California tenant landlord law and the City’s Rental Dispute Resolution ordinance (Chapter 6.09).

• Rental Fact-Finding Committee
The City of Campbell’s Rental Increase Fact Finding Committee was established to hear complaints brought by tenants or owners involved in rental increase disputes and issues non -binding determinations and is established by Chapter

2.36 of the Campbell Municipal Code. The Rental Fact Finding Committee is not currently active as there are no appointed members on the committee.

II. The City of Campbell’s Housing Element: Considerations for Rent Control

Campbell’s 2023-2031 Housing Element sets goals for addressing housing affordability, ensuring diverse housing options, and meeting the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) requirements. The inclusion of policies that protect renters from displacement and provide stability in rental prices aligns with several core goals in the Housing Element.

Housing Element Programs Related to Rental Protections

The Housing Element includes several policies and programs that are related to rental protections and are listed below.

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• Program H -2b: Preservation of Mobile Home Park Units : Develop General Plan policy to preserve mobile home parks, outright, and to prohibit their conversion.

Status: As part of the 2040 General Plan and associated Zoning Map Update, the City established new Mobile Home park zoning designation which prohibits the use of properties with this zoning designation to any use other than a mobile home park.

• Program H -2h: Monitor Lower Income Household Displacement : Consider the impacts of new housing development on the existing supply of affordable housing during the development review process.

Status: Ongoing. This is occurring during the development review process.

• Policy H -5.1: Renter Protections: Ensure compliance with fair housing laws and pursue programmatic services and funding to provide assistance to renters and minimize risk of evictions and displacement.

Status: Ongoing.

• Policy H -5.5: Rights of Tenants and Landlords: Assist in educating tenants and landlords, and settling disputes between the two parties.

Status: Ongoing through services provided by Project Sentinel.

• Program H -5h: Fair Housing Program : Continue to allocate a portion of the City’s Business License Fees to fund Project Sentinel or a similar non -profit organization that offers fair housing investigative and enforcement services in northern California, including Santa Clara County.

Status: Ongoing, on a yearly basis.

• Program H -5i: Rental Dispute Mediation Program: Provide mediation assistance for tenant/landlord disputes.

Status: Ongoing through services provided by Project Sentinel.

• Program H -5u: Renter Support: Establish a renter survey and develop identifiable actions to support renters. This could include programs such as protections or support for on -site renters during redevelopment, summarizing the types of code complaints received for multi -family residential sites, or other actions as appropriate.

Status: Survey to be completed by end of December 2026, with study to be completed by July 2028.
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• Program H -5w: Know Your Rights Flyers: Publish informational fliers on renter's rights, pointing to state and local laws and providing information on renter focused services. Fliers shall be provided in Spanish and English and available online as well as at community events.

Status: Project Sentinel has prepared and will be updated on an annual basis.

The City, along with the West Valley cities of Cupertino, Monte Sereno, Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos are working with Project Sentinel to provide targeted outreach in the West Valley area. Outreach activities will include social media posts, pop -up events, such as the farmer’s market and a larger community event to be held in April 2025 to coincide with Fair Housing Month.

III. City of Campbell Rental Increase Fact Finding Committee

The City of Campbell’s Rental Increase Fact Finding Committee was established to hear complaints brought by tenants or owners involved in rental increase disputes and issues non-binding determinations and is established by Chapter 2.36 of the Campbell Municipal Code. The Committee is currently inactive and tenants and landlords have been utilizing the rent mediation services offered by Project Sentinel. As previously mentioned, Project Sentinel manages the City’s rent mediation program and provides dispute resolution services to both tenants and landlords in accordance with the City’s Rental Increase Dispute Resolution ordinance.

III. Overview of Statewide Rent Control: California’s AB 1482

In January 2020, the State enacted the California Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482). AB 1482 limits rent increases statewide to five percent per year, plus any rise in the consumer price index, which cannot exceed 10%. AB 1482 does not apply to cities which have their own rent control ordinances, such as San Jose and San Francisco.

Campbell does not currently have a rent control ordinance.

In addition to rent increase limits, AB 1482 provides some additional tenant protections, such as implementing “Just Cause” eviction protections for covered tenants who have lived in their unit for at least 12 months, or 24 months if a new tenant is added. With “Just Cause” evictions, landlords/owners need a valid reason to evict a tenant. There are primarily two categories of evictions: At -Fault and No -Fault evictions. At -Fault evictions include nonpayment of rent, breach of material lease term, criminal a ctivity, and using the unit for an unlawful purpose. No -Fault evictions include owner or family member intending to occupy the unit, compliance with a government court order that requires vacancy, and the intent to demolish or substantially remodel the unit, with 10 Packet Pg. 653
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permits. In the case of a No -Fault eviction, the landlord is responsible for paying relocation equal to one month’s rent.

AB 1482 does not apply to all housing types and does exempt some housing types, including: new housing with a certificate of occupancy within the past 15 years; government subsidized or below -market rate housing; single -family homes or condos with no corporate ownership; duplexes – if the owner lives in the other unit; college dorms; mobile homes and RVs in a mobile home park that are owned by the occupant; and short-term stay hotels, motels, and hostels.

Although AB 1482 does provide some statewide tenant protections, there are opportunities to strengthen these protections at the local level if that is something that the City wishes to pursue. Apart from the protections offered by AB 1482, the City can enact its own tenant protection ordinances, if the ordinance is more protective than State law.

IV. Campbell Municipal Code – Below Market Rate Rent Control

On August 20, 2024, Council approved the establishment of a Chapter 19 Housing in the municipal code. A provision of Chapter 19, is Below-Market Rate Rent Control which limits rent increases for BMR units to no more than five percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living or ten percent, whichever is lower over the course of a 12 - month period. This is consistent with protections offered by AB 1482, however, BMR units are exempt from AB 1482 protections. The BMR rent limits will apply to new agreements which are executed after the effective date of the ordinance (October 2024).

V. Proposition 33 – Expand Local Rent Control

Proposition 33 appeared on the November 5, 2024 ballot. It sought to repeal the Costa - Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, which currently prohibits local ordinances limiting initial residential rental rates for new tenants or rent increases for existing tenants in certain residential properties.

Under this proposition, cities and counties would have been able control rents for any housing. They would be able to limit how much a landlord may increase rents when a new renter moves in. The proposition did not in itself make any changes to existing rent control laws. Cities and counites would have to take separate actions to change their local laws.

As of November 11, 2024, approximately 61% of voters had opposed Proposition 33.

Proposition 33 marks the third time in recent years that such a ballot measure has appeared before the voters. Voters rejected similar ballot measures in 2018 and 2020.

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VI. Overview of Rent Control Programs in other Cities in Santa Clara County

There are three cities within Santa Clara County that provide rent control or rent stabilization programs: San Jose, Mountain View and Los Gatos. The programs are described below.

1. San Jose: Apartment Rent Ordinance (ARO)

The Apartment Rent Ordinance (ARO) Applies to apartment buildings with three or more units built before September 7, 1979, and limits annual rent increases to 5% in a 12-month period. The ARO applies to approximately 38,000 units in the City of San Jose. The ARO includes various provisions, including Just Cause Eviction protections in which a landlord may not terminate the tenancy unless there is cause, such as a nonpayment of rent, violation of tenancy or substantial damage to the rental unit.

The ARO exempts several rental housing types, including single -family homes, accessory dwelling units, condos, townhouses, hotels and rental units owned and operated by any government agency.

2. Mountain View: Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act

The City of Mountain View’s Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act (CSFRA), a voter approved measure (Measure V, 2016) to stabilize the community by reducing rental housing turnover in certain rental units.

The CSFRA Applies to multi -family properties of three or more units built before February 1, 1995, capping rent increases at 4% annually based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Units built before February 1, 1995 are covered by rent stabilization and eviction protections, while units built between 1995 and 2017 are only covered by eviction protections.

Mountain View’s ordinance includes Just Cause Eviction protections and a rent board to oversee petitions and complaints. Tenant relocation assistance is required if three or more rental units have been displaced because of renovations, redevelopment and similar activities.

The CSFRA exempts several rental housing types including single -family homes, condominiums, and newer buildings.

3. Los Gatos: Rent Ordinance

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The Los Gatos Rent Ordinance covers properties with three or more units owned by the same landlord. Rent may only be increased once per year and more frequent increases can only be made with the written consent of all affected tenants.

In addition, the increase must not exceed five percent of the current monthly rent or seventy percent of the annual percent change in CPI. However, a landlord may pass through increased operation and maintenance costs to the tenant, but the increase is subject to arbitration if the tenant challenges it. Capital improvements may also be passed through on a per-unit basis, but it must be amortized over at least sixty months.

VII. Potential Rental Protection Policy Approaches for Campbell

As previously mentioned, the City has established policies and programs to provide tenant protections. Those include the Campbell Rent Mediation program administered by Project Sentinel, the Rental Fact -Finding Commission and the establishment of rent control for new BMR units.

The City’s adopted Housing Element policy H -5Z calls for the City to work toward establishing a Housing Commission in the next year.

Pursuant to t he Housing Element the Housing Commission should include members representing the diverse housing needs and populations of the City (including underrepresented groups, those with special needs, and non -city residents who commute into Campbell for work) to advise the City on implementation of housing programs and policies to meet the needs of the community:

Focus areas could include (a) development of housing related policies and programs, including those that address special needs, (b) identification of funding strategies and sources for affordable housing development, (c) increased outreach and stakeholder engagement regarding housing challenges, including housing rights.

The establishment of a Housing Commission would likely effectively replace the Rental Increase Fact Finding Committee.

The City staff is also working with Project Sentinel to provide targeted outreach in the City. Outreach activities will include social media posts, pop -up events, such as the farmer’s market and a larger community event to be held in April 2025 to coincide with Fair Housing Month.

In addition to implementing existing programs and those identified in the Housing Element, the Council may consider the following additional approaches:

1. Continue to Follow State laws regarding Tenant Protections and Rent Control. This approach would result in no changes and would defer to state laws regarding tenant protections and rent control.

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2. Implement Tenant Protections Without Establishing a Rent Control Ordinance. The Council may wish to explore enhanced rental protections. Some of the potential policy options are described below. The possible rental protections are a menu of options and do not need to be considered as an entire package. Some of the possible rental protections, including Just Cause Eviction and Relocation Payments . These protections are included in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission ’s Transit Oriented Communities (“TOC”) policies.

Cities will be required to meet a certain number of TOC policies to make them eligible for MTC funding in the near future.

a. Just Cause Eviction Policy
Adopt a just cause eviction policy and extend AB 1482 provisions to require tenant relocation payments for No Fault evictions for those tenants with less than one year of tenure. Under AB 1482, No Fault tenant relocation payments only apply to renter households who have established 12 months of tenancy.

b. Relocation Payments
Expand relocation payments to three months for displacement due to demolition and condo conversion. Under AB 1482, relocation payment is equal to one month’s rent.

c. Renovation-related Evictions
Limit renovation -related evictions by requiring that landlords obtain building permits before issuing an eviction notice. AB 1482 permits no - fault evictions for a substantial remodel. A substantial remodel does require a permit; however, AB 1482 does not require a property owner to obtain a building permit prior to issuing an eviction notice.

d. Right to Return Policy
Establish a right to return for tenants affected by renovation -related evictions at the new increased rent. AB 1482 does not require that the landlord give the tenant affected by renovation -related evictions the right to return, either at the previous rent or the new increased rent.

3. Rent Control Ordinance. This could be similar to the City of San Jose or City of Mountain View approach in which restrictions apply to multi -family buildings built before a certain date and establish a cap on rent increases based on a percentage of CPI. Implementation of a rent control ordinance is time and labor intensive and would require additional staff for administration and enforcement activities. For example, the City of Mountain View has an entire Rent Stabilization Division consisting of approximately eight full -time equivalent (FTE) staff to administer the program.

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a Renter Survey by 2026. The City could wait until these actions are completed to further study and evaluate the implementation of additional rental stabilization policies and programs.

NEXT STEPS
If Council wishes to pursue tenant protection policies or the creation of a rent control ordinance, the City of Campbell will need to:
• Engage stakeholders, including tenants, landlords, housing advocates, and developers.
• Review the fiscal and administrative impact of implementing a tenant protection policy or a rent control program.
• Align any proposed ordinances with the objectives of the Housing Element and regional housing goals.

FISCAL IMPACT
There are no direct fiscal impacts associated with this item. Further exploration and implementation of the proposed policies will require the City to commit additional staffing and other services requiring ongoing funding. As previously noted, the City of Mountain View has established a Rent Stabilization Division consisting of approximately eight FTE staff to administer the program.

Prepared by:

Eloiza Murillo-Garcia, Housing Program
Manager
Reviewed by:

Rob Eastwood, Community
Development Director
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Brian Loventhal, City Manager
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Approved by:

City
Council
Report
TITLE: Council Committee Reports

RECOMMENDED ACTION
That the City Council report on activities from their committee assignments.

DISCUSSION
This is the section of the City Council Agenda that allows the City Councilmembers to report on items of interest and the work of City Council Subcommittees.

MAYOR LANDRY
Advisory Commissioner Appointment Interview Subcommittee City Attorney Performance/Compensation Subcommittee
City Clerk Performance/Compensation Subcommittee
City Manager Performance/Compensation Subcommittee
Education Subcommittee
Economic Development Subcommittee
West Valley Mayors and Managers
DCBA Liaison
Santa Clara County Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee Santa Clara Valley Water District County Water Commission Santa Clara County Library District JPA Board of Directors Cities Association of Santa Clara County - City Selection Committee Friends of the Heritage Theater Liaison (Alt.)
West Valley Clean Water JPA (Alt.)
West Valley Solid Waste Authority JPA (Alt.)

VICE MAYOR LOPEZ
City Attorney Performance/Compensation Subcommittee
City Clerk Performance/Compensation Subcommittee
City Manager Performance/Compensation Subcommittee
Economic Development Subcommittee
Finance Subcommittee
Legislative Subcommittee
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Audit Committee
Item: 11
Category: COUNCIL COMMITTEE

REPORTS
Meeting Date: November 19, 2024
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Bay Area Quality Management District Board of Directors** League of Cities Peninsula Division Executive Committee** Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors**

West Valley Mayors and Managers (Alt.)
Cities Association of Santa Clara County:

Board Representative (Alt.)
Legislative Action Committee and City Selection Committee (Alt.) Silicon Valley Clean Energy JPA Board of Directors (Alt.) West Valley Sanitation District (Alt.)

COUNCILMEMBER BYBEE:

Finance Subcommittee
Legislative Subcommittee

Cities Association of Santa Clara County:

Board Representative
Legislative Action Committee
Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority Board (SVACA)

Silicon Valley Clean Energy JPA Board of Directors
Campbell Historical Museum & Ainsley House Foundation Liaison (Alt.) West Valley Sanitation District (Alt.)

COUNCILMEMBER FURTADO
Advisory Commissioner Appointment Interview Committee

West Valley Clean Water JPA
West Valley Sanitation District
West Valley Solid Waste Authority JPA
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Authority (SVRIA) Santa Clara County Emergency Operational Council (EOAC)**

Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority Board (SVACA) (Alt.) Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee (Alt.)

COUNCILMEMBER SCOZZOLA
Campbell Historical Museum & Ainsley House Foundation Liaison Friends of the Heritage Theater Liaison
Education Subcommittee

Silicon Valley Clean Energy JPA Board of Directors
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Finance and Administration Committee Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Board

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Santa Clara Valley Water District: County Water Commission (Alt.) DCBA Liaison (Alt.)
Santa Clara County Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee (Alt.) Santa Clara County Library District JPA Board of Directors (Alt.) Association of Bay Area Governments (Alt.)

**appointed by other agencies

Prepared by:

Kristen Epolite, Deputy City Clerk

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