RESOLUTION NO. _____
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Adopting The 2025 – 2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) To Replace The Existing LHMP Appendix To The Safety Element Of The General Plan In Accordance With Assembly Bill 2140 (CEQA Determination: Exempt Per State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15308 And 15061(b)(3)
WHEREAS, the City of Emeryville prepares for disasters and recognizes the threat that natural and man-made hazards pose to people and property within Emeryville; and WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires that all communities establish a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) as a condition of receiving federal hazard mitigation funding through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), PreDisaster Mitigation Gran Program (PDM), and the Flood Management Assistance Grant Program, (FMA); and
WHEREAS, the LHMP must be updated every five years; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the current LHMP in 2019, pursuant to Resolution No. 19-131, and requires an update; and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared a mitigation plan, hereby known as the 2025-2030 City of Emeryville Local Hazard Mitigation Plan in accordance with federal laws; and WHEREAS, the 2025 – 2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies mitigation goals and actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property in Emeryville from the impacts of future hazards and disasters; and
WHEREAS, the California Disaster Assistance Act limits the state’s share for any eligible mitigation project to no more than 75% of total state eligible costs; however, pursuant to AB2140, the state’s share can increase up to 100% of total state eligible costs if the local agency has adopted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan in accordance with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 as part of the Safety Element of its General Plan; and WHEREAS, California State Law requires the City of Emeryville adopt a General Plan Amendment to make the LHMP an “implementation appendix” to the Safety Element of the Emeryville General Plan; and
WHEREAS, on September 3, 2019, the City Council amended the Safety Element of the General Plan to add the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan as an Implementation Appendix; and
WHEREAS, the 2025-2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update has been completed for the City Council’s review and adoption; and
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan General Plan Amendment
City Council Meeting | September 16, 2025
WHEREAS, on April 14, 2025, the 2025-2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX pending final adoption by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, as on August 28, 2025, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed Public Hearing to consider public input and comment on the approved 2025 – 2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt the 2025 – 2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to replace the existing LHMP Appendix to the General Plan Safety Element in Accordance with Assembly Bill 2140; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Emeryville now wishes to adopt the 2025-2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan update to replace the existing LHMP Appendix to the General Plan Safety Element; and now be it
RESOLVED, that the City of Emeryville adopts the 2025 – 2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit A, as a replacement of the existing Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Appendix to the General Plan Safety Element, and be it ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Tuesday, September 16, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
ATTACHMENTS
▪ Exhibit A – 2025 – 2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
▪ Exhibit B – FEMA Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool
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