REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Ralph Mesa Jr., Emergency Servies Manager
Date:June 11, 2024
Subject:Adopt Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP)
Recommendation
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE LAKE ELSINORE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN ANNEX
FROM THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LOCAL
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL DISASTER MITIGATION AND COST REDUCTION ACT OF 2000.
Background
For the past year, the City of Lake Elsinore has participated in a countywide project to update the existing disaster-mitigation strategy for Riverside County. The Riverside County Operational Area Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJLHMP) is spearheaded by County Emergency Management Department staff and is a requirement of the United States Congress Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) (see Attachment 3 – Assembly Bill No. 2140). This law requires that to be eligible for future hazard mitigation grant awards, every local, county, and state government entity must update their City’s hazard mitigation plan.
Discussion
Riverside County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, including all its annexes, is now conditionally approved, and pending formal adoption. The next step towards final approval for all the participating jurisdictions is to submit a resolution adopting their LHMP to their respective governing boards. FEMA will issue a final approval, enabling each participating jurisdiction to apply for Hazard Mitigation funding.
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Fiscal Impact
None
Attachments
Attachment 1 - LHMP Resolution
Attachment 2 - LHMP Plan
Attachment 3 - Assembly Bill No. 2140