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BenefitsNew or
Existing Assets
Objectives
Met Lead Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action CAS-5—Ventura-Santa Barbara Counties Intertie which will allow Casitas access to 2,000 acre-feet per year of its State Water Project allocation (through facilities owned and operated by Carpinteria Valley Water District) and provides a means to supply water across County lines in the event of an emergency in the event of a supply interruption that did not significantly affect the other agency.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought, Wildfire, Landslide
New 2, 6, 8, 18 Casitas Municipal
Water District
NA High Grant Funding (USBR, DWR), General
Funds
Short-term
Action CAS-6—Marion Walker Pressure Filtration Plant Flood Protection Hazards Mitigated:Flood, Severe Storms
Existing 2, 6, 9, 18 Casitas Municipal
Water District
NA High Grant Funding-FEMA HMA (BRIC,
FMA, HMGP), General Funds
Short-term
Action CAS-7—Lake Casitas Recreation Area Vegetation Management Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
Existing 5, 13, 14, 18Casitas Municipal
Water District
US Bureau
of
Reclamatio
n
Medium Grant Funding-FEMA HMA (BRIC,
FMAP and HMGP), General Funds
Short-term
Action CAS-8—Add a mitigation page to the Casitas website that references the Ventura County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and provide applicable updates on action status
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Severe Storms, Earthquake, Drought, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Flooding, Dam Failure, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami
Existing 17, 19 Casitas Municipal
Water District
NA Low General Funds Short-term
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 14-13.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
CAS-1 3 Medium High No Yes No Low Medium
CAS-2 6 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
CAS-3 2 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
CAS-4 4 Medium High No Yes No Low Medium
CAS-5 4 Medium High No Yes Yes Low Medium
CAS-6 4 Medium High No Yes No Low Medium
CAS-7 4 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
CAS-8 2 Medium Low Yes No Yes Low Low
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Table 14-14.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Landslide CAS-1 CAS-1 CAS-8 CAS-1, 5 CAS-2, 5, 8
Severe Storms CAS-1 CAS-1 CAS-8 CAS-6 CAS-1, 6 CAS-2, 6, 8 Earthquake CAS-3, CAS-4 CAS-8 CAS-3 CAS-3, CAS-4 CAS-2, 4, 8 Drought CAS-8 CAS-5 CAS-2, 5, 8
Severe WeatherCAS-1 CAS-1 CAS-8 CAS-3 CAS-1 CAS-2, 8
Medium-Risk Hazards
Wildfire CAS-7 CAS-7 CAS-8 CAS-7 CAS-3 CAS-5, 7 CAS-2, 5, 8 Flooding CAS-6 CAS-8 CAS-6 CAS-6 CAS-2, 8
Low-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure CAS-8 CAS-2, 8
Sea Level Rise CAS-8 CAS-2, 8
Tsunami CAS-8 CAS-2, 8
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
14.9 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
2020 Urban Water Management Plan—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment.
CMWD Emergency Response Plan—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment.
USBR Emergency Action Plan—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment.
CMWD 10-Year Capital Improvement Plan—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment and develop the action plan.
CMWD Standard Specifications and Details—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment.
Casitas Dam Standard Operating Procedures—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment.
Water Efficiency and Allocation Program—This plan was used to inform the capability assessment.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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14.10 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY Seismic Analysis of Administration Building/Operations Center, Marion Walker Pressure Filtration Plant, and District reservoirs
Technical and permitting assistance to scope flood protection improvements at Marion Walker Pressure Filtration Plant
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15. CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH COMMUNITY SERVICES
DISTRICT
15.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Peter Martinez, General Manager
353 Santa Monica Dr
Oxnard, CA 93035
(805) 985-6021
[email protected]
Jesus Navarro, Operations Manager
353 Santa Monica Dr
Oxnard, CA 93035
(805) 985-6021
[email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 15-1.
Table 15-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Peter Martinez General Manager
Jesus Navarro Operations Manager
CJ Dillon Office Manager
Erika Davis Clerk of the Board
15.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
15.2.1 Overview
Channel Islands Beach Community Services District (CIBCSD) was created on December 13, 1982, as a result of the demand of the citizens of the beach community for an independent governmental entity to provide solutions to their need for various services, including but not limited to water, sewer, and trash services. A five member elected board governs the District. The District currently employs a staff of 8. Funding comes primarily through water, sewer, and trash rates.
The Channel Islands Beach Community Services District Board of Directors assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the General Manager for CIBCSD will oversee its implementation. 924
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15.2.2 Service Area
The Channel Islands Beach Community Services District serves the unincorporated areas of Ventura County southwest of Port Hueneme and the beach communities south of Oxnard, including the Silverstrand, Hollywood Beach, Hollywood by the Sea, and Channel Islands Harbor. The total current service area is approximately 1 square mile and serves about 10,000 customers via approximately 2,240 service connections.
15.2.3 Assets
Table 15-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 15-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
43 acres of land, District owns 9 lots at estimated $400,000 each $3,600,000 (estimated) Equipment
Backhoe $40,000
Wach’s Valve Turning Trailer $50,000
Ford 350 Crane Truck $25,000
4 light work trucks 2008-2015 in age $32,000
LargeGenerator $18,000
Total: $165,000
Critical Facilities
Well House & Pumping Station4200 W. Baracuda Way $165,000 Sewer Lift Station 529 Ocean Drive & Corner Panama/Highland $116,000 Sewer Lift Station1729 Ocean Drive & 3384 Ocean Drive $116,000 Pump Station A-Corner Highland/Roosevelt $121,489.00
Pump Station B-3765 Ocean Drive $121,489.00
Pump Station H-Channel Islands Blvd. and Peninsula Rd $79,857.00 Total: $719,835.00
15.3 CURRENT TRENDS
The population within the Channel Islands Beach Community Services District boundaries is not expected to significantly increase over the next five years and the District has no plans to expand its service area.
The District is legally authorized, but not obligated to provide street maintenance and improvement, street lighting, undergrounding of overhead utilities, fire protection, and police protection. The District does not provide these additional services at this time as the District does not have sufficient revenues for any of these services. The ability of the District to provide these services in the future will depend on upon available revenues and decisions by the Board of Directors and the District electors. These additional services are currently provided by the County of Ventura in the unincorporated areas of the District and by the City of Oxnard within its boundaries. 925
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15.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 15-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 15-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 15-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 15-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 15-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 15-8.
Table 15-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program Date of Most Recent UpdateComment Capital Improvement Plan FY 2021-2022 Through FYE 2026
Emergency Response Plan December 2021
Urban Water Management Plan Adopted June 2021 In coordination with Port Hueneme Water Agency Sewer System Management Plan 2019
Table 15-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants No
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify: Water, Sewer, Refuse Collection
Incur Debt through WasterwaterBonds Yes
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
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Table 15-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practicesYes If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Engineersor professionalstrained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Surveyors Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Personnel skilled or trained in GISapplications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:General Manager
Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contracted
Table 15-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Drought information, Tsunami information, VC Resilient Coastal Adaptation Project Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? Yes If yes, briefly describe:NextDoor
Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?Yes If yes, briefly describe:The Channel Islands Beach Emergency Response Team operates under the Channel Islands Beach Community Services District (CIBCSD). The team is made up of concerned residents who have completed the basic CERT training.
Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Mobile electronic message board, bulletin boards Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly describe:NextDoor, Website, Reverse 911 Table 15-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code N/A N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 085392637 N/A
Community Rating System N/A N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule N/A N/A N/A Public Protection N/A N/A N/A
Storm Ready N/A N/A N/A
Firewise N/A N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready N/A N/A N/A
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Table 15-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Low Comment:
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processesLow Comment:
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment:
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment:CIP addresses strategies
Champions for climate action in local government departments Medium Comment:Regularly discussed in board meetings
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Unsure Comment:
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Medium Comment:Designated rate fees for construction projects
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment:
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk High Comment:Often shared in board meetings
Local residents’ supportof adaptation efforts High
Comment:Support voluntary water use reduction
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating. 928
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15.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
15.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Capital Improvement Plan—The capital improvement plan includes projects that can help mitigate potential hazards. The District will act to ensure consistency between the hazard mitigation plan and the current and future capital improvement plans. The hazard mitigation plan may identify new possible funding sources for capital improvement projects and may result in modifications to proposed projects based on results of the risk assessment.
Urban Water Management Plan—The Urban Water Management Plan addresses risks also addressed in this hazard mitigation plan including water reliability in drought years and following regional power outages and earthquakes.
15.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
Capital Improvement Projects—Capital improvement project proposals may take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization.
Emergency Response Plan—The results of the risk assessment may be used in the next update of the emergency response plan.
Sewer System Management Plan—The results of the risk assessment may be used in the next update of the sewer system management plan as it relates to infrastructure upgrades to protect against seismic activity and coastal hazards.
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15.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
15.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 15-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 15-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Rain and High Wind Event January 19, 2021Trees down, road closures, power outages, damage to structures
COVID-19 DR-4482 January 20, 2020
Continuing
Ongoing
Atmospheric River Storm SystemCA Disaster
109
January/February 2019Local stream and street flooding, trees down, power outages
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and
Debris Flows
DR-4353 December 4, 2017-
January 31, 2018
Post Thomas Fire debris flows in local rivers, large
deposits of debris on local beaches, road closures
Thomas Fire DR-4224 December 4, 2017 Public Health issues due to smoke, power outages, sewage spill due to power outage
February Winter Storm CA Disaster
77.1 February 2017 Local stream and street flooding, trees down, power outages, debris deposits in local stream and on
beaches
January Winter Storm CA Disaster
77 January 2017 Local stream and street flooding, trees down, power outages, debris deposits in local stream and on
beaches
Extreme Wind Storm February 2016 Trees down, power outages, street closures, damage to structures, debris
Erratic Weather (frost, heat, drought) Winter 2013 Economic loss Tsunami (7.1 earthquake in Japan) March 11, 2011 Damage to local harbors, marinas and docks Tsunami (8.8 earthquake in Chile) February 27, 2010 Damage to local harbors, marinas and docks Storm and Flood January 18 – 22, 2010.Local stream and street flooding, trees down, power outages
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and
Debris Flows
DR-1731 October 21–March 31,
2008
Post burn, flooding, debris and mud flows.
Severe Storm DR-1267 January 7–11, 2005 Flooding and debris flows “El Nino”Storm and Flood February 1998 Street and stream flooding, debris flows Storms and Floods January and March,
1995
Unknown
Northridge Earthquake DR-1008 January 17–November
30, 1994
Power and communications disruptions, damage to
structures
Storm and Flood February 10-15, 1992 Street and stream flooding, debris flows Earthquake (Whittier Narrows
Earthquake)
October 1, 1987 Unknown
Storm and Flood February 25-March 3,
1983
Street and stream flooding, debris flows
Storm and Flood February 13-22, 1980 Street and stream flooding, debris flows Tsunami (9.5 earthquake in Chile) May 24, 1960 Damage to docks and ships in Port Hueneme St Francis Dam Disaster March 12, 1928$7 Million (1928)—Inundation of nearly the entire area, flooding, debris flows, destruction of infrastructure,
high loss of life
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15.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 15-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 15-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
1 Dam Failure 36 High
2 Earthquake 32 High
3 Drought 9 High
4 Severe Storm 24 Medium
5 Severe Weather 24 Medium
6 Flooding 18 Medium
7 Landslide 18 Medium
8 Sea Level Rise 18 Medium
9 Tsunami 12 Low
10 Wildfire 0 Low
15.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
Tsunami—The highest elevation in the service area is about 30 feet above sea level and the district operations facility is only about 20 feet above sea level.
Erosion—Coastal erosion impacts the district service area especially during severe storm events. Impacts are expected to increase as the sea level rises and climate change produces stronger or more frequent coastal storms.
Earthquake and Liquefaction Zone—Asbestos cement pipe infrastructure is known to have moderate to high vulnerability, especially in liquefaction areas. In order for the infrastructure to be more resilient to seismic activity in the liquefaction zone, it needs to be replaced with PVC C900 pipes, which have a lower vulnerability rating.
Drought—80 percent of the water distributed by the district is pumped from wells. Only 20 percent is imported.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
15.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
Table 15-11 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared. 931
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Table 15-11.Status of Previous Plan Actions
Removed;
CarriedOver to Plan
Update
Action Item from Previous Plan Completed
No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #in
Update
OA 9—Identify potentially vulnerable public and private utility systems including electric, gas, oil, water, sewer and communication. Upgrade vulnerable systems to ensure the operation and timely restoration of essential systems to reasonable levels of service.
CIB-2
CIB-3
Comment:Closed circuit TVassessments done in 2018, but need to continue every 5 years. The district does not have current authority over electric, gas, oil or communication utilities.
OA 18—Continue to participate in the NWS TsunamiReady Program through continued implementation of Guideline 4: Community Preparedness measures, including public outreach material and curriculum.
CIB-8
Comment:Public outreach component is part of the CERT outreach and is an ongoing action that needs to be carried forward.
CIBCSD 1—Replace and relocate pipes in vulnerable areas. CIB-2 CIB-3
Comment:Sewer line replacement is an ongoing action and needs to be carried forward.
15.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 15-12 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 15-13 identifies the priority for each action. Table 15-14 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 15-12.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met
Lead
Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action CIB-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami Existing 2, 6, 9, 11, 19 CIBCSD High General Funds, Grant Funding- FEMA
HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action CIB-2—Assess and address the vulnerability of critical sewer infrastructure through the capital improvement plan process, including, but not limited to:
Inflow and Infiltration Reduction
Sewer Lift Station and Pump Station Rehabilitation
Sewer Improvement Projects
Pump Station B Replacement
Oxnard Wastewater Plant Improvements
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami Existing 2, 6, 9, 11, 19 CIBCSD High Staff Time, General Funds, Grant Funding -
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
and
Ongoing
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met
Lead
Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action CIB-3—Assess and address the vulnerability of critical water infrastructure through the capital improvement plan process, including, but not limited to:
Easement Risk Mitigation Projects
Port Hueneme Water Agency Improvements
Water Distribution Improvements
Valve Replacement
Water Supply Upgrades
Fire Flow Improvements
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Drought, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami Existing 2, 6, 9, 11, 19CIBCSD High Staff Time, General Funds,Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
and
Ongoing
Action CIB-4—Replace or renovate the Administration & Operations Facility to meet current seismic and Americans with Disabilities Act standards
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami Existing 2, 6, 9, 11, 19CIBCSD High General Funds,Grant Funding-FEMA
HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action CIB-5—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Drought, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami, Wildfire
New & Existing2, 8, 17, 19 CIBCSD Low Staff Time, General Funds Short-term Action CIB-6—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Tsunami, Wildfire Existing 2, 6 CIBCSD High Staff Time, General Funds,Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Short-term
Action CIB-7—Study the feasibility of using green energy, such as solar power, for emergency backup power at pump stations and other critical locations. Determine if space requirements can be met with current or new green energy technology.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Flooding, Landslide, Tsunami Existing 1, 15, 19 CIBCSD Low Staff Time, General Funds,Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action CIB-8—Continue to participate in the NWS TsunamiReady Program through continued implementation of Guideline 4: Community Preparedness measures, including public outreach material and curriculum.
Hazards Mitigated:Tsunami
New & Existing 2, 7, 8, 17 CIBCSD Low Staff Time, General Funds Ongoing a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
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Table 15-13.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 5 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
2 5 Medium High No Yes Yes Low Medium
3 5 Medium High No Yes Yes Low Medium
4 5 High High Yes Yes Yes High High
5 4 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
6 2 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
7 3 Low Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
8 4 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of priorities.
Table 15-14.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure CIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7 Earthquake CIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7 Drought CIB-3 CIB-3 CIB-5 CIB-5
Medium-Risk Hazards
Severe Storm CIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7 Severe WeatherCIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7 Flooding CIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7 Landslide CIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7 Sea Level RiseCIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-5 Low-Risk Hazards
Tsunami CIB-2, 3 CIB-1, 2, 3, 4 CIB-5 CIB-7 CIB-6 CIB-2 CIB-7 CIB-5, 7, 8 Wildfire CIB-6 CIB-5
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
15.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
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Table 15-15.Local Public Outreach
Local Outreach Activity Date Number of People Involved
Channel Islands Beach Emergency Response Team MeetingsMonthly, every third Tuesday Average attendance 8 Website—tsunami evacuation and emergency preparedness
outreach
Updated as needed About 10,000 customers
15.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
Capital Improvement Plan—The CIP was reviewed for the capabilities assessment, plan integration analysis, and in the development of mitigation actions.
Port Hueneme Water Agency 2020 Urban Water Management Plan—The urban water management plan was used for the capabilities assessment, plan integration analysis, and in the development of mitigation actions.
Emergency Response Plan—The Emergency Response Plan was reviewed for the capabilities assessment.
Sewer System Management Plan—The Sewer System Management Plan was reviewed for the capabilities assessment.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Earthquake Resilience Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities, March 2018—Reviewed for the development of the mitigation action plan.
15.11 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY Groundwater Sustainability Plan will require groundwater pumping cutbacks by 50% over the next 20 years.
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16. CONEJO RECREATION & PARK DISTRICT
16.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Bill Palermo, Park Operations Analyst
403 West Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Telephone: 805-381-1201
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Andrew Mooney, Senior Planner
403 West Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Telephone: 805-495-6471
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 16-1.
Table 16-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
James Friedl General Manager
Bill Palermo Park Operations Analyst
Andrew Mooney Senior Park Planner
16.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
16.2.1 Overview
The Conejo Recreation and Park District (CRPD) is a special district created in 1963 to provide park and recreational services and facilities for the residents of the Conejo Valley. A five-member elected Board of Directors governs the District. The Board will assume responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the General Manager will oversee its implementation. The District currently employs a full-time staff of 94. Funding is obtained through property taxes, State revenue bonds, developer fees, and assessment districts.
The City of Thousand Oaks and CRPD formed the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA) by a Joint Powers Agreement in 1977. This agreement enables the combined agency to conserve natural open space lands and assures the coordination of local land use and resource management decisions that support the goals of the City of Thousand Oaks General Plan and the CRPD Master Plan. Additional agreements between the City of Thousand Oaks, COSCA, and CRPD provide for an extensive equestrian/hiking trail system and a citywide bicycle trail system. In cooperation with the National Park Service, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, 936
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COSCA, CRPD, and CTO, over 15,000 acres of open space are available for public enjoyment.
COSCA, CRPD, and the City of Thousand Oaks maintain approximately 13,215 acres of this amount and a 140-mile multi-use trail system.
16.2.2 Service Area and Trends
The District covers 62 square miles, and serves more than 136,000 residents of Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, and the Ventura County portion of Westlake Village. Assets Table 16-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 16-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
3,254.1 acres of land $ unknown
Equipment
Vehicles, Blanket $1,563,000
Equipment Blanket $2,500,000
Total: $4,063,000
Critical Facilities
Borchard Community Center—190 Reino Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 $2,619,000 Conejo Community Center—1175 Hendrix Avenue, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 $3,571,486 Dos Vientos Community Center—4801 Borchard Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 $4,935,548 Thousand Oaks Community Center—2525 N. Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360$6,483,858 Old Meadows Center—1600 Marview Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 $1,349,914 Hillcrest Center—403 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 $1,088,921 (contents only) Conejo Creek South Park $1,402,928
Total:(value of all facilities on Property Schedule:$60,684,717) $21,451,655
16.3 CURRENT TRENDS
Recent updates to the City’s General Plan project a build-out population of over 145,000 by 2045.
CRPD faces two distinct funding challenges. The first is the high cost of funding new facilities, and the second, the funding of ongoing maintenance and operation of new and existing facilities. Coordination with the City and updates to the District’s Master Plan will enable the District to meet the projected service needs of the community.
16.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
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Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 16-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 16-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 16-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 16-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 16-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 16-8.
Table 16-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent Update Comment
CRPD Administration Public Policies and Documents Continually updated
Public Policies and Documents: Finance &
Audit; Forms and Documents
Memorandum of Understandingfor Emergency Care and Shelter Services
5/12/20
American Red Cross Agreement 5/12/20
County of Ventura Mass Care Shelter Annex 3/12/19
CRPD Disaster Management Plan 5/07/20 Internal document not formally approved Table 16-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants Yes
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes Yes
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service No
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds No
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
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Table 16-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practicesYes If Yes, Department /Position:Andrew Mooney, Senior Planner; Bill Palermo, Park Operations Analyst Engineersor professionalstrained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Andrew Mooney, Senior Planner; Joe Tornero, Facility Maintenance Supervisor Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Andrew Mooney, Senior Planner; Matt Kouba, Park Superintendent; Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Andrew Mooney, Senior Planner; Bill Palermo, Park Operation Analyst Surveyors No
Personnel skilled or trained in GISapplications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Bill Palermo, Park Operations Analyst Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Matt Kouba, Park Superintendent Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Bill Palermo, Park Operations Analyst Table 16-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? No Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? (consultant developed; staff maintained) Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Information posted as needed during an event (i.e.,emergency shelters; cooling centers) Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Information posted as needed during an event (i.e.,emergency shelters; cooling centers) Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?No Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? No Table 16-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code: No N/A N/A
DUNS#: Yes 798289708 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
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Table 16-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Low Comment:
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes Medium Comment:Processes in CEQA require climate change impacts to be considered.
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment:
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment: Strategies include, but not limited to, capturing electrical power through solar carport, emergency backup generators, removal of non-essential turf, LED construction practices, fuel modification, fire resiliency projects, stormwater management, bioswales and planting of vegetation on slopes. An existing agreement with American Red Cross and pending shelter agreement with the County of Ventura aid in providing public assistance during a climate event.
Champions for climate action in local government departments Medium Comment:Planning of development and capital improvement projects include aforementioned strategies in addressing the negative impacts of climate change. Capital improvement project proposals take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization.
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Medium Comment:CRPD Board of Directors and other elected City officials support strategies for implementation of climate change adaptation.
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Medium Comment: Funding for climate change adaptation is available through the District’s General Fund and Capital Improvement Projects budget.
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Medium Comment: CRPD works closely with the Ventura County Fire Protection District to eliminate potential risks of wildfire. Fuel modification is managed through an annual weed abatement contract and brush clearance easements.
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Low Comment:
Local residents’ support of adaptation efforts Low
Comment:
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
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16.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
16.5.1 Existing Integration
Conejo Recreation and Park District continually integrates hazard mitigation information and strategies during planning sessions related to capital improvement projects. This includes projects of new development and those related to the major repair of existing facilities (see FY 2021-2023 Adopted Budget via ‘CRPD Administration Public Policies and Documents’ link, Finance and Audit Section, in Table 16-3 above).
The development of internal documents, such as the ‘CRPD Disaster Management Plan’, which outlines a disaster response protocol, including training, and procedures for deployment of resources during an event, is another example of this integration. The District has included, in its two-year budget, portable emergency backup generators and electrical plug-in retrofits for these units. Other examples of integration include sustainable building practices, reduction of non-essential turf in response to the ongoing drought and the adoption of facility use agreements with coordinating agencies, such as the City of Thousand Oaks and American Red Cross.
16.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment has not identified any plans or programs for future integration with hazard mitigation information.
16.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
16.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 16-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 16-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
COVID-19 DR-4482-CA 3/2020 $150,000; ongoing
Woolsey / Hill Fires DR-4407-CA 11/2018 $712,000; mutual aid provided in fire response Active Shooter, Borderline Shooting N/A 11/2018 support role; no cost damages Sesnon Fire CA-LAC-0824645510/2008 $ 45,970, mutual aid provided in fire response California Wildfires DR-1731-CA 10/2007 $ 21,982; mutual aid provided in fire response California Severe Storms DR-1577-CA 1/2005 $131,602; flooding, power outages, debris from winds 941
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Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Fire Mitigation DR-1498-CA 10/2003 $115,950; mutual aid provided in fire response Wildfire N/A 12/2000 Gusty winds fueled wildfire, 600-acres burned; mutual aid Severe Winter Storms, El Niño DR-1203-CA 2/1998 $398,984; flooding, power outages; debris from winds Winter Storms (Aggregate) N/A 1996,1997 Flooding, power outages; debris from heavy winds Northridge-Simi Earthquake DR-1008-CA 1/1994 no cost damages California Fires DR-1005-CA 10/1993 $27,288; mutual aid provided in fire response
16.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 16-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 16-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk Ranking Score Risk Category
1 Landslide 51 High
2 Wildfire 36 High
3 Earthquake 32 High
4 Severe Storms 24 Medium
4 Severe Weather 24 Medium
5 Flooding 18 Medium
6 Dam Failure 12 Low
7 Drought 9 Low
8 Sea Level Rise; Coastal Erosion 0 Low
8 Tsunami 0 Low
16.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern.
Irrespective of the risk ranking above, the principal hazards affecting Conejo Recreation and Park District are wildfire, severe storms and weather, and drought. The following hazard mitigation action plan will address vulnerabilities through flood and erosion control, soil stabilization, defensible space, ignition-resistant construction and infrastructure retrofits. Through independent solutions, public facilities and neighboring properties will have increased protection and full capacity of use.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
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16.7 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 16-11 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 16-12 identifies the priority for each action. Table 16-13 summarizes the actions by hazard of concern and type.
Table 16-11.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing Assets
Objectives
Met Lead Agency Support Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action CRP-1—Maintain wildfire hazard fuel reduction program for areas that have been identified with overgrown or dead brush, trees and weeds to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition. Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program. (Coordinates with Ventura County Fire Protection District Action VFP-6 and City of Thousand Oaks Action CTO-7)
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New & Existing2, 4, 5, 6, 8,
10, 11, 13,
14, 15, 18, 19
Ventura County
Fire Protection
District
CAL FIRE, USDA,
Conejo Recreation &
Park District, City of
Thousand Oaks
Low General Fund, Grant
Funding- FEMA HMA (BRIC,
HMGP
and FMAP)
Ongoing
Action CRP-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Wildfire, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Flooding, Dam Failure, Drought New & Existing 4, 5, 6, 8, 19 County of Ventura CRPD Low Staff Time, General Funds Short-term Action CRP-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power.Install transfer switches to allow temporary power connections during emergencies. (Several CRPD community centers serve as evacuation shelters or cooling centers during a disaster or hazard event.)
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Wildfire Existing 2, 6, 7, 8Conejo Recreation
& Park District
N/A Medium Capital Improvement Project
Budget, Staff Time, Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Short-term
Action CRP-4—Major removal of vegetation and sediment debris, flood control capacity improvement to existing drainage infrastructure in conjunction with soil stabilization and erosion control measures Districtwide, at key locations within 26 parks.
Hazards Mitigated: Flooding, Wildfire, Severe Weather
Existing 2, 5, 7, 8 Conejo Recreation
& Park District
N/A Medium General Fund,
Grant Funding- FEMA HMA (BRIC,
FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action CRP-5—Retrofit irrigation system components with bubblers, low-angle directional spray heads, and smart controllers to reduce water consumption and runoff.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
New & Existing 5, 8, 19 Conejo Recreation
& Park District
N/A Medium General Fund Ongoing
Action CRP-6—Remove non-essential turf and install drought-tolerant plants with mulch ground cover. Irrigation modifications as necessary. All new development will incorporate this action into the design of each park.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
New & Existing 5, 8, 19 Conejo Recreation
& Park District
N/A Medium General Fund Ongoing
Action CRP-7—Track future hazard events and impactsto inform decisions on future development and provide public outreach opportunities for hazard awareness.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Severe Storms, Tsunami, Wildfire New & Existing1, 2, 5, 6, 8,
17 Conejo Recreation
& Park District
N/A Low General Fund Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
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Table 16-12.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 12 High Low Yes Yes Yes High High
2 5 Medium Low Yes No No Low Low
3 4 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
4 4 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
5 3 Medium Medium Yes No Yes High Low
6 3 MediumMedium Yes No No Low Low
7 6 Low Low Yes No No Low Low
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of priorities Table 16-13.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Landslide CRP-7 CRP-4 CRP-2,7 CRP-3 CRP-2, 3, 7
Wildfire CRP-1, 7 CRP-1, 4 CRP-1, 2, 7 CRP-1, 4, 6 CRP-3 CRP-4 CRP-2, 3, 7 Earthquake CRP-7 CRP-4 CRP-2, 7 CRP-6 CRP-3 CRP-2, 3, 7 Medium-Risk Hazards
Severe Storms CRP-7 CRP-4 CRP-2, 7 CRP-3 CRP-2, 3, 7
Severe WeatherCRP-7 CRP-4 CRP-2, 7 CRP-4 CRP-3 CRP-4 CRP-2, 3, 7 Flood CRP-7 CRP-7 CRP-3 CRP-4 CRP-2, 3, 7
Low-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure CRP-7 CRP-3 CRP-2, 3, 7
Drought CRP-2, 7 CRP-1, 5, 6 CRP-3 CRP-5, 6 CRP-2, 3, 7 a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
16.8 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 16-14 lists public outreach activities for this jurisdiction.
Table 16-14.Local Public Outreach
Local Outreach Activity Date Number of People Involved
Information posted on District website and social media Ongoing 130,000
16.9 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
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American Red Cross Shelter Agreement—Reviewed for capabilities and integration.
Center Emergency Action Plan—Reviewed for capabilities
Memorandum of Understanding for Emergency Care and Shelter Services—Reviewed for capabilities and integration
County of Ventura Mass Care Shelter Annex—Reviewed for capabilities and integration CRPD Capri Property Schedule—Used to list district assets The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
16.10 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY The District will study and consider options to increasingly develop projects to reduce risk/vulnerability through climate resilient mitigation activities including, floodplain and stream restoration, green infrastructure methods, and flood diversion and storage. 945
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17. OJAI VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT
17.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Jeff Palmer, General Manager
1072 Tico Road
Ojai, California 93023
Telephone: 805-646-5548
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Alison Young, Administrative Officer
1072 Tico Road
Ojai, California 93023
Telephone: 805-646-5548
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 17-1.
Table 17-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Jeff Palmer General Manager
Alison Young Administrative Officer
17.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
17.2.1 Overview
The Ojai Valley Sanitary District was established in 1985 as the result of a consolidation of the Ventura Avenue, Oak View, and Meiners Oaks sanitary districts and the Sanitation Department of the City of Ojai. It collects and transports wastewater for treatment at the Ojai Valley Treatment Plant and disposes of effluent and sludge.
The district is a public agency organized under the Sanitary District Act of 1923 and is governed by an elected seven-member board.
The Board of Directors assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; Staff will oversee its implementation.
17.2.2 Service Area
The District provides sanitary sewer service for about 20,000 residents of the City of Ojai and the unincorporated Ojai Valley. The District’s collection system consists of approximately 120 miles of trunk and main sewer lines.
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17.2.3 Assets
Table 17-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 17-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
0 acres of land N/A
Equipment
Vehicles $1.5 million
Total: $1.5million
Critical Facilities
Tico Administration Office—1072 Tico Road, Ojai CA 93023 $2.5 million Santa Ana Lift Station—Santa Ana Rd, Oak View CA 93022 $5 million Little Santa AnaLift Station—Santa Ana Rd, Oak View CA 93022 $1.5 million Orchard Lift Station—Ojai Ca 93023 $5 million
Wastewater Treatment Plant—6363 N Ventura Ave, Ventura CA 93001 $27 Million Collection System—various areas, Ojai Valley, Ventura CA $22.8 million Total: $63.8 Million
17.3 CURRENT TRENDS
Flows have been steady for years with little new growth.
17.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 17-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 17-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 17-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 17-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 17-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 17-8.
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Table 17-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent UpdateComment
Budget 7/2021 Annual Budget Adoption
CIP 7/2021 Reviewed Monthly
Disaster Operations Plan
District Code of Regulations 6/2021 Updated through Ordinance No. OVSD-83 Infiltration & Inflow Master Plan 2014
Sewer System Management Plan 9/2019
Table 17-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants No
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify: Sewer Service Fees
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds Yes
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
DevelopmentImpact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers No
Table 17-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practicesYes If Yes, Department /Position:Operations Manager and General Manager Engineers or professionals trained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Operations Manager and General Manager Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Operations Manager and General Manager Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Operations Manager and General Manager Surveyors No
Personnel skilled or trained in GISapplications No
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Operations Manager and General Manager Grant writers Yes
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Table 17-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? Yes Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? No Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?No Do you haveany established warning systems for hazard events? No Table 17-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code No N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 081077164 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
Table 17-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts High Comment:OVSD has engineering staff to track and record flow & loading as it changes over time. Real time data is available to make operational decisions
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts High Comment:OVSD has engineering staff to track and record flow & loading as it changes over time. Real time data is available to make operational decisions
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory High Comment:OVSD has engineering staff to track and record flow & loading as it changes over time. Real time data is available to make operational decisions
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
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Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processesMedium Comment:OVSD has capability to make operational decisions to address flow conditions Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment:
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment:OVSD has capability to make operational decisions to address flow conditions Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment:
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment:
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Low Comment:
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment:
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk High Comment:Climate risks studied by County of Ventura & City of Ojai Local residents’ support of adaptation efforts High
Comment:Climate risks studied by County of Ventura & City of Ojai Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
17.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
17.5.1 Existing Integration
No level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and other local plans and programs.
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17.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment did not identify any plans or programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future.
17.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
17.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 17-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 17-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
COVID-19 Pandemic DR-4482 January 20, 2020 and
continuing
District administrative operations were impacted due to stay-at- home orders
Thomas Fire FM-5224-CA 12/4/2017 $90,000
Wolf Fire N/A 6/1/2002 This event impacted the Ojai area, but damages specific to the district are unknown.
Flash Flood N/A 2/20/2000 Heavy rain, totaling 2 to 6 inches produced flash flooding in Ventura County, but damages specific to the district are unknown.
17.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 17-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 17-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
1 Landslide 33 High
2 Earthquake 32 Medium
3 Severe Storms 24 Medium
4 Severe Weather 24 Medium
5 Wildfire 18 Medium
6 Flooding 18 Medium
7 Dam Failure 12 Low
8 Drought 9 Low
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17.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
OVSD has had a direct wildfire impact in the form of damages done by the Thomas Fire.
Increased drought conditions make us susceptible to a similar occurrence.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
17.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
The District began to participate in the previous plan, but did not complete participation and therefore does not have a previous action plan.
17.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 17-11 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 17-12 identifies the priority for each action. Table 17-13 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 17-11.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead AgencySupport AgencyEstimated Cost Sources of
Funding Timelinea
Action OVS-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Flooding, Dam Failure Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 OVSD None High FEMA HMA
(BRIC, FMA,
HMGP)
Short-term
Action OVS-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Flooding, Dam Failure, Drought New & Existing 2, 8, 11, 19 OVSD None Low Staff Time,
General Funds
Short-term
Action OVS-3—Purchase generators for all critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Flooding, Dam Failure Existing 2, 7, 8 OVSD None High Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA
(BRIC, HMGP)
Short-term
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
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Table 17-12.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
2 4 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
3 3 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of priorities.
Table 17-13.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Landslide OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Medium-Risk Hazards
Earthquake OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Severe Storms OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Severe Weather OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Wildfire OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Flooding OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Low-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure OVS-1, 3 OVS-2 OVS-3 OVS-2
Drought OVS-2 OVS-2
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of administrative and technical or financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
17.9 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
Budget—as a financial reference point and pre-planning operationally and major expenditures through reserves
CIP—Summary and tracking of Construction Projects in progress Disaster Operations Plan—Guide to disaster preparedness and navigation The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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18. PLEASANT VALLEY RECREATION & PARK DISTRICT
18.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Mary Otten, General Manager
1605 E. Burnley Street
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone: 805-482-1996 Ext. 114
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Leonore Young, Administrative Services
Manager
1605 E. Burnley Street
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone: 805-482-1996 Ext. 111
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 18-1.
Table 18-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Mary Otten General Manager
Leonore Young Administrative Services Manager
Bob Cerasuolo Park Services Manager
Dylan Gunning Administrative Analyst
Jessica Puckett Administrative Analyst
Nick Marienthal Park Supervisor
18.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
18.2.1 Overview
The Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District is a Special District created in 1962 to provide recreation services and programs and to maintain park space which encompasses the city of Camarillo (“City”) and surrounding areas. A five-member elected Board of Directors governs the District. The Board assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan: the General Manager will oversee its implementation. The District currently employs a staff of 48. Funding comes primarily through property taxes and fees charged for District classes and programs.
18.2.2 Service Area
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District service area covers 45 square miles with 256 acres of park land, serving a population over 78,936 (as of the latest census).
18.2.3 Assets
Table 18-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 18-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
256.5 Acres of Land $22,732,253
Adolfo Park3601 N. Adolfo, Camarillo CA93010(3.0 Acres) Arneill Ranch Park 1301 Sweetwater, Camarillo CA 93010 (5.0 Acres) Birchview Park 5564 Laurel Ridge Lane, Camarillo CA 93012 (0.7 Acres) Calleguas Creek Park675 Avenida Valencia, Camarillo CA93012(3.0 Acres) Camarillo Oak Grove Park 6968 Camarillo Springs Rd, Camarillo CA 93012 (24.55 Acres) Carmenita Park 1506 Sevilla Camarillo CA 93010 (1.0 Acre) Charter Oak Park2500 Charter Oak DriveCamarillo CA93010(5.7 Acres) Community CenterPark1605 E. Burnley Street Camarillo CA93010(12.9 Acres) Dos Camino Park 2198 N. Ponderosa Lane Camarillo CA 93010 (4.4 Acres) Encanto Park5300 EncantoCamarillo CA93012(3.0 Acres)
Foothill Park1501 Cranbrook Street Camarillo CA93010(2.3Acres) Freedom Park 275 E. Pleasant Valley Road Camarillo CA 93010 (33.9 Acres) Heritage Park1630 Heritage TrailCamarillo CA93012(9.0 Acres) Las Posas Equestrian Park2084 Via VenetoCamarillo CA93010(2.0 Acres) Laurelwood Park2127 DexterCamarillo CA93010(1.5 Acres)
Lokker Park 848 Vista Coto Verde Camarillo CA 93010 (7.0 Acres) Mel Vincent Park668 Calistoga RoadCamarillo CA93010(5.0 Acres) Mission Oaks Park5501 Mission Oaks BlvdCamarillo CA930102(20.2 Acres) Nancy Bush Park 1150 Bradford Camarillo CA 93010 (3.4 Acres) Pitts Ranch Park1400 Flynn RoadCamarillo CA93012(10.0 Acres) Bob Kildee Community Park1030 Temple AveCamarillo CA93010(13.0 Acres) Quito Park 7073 Quito Court Camarillo CA 93012 (5.0 Acres) Springville Park 801 Via Zamora Camarillo CA 93010 (5.0 Ares) Trailside Park5462 Cherry Ridge DriveCamarillo CA93012(0.5 Acres) Valle Lindo Park 889 Aileen Street Camarillo CA 93010 (10.0 Acres) Pleasant Valley Fields 3777 Village at the Park Drive Camarillo CA 93010 (55.0 Acres) Woodcreek Park1200 Woodcreek RoadCamarillo CA93012(5.0 Acres) Woodside Park247 Japonica Avenue Camarillo CA93012(5.0 Acres) Equipment
20 Parks Vehicles $805,000
4 Tractors $140,000
3Generators $15,000
1-200GallonPortableWater Tank $500
2-250 Portable Water Tanks $1,500
11 Trailers $11,000
Total: $973,000
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Asset Value
Critical Facilities
Community Center (Admin Office, Auditorium, Classrooms and Senior Center) 1605 E. Burnely St. Camarillo 93010
Freedom Park 275 E. Pleasant Valley RoadCamarillo CA93010 Pleasant Valley Aquatic Center1030 TempleAveCamarillo CA93010 Pleasant Valley Recreation and ParksOperation Building480 Skyway Dr. Camarillo CA93010 Pleasant Valley Recreation and ParksShop & Yard 380 Skyway Camarillo CA93010 Total: $8,712,616
18.3 CURRENT TRENDS
Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District has a population of 78,936 (2020 Census) and is located in Ventura County, and encompasses the City of Camarillo and surrounding areas. The City of Camarillo is currently growing at a rate of 1.42% annually. (https://worldpopulationreview.com). Slated for future development, multiple new housing projects within the boundaries of the District will increase the population, impacting the capacity of existing parks and facilities the District operates. The future growth of facilities within the District includes new sports fields, new parks, pickleball courts, and a new Senior and Community Center.
Emergency services use district parks and facilities as staging locations for natural disasters, including wildfires within the region. Additionally, the District facilities are used as evacuation centers where that District staff monitor emergency operations.
18.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 18-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 18-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 18-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 18-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 18-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 18-8.
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Table 18-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent UpdateComment
Capital Improvement Plan 6/5/2013 Plan is for 2013-2018 Strategic Plan 5/5/2021 Plan is for 2021-2026
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Plan Plan being devised starting Sept 2021 Fiscal Year Budget 7/7/2021 Updated Annually
Reserve Policy 9/1/2021 Reviewed every three to five years Table 18-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants Yes, through the City of Camarillo Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes Yes
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service No
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
Development Impact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers Yes Other Yes
If yes, specify:Quimby Fees
Table 18-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Plannersor engineerswith knowledge of land development and land management practices No Engineersor professionalstrained in building or infrastructure construction practices No Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards No Staff with training in benefit-cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Administration Dept./Admin Services Manager, Administrative Analyst Surveyors No
Personnel skilled or trained in GIS applications No
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager No
Grant writers Yes
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Table 18-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? No Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? No Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?No Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? No Table 18-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 077230183 N/A
Community Rating System N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule N/A N/A
Public Protection N/A N/A
Storm Ready N/A N/A
Firewise N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready N/A N/A
Table 18-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Medium Comment:Water, Electricity
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Medium Comment:Water, Electricity, Tankless Water heaters
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes Medium Comment:Water, Electricity, Vehicle
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Medium Comment:Water, Vehicle, Urban Forest
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Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment:Turf reduction
Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment:
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment:
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Medium Comment:Turf Mitigation, LED funding
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment:
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Low Comment:
Local residents’ supportof adaptation efforts Low
Comment:
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
18.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
18.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
The Strategic Plan contains goals that align with hazard mitigation including green initiatives and sustainability, increased use of technology for hazard awareness and public outreach, and retrofits to facilities to meet new design standards.
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Grid Pruning—Certified arborist hired by the District has put a grid pruning schedule together to ensure trees are maintained in the event of high winds, branches are secure, not weak, diseased or dead.
Long term plan in place to mitigate Charter Oaks windrow Eucalyptus trees (approx. 220 trees).
Annually clear brush at Las Posas Equestrian Park and trail as well as Camarillo Grove Park.
Annually clear and prep storm drains prior to winter storms.
Parks Mow/Water Schedule—The district has over 256 acres of parkland that is maintained with regular maintenance. Should a disaster occur, District parks have the capability to react quickly if they are needed for emergency usage.
Aquatics Maintenance—Showers at the aquatics center are fully maintained. If an emergency event occurred, the showers in the aquatics center could be used either for emergency personnel or citizens who have been displaced during the event.
Community Center Auditorium/Freedom Center—Community Center and Freedom Center is available to either house emergency personnel or citizens who have been displaced.
Community Center and Freedom Center is maintained at all times.
District electronic marquee sign has the capability to display emergency situations and weather conditions.
18.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
The District does not have a generator for any of its sites. Placing a generator at the Community Center location would enable the district to provide shelter/housing for emergency personnel or citizens who have become displaced due to an emergency event The District does not currently have a recovery plan, but could partner with the City of Camarillo to offer resources and staffing in the event of an emergency. The District could build a Post- Disaster Recovery Plan partnering with the City of Camarillo to help lay out policies, operational strategies and roles and responsibilities that would help guide the decisions and actions of community leaders relative to long-term recovery and redevelopment following a major catastrophic disaster.
Future Capital Improvement Projects could take hazard mitigation into consideration when evaluating project prioritization.
Send selected staff to a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) class.
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18.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
18.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 18-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 18-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
California COVID-19 DR-4482 March 22, 2020Ongoing
California COVID-19EM-3428 March 13, 2020Ongoing
Wildfire 795861 November 8, 2018The Woolsey Fire burned 96,949 across in Ventura and Los Angeles county. In total, the Woolsey Fire destroyed 1,643 structures, damaged an additional 364 structures. Three deaths.
Wildfire 795860 November 8, 2018The Woolsey Fire burned 96,949 across in Ventura and Los Angeles county. In total, the Woolsey Fire destroyed 1,643 structures, damaged an additional 364 structures. Three deaths.
Wildfire 729837 December 4, 2017 In all, the Thomas Fire burned 281,893 acres, making it the largest recorded fire in the state of California. One firefighter died
Flash Flood 553273 December 12, 2014Intense rainfall over the Springs Fire burn scar generated flash flooding as well as mud and debris flow in the community of Camarillo Springs. A wall of mud and debris severely damaged ten homes.
Debris Flow 544619 October 31, 2014Two homes were damaged by mud.The debris flow occurred near the burn scar of the Springs Fire
Wildfire 439713 May 2, 2013 The Springs Fire burned 24,251 acres. Six commercial properties were damaged and 10 firefighter injuries were reported.
Wildfire 439712 May 2, 2013 The Springs Fire burned 24,251 acres. Six commercial properties were damaged and 10 firefighter injuries were reported.
Flood 5688228 March 25, 1999N/A
Tornado 5640770 May 13, 1998Weak tornado. No damage reported.
18.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 18-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
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Table 18-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk Ranking Score Risk Category
1 Landslide 33 High
2 Earthquake 32 High
3 Severe Storms 24 Medium
4 Severe Weather 24 Medium
5 Dam Failure 22 Medium
6 Flooding 18 Medium
7 Wildfire 12 Low
8 Drought 9 Low
18.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
The jurisdiction has experienced increasingly intense wildfires that threaten District land and property. The District provides emergency personnel staging areas and public evacuation locations.
The jurisdiction has seen landslides in correlation to the burn areas loss of vegetation Severe storms and weather
The jurisdiction has experience landslides due to wildfires destroying vegetation.
One significant District asset is not equipped with a generator.
The jurisdiction has experienced severe storms resulting in flash flooding threatening District property.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
18.7 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 18-11 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 18-12 identifies the priority for each action. Table 18-13 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 18-11.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met
Lead
Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action PLV-1—Where appropriate, provide earthquake retrofitting for hardening and to build resilience to critical infrastructure.
Armor/retrofit critical infrastructure from the impact of landslides.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Landslide
Existing 1,2,5, 6,8,9, 11, 13,
14, 15
PVRPD None High HMGP, BRIC, FMA, General FundLong-Term
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met
Lead
Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action PLV-2—Actively participate in plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought New & Existing 1, 4, 6, 8, 19 PVRPD None Low General Funds Short-term Action PLV-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power, included but not limited to the Camarillo Community Center.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought Existing 2, 6, 18 PVRPD None High HMGP, BRIC, General FundsShort-term Action PLV-4—Develop a recovery plan, partner with the City of Camarillo to offer resources and staffing in the event of an emergency.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought New 2, 8, 19 PVRPD City of
Camarillo
Low HMGP, General Funds Short-term
Action PLV-5—Identify features and amenities with the existing facilities to be updated or improved (Fire Codes, Americans with Disabilities Act, etc.)
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought New & Existing 2, 4, 9 PVRPD None High HMGP, BRIC, FMA, General Fund, Quimby
Long-Term
Action PLV-6—Enhance technology to engage the community by sharing information more effectively and efficiently across the organization and with the community.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought New & Existing 1, 7, 8, 17 PVRPD None Low FMA, General Fund Short-Term Action PLV-7—Develop a drought contingency plan incorporating utilizing drought-resistant landscapes on District-owned facilities.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
New & Existing4, 5, 11, 13, 14, 15,
19 PVRPD None Low HMGP, BRIC, FMA, General FundShort-Term Action PLV-8—Train emergency responders and develop a strategy to take advantage of pre-and post-disaster opportunities. Educate employees and elected officials on the potential hazard exposures and emergency response protocol.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought New & Existing 1, 4, 8 PVRPD None Medium HMGP, BRIC, FMA, General FundsShort-term Action PLV-9—Create and maintain defensible space around District structures and infrastructure.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire, Landslide
New & Existing 4, 5, 11, 13 PVRPD None Medium HMGP, BRIC, General FundsShort-term Action PLV-10—Use performance metrics and data to evaluate and monitor impacts of climate change and natural hazard risk reduction strategies on public health and social equity
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Earthquake, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Wildfire, Drought New 1,2,4, 15, 19 PVRPD None Low HMGP, BRIC, FMA, General FundShort-Term a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
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Table 18-12.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 10 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
2 5 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
3 3 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
4 3 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
5 3 Medium High No Yes No Low Medium
6 4 Low Low Yes Yes No Medium Medium
7 7 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
8 3 MediumMedium Yes Yes Yes High Medium
9 4 High Medium Yes Yes Yes High High
10 5 Low Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of priorities.
Table 18-13.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Landslide PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-1, 2, 4,
5, 10
PLV-6, 8, 9,
10 PLV-2, 5, 7,
9, 10
PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-1, 2, 5,
9, 10
PLV-2, 7, 10PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Earthquake PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-1, 2, 4,
5, 10
PLV-6, 8, 10PLV-2, 5, 10PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-1, 2, 5,
10 PLV-2, 7, 10PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Medium-Risk Hazards
Severe Storms PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-6, 8, 10 PLV-2, 5, 10 PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-2, 5, 10 PLV-2, 7, 10 PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Severe Weather PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-6, 8, 10 PLV-2, 5, 10 PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-2, 5, 10 PLV-2, 7, 10 PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Dam Failure PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-6, 8, 10 PLV-2, 5, 10 PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-2, 5, 10 PLV-2, 7, 10 PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Flooding PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-6, 8, 10PLV-2, 5, 10PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-2, 5, 10PLV-2, 7, 10PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Low-Risk Hazards
Wildfire PLV-2, 4, 5,
7, 10
PLV-2, 4, 5,
7, 10
PLV-6, 8, 9,
10 PLV-2, 5, 7,
9, 10
PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-2, 5, 9,
10 PLV-2, 7, 10PLV-2, 4, 6,
8, 10
Drought PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-2, 4, 5,
10 PLV-6, 8, 9,
10 PLV-2, 5, 7,
10 PLV-3, 4, 6,
8, 10
PLV-2, 5, 9,
10 PLV-2, 7, 10 PLV-2, 4, 6,
7, 8, 10
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18.8 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
PVRPD Fee Schedule—Fee schedule is used to determine the pricing for District indoor and outdoor facilities.
PVRPD Capital Improvement Plan—Capital Improvement Plan is used to plan projects as the community grows and changes. The plan can also be adapted to include projects to mitigate hazards if needed. It was reviewed while developing the action plan for this annex.
PVRPD American with Disabilities Act Transition Plan—Americans with Disabilities Act Plan is part of the FY21-22 budget. Plan will help District identify and correct barriers that limit access to programs, services, and activities by persons with disabilities. It was reviewed while developing the action plan for this annex.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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19. SATICOY SANITARY DISTRICT
19.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Tim Doyle, Engineering Analyst
1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 150
Ventura, California 93003-0704
Telephone: 805-658-4606
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Mark Norris, General Manager
1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 150
Ventura, California 93003-0704
Telephone: 805-658-4621
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 19-1.
Table 19-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Tim Doyle Engineering Analyst
Mark Norris General Manager
Richard Jones Operations Manager
Alvertina Rivera Director of Finance
19.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
19.2.1 Overview
The Saticoy Sanitary District is a special district created in 1941 to provide wastewater (sewer) service.
A five-member elected Board of Directors governs the District. The Board assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the General Manager will oversee its implementation. The District currently has no employees and contracts via Ventura Regional Sanitation District for its administrative and operational work with direct contracts for the General Manager and Engineering Analyst services. Funding comes primarily through sewer service rates.
19.2.2 Service Area
The Saticoy Sanitary District serves an unincorporated area of the County of Ventura with the City of Ventura to the west. The current total service area is 0.35 square miles. As of May 30, 2021, the District serves approximately 3,600 wastewater customers through 292 parcels located within the District. 966
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19.2.3 Assets
Table 19-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 19-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
4.88 acres of land $390,500
Equipment
Total length of WW pipe—4.4 miles ($2.11M/mile, includes varied sizes 6”-16”and manholes)
$9,292,800
Emergency Diesel Generator $40,000
Threehigh-capacity wastewater pumps $30,000
Four 3-hp blower/pump motors $20,000
Total: $9,382,800
Critical Facilities
WW Treatment Plant—1419 Lirio St. $5,223,400
Total: $5,223,400
19.3 CURRENT TRENDS
The District only serves the unincorporated community of Saticoy. Population within the service has remained stable over the past 5 years and there have been no new developments within the District.
There are 45 vacant parcels that could have dwelling units built there but the District has no information on any future plans. There is no potential expansion of the District’s boundaries.
19.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 19-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 19-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 19-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 19-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 19-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 19-8.
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Table 19-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent UpdateComment
CA Cease and Desist Order (R4-2013-0098) 2013
Waste Discharge Requirement (R4-2013-0092) 2013
Emergency Response Plan 2019
Rules and Regulations for the Sewage Collection System1989 Sewer System Management Plan 2015
Ordinance SSD-14 Sewer Policy 2021
Table 19-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants Yes
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify: VC Tax Rolls
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds No
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
DevelopmentImpact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers Yes Table 19-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Plannersor engineerswith knowledge of land development and land management practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Engineers or professionals trained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Staff with training in benefit-cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Surveyors Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Personnel skilled or trained in GISapplications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:General Manager or Operations Manager Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
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Table 19-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? No Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? No Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? No Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? No Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?No Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? No Table 19-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code No N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 149532686 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
Table 19-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Low Comment:
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes Low Comment:
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment:
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Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Low
Comment:
Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment:
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment:
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Low Comment:None
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment:
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Low Comment:
Local residents’ supportof adaptation efforts Low
Comment:
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:Unknown given the demographics but likely minimal Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:Minimal since Saticoy is a severely disadvantaged community Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
19.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
19.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Capital Improvement Plan—The capital improvement plan includes projects that can help mitigate potential hazards through rehabilitating key components. The District will act to ensure consistency between the hazard mitigation plan and the current and future capital improvement plans. The hazard mitigation plan may identify new possible funding sources for capital improvement projects and may result in modifications to proposed projects based on results of the risk assessment. Currently, the District utilizes the Department of Housing and Urban 970
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Development CDBG program and is in the design phase for the State of California Prop1-TA Bond Program.
Emergency Response Plan—The results of a risk assessment were used in the development of the emergency response plan and are so noted in the plan.
19.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
Capital Improvement Projects—Capital improvement project proposals may take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization. But the critical criteria remains the risk assessment and needs prioritization coupled with funding availability.
Post-Disaster Recovery Plan—The District does not have a recovery plan and intends to develop one as a mitigation planning action during the next five years. The plan will build on the mitigation goals and objectives identified in the mitigation plan.
Taking action to integrate each of these programs with the hazard mitigation plan was considered as a mitigation action to include in the action plan in this annex.
19.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
19.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 19-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction. Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 19-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event
FEMA Disaster
# Date Damage Assessment
COVID-19 DR-4482 January 20, 2020 Continuing Ongoing
Atmospheric River Storm System CA Disaster 109 January/February 2019 N/A Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris FlowsDR-4353 December 4, 2017- January 31, 2018 N/A Thomas Fire 4224-DR-CA December 4, 2017 N/A
February Winter Storm CA Disaster 77.1 February 2017 N/A January Winter Storm CA Disaster 77 January 2017 N/A
Tsunami (7.1 earthquake in Japan) March 11, 2011 N/A
Tsunami (8.8 Quake in Chile) February 27, 2010 N/A
Storm and Flood January 18 – 22, 2010. Unknown
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows DR-1731 October 21–March 31, 2008 Unknown 971
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Type of Event
FEMA Disaster
# Date Damage Assessment
Severe Storm DR-1267 January 7–11, 2005 Unknown
Severe Storms/Flooding DR-1577 January 2005 Unknown
“El Nino”Storm and Flood February 1998 Unknown
Storms and Floods January and March, 1995 Unknown
Northridge Earthquake DR-1008 January 17 – November 30, 1994 Unknown Storm and Flood February 10-15, 1992 Unknown
Storm and Flood February 25-March 3, 1983 Unknown
Storm and Flood February 13-22, 1980 Unknown
Sespe Creek Flood March 4, 1978 Unknown
Storms and Floods (Calleguas Creek Flood) February 28-March 5, 1978 Unknown Severe Storms/Flooding DR-211 January 1969 Unknown
19.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 19-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 19-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
1 Earthquake 36 High
1 Flooding 36 High
2 Landslide 24 Medium
2 Dam Failure 24 Medium
2 Severe Weather 24 Medium
2 Severe Storms 24 Medium
3 Wildfire 15 Low
3 Sea Level Rise 15 Low
3 Tsunami 15 Low
4 Drought 9 Low
19.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
With 80% of the District’s facilities underground (wastewater pipelines, storage tanks), the Risk Ranking Score for earthquake was elevated from the County level of 24 to 36.
Structural stability for the above ground facilities and piping to retard flooding damage.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
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19.7 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 19-11 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 19-12 identifies the priority for each action. Table 19-13 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 19-11.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing Assets
Objectives
Met
Lead
Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action SAT-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, rehabilitation, or relocation of structures located in potential hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Sea Level, Tsunami Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 Saticoy SD N/A High Grant Funding-FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action SAT-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Dam Failure, Severe Weather, Severe Storms, Wildfire, Drought New & Existing 2, 8, 11, 19 Saticoy SD N/A Low General Funds Short-term Action SAT-3—Purchase generator for treatment plant that lacks adequate backup power.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Tsunami New & Existing 2, 7, 8 Saticoy SD N/A Medium CIP & Grant Funding- FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Short-term
Action SAT-4—Develop a post disaster action plan that includes assistance with grant fund writing,debris removal components, and warehousing of critical infrastructure components.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Sea Level, Tsunami Existing 2, 8, 19 Saticoy SD N/A Medium General Funds & Grant Funding-FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 19-12.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
SAT-1 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
SAT-2 4 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
SAT-3 3 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
SAT-4 3 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
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Table 19-13.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Earthquake SAT-1 SAT-2 SAT-3, 4 SAT-1 SAT-2, 4
Flooding SAT-1 SAT-1 SAT-2 SAT-3, 4 SAT-1 SAT-2, 4
Medium-Risk Hazards
Landslide SAT-1 SAT-2 SAT-3, 4 SAT-1 SAT-2, 4
Dam Failure SAT-1 SAT-2 SAT-3, 4 SAT-1 SAT-2, 4
Severe
weather/storms SAT-1 SAT-1 SAT-2 SAT-3, 4 SAT-1 SAT-2, 4 Low-Risk Hazards
Wildfire SAT-1 SAT-1 SAT-2 SAT-3, 4 SAT-1 SAT-2, 4
Drought SAT-2, 4
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
19.8 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
5-year CIPwas reviewed to determine if the risk assessment and hazard mitigation factors could be comingled and used to develop a more structured needs base.
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Cease and Desist Orderwas instrumental to prioritize the hazards the District faces due to certain system deficiencies caused by an aging infrastructure and vulnerabilities if not corrected.
The District reviewed its Waste Discharge Permit andEmergency Response Plan along with theThreat Assessment Matrix to ensure that the incorporation of a Hazard Mitigation Plan could be achieved and implemented accordingly.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan. This will be incorporated as the District moves along in this process.
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20. TRIUNFO WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT
20.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Timothy Doyle, Engineering Program Mgr.
1001 Partridge Dr., Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003-0704
Telephone: 805-658-4606
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Mark Norris, General Manager
1001 Partridge Dr., Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003-0704
Telephone: 805-658-4621
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 20-1.
Table 20-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
TimothyDoyle Engineering Program Manager
Mark Norris General Manager
Richard Jones Operations Manager
Vickie Dragan Director of Finance
Chi Hermann Administrative Program Manager
20.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
20.2.1 Overview
The Triunfo Water & Sanitation District is a special district created in 1963 to provide wastewater (sewer) service. The District expanded its service to the community in 1993 with the purchase of the Metropolitan Water Company located within the District’s boundaries in Oak Park. A five-member elected Board of Directors governs the District. The Board assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the General Manager will oversee its implementation. The District currently has 9 employees and contracts via Ventura Regional Sanitation District for its operational services. Funding comes primarily through potable water and sewer service rates.
20.2.2 Service Area and Trends
Covering a service area of approximately 50 square miles, the District provides wastewater collection and treatment services to more than 30,000 people in Oak Park, Lake Sherwood, Bell Canyon, and the 976
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Westlake Village and North Ranch portions of Thousand Oaks. Triunfo also supplies potable water to more than 14,000 people in Oak Park.
20.2.3 Assets
Table 20-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 20-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
7.17 acres of land $573,900
Equipment
Total length of PW pipe—49 miles ($2.1M/mile, includes varied sizes 6”-30”and valves/PRVs)
$102,900,000
Total length of WW pipe—129 miles ($2.3M/mile, includes varied sizes 6”-18”and manholes)
$296,700,000
Emergency Diesel Generators (7 generators with varied KVA output) $385,000 SCADA System $200,000
Total: $400,758,900
Critical Facilities
Oak Canyon Reservoir 2.4 MG, 1115 Kanan Rd, 91377 $8,100,000 Deerhill Reservoir 2.2 MG, 990-1/2 Lambourne Ct, 91377 $2,690,000 Savoy Reservoir 1.6 MG, 322-1/2 Savoy Ct, 91377 $1,783,000 Kilburn Reservoir 0.86 MG, 4997 Kilburn Ct, 91377 $877,000 Deerhill Pump Station, 5000 Bishopwood Ln, 91377 $2,700,000 Lindero Pump Station, 753 Lindero Canyon Rd, 91377 $495,800 Savoy Pump Station, 322-1/2 Savoy Ct, 91377 $882,000
Lambourne Booster Station, 990-1/2 Lambourne Ct, 91377 $75,000 Smoketree Booster Station, 6613 Smoketree Ave, 91377 $75,000 Bell Canyon Lift Station, 62-1/2 Buckskin Rd, 91307 $532,200 Carlisle Lift Station, 2845 Calbourne Ln, 91361 $574,000 Lakeside Lift Station, 654 Lake Sherwood Dr, 91361 $195,000 North Ranch Lift Station, Country Valley Rd & Meadow Grove, 91362 $170,000 Polo Lift Station, E. Potrero Rd & Polo St, 91361 $150,000 Westlake Lift Station, Triunfo Canyon & Westshore Ln, 91361 $150,000 Total: $19,449,000
20.3 CURRENT TRENDS
Population within the District’s service area has remained relatively stable over the past 5 years and there have been no new major developments within the District. Although Oak Park is basically built-out, there remain portions of Lake Sherwood, Bell Canyon, and the Westlake area that have parcels available for residential dwellings. These parcels are being slowly developed with approximately 5-7 new homes per year. In addition, there are ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) improvements to 2-3 parcels per year. There is no potential expansion of the District’s boundaries. 977
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20.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 20-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 20-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 20-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 20-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 20-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 20-8.
Table 20-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent UpdateComment
Urban Water Management Plan 2015 2020 version pending
Emergency Response Plan 2015 2020 version pending
Rules and Regulations for the Sewage Collection System 1989 Ordinance TSD-202 Sewer Pretreatment Policy 2021
Sewer System Management Plan 2015
Table 20-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants Yes
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify:VC Tax Rolls
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds No
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
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Table 20-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Engineers or professionals trained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Administrative Dept./Contractor Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Administrative Dept./Contractor Staff with training in benefit-cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Finance Dept.
Surveyors Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Personnel skilled or trained in GIS applications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Administrative Dept./Contractor Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:General Manager or Operations Manager Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Contractor
Other Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:As needed
Table 20-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? No Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? Pending If yes, briefly describe:Have social media but not currently used for hazard mitigation outreach Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation? No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?No Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Reverse 911/email/social media Table 20-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code No N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 156-168205 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
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Table 20-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion Jurisdiction Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Low Comment:
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes Low Comment:
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment:
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Low
Comment:
Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment:
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment:
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Low Comment:
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment:
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Medium Comment: Triunfo customers are highly educated and involved with climate risk issues Local residents’ supportof adaptation efforts Medium
Comment: District residents are highly supportive of measures to minimize risk and address climate issues Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Medium Comment: Being supportive of necessary changes posed by the District, residents are willing to cooperate, within reason, as requested by the Agency or other government entities.
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Medium Comment: Median income level is well above the State average giving additional resources to support needed changes to address impacts
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
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20.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
20.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Capital Improvement Plan—The capital improvement plan includes projects that can help mitigate potential hazards through rehabilitating key components. The District will act to ensure consistency between the hazard mitigation plan and the current and future capital improvement plans. The hazard mitigation plan may identify new possible funding sources for capital improvement projects and may result in modifications to proposed projects based on results of the risk assessment.
Emergency Response Plan—The results of a risk assessment were used in the development of the emergency response plan and are so noted in the plan.
20.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
Capital Improvement Projects—Capital improvement project proposals may take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization. But the critical criteria remains the risk assessment and needs prioritization coupled with funding availability.
Post-Disaster Recovery Plan—The District does not have a completed recovery plan and intends to fully develop one as a mitigation planning action during the next five years. The plan will build on the mitigation goals and objectives identified in the mitigation plan.
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20.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
20.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 20-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 20-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
COVID-19 DR-4482 January 20, 2020 Continuing Ongoing
Hill Fire DR 4407 11/8/18 -11/9/18 N/A
Winter Storm Event DR 4353 12/4/17-1/31/18 N/A
Springs Fire DR 5024 5/2/13 – 5/11/13 N/A
Wildwood I Fire N/A 1995 N/A
Wildfires DR-4407 November 12, 2018 $404,424
Northridge Earthquake DR-1008 January 17, 1994 N/A
Green Meadow Fire N/A 10/26/93–11/3/93 N/A
Sherwood Fire N/A 1985 N/A
Dayton Canyon Fire N/A October 25, 1982 N/A
Winter Storm Event N/A February 21, 1980 N/A
Winter Storm Event N/A February 15, 1978 N/A
Winter Storm Event N/A January 26, 1969 N/A
20.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 20-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 20-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
1 Earthquake 36 High
1 Wildfire 36 High
1 Landslide 36 High
2 Dam Failure 24 Medium
2 Severe weather/storms 24 Medium
3 Flooding 18 Medium
4 Drought 9 Low
20.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
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With 90% of the District’s facilities underground (water and wastewater pipelines), the Risk Ranking Score for earthquake was elevated from the County level of 24 to 36.
The Lake Sherwood Dam poses a direct threat to District facilities downstream of its location.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
20.7 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 20-11 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 20-12 identifies the priority for each action. Table 20-13 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 20-11.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives MetLead Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action TRI-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather,Wildfire Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 Triunfo WSD N/A High Grant Funding- FEMA HMA (BRIC,
FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action TRI-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Wildfire, Landslide, Dam Failure, Severe Weather, Storms, Flooding, Drought New & Existing 2, 8, 11, 19 Triunfo WSD N/A Low General Funds, Staff TimeShort-term Action TRI-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities that lack adequate backup power, includingSavoy, Lambourne, and Smoketree Booster Stations.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather,Wildfire New & Existing 2, 7, 8 Triunfo WSD N/A Medium CIP & Grant Funding-FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Ongoing
Action TRI-4—Develop a post disaster action plan that includes grant funding, debris removal components, and warehousing of critical infrastructure components
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Wildfire, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Severe Storms Existing 2, 8, 19 Triunfo WSD N/A Medium General Funds & Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Ongoing
Action TRI-5—Maintain wildfire hazard fuel reduction program for areas that have been identified with overgrown or dead brush, trees and weeds to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition. Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program. (Coordinates with Ventura County Fire Protection District Action VFP-6) Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New & Existing2,4,5,6,8,10,
11, 13, 14, 15,
18, 19
VCFPD Triunfo WSD,
CAL FIRE &
USDA
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and
HMGP), Staff Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action TRI-6—Acquire properties in high risk areas
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire, Landslide, Severe Weather, Severe Storms New 5, 8, 11, 17 Triunfo WSD N/A Medium Grant Funding-FEMA HMA (BRIC,
FMA, HMGP)
Long-term
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives MetLead Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action TRI-7—Slope stabilization and drainage control features around water reservoirs Hazards Mitigated:Landslide, Flooding, Severe Weather
Existing 5, 9, 11, 14 Triunfo WSD N/A Medium General Funds & Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 20-12.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
TRI-1 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
TRI-2 4 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
TRI-3 3 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
TRI-4 3 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
TRI-5 12 High Low Yes Yes Yes High High
TRI-6 4 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
TRI-7 4 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of priorities.
Table 20-13.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Earthquake TRI-1 TRI-2 TRI-5 TRI-3, 4 TRI-2, 4
Wildfire TRI-5, 6 TRI-1 TRI-2, 5 TRI-5, 6 TRI-3, 4 TRI-5 TRI-2, 4, 5 Landslide TRI-6 TRI-1 TRI-2 TRI-5, 6, 7 TRI-3, 4 TRI-7 TRI-2, 4 Medium-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure TRI-1 TRI-2 TRI-5 TRI-3, 4 TRI-2, 4
Severe
Weather
TRI-5, 6 TRI-1 TRI-2 TRI-5, 7 TRI-3, 4 TRI-2, 4
Severe Storms TRI-5 TRI-1 TRI-2 TRI-5 TRI-4 TRI-7 TRI-2, 4 Flooding TRI-5, 6 TRI-1 TRI-2 TRI-5, 7 TRI-3, 4 TRI-7 TRI-2, 4 Low-Risk Hazards
Drought TRI-2 TRI-2
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20.8 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
Capital Improvement Plans—The 5-year and 10-year CIPs were reviewed to determine if the risk assessment and hazard mitigation factors could be comingled and used to develop a more structured needs base.
The District reviewed its Urban Water Management Plan, Emergency Response Planalong with the Threat Assessment Matrix, and District Ordinancesto ensure that the incorporation of a Hazard Mitigation Plan could be achieved and implemented accordingly.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan. This will continue to be utilized as the District moves along in this process.
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21. UNITED WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
21.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Brian Collins, Chief Operations Officer
3561 N. Rose Avenue
Oxnard, CA 93036
Telephone: 805-525-4431
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Michel Kadah, Engineer
1701 N. Lombard Street, Suite 200
Oxnard, CA 93030
Telephone: 805-525-4431
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 21-1.
Table 21-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Brian Collins Chief Operations Officer
Maryam Bral Chief Engineer
Craig Morgan Engineering Manager
Josh Perez Human Resources Manager
Tony Huynh Safety and Security Program Coordinator
John Carman O&M Program Supervisor
Michel Kadah Engineer
Adrian Quiroz Associate Engineer
21.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
21.2.1 Overview
Local landowners formed the Santa Clara River Water Conservation District in 1927. As cities and agricultural areas grew, water usage increased rapidly. By 1950, the district was reorganized and renamed the United Water Conservation District (UWCD). The mission of UWCD is to manage, protect, conserve and enhance the water resources of the Santa Clara River, its tributaries and associated aquifers, in the most cost effective and environmentally balanced manner. UWCD constructed the Santa Felicia Dam, three spreading grounds, and distribution facilities, all of which were urgently needed to combat seawater intrusion.
UWCD is governed by seven members elected Board of Directors, one elected from each of the seven district divisions. UWCD administers a “basin management” program for the Santa Clara Valley and 986
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Oxnard Plain, using the surface flow of the Santa Clara River and its tributaries for replenishment of groundwater and owns and operates a number of facilities within its service area. UWCD currently employs a staff of 64. Funding comes primarily through rates and revenue bonds.
The Board of Directors assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; Mr. Mauricio E. Guardado Jr. (UWCD General Manager) will oversee its implementation.
21.2.2 Service Area
UWCD operates within the Santa Clara River Valley and the Oxnard Plain and covers approximately 335 square miles in central Ventura County. UWCD owns and operates a number of facilities to recharge the groundwater basins and enhance the water supplies within UWCD boundaries including:
Santa Felicia Dam and Lake Piru Reservoir; Santa Felicia Dam hydroelectric power plant; the Piru Groundwater Recharge Basins; Freeman Diversion Facility; Saticoy Groundwater Recharge Basins (Saticoy, Noble, Rose and Ferro Basins); El Rio Groundwater Recharge Facilities and Wellfield and Water Treatment Plant (El Rio); the Pleasant Valley (PV) and Pumping Trough Pipeline (PTP) (surface water deliveries in-lieu of pumping), PV and PTP reservoirs, and the Oxnard Hueneme (OH) Pipeline system which delivers domestic potable water to the City of Oxnard, Port Hueneme Water Agency, Naval Base Ventura County, several mutual water companies and the El Rio School District.
21.2.3 Assets
Table 21-2 summarizes the assets of UWCD and their value.
Table 21-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
3421 acres of land (including Lake Piru) Unknown
Equipment
43 UWCD owned vehicles(trucks and SUV’s) $1,720.000
1 ten yard dump truck $110,089
1 2000 gallon water truck (estimated low value) $85,000 1 CAT 300 SLR Excavator $280,190
1 CAT 416C Backhoe $75,021
1 CAT D6R Dozer $279,000
1 CAT 613 Scrapper $193,000
1 CAT 120H Motor Grader $170,177
1 John Deere Skip Loader $110,000
1 CAT Skid Steer $39,000
12 Diesel Powered Emergency Generators (1 being Portable) $1,200,000 4 Natural Gas Backup Booster Pumps $1,510,000
17 water wells $15,000,000
8 Miles of OH Pipeline (1.2 million per mile x 8) (Estimated low value) $9,600,000 13 Miles of PTP Pipeline (1.2 million per mile x13) (Estimated low value) $15,600,000 5 Miles of PV Pipeline (1.2 million per mile x 5) (Estimated low value) $6,000,000 3 Miles of Lake Piru Campground Pipeline (1 million per mile estimated) (Estimated low value) $3,000,000 Lake Piru Water Treatment Plant $1,219,000
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Asset Value
Total: $56,190,477
Critical Facilities
Headquarter Building—1701 N. Lombard Street, Suite 200, Oxnard, CA 93030 $10,000,000 Santa Felicia Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant—3838 Piru Canyon Road, Piru, CA 93040 $630,000 Santa Felicia Dam—3838 Piru Canyon Road, Piru, CA 93040 (estimated low value) $200,000,000 Freeman Diversion Facility—2641 W. Los Angeles Ave. Oxnard, CA 93036 (estimated low value) $30,000,000 Saticoy Groundwater Recharge Basins—2641 W. Los Angeles Ave. Oxnard, CA 93036 Unknown El Rio Groundwater Recharge Basins–3651 N. Rose Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036 Unknown Piru Groundwater Recharge Basin Unknown
Lake Piru Reservoir Unknown
Lake Piru Recreation Area—4780 Piru Canyon Road, Piru, CA 93040 Unknown Pleasant Valley (PV) and Pumping Trough (PTP) irrigation pipelines – $21,600,000 Oxnard-Hueneme booster plant system (OH System) $4,527,000 Total: $266,757,000
21.3 CURRENT TRENDS
Originally formed as the Santa Clara Water Conservation District in 1927, voters approved the formation of United Water Conservation District in 1950. UWCD was formed to conserve and enhance water resources of the Santa Clara River. UWCD operates in the Santa Clara River Valley and the Oxnard Plain and covers 214,000 acres in central Ventura County that typically receives from 12 to 20 inches of rainfall each year.
Over the years, UWCD has constructed numerous facilities, pipelines, and recharge basins, including the Santa Felicia Dam, Lake Piru Reservoir and Freeman Diversion, to enhance the local water system and maintain sustainable water management. Today, UWCD diverts Santa Clara River surface water to recharge groundwater basins or for use in-lieu of groundwater pumping by agricultural operations on the Oxnard Plain and in Pleasant Valley basin. Groundwater recharged at United’s Saticoy and El Rio facilities (in the Oxnard Forebay) over the last thirty years has averaged approximately 46, 400 acre- feet per year (AFY). During the same period, surface water deliveries have averaged approximately 13, 200 AF/yr. Lake Piru receives approximately 65,000 visitors per year, with peak season between the months of April 1stto September 15. In 2021, UWCD took over operations from the previous concessionaire, and Lake Piru welcomed to date 34,600 visitors, with daily average of 1,533 guests per day since the lake re-opened from the COVID-19 closure.
21.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
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An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 21-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 21-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 21-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 21-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 21-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 21-8.
Table 21-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most Recent
Update Comment
Santa Felicia Dam Emergency Action Plan (EAP) July 16, 2021 Approved by Cal OES on September 2, 2021 Santa Felicia Dam Security Plan June 30, 2021
Oxnard Hueneme System Emergency Response Plan (per
America’s Water Infrastructure Act, EPA) March 15, 2021 Submitted to the U.S. EPA and the State Water
Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking
Water
Aqueous Ammonia Storage, California Accidental Release
Prevention Program (CalARP) June 2019
Chlorine & Aqueous Ammonia Treatment Systems CalARP
Seismic Assessment May 2019
Chlorine & Aqueous Ammonia Injection System, Process
Hazard Analysis Report May 21, 2019
Table 21-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants No
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes Yes
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify:Only groundwater extraction fees
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds No
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds Yes
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
DevelopmentImpact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers No
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Table 21-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practicesNo Engineers or professionals trained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Engineeringand Water Resources Department/ Engineers Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Engineering andWater Resources Department/ Engineers and Hydrogeologists Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Finance Department and Engineering Department/ Accountants and Engineers Surveyors Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Engineering Department /Provided through retention of external vendors Personnel skilled or trained in GIS applications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Engineering and Water Resources Department/ GIS Analysts Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Engineering and Water Resources Department/ Hydrogeologists Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Engineering/Chief Engineer Operations and Maintenance (O&M)/Chief Operations Officer Lake Piru Park Rangers/Chief Park Ranger
Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Engineering and Water Resources Department /Provided through retention of external vendors Other:Environmental and Biologist Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Environmental Services Department/ Environmental Scientists Table 21-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Provided through retention of contractors No Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? No Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? No Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?Yes If yes, briefly describe:Through the annual EAP seminars; and participation in the Association of Water AgenciesVentura County.
Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly describe:A warning siren in the town of Piru. This is used to warn the residents of dam failure incidents. The siren is tested on the first Friday of each month. UWCD utilizes the County’s VC Alert (Everbridge) system, including email, text, and voice options for immediate emergency notifications to a list of stakeholders included in the Santa Felicia Dam EAP notification flow charts and follow up manual phone calls. Four dam failure scenarios are included in the SFD inundation maps.
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Table 21-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code No N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 121878094 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
Table 21-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts High Comment: Wildfires, as a climate change indicator, may impact UWCDoperations. Also, climate change could lead to a major storm, and the probability of having a Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) event. FEMA document titled “Selecting and Accommodating Inflow Design Floods for Dams” states that recent studies have been performed to estimate the impact of the climate change on the probable maximum precipitation and some climate models are consistent in showing increases of 10 percent every few decades that would correspond to 10 percent increases in probable maximum precipitation. The climate change (soil moisture, snowpack, temperature sequence, etc.) can influence on runoff and increase the likelihood of a large flood or Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) event. UWCD is in advancing the design of a number of modifications to the existing Santa Felicia Dam spillway to be able to safely pass the Inflow Design Flood (IDF), or the PMF determined for Santa Felicia Dam by the Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD).
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts High Comment: Rainfall and hydrology are monitoredon regular basis, Groundwater basin managementand monitoring through groundwater levels recording, evaporation
monitoring, and sediment monitoring.
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities High Comment: Plan for drought resiliency projects and long term mitigation for climate change impacts.
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment: Performed by contractorinalimited capacity.
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Medium Comment: Some of UWCDCIP projects are directly or indirectly addressing the climate change impacts.
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Medium Comment: Member of theWatersheds Coalition of Ventura County.
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes Low Comment: No mandate.
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment: Fossil fuel energy optimization efficiency is in place.
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment: Regulatory mandated mitigation, water supply resiliency, and portfolio diversification.
Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment: N/A
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Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment: N/A
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Medium Comment: Construction of the drought resilience Oxnard Hueneme Iron and Manganese Treatment Plant Projectin 2021/2022.
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Medium Comment: UWCD boundaries.
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Low Comment: N/A
Local residents’ support of adaptation efforts Low
Comment: N/A
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: N/A
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: N/A
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: N/A
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
21.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
21.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Santa Felicia Dam Emergency Action Plan (EAP):The EAP defines the UWCD staff responsibilities and provides procedures designed to identify unusual and unlikely conditions that may endanger Santa Felica Dam in time to take mitigation action and to notify the appropriate emergency management authorities and stakeholders of possible, impending, or actual failure of the dam. The EAP may also be used to provide notification when flood releases can create major flooding. The results of the Time-Sensitive Emergency Action Plan Assessment associated with the Santa Felicia Dam were used to develop the EAP.
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Seismic Deformation Analyses of Santa Felicia Dam on May 11, 2015 that indicated that the computed seismic deformations of the embankment are expected to be large enough to damage the outlet works conduit, and possibly compromise the safety of the dam. In addition, based on the 2015 and 2020 bathymetric surveys of Lake Piru Reservoir performed by UWCD, the sediment level near the existing intake was approximately only 4.1 feet below the intake sill.
Based on the computed average annual rate of sediment level rise, the sediment may reach the intake sill in the near future and will become inoperable. The new outlet works system will mitigate ongoing accumulation of sediment in the reservoir and includes provisions for continued operation of the facility despite the future sediment buildup in the reservoir.
Santa Felicia Dam Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) Containment, Spillway Improvement Project:The capacity of the existing spillway at Santa Felicia Dam is inadequate to pass the inflow design flood (IDF), which for the Santa Felicia Dam is the PMF. The Spillway Improvement Project includes modifications to the existing spillway to safely pass the IDF of 220,000 cfs, which is derived from hydrologic evaluations (HMR 58/59) performed by the DSOD and approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
21.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified in the following plans and programs does not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provides opportunities to do so in the future:
Coastal Brackish Groundwater Extraction and Treatment Project: The project objectives are to combat further seawater intrusion in the Oxnard Plain and provide a local supply source that can help meet the groundwater sustainability goals of the Fox canyon Groundwater Management Agency.
Expansion of the Ferro Basin: The project is to be used as a groundwater recharge basin to expand UWCD’s recharge capacities.
Freeman Diversion Expansion: The project allows UWCD to increase the instantaneous diversion rate to capture more water at the peak of the hydrograph. This is necessary in the respect that regulatory agencies are requiring more flow in the river on the receding limb of the hydrograph. Ultimately the expansion project will provide the opportunity to maintain historical surface water deliveries to the Oxnard Plain when available. The project is also to comply with an Endangered Species Act (ESA) settlement as well as a mitigation measure for the Multi- Species Habitat Conservation Plan.
Pumping Trough Pipeline (PTP) Recycled Water Connection:A pipeline connection to UWCD’s PTP system for the delivery of recycled water. The recycled water delivered to the PTP system can significantly reduce groundwater pumping in the PTP service area and Oxnard Plain.
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21.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
21.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 21-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 21-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Holser Fire N/A August 17, 2020 Lake Piru Recreation Area operational impact
Lime Fire N/A June 10, 2020 Recreation Area operational impact Maria Fire FM-5302 November 1, 2019 Headquartercloser and Saticoy Facility operational impact
Thomas Fire FM-5224 December 4, 2017 Power outage at El Rio Facility and operational impact
Flood DR-1585 February 18, 2005 Debris at the upstream of SFD and landslide at the downstream
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, High Winds and
Flooding
DR-1267 December 20–28, 1998 Not Available
Severe Winter Storms and Flooding DR-1203 February 2 –April 30, 1998 Not Available Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides,
Mud Flows
DR-1046 February 13 –April 19, 1995 Not Available
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides,
Mud Flows
DR-1044 January 3 –February, 1995 Not Available
Northridge Earthquake DR-1008 January 17 –November 30,1994 Not Available** Fires, Mud & Landslides, Soil Erosion,
Flooding
DR-1005 October 26 – April 22, 1994 Not Available
Severe Storm, Winter Storm, Mud &
Landslides, Flooding
DR-979 January 5 –March 20, 1993 Not Available
Snow Storm, Heavy Rain, High Winds,
Flooding, Mudslide
DR-935 February 10 – 19, 1992 Not Available
Severe Storms, High Tides, Flooding DR-812 January 17 – 22, 1988 Not Available Coastal Storms, Floods, Slides, Tornadoes DR-677 January 21 – March 30, 1983 Not Available Severe Storms, Mudslides, Flooding DR-615 January 8, 1980 Not Available Coastal Storms, Mudslides, Flooding DR-547 February 15, 1978 Not Available Severe Storms, High Tides, Flooding DR-364 February 8, 1973 Not Available Severe Storms, Flooding DR-253 January 26, 1969 Not Available ** Santa Felicia Dam recorded a peak ground acceleration of 0.27g during the Northridge earthquake with no visible movements or distortion of the structure. Following the Northridge Earthquake, the Santa Felicia Dam was inspected and surveyed to determine if any changes had occurred as a result of the earthquake. The conclusion of these investigations that the dam has responded well to the motions induced by the earthquake and has not experienced any changes or exhibited any behavior that indicate a reduction in the safety of the structure.
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21.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 21-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 21-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
1 Earthquake 32 High
2 Drought 31 High
3 Dam Failure 30 Medium
4 Severe Storms 24 Medium
5 Severe Weather 24 Medium
6 Wildfire 18 Medium
7 Flooding 18 Medium
8 Sea Level Rise 15 Low
9 Landslide 12 Low
10 Tsunami 11 Low
21.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
Santa Felicia Dam is classified as an “Extremely High Hazard” dam by the DSOD. Two of the Dam’s largest infrastructure components, Outlet Works and Spillway, will pose a significant risk to public safety if not modernized and upgraded. Failure of these components could result in the potential loss of life for approximately 377,000 people living downstream of the Santa Felicia Dam, as well as property loss and damage from the flooding of the towns of Piru, Fillmore, Santa Paula, and Oxnard, negatively impacting the area’s $2 billion dollar the agricultural industry as well as manufacturing, retail, hospitality, health care and military operations.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
21.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
Table 21-11 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared. 995
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Table 21-11.Status of Previous Plan Actions
Removed;
CarriedOver to Plan
Update
Action Item from Previous Plan Completed
No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #in
Update
OA 10—SFD Outlet Works Rehab—Replace the nearly buriedand seismic-deficient intake tower at Santa Felicia Dam with a robust facility with higher elevation point(s) of intake. Replace the seismically marginal penstock with appropriate new materials.
UWC-4
Comment:The planned design alternative is to build a new outlet works facility on the left (east) abutment of the dam. The SFD Outlet Works improvement and retrofit is currently in the design phase. The construction is anticipated to start in 2024. The success of this project is contingent upon securing grant funding support from both state and federal sources critical for the implementation of the dam safety improvements.
OA 10—SFD PMF Containment—The Probable Maximum Flood (PMF at all dams must be confined to the structure and spillway. Overtopping earthen dams will almost certainly lead to failure. UWCD will need to deepen the spillway and raise the height of the dam crest.
UWC-5
Comment:The SFD improvements of the spillway arecurrently in the design phase. The construction is anticipated to start in 2026. The success of this project is contingent upon securing both the state and federal grant funds.
UWCD 1—UWCD will install a generator at the Saticoy Recharge Facility.
Comment:A new generator was installed at the Saticoy Recharge Facility in 2018.
UWCD 2—Part 12D Dam Safety Report—An independent consultant will be hired to perform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Part 12D safety inspection and review of Santa Felicia Dam. This process includes reviewing the Potential Failure Mode Analysis (completed in 2007) and the Supporting Technical Information Document; and updating the documents as necessary.
Comment:Part 12D Dam Safety Inspection and Report for the Santa Felicia Dam was completed in 2017. UWCD will conduct the next Part 12D Dam Safety Inspection in 2022 as the inspection is required to be conducted every 5 years.
UWCD 3—Evaluate and develop a public outreach program that informs and educates the public located in the inundation zone directly downstream of Santa Felicia Dam.
UWC-10
Comment:The public outreach program includes the required annual Emergency Action Plan (EAP) seminarsandannual law enforcement coordination meetings, as well as frequent participation in the Piru neighborhood council monthly meetings.
21.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 21-12 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 21-13 identifies the priority for each action. Table 21-14 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 21-12.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action UWC-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Drought, Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Flooding Existing 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14
United Water
Conservation District
None High Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Short-term
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action UWC-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:All hazards
New & Existing1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19
United Water
Conservation District
None Low Staff Time, General
Funds
Short-term
Action UWC-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Drought, Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Flooding Existing 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 United Water
Conservation District
None High Local Fund,HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Short-term
Action UWC-4—Santa Felicia Dam Outlet Works Improvement and Retrofit. Replace the existing Santa Felicia Dam Outlet Works due to seismic deficiencies of the intake tower and conduit through the dam and to mitigate ongoing accumulation of sediment in Lake Piru reservoir that will impact operation of the outlet works in the near future with a robust facility with higher elevation point(s) of intake.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Drought, Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Flooding New & Existing1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11,
13, 18
United Water
Conservation District
None High Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA, HHPD
Long-term
Action UWC-5—Santa Felicia Dam PMF Containment, Spillway Improvement Project– The Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) at all dams must be confined to the structure and spillway. Overtopping earthen dams will almost certainly lead to failure. The existing SFD spillway is inadequate to pass the inflow design flood (IDF), which for this dam is the PMF. The existing spillway will be deepened and the dam crest will be raised to allow for safely passing the IDF.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Flooding
Existing 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11,
13, 18
United Water
Conservation District
None High Local Fund,HMGP,
BRIC, FMA, HHPD
Long-term
Action UWC-6—Coastal Brackish Groundwater Extraction and Treatment Project. The project objectives is to combat further seawater intrusion in the Oxnard Plain and provide a local supply source that can help meet the groundwater sustainability goals of the Fox canyon Groundwater Management Agency.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
New 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 18 United Water
Conservation District
None High Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Long-term
Action UWC-7—Pumping Trough Pipeline (PTP) Recycled Water Connection. Potential pipeline connections to UWCD’s PTP system for the delivery of recycled water. The recycled water delivered to the PTP system can significantly reduce groundwater pumping in the PTP service area and Oxnard Plain.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
New 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 18 United Water
Conservation District
None Medium Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Long-term
Action UWC-8—Freeman Diversion Rehab—The Freeman Diversion Dam is used to divert and efficiently manage run-off water from the Santa Clara River. The project allows UWCD to increase the instantaneous diversion rate to capture more water at the height of the hydrograph. This is necessary in the respect that regulatory agencies are requiring more flow in the river on the receding limb of the hydrograph. Ultimately the project will provide the opportunity to deliver additional surface water when available.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
Existing 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 18 United Water
Conservation District
None High Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Long-term
Action UWC-9—Twelfth Part 12D Dam Safety Inspection—An independent consultant will be hired to perform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Part 12D safety inspection and review of Santa Felicia Dam. This process includes reviewing the Potential Failure Mode Analysis (completed in 2007) and the Supporting Technical Information Document; and updating the documents as necessary.
Hazards Mitigated: Earthquake, Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Flooding Existing 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 17,
18 United Water
Conservation District
None Low Local Fund Ongoing
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead Agency
Support
Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action UWC-10—UWCD will re-evaluate current public outreach efforts and develop a program to educate and inform the public within the inundation zone directly downstream of Santa Felicia Dam.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Flooding
Existing 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, 17,
18 United Water
Conservation District
None Low Local Fund Short-term
Action UWC-11—Implement landslide stabilization and/or protection measures. Stabilization measures include grading the unstable portion of the slope to a lower gradient, construction of rock buttresses, and drainage improvements. Protection measures include containment and construction of walls, berms, ditches, and or diversion of moving debris.
Hazards Mitigated:Landslide
Existing 1, 2, 13, 14 United Water
Conservation District
None Low Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Ongoing
Action UWC-12—Vegetation Management. Maintainvegetation management program within UWCDfacilities to reduce the risk of wildfire and avoid creation of wind acceleration corridors within vegetated areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Severe Weather, Wildfire
Existing 1, 2, 5, 13, 14 United Water
Conservation District
None Low Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMAP
Ongoing
Action UWC-13—Update Santa Felicia Dam Emergency Action Plan (EAP) Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Flooding
Existing 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 19 United Water
Conservation District
None Low Local Fund, HMGP,
BRIC, FMA
Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
HHPD = Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams
FMA = Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program
HMGP = Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
BRIC = Building Resilient Infrastructure and CommunitiesGrant Program Table 21-13.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 7 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
2 10 High Low Yes Yes Yes Medium High
3 7 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
4 5 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
5 3 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
6 2 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
7 1 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
8 1 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
9 4 Low Low Yes No Yes High Medium
10 3 Low Low Yes No Yes High Medium
11 1 High Low Yes Yes Yes High High
12 2 High Low Yes Yes Yes High High
13 3 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
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Table 21-14.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Earthquake UWC-4 UWC-4 UWC-4 UWC-9
Drought UWC-4 UWC-4, 8 UWC-6, 7, 8 UWC-4, 6, 7,
8 UWC-6
Medium-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure UWC-4, 5 UWC-4, 5 UWC-10 UWC-13 UWC-4, 5 UWC-5 UWC- 9, 10, 13 Severe Storms UWC-4, 5 UWC-4, 5 UWC-10 UWC-13 UWC-4, 5 UWC-5 UWC-9, 13 Severe Weather UWC-1, 5 UWC-3, 5 UWC-10 UWC-13 UWC-1, 3, 5 UWC-2 Wildfire UWC-12 UWC-12
Flooding UWC-4, 5 UWC-4, 5 UWC-10 UWC-13 UWC-4, 5 UWC-5 UWC-9, 13 Low-Risk Hazards
Landslide UWC-11 UWC-11 UWC-11
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
21.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 21-15 lists public outreach activities for this jurisdiction.
Table 21-15.Local Public Outreach
Local Outreach Activity Date
Number of People
Involved
Annual Emergency Action Plan seminar December 16, 2020
October 28, 2021
31 Expected to be 30+
Monthly Board Of Director meetings Monthly Varies
21.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
Capital Improvement Plan: The Capital Improvement Plan prioritizes projects that have been identified to improve District facilities, infrastructure, and equipment, including potential mitigation projects. The Capital Improvement Plan was used as a source of information while preparing this annex.
Santa Felicia Dam Emergency Action Plan (EAP): Describes protocol for response activities to be conducted in the event of an emergency that threatens or damages the structural integrity of the Santa Felicia Dam. Includes procedures for training and preparedness, and notification and response actions to be conducted in the event of an emergency including procedures for 999
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coordination with outside agencies. The EAP was reviewed during the development of the hazard mitigation action plans.
Time-Sensitive Emergency Action Plan Assessment:This assessment was used to develop the Santa Felicia Dam EAP during the development of the hazard mitigation action plans.
Santa Felicia Dam Safety Improvement Project, Technical Memorandums (TMs) and Design Reports:UWCD conducted and completed feasibility studies and multiple design phases for the existing outlet works improvement and retrofit project and the spillway improvement project, collectively referred to as the Santa Felicia Dam Safety Improvement Project. The TMs and design reports developed during these design phases included structural, hydraulic, and geotechnical analyses. These analyses were the basis of the development of the hazard mitigation action plans (UWC-4 and UWC-5).
Santa Felicia Dam 2017 Potential Failure Mode Analysis Study Report: The purpose of the PFMA is to identify and describe potential failure modes (PFMs) at the Santa Felicia Dam and its appurtenant structures that could be failed under postulated loading conditions. Knowledge of the PFMs can be used to better understand the potential safety concerns, develop a project specific surveillance and monitoring program, and identify potential risk reduction measures.
The 2017 PFMA was reviewed during the development of the hazard mitigation plan.
Oxnard Hueneme System Emergency Response Plan:This plan describes protocol for response activities to be conducted in the event of an emergency that threatens or damages UWCD’s El Rio Facility and the Oxnard-Hueneme Pipeline. Includes procedures for decontamination, pipeline isolation, and notification and response actions to be conducted in the event of an emergency. This document was reviewed during the development of the capability assessment.
Risk and Resilience Assessment:The purpose of this assessment was to assess the risks to, and resilience of, the District’s Oxnard-Hueneme system, covering: the risk of malevolent acts and natural hazards; the resilience of the pipes and constructed conveyances, physical barriers, source water, water collection and intake, pretreatment, treatment, storage and distribution facilities, electronic, computer, or other automated systems (including the security of such systems) which are utilized by the system; the monitoring practices of the system; the financial infrastructure of the system; the use, storage, or handling of various chemicals by the system; and the operation and maintenance of the system. This document was reviewed during the development of the capability assessment.
California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program:As part of the program’s effort in preventing and/or minimizing damage to the accidental releases of chlorine and ammonia that can cause serious harm to the public, hazard and seismic assessments were completed. The hazard assessments for chlorine and ammonia examined worst-case and alternative scenarios while the seismic assessment ensured chlorine and aqueous ammonia equipment and piping, their supports and their anchoring met CalARP seismic requirements. This document was reviewed during the development of the capability assessment.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
2015 Ventura County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan:The 2015 HMP document addresses the local hazard mitigation planning requirements for Unincorporated Ventura County and other local participants. The 2015 VC HMP was reviewed and used during the development of the mitigation action plan.
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Selecting and Accommodating Inflow Design Floods for Dams, FEMA P-94, Dated August 2013:The main objectives of this document is to recommend appropriate procedures for selecting and accommodating the Inflow Design Flood based on current and accepted practices and to promote a reasonable degree of consistency and uniformity among state and federal agencies. Appropriate selection of the Inflow Design Flood is the first step in evaluating and designing a dam to address hydrologic potential failure modes and reduce risks to the public.
This document was reviewed during the development of the capability assessment and the Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change.
Hydrometeorological Reports (HMR 58 and 59), California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD):The Santa Felicia Dam Inflow Design Flood (IDF) of 220,000 cfs was developed using DSOD interim Hydrology Policy Modified HMR 58/59 (2012). The IDF was approved by the regulatory agencies. These reports were reviewed and used during the development of the hazard mitigation action plan (UWC-5).
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit: The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
21.11 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY UWCD will update the Santa Felicia Dam Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in 2022 in accordance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s dam safety requirements. The Vulnerability and Risk Assessment includes evaluation of structures and facilities to identify weaknesses and or potential single or multiple points of failures. The outcome will include recommended mitigation measures to address these concerns.
21.12 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
UWCD is currently coordinating with the Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) of the Santa Felicia Dam impacted jurisdictions including the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (VCSOES) to determine if they need assistance in developing local evacuation plans. UWCD will offer support, including technical support, to the EMAs as needed. 1001
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22.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Dustin Gardner, Fire Chief
165 Durley Ave
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone: 805-389-9704
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Jeff Shea, Division Chief
165 Durley Ave
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone: 805-437-9400
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 22-1.
Table 22-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Dustin Gardner Fire Chief
Chad Cook Assistant Fire Chief
Jeff Shea Division Chief
Gene Fong Battalion Chief
John Spykerman Assistant Fire Chief
Massoud Araghi Fire Marshal
Tom Kasper Business Services Manager
Corina Cagley Fire Prevention Officer
Celine Moomey Pre-Fire Specialist
Ryan Matheson Fire Captain, Vegetation Management
David Kirby Manager-Facilities and Construction
Debbie Conner Management Assistant
22.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
22.2.1 Overview
In 1928, the VCFPD was formed as a special districtto provide fire protection to the county, with the exception of the four established cities. Since that time, six additional cities have become incorporated.
Today, the VCFPD acts as the county fire department for unincorporated Ventura County and as the city fire department for seven cities (Camarillo, Moorpark, Ojai, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley).
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Composed of approximately 600 dedicated men and women, the Ventura County Fire Protection District is an all-hazard, full-service agency. VCFPD proudly provides fire protection, medical aid, rescue, hazardous materials response, and a variety of other services to the public. TheVentura County Board of Supervisorsacts as the fire protection district’s board of directors. These five elected supervisors appoint the fire chief and task him with providing fire protection services for the district.
VCFPD responds to calls from 33 strategically placed fire stations located throughout Ventura County.
VCFPD firefighters are trained to provide the highest level of firefighting, rescue, and emergency medical care. In addition to fighting fires, VCFPD responds to medical emergencies, traffic accidents, land and water rescues, hazardous materials calls, environmental hazards, and a variety of public service requests.
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; Ventura County Office of Emergency Services will oversee its implementation.
The District participates in the Public Protection Class Rating System and currently has a rating of 5.
22.2.2 Service Area
The District service area covers 848 square miles, serving a population of 850,000.
22.2.3 Assets
Table 22-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 22-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
N/Aacres of land Included with Critical Facilitiesvalues below Equipment
Aerials 7 @ $1,500,000.00 ea. = $10,500,000.00
Type 1 Pumpers 52 @ $710,000.00 ea. = $36,920,000.00
Type 3 Pumpers 11 @ $350,000.00 ea. = $3,850,000.00
Heavy Rescue 1 @ $1,000,000.00 ea. = $1,000,000.00
Rescues 6 @ $450,00.00 ea. = $2,700,000.00
Squads 4 @ $215,000.00 ea. = $215,000.00
Utilities 10 @ $70,000.00 ea. = $700,000.00
Total: $56,530,000.00
Critical Facilities
Old Fire Station 20—12727 Santa Paula-Ojai Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060 $1,571,908 Fire Station 20—12000 Santa Paula-Ojai Road, Ojai, CA 93023 $6,193,994 Fire Station 21—1201 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023 $3,674,182 Fire Station 22—466 S La Luna Ave, Ojai, CA 93023 $3,061,690 Fire Station 23—15 Kunkle St, Oak View, CA 93022 $6,501,775 Fire Station 25—5674 W Pacific Coast Highway, Ventura, CA 93001 $4,549,938 Old Fire Station 26—12391 W Telegraph Rd, Santa Paula, CA 93060 $2,963,446 1003
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Fire Station 26—536 W Main St, Santa Paula, CA 93060 $2,034,731 Old Fire Station 27—613 Old Telegraph Rd, Fillmore, CA 93015 $2,693,274 Fire Station 27—133 C St, Fillmore, CA 93015 $11,565,960 Fire Station 28—513 N Church St, Piru, CA 93040 $2,618,824 Fire Station 29—114 S 10th St, Santa Paula, CA 93060 $2,836,803 Fire Station 30—325 W Hillcrest Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 $7,904,826 Fire Station 31—151 Dusenberg Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 $3,030,222 Fire Station 32—830 S Reino Rd, Newbury Park, CA 91320 $3,199,846 Fire Station 33—33Lake Sherwood Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 $2,867,504 Fire Station 34—555 E Avenida de los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 $2,798,426 Old Fire Station 35—2500 W Hillcrest Dr, Newbury Park, CA 91320 $2,608,846 Fire Station 35—751 Mitchell Rd, Newbury Park, CA 91320 $8,621,702 Fire Station 36—855 Deerhill Rd, Oak Park, CA 91377 $3,290,415 Fire Station 37—2010 Upper Ranch Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 $4,724,168 Fire Station 40—4185 Cedar Springs St, Moorpark, CA 93021 $6,494,099 Fire Station 41—1910 Church St, Simi Valley, CA 93065 $6,633,790 Fire Station 42—295 E High St, Moorpark, CA 93021 $7,316,128 Fire Station 43—5874 E Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley, CA 93063 $8,554,926 Fire Station 44—1050 Country Club Dr, Simi Valley, CA 93065 $6,098,820 Fire Station 45—790 Pacific Ave, Simi Valley, CA 93065 $2,855,991 Fire Station 46—3265 N Tapo St, Simi Valley, CA 93063 $2,995,683 Fire Station 47—2901 Erringer Rd, Simi Valley, CA 93065 $5,505,516 Fire Station 50—189 S Las Posas Rd, Camarillo, CA 93010 $10,717,068 Fire Station 51—3302 Turnout Park Circle, Oxnard, CA 93036 $7,139,595 Fire Station 52—5353 Santa Rosa Rd, Camarillo, CA 93012 $3,285,043 Fire Station 53—304 N Second St, Port Hueneme, CA 93041 $4,681,186 Fire Station 54—2160Pickwick Dr, Camarillo, CA 93010 $6,989,158 Fire Station 55—403 Valley Vista Dr, Camarillo, CA 93010 $2,789,216 Fire Station 56—11855 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265 $4,202,245 Fire Station 57—3356 Somis Rd, Somis, CA 93066 $2,989,542 Fire Communications Center—160 Durley Ave, Camarillo, CA 93010 $17,731,555 Headquarters—165 Durley Ave, Camarillo, CA 93010 $21,716,588 Supply—2451 Latigo Ave, Oxnard, CA 93030 $36,362,659
Training Center—102 Durley Ave, Camarillo, CA 93010 $9,697,783 Total: $264,069,071
22.3 CURRENT TRENDS
The current (2021) population of Ventura County is estimated at 841,734, with a growth of -0.25% in the past year according to the most recent United States Census Data. Ventura County is the 14th largest county in California. And over the last ten-year period, Ventura County’s population has seen growth of 2.02% since its 2010 population of 825,097.
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22.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 22-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 22-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 22-5.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 22-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 22-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 22-8.
Table 22-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Most Recent
Update Comment
The California Fire Code 2019 2019 Updated every three years at state-level District Ordinances #29 and #31 2019 District-Specific Fire Code Amendments Fire Hazard Reduction Program (FHRP) continuousAnnual Program Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Program
continuousDisaster Preparedness Education and Training
Ready, Set, Go! Program continuousVentura County Emergency Preparedness Guide VCFPD Regional Fire Services Standards of Cover2017 To determine the distribution of the agency’s resources Emergency Plans—Area Command 11/23/2015
Emergency Plans—Brush Plan 02/28/2019
Emergency Plans—Civil Unrest 12/19/2016
Emergency Plans—Communications Failure Plan05/27/2010
Emergency Plans—Department Operations Center 10/13/2015 Emergency Plans—Earthquake 10/20/2016
Emergency Plans—Flooding 06/14/2016
Emergency Plans—Heat 01/14/2014
Emergency Plans—High Surf 06/14/2016
Emergency Plans—Pandemic Plan 03/12/2020
Emergency Plans—Staffing 10/26/2015
Emergency Plans—Tsunami 05/03/2017
Emergency Plans—Unit Strategic Fire Plan 05/25/2021Updated annually Emergency Plans—Urban Terrorism 05/20/2016
Operational Procedure 1002—Response Levels11/18/2020
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Operational Procedure 1006—Water Tender Response
Staffing
08/09/2013
Operational Procedure 1009—Mutual Aid, Ventura Op
Area
10/24/2005
Operational Procedure 1012—Emergency Coordinators02/01/2008 Operational Procedure 1100—Emergency Plans 1,2,3
and 4
11/15/2006
Operational Procedure 2001—Incident Safety01/15/2013
Operational Procedure 2004—Contingency
Planning/Accountability
07/10/2015
Operational Procedure 3001—Incident Command12/28/2005
Operational Procedure 3003—Staging 09/09/2014
Operational Procedure 3004—Evacuation of Citizens06/02/2008 Operational Procedure 3003—Road Closures 09/18/2007
Operational Procedure 3009—Cal-OSHA Notification04/14/2017 Operational Procedure 3010—Incident Rehabilitation 12/06/2010 Operational Procedure 3014—Juvenile Fire Setter
Advisor
01/15/2013
Operational Procedure 3015—Critical Incident Stress
Debriefing
12/05/2001
Operational Procedure 4006—Emergency Medical
Dispatch
02/11/2004
Operational Procedure 4008—Multi-Casualty Incidents12/19/2013 Operational Procedure 4011—Haz-Mat Patients, Pre
Hospital Care
11/13/2013
Operational Procedure 4500—Rescue Doctrine 11/29/2005
Operational Procedure 4510—Collapse Rescue 11/29/2005
Operational Procedure 4520—Rope Rescue 11/29/2005
Operational Procedure 4530—Trench Rescue 11/29/2005
Operational Procedure 4540 –Confined Space Rescue 11/29/2005 Operational Procedure 4550—Water Rescue 11/29/2005
Operational Procedure 4560—Geologic Incidents02/05/2007 Operational Procedure 5200—Wildland Fire Doctrine 06/06/2015 Operational Procedure 5202—Wildland Fire Operations 06/09/2015 Operational Procedure 5203—Night Flying Fire
Suppression
12/16/2016
Operational Procedure 5204—Ventura Situational
Awareness Tool
08/24/2016
Operational Procedure 5205—ECP Support Package 08/12/2014 Operational Procedure 5206—Unmanned Aerial Systems 09/14/2016 Operational Procedure 6000—Hazardous Materials
Response Doctrine
02/05/2007
Operational Procedure 6007—Radiological Incidents08/25/2011 Operational Procedure 7003—Operational Worksheets03/26/2019 1006
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Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 2 Wildland Fire
Incident Command Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 3 Confined
Space Rescue Resource Assignment Sheet Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 4 Collapse
Rescue Resources Assignment Sheet Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 5 Trench
Rescue Resource Assignment Sheet Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 6 Surf Rescue
Resource Assignment Sheet Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 7 Swiftwater
Rescue Resource Assignment Sheet/Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 8 Marine
Disaster Resource Assignment Sheet Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 9 Area
Hospitals
09/06/2005
Operational Procedure 7003—Appendix 13 Hazardous
Materials Incident Command Work Sheet
01/12/2006
Operational Procedure 8010—Commercial Vessel Fires02/05/2007 Operational Procedure 8040—Camarillo Airport Aircraft
Operations
02/05/2007
Operational Procedure 8050—Railroad Incidents 02/05/2007 AP 10103—Records Retention Schedule 06/13/2014
AP 10105—Daily Journal, Fire Company 10/26/2016
AP 10106—Significant Incident Documentation12/23/2013
AP 10501—Computer Technology Use 10/18/2019
AP 10503—Technical Services, Request for 08/31/2001
AP 10504—Internet Access and Use 10/18/2019
AP 10610—Mapping and GIS System Modifications10/10/2013 AP 10611—Helispots 06/09/2014
AP 10612—Tactical Pre-Plans and Supplemental Maps06/09/2014 AP 11100—Uniforms, General 11/05/2020
AP 11118—Personal Protective Equipment, Maintenance
& Inspection of
04/05/2021
AP 11126—Body Armor, Care and Inspection of02/17/2011
Appendix 1—Body Armor, Care and Inspection of02/17/2011 AP 11201—Combined Leave 11//09/2007
AP 11202—Shift Trades 08/10/2021
AP 11203—Summons/Subpoena 04/25/2001
AP 11205—Sick/Bereavement Leave, Usage of 03/09/2000
AP 11206—Family Medical Leave 02/14/1994
AP 11301—Staffing Levels 02/05/2002
AP 11307—Apparatus Staffing, Personal Emergencies02/28/2001 AP 11401—Injury and Illness Prevention Program03/29/2016 AP 11502—Live-Fire Training 12/19/2016
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AP 11504—Captain Mentoring Program 04/09/2020
AP 11505—California Incident Command Certification
System
03/04/2021
AP 11506—Paramedic Internship Program 03/05/2021
AP 11508—Fire District California Incident Command
Certification System Mentoring Team
03/04/2021
AP 11509—Incident Management Team Participation 03/04/2021 AP 11510—Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) Prog.
01/07/2016
AP 11511—Staff Rides 12/19/2018
AP 11804—Industrial Injury/Illness 09/05/2002
AP 11806—Physical Fitness Program 02/11/2019
AP 11808—National Fire Academy 05/24/2018
AP 11810—Driver License 11/20/2017
AP 12101—Tractor-Drawn Aerial Engineer and Operator01/31/2017 AP 12102—Vehicles and Apparatus, Operating04/05/2018
AP 12103—Water Rescue Equipment 05/30/2002
AP 12104—Flight Request, Non-Emergency Incident11/08/2006 AP 12302—Inventory, Apparatus 07/11/2005
AP 12300—Inventory, Apparatus: Appendices 1–6 04/29/2015Engine 1, Engine Type 3, Quint, Ladder Truck, Rescue, PM Squad
AP 12300—Inventory, Apparatus: Appendix 7 02/16/2021BC Vehicle AP 12300—Inventory, Apparatus: Appendices 8–11 04/29/2015Water Tender, Patrol, Utility, Light and Air AP 12300—Inventory, Apparatus: Appendix 14 08/29/2016HazMat 50 AP 12300—Inventory, Apparatus: Appendices 15–18 01/03/2017US&R 40, US&R 54, US&R 54 (Cache Trailer, US&R 154 AP 12303—Fire Hose Inventory and Configuration10/18/2019 AP 12405—Tools/Equipment, Fire Station 12/18/2012
AP 12406—Emergency Food & Water Supplies 11/17/2020
AP 12501—Controlled Substances 07/08/2020
AP 13003—Mandatory Worksite Postings 10/27/2016
AP 13004 –Fire District Property, Disposal of05/08/2012 AP 13005—Complaints 05/08/2020
AP 13006—Security of Department Facilities 05/23/2013
AP 13008—Department Equipment & Facilities, Use of12/22/2016 AP 13009—Theft, County Property 11/05/2012
AP 13010—Libraries, Fire Station and Appendix 1
(Inventory)
02/16/2017
AP 13014—Public Records Act Requests 05/22/2009
AP 13015—Grant Management 02/23/2017
AP 13103—Maintenance and Construction 10/26/2016
AP 13105—Fire Hydrants, Inspection and Maintenance
of
06/11/2001
AP 13107—Knox Rapid Entry System 02/17/2017
AP 13109—Fire Hydrants, Reflective Markers for03/15/2004 1008
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AP 13109—Appendix 2: Encroachment Permit
Information
04/04/2016
AP 13114—Incident Response Reporting 06/20/2013
AP 13115—Fire Locks 08/09/2018
AP 13202—Security of Fire Communications Center12/04/2001 AP 14001– Inspection Authority 09/02/2014
AP 14002—Fire Safety Inspector Program 09/02/2014
AP 14004—Movie Safety Officer 07/30/2001
AP 14102—Community Service Volunteers 02/18/2016
AP 14202–Burning Permits 04/19/2016
AP 14301—Administrative Citation Program07/22/2021
AP 14302—Criminal Citations 07/22/2021
AP 14303—Outdoor Fires for Recreation and Other Uses03/28/2019 AP 15008—Fire Communications Center Minimum
Staffing Levels
02/06/2019
AP 15010—Fire Communications CenterSpecial
Assignments and Training Opportunities
12/28/2017
Fire Prevention Standards:
501—Fire Apparatus Access 09/30/2019Provides the minimum requirements for fire apparatus access roads. This standard also includes requirements for access road gates, fire lanes, and turnarounds/turnouts. 502—Premises Identification 10/18/2018Provides the minimum requirements for property identification.
506—Knox Rapid Entry System 04/01/2017Provides the minimum requirements for installation and use of the Knox Rapid Entry System.
509—Residential Fire Sprinklers 02/07/2020Provides the minimum requirements for the design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in one and two-family dwellings and manufactured homes
509C—Plan Submittal Sheet for Residential Fire
Sprinklers
09/25/2020Plan submittal sheet to be used on all residential fire sprinkler systems.
515—Defensible Space and Fuel Modification Zones11/20/2020Provides the minimum requirements for installation and maintenance of defensible space and fuel modification
zones.
516—Composting, Mulch, and Organic Processing02/05/2020Provides the minimum requirements for processing, storage and application of composting, mulch and organic materials. 517—Application of Mulch and Chips in Defensible
Space
11/20/2020Provides the minimum requirements for application of mulch and wood chips within the defensible space of a structure. 518—Alternate Materials and Methods 12/21/2020Provides requirements for filing a request for alternate materials and methods
519—Fire Watch 12/17/2020 Identifies when a fire watch is required and the minimum requirements for the fire watch.
14.5.3—Fire Hydrants 06/11/2011Provides the minimum requirements for fire hydrants
14.6.10—Access and Water Supplies for Public Schools05/27/2011Provides the minimum requirements for access roads and water supply.
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14.7.2—Installation of Commercial Fire Sprinklers07/07/2011Provides the minimum requirements for the design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in commercial, industrial and multi-family dwellings.
14.7.3—Installation of Fire Alarms 02/23/2011 Provides the minimum requirements for the design and installation of automatic and manual fire alarm systems and fire sprinkler monitoring systems.
14.7.4—Fire Extinguishing Systems for Commercial
Cooking Operations
05/13/2011Provides the minimum requirements for the design, installation, testing and inspection of fire extinguishing systems for commercial cooking operations.
14.7.5—High-Piled Combustible Storage 03/30/2011Provides the minimum requirements for high-piled combustible storage.
14.9.3—Fireworks Requirements 05/21/2014Provides the minimum requirements for the public display of fireworks.
Fire Prevention Guidelines:
401—Special Event Guideline 02/13/2020Provides a summary of the Fire District’s standard conditions for special events.
403—FHRP Abatement Assessment and Appeal Process
Guideline
01/01/2020 Provides a summary of the process to file an appeal to a FHRP abatement assessment.
404—Recreational Fire Safety Guideline 02/14/2019Provides a summary of safety guidelines for the use of recreational fires.
414—Re-Opening of Assembly Occupancies During
COVID-19 Guideline
05/22/2020 Provides a summary of fire safety requirements for the re- opening of an assembly occupancy during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Crop and Orchard Warming Directive 01/29/2020Provides a guide for the use of small warming fires during frost prevention activities. (VCFPD and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District)
Table 22-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants Yes
Capital Improvements Project Funding No
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service No
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds No
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
DevelopmentImpact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers Yes Other Yes
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Table 22-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practicesYes If Yes, Department /Position:Fire Prevention Bureau
Engineersor professionalstrained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Fire Prevention Bureau
Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Emergency Services Bureau-Wildlandand Fire Prevention/Planner Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Business Services Bureau
Surveyors Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Damage Inspection Specialists and Managers for fire damage assessmentand all hazards Personnel skilled or trained in GIS applications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Emergency Services Bureau/ GIS Specialists and Analysts Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Fire Chief, and all VCFPD Managers Grant writers No
Other Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:IT, RNs, HR Professionals, Fiscal Staff Table 22-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Fire Hazard Reduction Plan is on website Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Ready, Set, Go! Program and FHRP Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?Yes If yes, briefly describe:Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council, Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council, Bell Canyon Fire Safe Council, Ventura Park Fire Safe Council and the Ventura Resource Conservation District. Also a non-profit called the C.R.E.W has received funding from CAL FIRE California Climate Investments grants for a community chipper program. Piru Wildfire Prevention Education is another group Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?Yes If yes, briefly describe:Signage Boards for FHRP Community Alerts; VC Alert and Ready, Set, Go! brochures Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Dam Inundation Alarm at Station 28, Alert Wildfire Cameras throughout the County, and remote automated weather stations throughout the County 1011
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Table 22-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code Yes 111-91041 UNK
DUNS# Yes 175795681 UNK
Community Rating System No No N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No No N/A
Public Protection Yes 03/3X 12/21/2018
Storm Ready Yes N/A UNK
Firewise Yes N/A UNK
Tsunami Ready Yes N/A UNK
Table 22-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Medium Comment:We monitor fuel moistures throughout the region and we have remote automated weather stations to monitor temperatures and relative humidity, rainfall and wind.
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Low Comment:
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Medium Comment:GIS, Wildfire Pre-Planner, Vegetation Management Planner Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Low Comment:
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes Low Comment:
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment:
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Low
Comment:
Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment:
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment:
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Low Comment:
Local authority over sectors likely to be negatively impacted Low Comment:
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Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Unsure Comment:
Local residents’ support of adaptation efforts Unsure
Comment:
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Unsure Comment:
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
22.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
22.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Cal Fire Danger Rating Tiers—Fire severity regional maps Dam Inundation Plan—Emergency Plan for response to dam failure/flooding GIS-based pre-application review process—Maintain a GIS-based (Accella) pre-application review for new construction and major remodels in hazard areas, such levee break, high and/or very high wildfire areas.
Integration of the 2015 HMP into current/future planning documents—Integrate the 2015 HMP, in particular the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy sections, into local planning documents, including general plans, emergency operations plans, and capital improvement plans.
Fuel Reduction Program, Chipper Program—Maintain a fuel reduction program, such as the collection and disposal of dead fuel, within open spaces and around critical facilities and residential structures located within a SRA or LRA high or very high wildfire zone Post-Fire Debris Flow Treatments—Maintain post-fire debris flow hillslope and channel treatments, such as mulching, check dams, and debris racks, as needed. 1013
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Fuel Modification Program, Fire Hazard Reduction Plan—Maintain a fuel modification program, which also includes residential maintenance requirements and enforcement, plan submittal and approval process, guidelines for planting, and a listing of undesirable plant species. Require builders and developers to submit their plans, complete with proposed fuel modification zones, to the local fire department for review and approval prior to beginning construction.
Public Education Program, Ready, Set, Go—Continue to develop and promote public education programs in wildland fire safety and survival for all residents adjacent to wildland areas.
Water Reduction and Restrictions & Public Education—Continue to implement water reduction and restrictions at district facilities; reduced or removed landscape vegetation and replaced it with drought tolerant vegetation. Also created a public viewing area at a fire station starting with a walking tour and plant identification for the public to use while planting their own yards.
National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin—Rating level, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for threat preparation and planning as applied for preparatory action by the Fire District.
MARSEC USCG (Maritime Security U.S. Coast Guard)—Threat rating system for our local Port of Hueneme, a Maritime Transportation Security Act regulated port as applied for preparatory action by the Fire District.
Integrate the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy into the General Plan’s Safety Element.
Continue to participate in the NWS Tsunami Ready Program.
Maintain a new vegetation management program that provides vegetation management services to elderly, disabled, or low- income property owners who lack the resources to remove flammable vegetation from around their homes.
Maintain a fuel modification program for new construction by requiring builders and developers to submit their plans, complete with proposed fuel modification zones, to the local fire department for review and approval prior to beginning construction.
Maintain a hazards fuel treatment program for areas that have been identified with overgrown/dead brush/trees to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition. Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program.
Maintain a vegetation management program in areas within and adjacent to rights-of-way and in close proximity to critical facilities to reduce the risk of tree failure and property damage and avoid creation of wind acceleration corridors within vegetated areas.
Continue to work with local ranchers and oil fields to identify and create additional exit corridors for employees to use in the event of a wildfire.
Continue to implement the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy into the district’s emergency plans.
Maintain post-fire debris flow hillslope and channel treatments, such mulching, check dams, and debris racks, as needed.
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22.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
AB-38—Applying the Wildland Fire Disclosure Act on Home Sales Taking action to integrate each of these programs with the hazard mitigation plan was considered as a mitigation action to include in the action plan in this annex.
22.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
22.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 22-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 22-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
COVID-19 Pandemic DR-4482 January 20, 2020 –present
September 30,2021
$181,280.00
Holser Fire August 17, 2020 $880,836.32
3, 000 acres burned
Lime Fire June 10, 2020 $1,257,780.92
803 acres burned
Maria Fire FM-5302 November 1, 2019
October 31, 2019
$1,431,058.00
9,999 acres burned
Easy Fire FM-5298
DR-5298
October 30, 2019 $1,266,729.00
1,806 acres burned
Getty Fire FM-5297 October 28, 2019 $93,205.78
Saddleridge Fire FM-5293 October 10, 2019 $85,897.02
Wildfires (Hill/Woolsey) DR-4407 November 8 – 25, 2018 $10,718,300.00 Woolsey, LA & VC 96,949 acres
Thomas Fire FM-5224
DR-4353
December 4, 2017 $8,538,253.00
Springs Fire FM-5024
DR-5024
May 2 –11, 2013 $369,392.00
24,251 acres burned
Guiberson Fire FM-2839
DR-2839
September 22 –29, 2009 $533,819.00
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows
(October 2007 Fires)
DR-1731 October 21 –March 31, 2008 $81,578.00
Sesno Fire DR-2789 October 13, 2008 $142,434.00
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Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Shekell Fire FM-2681
DR-2861
December 3 –6, 2006 $2,193,118.00
13,600 acres burned
7 structures burned
Day Fire FM-2677
DR-2677
September 4, 2006 $382,215.00
School Fire FM-2586
DR-2568
November 17, 2005 $1,013,284.30
Topanga Fire FM-2583
DR-2583
September 28 –October 10, 2005
September 28
$1,749,843.47
24, 175 acres burned
6 structures burned
Hurricane Katrina Evacuation EM-3248 August 29 –October 1, 2005 $621,740 Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud
and Debris Flows
DR-1585 February 16 –23, 2005 Data not available
Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and
Mudslides
La Conchita
DR-1577 December 27, 2004 –January 11,
2005
$1,828,411.00
Simi Fire October 25, 2003 107,560 acres burned
48 structures lost
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris FlowDR-1498 October 21, 2003 –March 31, 2003
Data not available
Westlake Fire June 29, 2001 278 Acres burned
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, High Winds and
Flooding
DR-1267 December 20 –28, 1998 Data not available
Severe Winter Storms and Flooding DR-1203 February 2 – April 30, 1998 Data not available Severe Fires EM-3120 October 21 – 31, 1996 Data not available Grand Fire Unknown April 28, 1996 10,949 acres burned
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides,
Mud Flows
DR-1046 February 13 – April 19, 1995 Data not available Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides,
Mud Flows
DR-1044 January 3 –February, 1995 Data not available
Northridge Earthquake DR-1008 January 17 – November 30,1994Data not available Fires, Mud & Landslides, Soil Erosion, FloodingDR-1005 October 26 –April 22, 1994 Data not available Green Meadows Fire October 26, 1993 38,477 acres burned 45 structures burned
Severe Storm, Winter Storm, Mud & Landslides,
Flooding
DR-979 January 5 –March 20, 1993 Data not available
Snow Storm, Heavy Rain, High Winds, Flooding,
Mudslide
DR-935 February 10 –19, 1992 Data not available
Severe Freeze DR-894 December 19, 1990 –January 3,
1991
Data not available
Bates Fire April 4, 1989 193 acres burned
Piru Fire January 1, 1988 12,068 acres burned
Severe Storms, High Tides, Flooding DR-812 January 17 –22, 1988 Data not available Bradley Fire November 11, 1986 9,229 acres burned
Ferndale Fire October 14, 1985 46,809 acres burned
20 structures burned
Black Mountain Fire July 3, 1985 1,324 acres burned
Wheeler Fire July 1, 1985 122,724 acres burned
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Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Grass, Wildlands, Forest Fires DR-739 June 26 –July 19, 1985 Data not available Grimes Fire May 7, 1984 11,164 acres burned
3,000 avocado & citrus trees
burned
Coastal Storms, Floods, Slides, TornadoesDR-677 January 21 – March 30, 1983 Data not available Severe Storms, Mudslides, Flooding DR-615 January 8, 1980 Data not available Happy Camp Fire August 28, 1978 463 acres burned
Coastal Storms, Mudslides, Flooding DR-547 February 15, 1978 Data not available Carlisle Fire November 15, 1977 1,368 acres burned
Los Robles Fire June 22, 1976 2,245 acres burned
1 structure burned
Potrero Fire September 26, 1973 12,297 acres burned
3 structures burned
Severe Storms, High Tides, Flooding DR-364 February 8, 1973 Data not available Forest, Brush Fires DR-295 September 29, 1970 Data not available Camarillo Heights Fire September 26, 1970 183 acres burned 3 structures burned
Foothill Fire September 25, 1970 4,731 acres burned
12 structures burned
Severe Storms, Flooding DR-253 January 26, 1969 Records not kept Timber Canyon Fire October 16, 1967 10,841 acres burned 8 structures burned
Ditch Road Fire October 16, 1967 1,245 acres burned
13 structures burned
Sence Ranch Fire October 15, 1967 18,354 acres burned
76 structures burned
Devonshire-Parker Fire October 15, 1967 23,088 acres burned 48 structures burned
VC&LA Counties
Warring Canyon Fire August 28, 1967 4,003 acres burned
1 structure burned
Heavy Rains, Flooding DR-211 December 7, 1965 Records not kept Polo Fire March 7, 1964 684 acres burned
Flooda DR-145 February 25, 1963 No data on file
Creek Road Fire August 20, 1963 4,533 acres burned
Squaw Flats Fire August 20, 1963 439 acres burned
Red Mountain Fire January 5, 1963 1,389 acres burned
Culbert Lease Fire December 4, 1962 5,314 acres burned
4 structures burned
Severe Storma DR-138 October 24, 1962 No data on file
Flooda DR-122 March 6, 1962 No data on file
Donlon & Fletcher Fire January 15, 1961 2,426 acres burned Calumet Fire October 21, 1958 17,212 acres burned
5 structures burned
Flooda DR-82 April 4, 1958 No data on file
Firea DR-65 December 29,1956 No data on file
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Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Lake Sherwood Fire December 28, 1956 35,164 acres burned 20 structures burned
Flooda DR-47 December 23,1955 No data on file
Ventu Park Fire November 7, 1955 13,956 acres burned
8 structures burned
Houston Fire February 10, 1955 500 acres burned
Flooda DR-15 February 5, 1954 No data on file
Wheeler Springs Fire September 12, 1948 22,503 acres burned 17 structures burned
Thatcher Fire June 1, 1947 44,003 acres burned
60 structures burned
Matilija Fire September 7, 1932 220,000 acres burned
a. FEMA did not begin distinguishing declarations by county until 1964. Declarations prior to then are statewide, not county- specific.
Source: FEMA 2021
22.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 22-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Calculations are from Unincorporated County areas and all cities, except Ventura, Oxnard, and Fillmore. Rankings were adjusted by Chief Fong with THIRA process, professional knowledge, and experience.
Table 22-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk Ranking Score Risk Category
1 Wildfire 34 High
2 Severe Weather 24 Medium
2 Severe Storms 24 Medium
4 Flooding 23 Medium
5 Drought 22 Medium
5 Earthquake 22 Medium
5 Dam Failure 22 Medium
8 Landslide 16 Low
9 Sea Level Rise 4 Low
9 Tsunami 4 Low
22.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
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Wildfires—Ventura County has experienced the largest, most destructive, and longest duration wildfires in State recorded history, with 3 of the top 20 in the County according to CAL FIRE.
Severe Weather—The extremes of climate change have induced long duration wind-events, freezing temperatures with frost kill, record high temperatures, increased lightning activity, and prolonged drought resulting in increased calls for service.
Severe Storms—The jurisdiction has seen extreme storm systems bring the majority of precipitation in very condensed periods, which have impacted communities and infrastructure causing flooding, with associated mudslides in prior burn areas, and coastal flooding aggravated by storm surge and rising tides.
Actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
22.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
Table 22-11 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared.
Table 22-11.Status of Previous Plan Actions
Removed;
CarriedOver to Plan
Update
Action Item from Previous Plan Completed
No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #in
Update
OA 1—Integrate the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy with the General Plan’s Safety Element.
VFP-4
Comment:Hazard analysis and mitigation strategy is continuous.
OA 17—Implement post-fire debris flow hillslope and channel treatments, such as seeding, mulching, check dams, and debris racks, as needed.
VFP-5
Comment:Current programs following recent fires (Thomas Fire 2017 and Woolsey Fire, 2018) have been completed. Program will continue, following impacted wildland fire areas.
OA 21—Maintain hazards fuel treatment program for areas that have been identified with overgrown/dead brush/trees to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition.
Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program.
VFP-6
Comment:Continuing program, indefinitely; as part of the VCFPDFire Hazard Reduction Program.
OA 22—Develop a vegetation management program in areas within and adjacent to rights-of-way and in close proximity to critical facilities to reduce the risk of tree failure and property damage and avoid creation of wind acceleration corridors within vegetated areas.
VFP-7
Comment:Continuing program as areas are identified.
VCFPD 1 –Work with local ranchers and oil fields to identify and create additional exit corridors for employees to use in the event of a wildfire.
VFP-8
Comment:Continuing program.
22.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 22-12 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 22-13 identifies the priority for each action. Table 22-14 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
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Table 22-12.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met
Lead
AgencySupport Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VFP -1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami, Earthquake, Dam Failure, Flooding Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 VCFPD GSA & Public
Works
High FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP), Staff
Time, and General Funds
Short-term
Action VFP-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami, Drought, Earthquake, Dam Failure, Flooding
New & Existing 1, 4, 6, 8, 19 VCFPD GSA & Public
Works
Low Staff Time, General FundsShort-term
Action VFP-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power, including the Vehicle Maintenance Unit, which will be installed sometime between the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Severe Storms, Wildfire Existing 2, 6, 7 VCFPD GSA & Public
Works
Low Staff Time, General Funds, FEMA HMA
(BRIC, HMGP)
Short-term
Action VFP-4—Integrate the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy with the Ventura County General Plan’s Safety Element.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami, Drought, Earthquake, Dam Failure, Flooding
New & Existing 1, 4, 6, 8, 19 VCFPD GSA, Public
Works, CAL FIRE
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP), Staff
Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action VFP-5—Implement post-fire debris flow hillslope and channel treatments, such as seeding, mulching, check dams, and debris racks, as needed.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Dam Failure, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Flooding, Wildfire, Landslide, Drought New & Existing2,4,5,6,8,10,11,
13, 14, 15, 18
VCFPD GSA, Public
Works, CAL FIRE
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and HMGP),
Staff Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action VFP-6—Maintain wildfire hazard fuel reduction program for areas that have been identified with overgrown or dead brush, trees and weeds to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition. Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New & Existing2,4,5,6,8,10,11,
13, 14, 15, 18, 19
VCFPD CAL FIRE&
USDA
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and HMGP),
Staff Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action VFP-7—Develop a vegetation management program in areas within and adjacent to rights-of-way and in close proximity to critical facilities to reduce the risk of tree failure and property damage and avoid creation of wind acceleration corridors within vegetated areas.
Hazards Mitigated: Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Flooding, Wildfire, Landslide, Drought New & Existing2,4,5,6,8,10,11,
13, 14, 15, 18, 19
VCFPD CAL FIRE&
USDA
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and HMGP),
Staff Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action VFP-8—Work with local ranchers and oil fields to identify and create additional exit corridors for employees to use in the event of a wildfire.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New & Existing1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19
VCFPD CAL FIRE&
USDA
Low FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and HMGP),
Staff Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action VFP-9—At select Fire Stations in the district, continue using reclaimed water and promoting water-saving measures by maintaining drought-tolerant demonstration gardens for community education and awareness.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
Existing 1, 2, 4, 13, 14, 15,
17, 18, 19
VCFPD Local Water
Utility Purveyors
Low Staff Time & General FundsOngoing
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met
Lead
AgencySupport Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VFP-10—Implement a fuel modification program for new construction by requiring builders and developers to submit their plans, complete with proposed fuel modification zones, to the local fire department for review and approval prior to beginning construction.
Hazards Mitigated: Wildfire
New & Existing 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19
VCFPD CAL FIRE &
Local City Fire
Depts.
Low FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and HMGP),
Staff Time & General Funds
Ongoing
Action VFP-11 Develop and implement a Home Ignition Zone Assessment Program (Reference NFPA 1144) throughout the County’s Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19
VCFPD Ventura County
Resource
Conservation
District
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA, HMGP),
General Funds & Staff Time
Ongoing
Action VFP-12 Maintain new vegetation management program that provides vegetation management services to elderly, disabled, or low-income property owners who lack the resources to remove flammable vegetation from around their homes.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New & Existing 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13,
14, 15, 19
VCFPD Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP and HMGP),
Staff Time, General Funds
Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 22-13.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
2 5 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
3 3 High Low Yes Yes Yes High High
4 5 MediumMedium Yes Yes Yes High Medium
5 11 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
6 12 High Medium Yes Yes Yes High High
7 12 MediumMedium Yes Yes Yes High Medium
8 18 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
9 9 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
10 17 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
11 17 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium
12 9 High Medium Yes Yes Yes High High
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Table 22-14.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Wildfire 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 10, 11, 12
1, 3, 5, 6,
10, 11, 12
4, 6, 11, 125, 6, 7, 8, 11,
12 3, 5, 6, 8, 11,
12 5 5, 6, 7, 122,4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
10, 11, 12
Medium-Risk Hazards
Dam Failure 1, 2, 4, 5 1, 3, 5 4 5 3, 5 5 5 2, 4, 5
Severe Weather1, 2, 4, 5, 7 1, 3, 5 4 5, 7 3, 5 5 5, 7 2, 4, 5, 7 Severe StormsVFP-1, 2, 4, 5, 7 VFP-1, 3, 5 VFP-4 VFP-5, 7 VFP-3, 5 VFP-5 VFP-5, 7 VFP-2,4, 5, 7 Flooding VFP-1, 2, 4, 5, 7 VFP-1, 3, 5 VFP-4 VFP-5, 7 VFP-3, 5 VFP-5 VFP-5, 7 VFP-2, 4, 5, 7 Drought VFP-2, 4, 5, 7 VFP-4, 9 VFP-5, 7, 9 VFP-5 VFP-5 VFP-5, 7, 9 VFP-2, 4, 5, 7 Earthquake VFP-1, 2, 4, 5 VFP-1, 3, 5 VFP-4 VFP-5 VFP-3, 5 VFP-5 VFP-5 VFP-2,4, 5 Landslide VFP-1, 2, 4, 5, 7 VFP-1, 3, 5 VFP-4 VFP-5, 7 VFP-3, 5 VFP-5 VFP-5, 7 VFP-2,4, 5, 7 Low-Risk Hazards
Sea Level Rise VFP-1, 2, 4 VFP-1 VFP-4 VFP-2, 4
Tsunami VFP-1, 2, 4 VFP-1 VFP-4 VFP-2, 4
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
22.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 22-15 lists public outreach activities for this jurisdiction.
Table 22-15.Local Public Outreach
Local Outreach Activity Date
Number of People
Involved
Tweet about OES updating the HMP 08/05/2021 7
Retweet of OES updating the HMP 08/04/2021 23
Facebook post about OES updating the HMP 08/05/2021 4,312 Instagram post about OES updating the HMP 08/05/2021 9,656 Retweet of OES updating the HMP (English and Spanish) 08/16/2021 14 Nextdoor 08/05/2021 7,279
22.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
VCFPD Administrative Policies Manualwas used to list planning and regulatory capabilities for Table 22-3.
VCFPD Operational Procedures Manualwas used to list planning and regulatory capabilities for Table 22-3.
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VCFPD Emergency Plans Manualwas used to list planning and regulatory capabilities for Table 22-3.
Fiscal and Facilities Records Systemswere used to list assets in Table 22-2 and damages in Table 22-8.
District Records on Hazards and Loss were used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkitwas used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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23. VENTURA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
23.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Russ Olsen, Director of Risk Management
Ventura County Schools Self-Funding
Authority
5189A Verdugo Way
Camarillo, CA 93012
Telephone: 805-383-1970
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Michelle Kelly, Risk Manager
Ventura County Schools Self-Funding
Authority
5189A Verdugo Way
Camarillo, CA 93012
Telephone: 805-437-1504
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 23-1.
Table 23-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Eric Reynolds, Ventura Unified SD Director of Risk Management Julie Tedder, Moorpark Unified SD Administrative Assistant, Business Services Martha Corona, Fillmore Unified SD Director of Fiscal Services Russ Olsen, Ventura County Schools Self-Funding Authority Director of Risk Management Michelle Kelly, Ventura County Schools Self-Funding Authority Risk Manager
23.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
23.2.1 Overview
Ventura County comprises 19 public K-12 school districts, 11 public charter schools, and the Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE), collectively called local educational agencies. The VCOE provides facility planning, construction, and maintenance oversite and guidance to the other local educational agencies. VCOE also operates specialized schools in the county.
Ventura County Schools Self-Funding Authority (VCSSFA) provides insurance programs, risk management programs, and emergency management programs assistance to the public K-12 school districts, 8 charter schools, and VCOE.
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23.2.2 Service Area
The Ventura County public school service area covers 258 school district locations including schools, offices, maintenance facilities, warehouses and transportation facilities serving a population of 132,000 students and 12,410 staff. Local educational agencies provide educational instruction, extracurricular activities, transportation and meals to students.
23.2.3 Assets
Table 23-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 23-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
242 school locations and school district auxiliary locations $3,915,649,556 Equipment
827 vehicles including buses, maintenance trucks, passenger cars, trailers, and mobile equipmentUnknown Total: Unknown
Critical Facilities
Ventura County Office of Education, Administrative Office; 5189 Verdugo Way, Camarillo, CA93012 $11,602,900 Briggs Elementary School District, District Office; 12465 Foothill Road, Santa Paula, CA93060 $1,452,400 Conejo Valley Unified School District, Educational Center; 1400 E Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362$4,835,400 Fillmore Unified School District, District Office; 627 Sespe Avenue, Fillmore, CA93015 $6,723,780 Hueneme Unified School District, District Office; 205 N Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, CA93041 $2,746,957 Mesa Union School District, District Office; 3901 N Mesa School Road, Somis, CA93066 $707,200 Moorpark Unified School District, District Office; 5297 Maureen Lane, Moorpark, CA93021 $20,800,600 Oak Park Unified School District, , District Office; 5801 Conifer Street, Oak Park, CA 91377 $3,398,600 Ocean View School District, , District Office; 4200 Olds Road, Oxnard, CA93033 $3,262,300 Ojai Unified School District, , District Office; 414 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA93023 $2,016,200 Oxnard School District, , District Office; 1051 South A Street, Oxnard, CA93030 $12,389,000 Oxnard Union High School District, , District Office; 1800 Solar Drive, 1stFloor, Oxnard, CA 93036 $15,575,317 Pleasant Valley School District, , District Office; 600 Temple Street, Camarillo, CA 93010 $3,333,800 Rio Elementary School District, , District Office; 1800 Solar Drive, 3rdFloor, Oxnard, CA93036 $7,775,983 Santa Paula Unified School District, District Office; 201 South Steckel Drive, Santa Paula, CA93060 $2,926,478 Simi Valley Unified School District, , District Office; 101 West Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065$46,598,400 Ventura Unified School District, , District Office; 255 West Stanley Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001 $35,842,500 Total: $181,987,815
23.3 CURRENT TRENDS
The current (2021) population of Ventura County is estimated at 841,734, with a growth of -0.25% in the past year according to the most recent United States Census Data. Ventura County is the 14th largest county in California. And over the last ten-year period, Ventura County’s population has seen growth of 2.02% since its 2010 population of 825,097.
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23.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
Table 23-3 presents an assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities Table 23-4 presents an assessment of fiscal capabilities Table 23-5 presents an assessment of administrative and technical capabilities Table 23-6 presents an assessment of education and outreach capabilities Table 23-7 presents classifications under various community mitigation programs Table 23-8 Presents the community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change Table 23-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program Date of Most Recent UpdateComment California Education Code, sections 17280 et seq.2018 Design and approval of school buildings California Building Code 2019 Standards for building design Board Policy 3511 2019 Energy and Water Management
Board Policy 7110 Facilities Master Plan
Board Policy 7214 General Obligation Bonds
Emergency Operations Plan 2020 Preparation, response, recovery California Department of General Services,
Division of State Architect
Review and approval of new and modernized
school buildings
Table 23-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants No
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service No
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
DevelopmentImpact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers No
Other Yes
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Table 23-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practicesNo Engineersor professionalstrained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Varies by local educational agency/Director of Facilities, Bond Manager Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards No Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:VCSSFA/Risk Manager
Surveyors No
Personnel skilled or trained in GISapplications No
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Varies by local educational agency/Risk Manager, Emergency Technician Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Department and title varies by local educational agency Table 23-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? No Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? No Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information?Yes If yes, briefly describe:Various mass notification systems --telephone, text, e-mail Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Various mass notification systems --telephone, text, e-mail Table 23-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code Yes N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 078294390 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
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Table 23-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion
Jurisdiction
Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts Medium Comment:Climate change taught in some science classes, widespread use of solar panels, electric buses Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts Low Comment:Impact of local educational agencyefforts difficult to measure or monitor Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Low Comment:Such in-house resources do not exist
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment:Such in-house resources do not exist
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts Medium Comment:Continued implementation of new solar panels, electrical storage batteries, electric buses Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks Low Comment:Such in-house resources do not exist
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processesLow Comment:Authority/mandate centered on education, which can include climate change taught in some science classes Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Medium Comment:solar panels, electrical storage batteries, electric buses Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment:solar panels, electrical storage batteries, electric buses Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment:Local educational agencies have had energy conservation specialists, but grants have expired.
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment:Local authority limited to school sites
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Low Comment:As allowed by the state or supported by grant funding.
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment:Local authority limited to students and staff on school campuses Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Medium Comment:Climate change taught in some science classes
Local residents’ supportof adaptation efforts Low
Comment:Local educational agencies have little influence beyond school sites Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:Local educational agencies have little influence beyond school sites Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:Local educational agencies have little influence beyond school sites Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment:Local educational agencies study ecosystems, but have little influence beyond school grounds a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating. 1028
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23.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
23.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Emergency Operations Plan—A plan for preparing, responding, recovery from emergencies which includes mitigation.
Recommendations and Requirements for Wildfire: Preparation and Response—Includes strategies for preventing property damage due to wildfire and strategies for preventing smoke intrusion into school buildings.
23.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
Comprehensive School Safety Plan—Includes strategies for the education, prevention and response to crime, violence and emergencies on school campuses and at school-related events.
Taking action to integrate each of these programs with the hazard mitigation plan was considered as a mitigation action to include in the action plan in this annex.
23.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
23.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 23-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan. 1029
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Table 23-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Severe Weather N/A February 28, 2021 Strong and gusty Santa Ana winds impacted the coastal valleys of Ventura county. Minor roof damage at some school sites COVID-19 Pandemic DR-4482 01/20/20 – continuing N/A
Easy/Maria Fires FM-5298/FM-5302 October 30, 2019 $325,000 Heat Event 7/4/2018 to 7/6/2018Extreme 2-day heat event broke records across the county.
Woolsey Fire/ Hill Fire DR-4407 November 8, 2018 $7,932,865 Thomas Fire DR-4353 December 4, 2017 $12,451,877
Winter Storms N/A 2/17/2017 to 2/18/2017 Rainfall amounts from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains produced numerous reports of flash flooding as well as mud and debris flows. Strong southerly winds with gusts up to 70 mphreported in some areas.
Springs Fire FM-5024 May 2, 2013 Smoke damage to district buildings. 24,251 acres burned countywide.
Guiberson Fire FM-2839 9/22/2009 to 9/29/2009Smoke damage to district buildings. 17,500 acres burned countywide.
2007 Ranch Fire FM-1731 October 21, 2007Smoke damage to district buildings. 58,401 acres burned in both L.A. and eastern Ventura county near Piru
Severe Freeze Event DR-1689 1/11/2007 to 1/17/2007 4 nights of below freezing temperatures Shekell Complex FireFM-2681 12/3/2006 to 12/6/2006Smoke damage to district buildings. 13,600 acres burned countywide.
Day Fire FM-2677 9/4/2006 to 10/9/2006 Smoke damage to district buildings. 162,702 acres burned countywide.
Winter Storms DR-1577 1/7/2005 to 1/11/2005 Flooding and erosion throughout the county.
Simi Fire DR-1498/FM-2504 October 24, 2003 Smoke damage to district buildings. 108,204 acres burned countywide.
Ranch Fire N/A December 27, 1999 Smoke damage to district buildings. 4,372 acres burned countywide
Freeze Event DR-1267 December 20, 1998 Unknown
Northridge EarthquakeDR-1008 January 17, 1994Non-structural damage to a limited number of school sites in the eastern areas of the county
Sylmar Earthquake N/A February 9, 1971 Unknown
St. Francis Dam
Failure
N/A March 12, 1928 >530 people died; infrastructure and buildings throughout the county all eradicated in flood’s path down the Santa Clara river valley to the Pacific Ocean.
23.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 23-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
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Table 23-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk Ranking Score Risk Category
1 Earthquake 33 High
2 Wildfire 24 Medium
2 Severe Storm 24 Medium
2 Severe Weather 24 Medium
5 Dam Failure 18 Medium
5 Flooding 18 Medium
7 Drought 9 Low
8 Landslide 7 Low
9 Sea Level Rise 2 Low
9 Tsunami 2 Low
23.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
School buildings are built to withstand strong earthquakes. Non-structural hazards can still cause serious injury.
Smoke intrusion has been the biggest cleanup expense due to wildfire. A small number of schools are located near open space, making them vulnerable to burning.
Many child nutrition storage areas are without generators to preserve food during power outages.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
23.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
Table 23-11 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared.
23.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 23-12 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 23-13 identifies the priority for each action. Table 23-14 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
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Table 23-11.Status of Previous Plan Actions
Removed;
CarriedOver to Plan
Update
Action Item from Previous Plan Completed
No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #in
Update
OA 1—Integrate the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy with the General Plan’s Safety Element.
VOE-5
Comment:Still needs to be implemented
OA 8—Adopt emergency water conservation measures and/or water conservation ordinance to limit irrigation.
Comment:Not adopted
OA 11—Develop and implement plans to increase the building owner’s general knowledge of and appreciation for the value of seismic upgrading of the building’s structural and nonstructural elements.
VOE-6
Comment:School buildings are designed to withstand strong earthquakes.Efforts continue to implement and maintain non-structural earthquake safety.
OA 21—Maintain hazards fuel treatment program for areas that have been identified with overgrown/dead brush/trees to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition.
Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program.
VOE-7
Comment:Schools adjacent to open space continue to maintain brush clearance as required by the Ventura County Fire Protection District
VCOE 1—Convert high water volume landscape to native and other drought tolerant plants, hardscape, and synthetic turf in non-play areas.
VOE-8
Comment:Efforts continue to implement and maintain drought tolerant plants and hardscape.
Table 23-12.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead AgencySupport Agency Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action VOE-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Wildfire, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 Facilities High General Funds, FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Short-term
Action VOE-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Wildfire, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Drought, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami
New & Existing 1, 4, 6, 8, 19 Administration Low Staff Time, General Funds Short-term Action VOE-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power, including computer networks and child nutrition storage facilities
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flooding, Severe Weather, Wildfire Existing 2,6, 11 Facilities Medium Staff Time, General Funds,
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA,
HMGP)
Short-term
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead AgencySupport Agency Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action VOE-4—Harden structures with secure door seals and windows to prevent smoke and ash intrusion during wildfire events.
Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 Facilities High Staff Time, General Funds,
FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMA,
HMGP),
Obligation Bonds
Ongoing
Action VOE-5—Integrate the hazard analysis and mitigation strategy with the General Plan’s Safety Element.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Wildfire, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Dam Failure, Flooding, Drought, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami
New & Existing 1, 4, 6, 8, 19 Administration Low Staff Time, General FundsShort-term Action VOE-6—Continue to develop and implement plans tocomply with existing seismic mandates for structural elements andincrease the general knowledge, appreciation for, and implementation of seismic upgrading of the building’s nonstructural elements.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake
New & Existing 1, 4, 6, 19 Facilities High Staff Time, General Funds,
FEMA HMA (BRIC HMGP)
Ongoing
Action VOE-7—Maintain wildfire hazard fuel reduction program for areas that have been identified with overgrown or dead brush, trees and weeds to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition. Ensure that a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance is part of the program. (Coordinates with Ventura County Fire Protection District Action VFP-6) Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
New & Existing2,4,5,6,8,10,11,
13, 14, 15, 18, 19
VCFPD Facilities, CAL
FIRE & USDA
Medium FEMA HMA (BRIC, FMAP
and HMGP), Staff Time &
General Funds
Ongoing
Action VOE-8—Convert high water volume landscape to native and other drought tolerant plants, hardscape, and synthetic turf in non- play areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought
Existing 4, 13, 15 Facilities Medium Staff Time, General Funds ,
FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 23-13.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
VOE-1 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
VOE-2 5 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
VOE-3 3 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
VOE-4 4 Medium High No Yes No Low Medium
VOE-5 5 Medium Low Yes No Yes High Low
VOE-6 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
VOE-7 12 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
VOE-8 3 Low Medium No Yes Yes Low Medium
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Table 23-14.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Earthquake VOE-1, 6 VOE-2, 5, 6 VOE-3 VOE-2, 5
Wildfire VOE-7 VOE-1, 4, 7 VOE-2, 5, 7 VOE-7 VOE-3, 7 VOE-7 VOE-2, 3, 5, 7 Severe Storm VOE-1 VOE-2, 5
Severe Weather VOE-1 VOE-2, 5 VOE-3 VOE-2, 3, 5
Dam Failure VOE-1 VOE-2, 5 VOE-3 VOE-2, 5
Flooding VOE-1 VOE-2, 5 VOE-3 VOE-2, 5
Drought VOE-2, 5 VOE-8 VOE-2, 5, 8
Landslide VOE-1 VOE-2, 5 VOE-2, 5
Sea Level Rise VOE-1 VOE-2, 5 VOE-2, 5
Tsunami VOE-1 VOE-2, 5 VOE-2, 5
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
23.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 23-15 lists public outreach activities for this jurisdiction.
Table 23-15.Local Public Outreach
Local Outreach Activity Date Number of People Involved
Post VCSSFA Risk Management Committee meeting
announcements at VCSSFA Office, VCOE Outdoor posting and VCSSFA website
First Monday of
each month
15to18representative from various school
districts
Allow public to comment during meetings First Monday of each month
No members of the public have attended meetings
where hazard mitigation has been discussed
23.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
VCSSFA Statement of Values --a list of properties and structures including values of structures and modeled values of contents
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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24. VENTURA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY—
WATERSHED PROTECTION
24.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Glenn Shephard, Director,
VCPWA-Watershed Protection
800 So. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009-1610
Telephone: (805) 654-2040
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Gerard Kapuscik, Mgr. SRG,
VCPWA-Watershed Protection
800 So. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA. 93009-1610
Telephone: (805) 648-9284
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team for Ventura County Public Works Agency—Watershed Protection (VCPWA-WP), whose members are listed in Table 24-1.
Table 24-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Eric Alger Staff Services Specialist II, O&M, VCPWA-WP
Angela BonfiglioAllen Planner IV, ESS, WP&PD, VCPWA-WP
Deby Cisneros Adm. Asst. II, SRG, VCPWA-WP
Masood Jilani Eng. Mgr. II, D&CD, VCPWA-WP
Gerard Kapuscik Mgr. SRG, VCPWA-WP
Pam Lindsey Mgr. ESS, WP&PD, VCPWA-WP
Ewelina Mutkowska Mgr. County Stormwater Program-VCPWA-WP Kirk Norman Eng. Mgr. II. D&CD, VCPWA-WP
Gabriel Ramirez Eng. Tech IV, SRG, VCPWA-WP
Bruce Rindahl Eng.Mgr. II, WR&TS, WP&PD, VCPWA-WP
Lara Shellenbarger WRS III, WR, VCPWA-WP
Glenn Shephard Director, VCPWA-WP
Yunsheng Su Eng. IV, APS, WP&PD, VCPWA-WP
Nathan Summerville Eng. IV, APS, WP&PD, VCPWA-WP
Martha Symes Grants Specialist, SRG, VCPWA-WP
Mark Yaftali Eng.III, O&MD, VCPWA-WP
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24.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
24.2.1 Overview
The VCPWA-WP, formerly known as the Ventura County Flood Control District, was initially formed on September 12, 1944, by an act of the California State Legislature. VCPWA-WP is a Dependent County Special District, governed by the Board of Supervisors, and administratively housed in the Ventura County Public Works Agency.
The mission of VCPWA-WP is to protect life, property, and community infrastructure from flood events, improve water resources management, and enhance the health and natural function of watersheds in Ventura County.
VCPWA-WP is the responsible local agency sponsor for federal flood control projects throughout Ventura County. VCPWA-WP also serves as the principal co-permittee and manages the implementation of the Ventura Countywide Stormwater Quality Management Program under the municipal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for urban stormwater runoff discharges in Ventura County. Finally, VCPWA-WP also manages FEMA’s NFIP and CRS for unincorporated Ventura County.
The Ventura County Watershed Protection Board of Supervisors assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan, and the Ventura County Public Works Director, through his designee, Glenn Shephard, acting in his capacity as Director of VCPWA-WP, will oversee its implementation.
24.2.2 Service Area
VCPWA-WP’s service area is coterminous with boundaries of Ventura County, except for the offshore islands of Anacapa and San Nicholas. VCPWA-WP’s service area is approximately 1,800 square miles and encompasses all 10 cities and the unincorporated areas of Ventura County.
24.2.3 Assets
Table 24-2 summarizes the assets of VCPWA-WP and their estimated current replacement value.
Table 24-2.VCPWA-WP Assets
Asset Value
Property
N/A N/A
Equipment
Flood Warning System (FWS) Equipment $3,454,500
Total: $3,454,500
Critical Flood Protection Infrastructure Facilities
Dams, Debris and Detention Basins $244,316,058
Flood/Stormwater Conveyance Channels $2,057,616,000
Levees $371,086,917
Pump Stations $22,799,085
Total: $2,699,272,560
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24.3 CURRENT TRENDS
The current (2021) population of Ventura County is estimated at 841,734, with a growth of -0.25% in the past year according to the most recent United States Census Data. Ventura County is the 14th largest county in California. And over the last ten-year period, Ventura County’s population has seen growth of 2.02% since its 2010 population of 825,097.
24.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
Table 24-3 presents an assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities Table 24-4 presents an assessment of fiscal capabilities Table 24-5 presents an assessment of administrative and technical capabilities Table 24-6 presents an assessment of education and outreach capabilities Table 24-7 presents classifications under various community mitigation programs Table 24-8 Presents the community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change Table 24-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent UpdateComment
Annual Capital Improvement Plan Project Sheet Submittals4/31/2021 5-Year Planning Horizon (FY 22-26) District Detention Dams and Debris Basins UpdateIn Progress Evaluation of 53 Debris and Detention Basins District Facility Design Manual In Progress Guidance Standards Governing Flood Protection Projects Designed and Constructed by the VCPWA-
Watershed Protection
District Design Hydrology Manual July 2017 Design Hydrology Computational Guidelines and Input Data Parameters
Emergency Operations Roles & Responsibilities Matrix March 2017 Categorization of Employees’Emergency Operations Roles and Responsibilities
Flood Mitigation Plan for Ventura County 3/1/2005 OES Planning Grant to VCPWA-WPto Prepare County’s Plan Document
Flood Safety Plan for Ventura County March 2017 Flood Safety PlanOutlines Ventura County’s planned response to flood emergencies affecting
Ventura County
Dam Inundation Mapping Studies for 8 State Sized Dams1-2-20 thru 11-11-20
State Mandated Emergency Action Plans with
Inundation Maps for Emergency Preparedness
VC Watershed Protection Ordinance No. WP-2 9/10/2013 Ordinance Codifying VCPWA-WP’s Statutory Authorities, Powers, and Operational Practices
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Table 24-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants Yes
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes Yes
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify:VCPWA-WP, in accordance with applicable provisions found in the Ventura County Watershed Protection Act, (California Water Code Appendix, Chapter 46) is authorized to levy and collect taxes, assessments, and fees for its statutory powers to provide for the control of the flood and storm waters of the district, and to conserve such waters for beneficial and useful purposes as stipulated in Section 7 of its enabling act.
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds Yes
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
Development Impact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers Yes Table 24-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position: VCPWA-WP
Engineers I-II-II-IV
Engineering Managers I-II-III
Environmental Planners
VCPWA-WP Director and Deputy Directors
Engineers or professionals trained in building or infrastructure construction practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:VCPWA-WP
Engineers I-II-III-IV
Engineer Managers I-II-III
Environmental Planners
VCPWA-WPDirector and Deputy Directors
Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:VCPWA-WP
Engineers I-II-III-IV
Engineering Managers I-II-III
Environmental Planners
VCPWA-WP Director and Deputy Directors
Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:VCPWA-WP
Engineers I-II-III-IV
Engineering Managers I-II-III
Staff Services Manager III
VCPWA-WP Director and Deputy Directors
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Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Surveyors Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:VCPWA-WP relies on the VCPWA-Engineering Services Department-County Surveyors Office to perform survey work required in the development of flood protection project engineering design and development efforts.Depending on County Surveyors Office workload considerations, and certain specialized survey work required by VCPWA-WP, the County Surveyors Office may perform the requested survey work utilizing in-house staff, or contract with outside survey service vendors.
Personnel skilled or trained in GIS applications Yes
If Yes, Department /Position: VCPWA-WP
Engineering Techs III & IV
Engineers I-II-III-IV
Engineering Managers I-II-III
Environmental Planners
VCPWA-WP Director and Deputy Directors
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area Yes If Yes, Department /Position: VCPWA-WP
Environmental Planners
Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:VCPWA-WP
Pursuant to the 2010 VCPWA-WP National Incident Management System Implementation Plan, the Director of Watershed Protection is tasked to coordinate all VCPWA-WP operations during emergencies, including serving as VCPWA-WP Primary Point of Contact with the VCPWA-Duty Officer and the VCSOES Emergency Operations Center Commander and/or VCSOES Duty Officer.
Grant writers Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:VCPWA-WP
Engineers I-II-III
Engineer Managers I-II-III
Environmental Planners
Staff Services Specialist I
Staff Services Manager III
Table 24-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? Yes If yes, briefly
describe:
VCPWA contracts with Consortium Communications, to help craft and disseminate public information and outreach campaigns. VCPWA-WP, as one of the 5-departments in VCPWA, regularly avails itself of Consortium’s public information and outreach technical support services, including an active, vigorous, and robust VCPWA social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.VCPWA Online|Facebook|Twitter Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? Yes Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? Yes If yes, briefly
describe:
VCPWA-WP was responsible for the creation and is responsible for the maintenance of the County of Ventura’s Flood Information Website (vcfloodinfo.com) through the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System (CRS). That website features FEMA’s flood insurance rate maps which allows the public to determine if their property is affected by flood hazards, information about flood safe requirements for building in a floodplain, become better informed on how to hire a contractor, obtain information on flood insurance, and much more. Additionally, there is a link on this webpage to the 2015 Ventura County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan which will be updated to reflect the current Ventura County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2021 Plan Update process currently underway. (http://www.vcfloodinfo.com/resources/ventura-county-hazards-mitigation-plan) 1040
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Criterion Response
Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? Yes If yes, briefly
describe:
VCPWA-WP, as one of 20+ planning partners in the HMP 2021 Plan Update process, has partnered with VCSOES in ongoing, evolving, and interactive proactive social media outreach regarding hazard mitigation plan development public information and outreach initiatives. Recently, VCPWA-WP provided VCSOES with photos of the completed Fresno Canyon Diversion Project which was funded by $5M in FEMA HMGP Grant Funding. Project photos and information in both English and Spanish, were featured in a VCSOES Twitter post this week showcasing the County’s Fresno Canyon Diversion Project under the messaging theme: “Hazard Mitigation in Action!” https://twitter.com/Venturaoes/status/1427391467534704640?s=20 (English) https://twitter.com/Venturaoes/status/1427391498052505646?s=20 (Spanish) VCPWA-WP is partnering with VCSOES to develop a 4-5 minute long video, in both English and Spanish, which will provide viewers with a pithy explanation of hazard mitigation as a thought construct, provide an overview of the current hazard mitigation plan 2021 update planning process underway, including milestone timelines and progress, and highlighting key mitigation projects that have been accomplished in Ventura County with FEMA HMGP grant funding (such as the Fresno Canyon Diversion Project) to bring these planning concepts more tangible and closer to home. The video will be posted on the readyventuracounty.org website and will be made available to planning partners for distribution via their existing social media, online, and texting messaging ecosystems.
Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation?Yes Ifyes, briefly
describe:
VCPWA-WP actively participated in the 2015 VCHMP Plan Development process and currently is actively participating in the HMP-2021 Plan Update Process managed by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (VCSOES). VCPWA-WP’s Director, Glenn Shephard, and SRG Manager Gerard Kapuscik are both members and active participants in the Core Planning Team and the Steering Committee tasked with advisory support to the team.
Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information? Yes If yes, briefly
describe:
Ventura County’s VC Alert Emergency Notification System allows members of the public to send a text message to VCNOTIFY to 888777 which will allow them to receive real-time alerts and advisories directly from the County. Residents can register multiple contact methods and request to be alerted to a home phone, cell phone, business phone, e-mail and/or hearing-impaired receiving device. Residents can also register up to five different addresses such as a home address, work address, school address, or business address. Additionally, VCPWA has a similar text notification system for all Public Works Employees which can be used for similar real-time text alerts and advisories.
Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly
describe:
VCPWA-WP operates a Flood Warning System (FWS) composed of 90 self-reporting rain gages and 30 self-reporting stream gages countywide. The FWS also receives telemetered data for 65 additional rain gages and 23 stream gages operated by other agencies including the United States Geological Survey, Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and the California Department of Water Resources. The critical rain and stream gage information collected and reported in real time are used in the hydrologic models for determining the amount of runoff from storm events information is provided to VCSOES in real time and is an important data source utilized for potential emergency event evacuation notifications triggered by high-flow rate storm flood events.
Table 24-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code Yes 111-91042 Pre-2005
DUNS# Yes 066691122 Unknown
Community Rating System Yes Class 5 Rating 5/1/2016
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule Yes Class 3 Rating 2019 Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready Yes N/A 2011
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready Yes N/A 2012
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Table 24-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion Jurisdiction Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts High Comment: Given the nature of the diverse interdisciplinary teams (engineers, environmental scientists, hydrologists, etc.), there is a keen situational awareness of climate change impacts on flood protection facilities and the need to mitigate those hazards.
VCPWA-WP Staff contributed to the Projected Changes in Ventura County Climate Study completed in 2019 by the Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute (wrcc.dri.edu/climate/reports). VCPWA-WP also contributes to the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County’s Integrated Regional Water Management Plan updates, including the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and project selection process. Furthermore, VCPWA-WP has incorporated into its levee improvement process the planning for one percent annual chance (formerly 100-year) flood protection plus an additional 10 percent to address the uncertainty of climate change impacts.
Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts High Comment: VCPWA-WP operates and maintains a system of 100 self-reporting rain gages,47 self-reporting stream gages, and 16-self- reporting weather gages. VCPWA-WP also receives telemetered data from 65 additional rain gages and 23 stream gages operated by other agencies including the U.S.G.S., Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and California Department of Water Resources (DWR). All the data from this system is maintained by VCPWA-WP and includes records of over 150 years. The continuing long term data sets will be used to analyze and quantify the long-term impacts of climate change on hydrologic processes.
Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities Medium Comment: VCPWA-WP utilizesitsFlood Warning System (FWS)system data to populate and continuously update its hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in support of flood control facility improvement designs.
Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory Low Comment: VCPWA-WP obtains assistance from environmental consultants to evaluate the potential GHG emissions that would be associated with specific projects, both temporary and long-term impacts. These analyses are presented in the Environmental Impact Reports prepared for flood protection projects. These results inform mitigation measures needed to reduce potential GHG impacts.
Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts High Comment: With respect to capital planning decisions, see answers above. With respect to land use decisions, VCPWA-WP does not have land use decision-making power. However, VCPWA-WP staff reviews applications submitted under the CEQA process for unincorporated Ventura County and all cities in the County, as well as adjoining counties. The applicants are required to evaluate their projects’ flood risk impacts using the Ventura County Hydrology Manual. Based on the results, they are also required to retain storm runoff exceeding pre-project levels.
Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks High Comment: VCPWA-WP staff participates in decision-making by the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County (local body that implements state-level Integrated Regional Water Management planning), Ventura County General Plan climate adaptation updates and implementation of strategies for action, Beach Erosion Authority for Control and Nourishment (BEACON) relating to sea level rise and increasing coastal erosion impacts along the Ventura County coast. VCPWA-WP leads the countywide effort among all City and County floodplain managers addressing coastal and riverine flood modeling and mapping technical review and comments to FEMA, partners with local non-governmental organizations (The Nature Conservancy and others) to advance preservation of floodplain properties to prevent development on lands at risk of flooding countywide.
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Criterion Jurisdiction Ratinga
Implementation Capacity
Clear authority/mandate to consider climate change impacts during public decision-making processes High Comment: VCPWA-WP, as a state-created, county-dependent special district is required to comply with several state laws addressing climate change impacts, including but not limited to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and Senate Bill 97 enacted in 2007 to amend the CEQA statute to address GHG emissions and impacts. Additionally, VCPWA-WP is required to comply with the 2040 General Plan for Ventura County, which notes: “…the County developed an integrated approach to addressing climate change in the General Plan by incorporating related policies and programs throughout the General Plan elements, such that the General Plan will also serve as the County’s Climate Action Plan. VCPWA-WP staff also functions as staff for several groundwater sustainability agencies, including the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, tasked with developing Groundwater Sustainability Plans for medium and high priority over drafted groundwater basins, in compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
Identified strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation efforts Low Comment: Interim VCPWA Teleworking policyin place. Hybrid and electric models are replacing aging fleet vehicles to the extent feasible, as administered by the Ventura County General Services Agency. Agricultural irrigation efficiency assistance by Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency.
A GHG inventory with 2015 as the baseline year was prepared to support the Ventura County General Plan update and will be updated every five years. The greatest contribution was transportation (36%).
VC General Plan 2040 Policies created for the purpose of mitigating GHGs are listed below. Please refer to the General Plan for the numerous related Implementation Programs (FB=Financing and Budgeting; IGC=Inter-Governmental Coordination; JP=Joint Partnerships with the Private Sector; RDR=Regulation and Development Review; SO=Services and Operations):
Conservation and Open Space Element (COS)
COS-1.13: The County shall continue to work in partnership with agencies, organizations, and entities responsible for the protection, management, and enhancement of the county’s biological resources. (IGC) COS-1.15: The County shall establish and support a countywide target for the County, cities in Ventura County, agencies, organizations, businesses, and citizens to plant two million trees throughout the county by 2040. (SO, JP, IGC) COS-3.2: The County shall encourage the planting of trees and the protection of existing urban forests and native woodlands, savannahs, and tree canopy throughout the county, including along State or County designated scenic roadways and in residential and commercial zones throughout the county, especially those located within designated disadvantaged communities. (MPSP, RDR)
COS-3.3: The County shall give overhead utility undergrounding within high fire hazard areas and Scenic Resource Areas priority when allocating County Utility Undergrounding Funds. (MPSP, FB) COS-7.4: The County shall require discretionary development for oil and gas exploration and production to use electrically powered equipment from 100 percent renewable sources and cogeneration, where feasible, to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from internal combustion engines and equipment. (RDR) COS-7.7: The County shall require new discretionary oil wells to use pipelines to convey oil and produced water; oil and produced water shall not be trucked. (RDR)
COS-8.1: The County shall promote the development and use of renewable energy resources (e.g., solar, thermal, wind, tidal, bioenergy, hydroelectricity) to reduce dependency on petroleum-based energy sources. (IGC, RDR) COS-8.2: The County shall encourage the State, community choice aggregation programs, and energy utility companies to provide programs, rebates, and incentives for energy efficiency installation and retrofit projects. (IGC) COS-8.3: The County shall facilitate the coordination of its Climate Action Plan implementation and maintenance with the cities in the county, the Air Pollution Control District (APCD), and other organizations to promote countywide collaboration on addressing climate change. (SO, IGC)
COS-8.4: The County, as a signatory to a legal entity created under a Joint Powers Authority with neighboring communities, shall continue to serve as an active member of the Clean Power Alliance or similar organization providing local customer access to electricity generated from low carbon renewable energy sources in excess of State requirements. (SO, IGC) COS-8.5: The County shall work with utility providers to offer residents options to purchase and use renewable energy resources. (SO, IGC, JP)
COS-8.6: The County shall support the transition to zero net energy and zero net carbon buildings, including electrification of new buildings. (RDR)
COS-8.7: The County shall promote sustainable building practices that incorporate a “whole systems” approach for design and construction that consumes less energy, water, and other non-renewable resources, such as by facilitation passive ventilation and effective use of daylight. (RDR)
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COS-8.8: The County shall encourage the integration of features that support the generation, transmission, efficient use, and storage of renewable energy sources in discretionary development. (RDR) COS-8.9: The County shall encourage discretionary development to include the planting of shade trees on each property and within parking areas to reduce radiation heat production. (RDR) COS-8.10: The County shall encourage battery energy storage systems as an option for optimizing the management of electricity generated by renewable resources. (RDR)
COS-9.1: The County shall preserve natural open space resources through: the concentration of development in Urban Areas and Existing Communities; use of cluster or compact development techniques in discretionary development adjacent to natural open space resources; maintaining large lot sizes in agricultural, rural, and open space areas; discouraging conversion of lands currently used for agricultural production or grazing; limiting development in areas constrained by natural hazards; and encouraging agricultural and ranching interests to maintain natural habitat in open space areas where the terrain or soil is not conducive to agricultural production or grazing. (RDR) COS-9.3: The County shall place a high priority on preserving open space lands for recreation, habitat protection, and overall community benefit. (MPSP)
COS-10.1: The County shall maintain and refer to the General Plan and its integrated greenhouse gas (GHG) Reduction Strategy as the County’s comprehensive plan for reducing community-wide GHG emissions in the unincorporated County. (RDR)
COS-10.2: The County shall work toward achieving a community-wide GHG emissions reduction target of 41 percent below 2015 levels by 2030. (RDR)
COS-10.3: The County shall work toward achieving longer-term, post-2030 community-wide GHG emissions reduction goals, as follows: 61 percent below 2015 levels by 2040 and 80 percent below 2015 levels by 2050. (RDR) COS-10.4: The County shall reduce GHG emissions in both existing and new development through a combination of measures included in the GHG Strategy, which includes new and modified regulations, financing and incentive-based programs, community outreach and education programs, partnerships with local or regional agencies, and other related actions. (RDR)
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts High
Comment: The 2015 Ventura County Local Hazard Mitigation Planidentified the following overarching mitigation actions (OA) that could be implemented:
OA 4: Relocate or reinforce bike trails, parking lots, and other beach access amenities away from the shoreline to restore the beach/shoreline in sea-level rise/coastal erosion areas.
OA 5: Restore habitat and improve flood protection for low-lying areas by employing innovative techniques such as constructing levees coupled with gently sloping tidal marshes to help protect from storm wave action and tidal surge.
OA 7: Develop a water conservation public outreach program to increase awareness about the drought, fines, and penalties for overuse and solutions for conserving water.
OA 8: Adopt emergency water conservation measures and/or water conservation ordinance to limit irrigation.
OA 13: Reinforce roads/bridges from flooding through protection activities, including elevating the roads/bridges and installing/widening culverts beneath the roads/bridges or upgrading storm drains.
OA 14: Acquire, relocate, or elevate residential structures, particularly those that have been identified as repetitive loss properties, within the 100-year floodplain.
OA 16: Implement landslide stabilization and/or protection measures. Stabilization measures include grading the unstable portion of the slope to a lower gradient, construction of rock buttresses and retaining walls, and drainage improvements.
Protection measures include containment and/or diversion of the moving debris, such as walls, berms, ditches, and catchment basins.
OA 19: Create a new vegetation management program that provides vegetation management services to elderly, disabled, or low-income property owners who lack the resources to remove flammable vegetation from around their homes.
OA 20: Implement a fuel modification program for new construction by requiring builders and developers to submit their plans, complete with proposed fuel modification zones, to the local fire department for review and approval prior to beginning construction.
OA 21: Develop a hazards fuel treatment program for areas that have been identified as overgrown or contain dead brush and trees to reduce the potential for tree-to-tree ignition. Ensure that the program includes a “maintenance now” component to provide continued fire resistance.
VC General Plan 2040Policies are listed below (FB=Financing and Budgeting; IGC=Inter-Governmental Coordination; JP=Joint Partnerships with the Private Sector; MPSP=Master Plans, Strategies, and Programs; PI=Public Information; PSR=Planning Studies and Reports; RDR=Regulation and Development Review; SO=Services and Operations):
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COS-2.2: The County shall support activities that trap or add sand through beach nourishment, dune restoration, and other adaptation strategies to enhance or create beaches in areas susceptible to sea-level rise and coastal flooding. (MPSP) COS-2.10: The County shall work with Federal, State, and local jurisdictions, agencies, and organizations to monitor saltwater intrusion and take proactive steps to reduce intrusion, including: working to maintain and restore coastal wetlands buffers; enhancing groundwater management to prevent excessive pumping in order to restore groundwater levels needed to reduce saltwater intrusion; and implementing mitigation measures to prevent saltwater intrusion into estuaries and groundwater basins including, but not limited to, implementation of reactive barriers and use of pumps to divert saltwater. (PSR, IGC, JP)
COS-3.2: The County shall encourage the planting of trees and the protection of existing urban forests and native woodlands, savannahs, and tree canopy throughout the county, including along State or County designated scenic roadways and in residential and commercial zones throughout the county, especially those located within designated disadvantaged communities. (MPSP, RDR)
COS-3.3: The County shall give overhead utility undergrounding within high fire hazard areas and Scenic Resource Areas priority when allocating County Utility Undergrounding Funds. (MPSP, FB) COS-5.3: The County shall encourage landowners to participate in voluntary programs that reduce soil erosion and increase soil productivity. To this end, the County shall promote coordination between the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ventura County Resource Conservation District, University of California Cooperative Extension, and other similar agencies and organizations. (RDR)
Land Use and Community Character Element (LU)
LU-1.1: The County shall continue to promote orderly and compact development by: working with cities in Ventura County and the Ventura Local Agency Formation Commission to promote and maintain reasonable city boundaries and Spheres of Influence to prevent growth-inducing urban development in unincorporated areas; and require unincorporated urban development to be located in areas designated as Existing Communities and unincorporated urban centers consistent with the Guidelines for Orderly Development and as defined in Policy LU-1.2. (RDR, IGC) LU-11.3: The County shall require new commercial and industrial developments to be designed to be generally compact, grouped and consolidated into functional units providing for sufficient off-street parking and loading facilities, maximize pedestrian and vehicle safety, reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT), encourage electric vehicle charging, and minimize land use conflicts and traffic congestion. The County shall require that commercial and industrial discretionary development is designed to provide adequate buffering (e.g., walls, landscaping, setbacks) and operational conditions (e.g., hours of operation, and scheduling of deliveries) to minimize adverse impacts (e.g., noise, glare, and odors) on adjoining and adjacent residential areas. (RDR
LU-11.4: The County shall encourage discretionary development on commercial- and industrial-designated land to incorporate sustainable technologies, including energy- and water-efficient practices and low- and zero-carbon practices. (RDR)
LU-16.5: The County shall encourage discretionary commercial development to promote ease of pedestrian/bicycle access to encourage walk-in business, while providing sufficient off-street parking. (RDR) LU-16.9: The County shall encourage discretionary development to be oriented and landscaped to enhance natural lighting, solar access, and passive heating or cooling opportunities to maximize energy efficiency. (RDR) LU-18.5: The County shall encourage stakeholders in designated disadvantaged communities who are vulnerable to sea level rise or other climate change impacts to have the opportunity to learn about and participate in the decision-making process for adaptation planning within Ventura County. (PI) LU-22.2: The County shall maintain and annually review the General Plan Implementation Programs before the preparation of the County’s Annual Budget. As part of this process, the County shall update the prioritization of programs based on applicability, relevance, timing of initiation, and availability of funding. (PSR, SO) Circulation, Transportation, and Mobility Element (CTM) CTM-2.1: The County shall prepare and adopt Complete Streets Design Guidelines to be used when constructing new roadways or improving existing roadways where Complete Streets would be appropriate/feasible. The Complete Streets Design Guidelines shall employ a context-sensitive approach to planning and designing the road and street network to reflect the distinct agricultural, rural, or urban character of a particular location. (MPSP) CTM-2.2: The County shall plan a roadway system that has adequate capacity and is designed to provide reasonable and safe use by vehicles, public transportation, bicycles, and pedestrians with minimum delay pursuant to LOS standards described in Policy CMT-1.2. The road system should follow Federal Highway Administration classification as identified on Figure 4-4. (MPSP)
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CTM-2.3: The County shall require discretionary development with access onto a County road to have the access point(s) designed and built to County standards. (RDR)
CTM-2.4: The County shall strive to provide safe operating conditions for all appropriate modes and uses of County roadways. (RDR, MPSP, SO)
CTM-2.5: The County shall coordinate the development and maintenance of all transportation facilities with emergency service providers to ensure continued emergency service operation and service levels. (ICG) CTM-2.6: The County shall work with Caltrans, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC), and cities in the county to plan, develop, and maintain regional transportation facilities and services, and to identify existing and future transportation corridors that should be linked across jurisdictional boundaries so that sufficient right-of-way may be preserved. (IGC) CTM-2.7: The County shall coordinate with VCTC to implement and update the Congestion Management Plan (CMP). The County shall also encourage consideration of multimodal performance measures as part of future updates to the CMP. (MPSP, IGC)
CTM-2.8: For those portions of the County’s Regional Road Network currently not designated as part of the CMP, the County shall coordinate with VCTC to formally designate applicable County maintained roadways as part of the CMP. (MPSP, IGC)
CTM-2.9: The County shall work with the VCTC and Caltrans to reprioritize the re-striping of SR 118 from Vineyard Avenue to Darling Road on the CMP and the Caltrans list of projects to provide for an additional lane in each direction of travel. (IGC) CTM-2.10: The County shall work with public and private schools to identify and expand safe routes to school, where feasible. (IGC)
CTM-2.11: The County shall establish land use patterns that promote shorter travel distances between residences, employment centers, and retail and service-oriented uses to support the use of public transportation, walking, bicycling, and other forms of transportation that reduce reliance on single-passenger automobile trips. (RDR, MPSP) CTM-2.12: The County shall coordinate with the cities in the county and VCTC to plan and implement a system of bicycle lanes and multi-use trails that link the cities, unincorporated communities, schools including colleges and universities, commercial/retail, employment centers, health care service facilities, public transportation, and other points of interest. (MPSP, IGC)
CTM-2.13: The County shall strive to eliminate “gaps” in roadways, bikeways, and pedestrian networks by planning for and seeking funding to construct necessary improvements to remove barriers and improve transportation system connectivity as well as connections that support first and last mile accessibility to and from public transportation. (MPSP, PSR, FB) CTM-2.14: When designing new bicycle facilities, or modifying existing roadways with bicycle facilities, the County shall prioritize and install features to improve the safety and visibility of bicyclists. (MPSP) CTM-2.15: The County shall rely on the guidelines and design standards for bicycle and pedestrian facilities established by the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD) and supporting guidelines provided by the Federal Highway Administration, Caltrans, and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (MPSP, PSR, SO)
CTM-2.16: The County shall consider the safety and accessibility of pedestrians when preparing transportation plans, studies, and reports. (MPSP)
CTM-2.17: The County shall support regional bicycle efforts to improve infrastructure that will make biking more attractive to residents and tourists. (IGC, SO, JP)
CTM-2.18: The County shall require discretionary development in designated Existing Communities to construct roadways to urban standards and Complete Streets principles, including curb, gutter, sidewalks, and bike lanes when there is a nexus for improvement. The County shall rely on the guidelines and design standards for the CAMUTCD, Caltrans in the Highway Design Manual, and Complete Streets Guidelines (pursuant to Deputy Directive-64-R2), Federal Highway Administration, AASHTO. (RDR)
CTM-2.19: The County shall continue to examine and update safety metrics for CEQA impact analysis as appropriate.
Options include but are not limited to queue spill-back at intersections; mid-block unprotected crossings; and increased crossing distances. (RDR)
CTM-2.20: The County shall improve pedestrian safety at intersections and mid-block locations in Existing Communities through approved features consistent with the CAMUTCD, Highway Design Manual, Federal Highway Administration, AASHTO, and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 498 (Application of Pedestrian Crossing Treatments for Streets and Highways. (RDR, SO)
CTM-2.21: Within Existing Communities, the County shall provide/retrofit separated or buffered pedestrian and bicycle paths from the outside travel lane along County Road Network roads that are designated Overweight Vehicle Corridors and 1046
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Surface Transportation Assistance Act designated Terminal Access Routes. Where the application or retrofitting of separated or buffered facilities is not feasible, the County shall prioritize alternative pedestrian and bicycle connections that encourage and attract pedestrian and bicycle traffic off designated Overweight Vehicle Corridors or Surface Transportation Assistance Act designated truck routes. (MPSP)
CTM-2.22: The County shall seek funding sources first for construction of new sidewalks in designated disadvantaged communities and then for sidewalk maintenance, particularly in low-income areas. (FB) CTM-2.23: The County shall continue to work with VCTC, Naval Base Ventura County, and local public transportation regional bus service providers to promote the expansion of a safe, efficient, convenient, integrated, and cost-effective intercommunity and countywide public transportation and bus service that provides county residents with access to employment, commercial services, health and medical facilities, social services, educational facilities and institutions, and personal business destinations. (IGC)
CTM-2.24: The County shall work with VCTC and local public transportation providers to address the needs of non-drivers living in rural areas to provide public transportation and paratransit service. (IGC) CTM-2.25: The County shall support the recommendations of the California State Rail Plan for Amtrak trains, including track and signalization upgrades, increasing service frequencies by additional round-trip service to regional destinations north and south of Ventura County, improving passenger information and comfort, and reducing travel time. (IGC) CTM-2.26: When railroad rights-of-way are abandoned, the County shall evaluate the feasibility of acquiring the land for public use as public transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, or equestrian paths. (MPSP) CTM-2.27: The County shall require that discretionary development be subject to the following permit conditions of approval, where feasible, to minimize traffic impacts by incorporating pedestrian and bicycle pathways, bicycle racks and lockers, ridesharing programs, transit improvements (bus turnouts, shelters, benches), and/or transit subsidies for employees or residents of the proposed development. (RDR)
CTM-3.1: The County shall identify and prioritize components of a bicycle network to increase public access and ridership on bicycle routes. (MPSP, SO)
CTM-3.2: The County shall develop a bicycle network for all user types and routes across the county. (MPSP, SO, PI) CTM-3.3: The County shall encourage the development of a bicycle network that connects to regional destinations such as parks, trails, educational institutions, employment centers, transit, park, and ride lots, and tourist destinations. (IGC) CTM-3.4: The County shall promote bicycle network connectivity between Ventura County communities as well as Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties. (IGC)
CTM-3.5: The County shall plan for bicycle network connectivity in rural, agricultural, and open space areas in a way that supports and complements business and agricultural activities in those areas. (JP) CTM-3.6: The County shall support the Complete Streets effort by, when feasible, constructing bicycle lanes on County maintained roads listed in the VCTC Bicycle Wayfinding Plan. (SO, JP, IGC) CTM-3.7: The County shall encourage the construction of a bicycle trail along the Santa Paula Branch Line Railroad in the unincorporated area between the cities of Ventura and Santa Paula. (SO, JP, IGC) CTM-3.8: The County shall use clear and consistent message and placement for on- and off-street regional bikeways and to regional destinations. (PI, SO)
CTM-3.9: The County shall actively pursue outside funding opportunities for bicycle network improvements. (FB, JP) CTM-3.10: The County shall require adequate bicycle storage facilities (e.g., bicycle racks, lockers) for discretionary development as determined by allowable land uses at a given site. (RDR) CTM-4.1: The County shall work with Caltrans and VCTC to reduce VMT by facilitating the efficient use of existing transportation facilities; striving to provide viable modal choices that make driving alone an option rather than a necessity; supporting variable work schedules to reduce peak period VMT; and providing more direct routes for pedestrians and bicyclists. (MPSP, SO)
CTM-4.2: The County shall encourage bicycling, walking, public transportation, and other forms of alternative transportation to reduce VMT, traffic congestion, and GHG emissions. (PI) CTM-4.3: The County shall work with a broad range of agencies (e.g., Caltrans, VCTC, Amtrak, Ventura County APCD, public transportation providers, and shared mobility vendors) to encourage and support programs that increase vehicle occupancy including the provision of traveler information, shuttles, and preferential parking for carpools/vanpools. (IGC, PI) CTM-4.4: The County shall coordinate with Caltrans and VCTC to identify future park-and-ride lots within the unincorporated areas of Ventura County to facilitate more carpooling, vanpooling, and public transportation use. (IGC) CTM-6.1: The County shall support the integration of emerging technologies that increase the routine use of alternative transportation options to decrease single-passenger automobile travel. (MPSP) 1047
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CTM-6.3: As part of new roadway planning and design as part of discretionary development, the County shall promote the use of permeable paving and other passive drainage features such as bio-swales to prevent flooding, particularly in urban areas. (RDR, SO)
CTM-6.4: The County shall support the development of alternative fueling stations (e.g., electric and hydrogen) and vehicle- to-infrastructure (V2I) technology for emerging technologies. (SO) CTM-6.5: The County shall support the installation of electric vehicle charging stations, where feasible, at County facilities, parking lots, park-and-ride lots, truck stops, and new development. (RDR, SO) CTM-6.6: The County shall encourage developments and street systems that support the use of properly licensed Neighborhood Electric Vehicles where appropriate. (MPSP) CTM-6.7: The County shall encourage and support car share operators at multimodal facilities including transportation hubs, passenger rail stations, and park-and-ride lots. (RDR)
CTM-6.8: The County shall evaluate the feasibility and work to establish requirements for shared micro-mobility (e.g., bike sharing) vendors within unincorporated areas. (RDR)
CTM-6.9: The County shall encourage Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) providers to park between service calls versus driving within unincorporated communities. (RDR, SO)
CTM-6.10: The County shall encourage Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) providers to coordinate with public transportation providers that serve unincorporated areas to increase the attractiveness of public transportation through the provision of free or subsidized public transportation patron first and last mile connections within unincorporated communities. (IGC, JP) Public Facilities, Services, and Infrastructure Element (PFS) PFS-1.2: The County shall monitor the projected impacts of climate change and natural disasters to make adaptive improvements and upgrades to public facilities and services. (SO) PFS-1.3: The County shall review plans for constructing new essential public facility, such as a hospital, health care facility, emergency shelter, emergency command center, or emergency communications facility, so that these facilities are located outside of at-risk areas whenever feasible. If such a location is infeasible, then the County shall require the use of construction methods and site design features to minimize potential damage to these facilities. (RDR, SO) PFS-1.10: The County shall operate and maintain County facilities in an efficient manner that meets community needs while conserving financial and natural resources. (SO)
PFS-2.1: The County shall encourage energy efficiency, GHG reduction features, and resiliency planning into County facility and service plans and operations. (PSR, SO)
PFS-2.2: The County shall encourage the incorporation of sustainable design features in community facilities to reduce energy demand and environmental impacts, such as solar reflective roofing, permeable pavement, and incorporation of shade trees. (SO, IGC)
PFS-2.3: The County shall prioritize energy efficiency and water conservation as key design features when constructing, purchasing, leasing, retrofitting, or expanding County facilities. (SO) PFS-2.4: The County shall provide recycling and composting receptacles and use of biodegradable or recycled-material products at County facilities and events, where feasible. (SO) PFS-2.5: The County shall encourage its employees to reduce the number and distance of single-occupancy vehicle work trips. (SO)
PFS-2.6: The County shall review market-available technologies for alternative fuel vehicles and prioritize purchase of vehicles to reduce GHG emissions where economically feasible. (SO) PFS-2.8: The County shall include electrical vehicle charging station infrastructure in a new County-initiated facility construction to the extent feasible. The County shall also look for opportunities to install EV charging stations as part of any major renovation, retrofit or expansion of County facilities. (SO) PFS-4.4: The County shall encourage wastewater treatment facilities to provide the maximum feasible protection and enhancement of groundwater resources. (SO, IGC)
PFS-4.6: The County shall encourage public wastewater system operators to upgrade existing wastewater treatment systems to reclaim water suitable for reuse for landscaping, irrigation, and groundwater recharge. (SO, IGC) PFS-5.4: The County shall continue to provide educational and informational materials to restaurants, grocery stores, and other food providers, as part of food facility inspections, to support donation of safe, unused food to non-profit service agencies.
PFS-5.5: The County shall support the beneficial reuse of agricultural wastes for activities such as composting and energy generation. (RDR, SO)
PFS-5.6: The County shall promote value-added alternatives to solid waste management, such as compost, energy, biochar, and wood products to avoid open burning of agricultural biomass wastes. (SO, PI) 1048
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PFS-6.3: The County shall monitor projected climate change impacts, and coordinate with local, regional, state, and federal agencies to identify existing and potential projected impacts and develop strategies to maintain and improve flood control facilities accordingly. (SO, IGC)
PFS-6.4: The County shall coordinate with local, regional, state, and federal agencies to identify existing and potential infrastructure improvements to increase water retention to respond to drought conditions. (SO, IGC) PFS-7.2: The County shall work with utility companies to modernize and upgrade transmission lines and associated equipment to reduce the risk of fire in areas with a high wildfire hazard risk. (JP) PFS-7.6: The County shall work with utility providers to implement smart grid technologies as part of new developments and infrastructure projects. (JP)
PFS-12.4: The County, in coordination with local water agencies and the Fire Protection District, shall require new discretionary development to comply with applicable standards for fire flows and fire protection. (RDR, IGC) Hazards and Safety Element (HAZ)
HAZ-1.1: The County shall continue to require development to incorporate design measures that enhance fire protection in areas of high fire risk. This shall include but is not limited to incorporation of fire-resistant structural design, use of fire- resistant landscaping, and fuel modification around the perimeter of structures. (RDR, PI) HAZ-1.2: The County shall require adherence to defensible space standards, or vegetation “clear zones,” for all existing and new structures in areas that are designated as Hazardous Fire Areas by the Ventura County Fire Protection District and High Fire Hazard Severity Zones by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (CAL FIRE) (IGC, PI, RDR) HAZ-1.3: The County shall continue to recognize the role of fire in local ecosystems by supporting controlled burns and other fire prevention measures. (IGC)
HAZ-1.4: The County shall require the recordation of a Notice of Fire Hazard with the County Recorded for all new discretionary entitlements (including subdivisions and land use permits) within areas designated as Hazardous Fire Areas by the Ventura County Fire Department or High Fire Hazard Severity Zones by CAL FIRE. (RDR) HAZ-1.6: The County shall continue to develop and distribute educational materials and conduct educational outreach activities informing the public about wildfire risk and protection strategies. (PSR, IGC, PI) HAZ-3.1: The County shall continue to actively plan for sea level rise by using the best available science to analyze critical vulnerabilities, identify measures to conserve coastal resources, minimize impacts on residents and businesses, maintain public services, and strengthen resiliency. (MPSP)
HAZ-3.2: County-initiated infrastructure projects sited along or seaward of Highway 101, such as bridges and levees, that will provide 100 years or more of service, shall be planned with the potential to be easily modified to accommodate 100- years of projected sea level rise in accordance with the H++ extreme risk aversion sea level rise scenario. (PSR, IGC) HAZ-3.3: To the extent feasible, the County shall incorporate education elements into coastal adaptation projects to inform the public about the risks of sea level rise and option for adaptation. (RDR, SO, JP) HAZ-10.1: The County shall strive to reduce air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources to protect human health and welfare, focusing efforts on shifting patterns and practices that contribute to the areas with the highest pollution exposures and health impacts. (MPSP, RDR, SO, IGC, PI, JP)
HAZ-10.5: The County shall work with applicants for discretionary development projects to incorporate bike facilities, solar water heating, solar space heating, incorporation of electric appliances and equipment, the use of zero and/or near zero emission vehicles and other measures to reduce air pollution impacts and reduce GHG emissions. (RDR) HAZ-10.6: The County shall continue to work with the APCD and VCTC to develop and implement Transportation Control Measures (TCM) programs consistent with the APCD’s Air Quality Management Program (AQMP) to facilitate public transit and alternative transportation modes within the county. (IGC, FB) HAZ-10.7: When purchasing new County vehicles, the County shall give strong preference to fuel efficient vehicles, including the use of zero emission vehicles when feasible. (SO, FB) HAZ-10.8: The County shall promote alternative modes of transportation that reduce single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) travel and enhance “last mile” transportation options to improve air quality. (IGC, JP, PI) HAZ-11.1: The County shall identify and protect critical infrastructure locations that are vulnerable to damage from extreme heat. (SO, FB, PSR, IGC)
HAZ-11.2: The County shall partner with SCAG, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and other entities to implement future and ongoing heat-related climate change initiatives. The County’s partnership in ongoing programs and future initiatives could include helping other organizations increase participation in existing programs through education and promotion, and by using and integrating them in County programs and activities, where feasible. (JP) HAZ-11.3: The County shall work with public, private, and nonprofit partners to limit impacts of climate change on Designated Disadvantaged Communities by focusing planning efforts and interventions on communities with the highest 1049
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need and ensuring representatives of these communities have a role in the decision-making process for directing climate change response. (MPSP, SO)
HAZ-11.4: The County shall support efforts of agencies and organizations that provide effective education and outreach to Designated Disadvantaged Communities on the effects of climate change, including increasing temperatures, wildfires, flooding, sea level rise, poor air quality, extreme weather events, disease prevention, and other public health effects. (PI) HAZ-11.5: The County shall work with State and County health agencies and local organizations to provide educational programs and resources targeted at reducing the impacts of exposure to sun and heat. (ICG, JP, PI) HAZ-11.6: The County shall expand partnerships with local governments, non-government organizations, churches, and businesses to provide additional cooling centers, particularly in designated disadvantaged communities. (SO, IGC, JP, PI) HAZ-11.7: The County shall encourage development to include new building designs or retrofits to improve building performance through strategic building design features, including insulation to reduce energy usage, solar-reflective white roofs, solar panels, green roofs (vegetation on roofs), and battery storage for energy. (RDR) HAZ-11.8: The County shall work with utility providers to underground overhead power lines (both existing and as part of discretionary development) to increase the resilience of the energy grid and reduce wildfire potential, especially in Existing Communities. (JP)
HAZ-11.9: The County shall promote the use of urban greening techniques, such as cool pavement technology, parking lot shading, landscaping, and other methods to offset climate change impacts and reduce GHG emissions for discretionary development and County-initiated projects. (RDR, FB, SO) HAZ-11.10: The County shall promote the use of solar photovoltaic carports for discretionary development and County initiated projects. (RDR)
Agriculture Element (AG)
AG-1.1: The County shall continue to protect and preserve agricultural land by directing growth away from productive agricultural lands into cities, unincorporated urban areas, or existing communities and by supporting the acquisition or voluntary dedication of agriculture conservation easements. (RDR, MPSP) AG-3.2: The County shall encourage and support the use of Integrated Pest Management practices to reduce pesticide use and human health risks. (JP, PI)
AG-3.3: The County shall collaborate with the agricultural community to provide information on Integrated Pest Management and agricultural products and practices in Ventura County. (JP, PI) AG-4.1: The County shall strive to enhance access to and consumption of fresh, local produce by encouraging direct connections between local farmers/ranchers and markets, restaurants, institutions, schools, hospitals, food banks, and other businesses. (JP)
AG-4.3: The County shall encourage the use of technology that supports agricultural production, while enhancing environmental sustainability and natural resource conservation. (JP) AG-5.1: The County shall encourage farmers to reduce fertilizer application and transition to products that reduce or avoid nitrous oxide (N20) emissions, such as organic composting and enhanced efficiency fertilizers. (MPSP) AG-5.2: The County shall encourage and support the transition to electric- or renewable-powered or lower emission agricultural equipment in place of fossil fuel-powered equipment, when feasible. (PI, JP) AG-5.3: The County shall encourage farmers to convert fossil fuel-powered irrigation pumps to systems powered by electric or renewable energy sources, such as solar-power, and encourage electric utilities to eliminate or reduce stand-by charges. (SO)
AG-5.4: The County shall encourage farmers to continue and enhance the water-saving irrigation techniques designed to reduce water consumption. (RDR, JP)
AG-5.5: The County shall encourage and support the efforts of resource conservation districts, farmers, and other stakeholders to expand carbon farming practices, such as reduced tilling, cover-cropping, composting, biochar, and other activities that both reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration and storage, when feasible. (JP) AG-6.1: The County shall support and monitor research on the effects of a changing climate on the agricultural industry within Ventura County. (PSR)
AG-6.2: The County shall engage the agricultural sector to understand the tolerance of current crop mixes to withstand the impacts of climate change, including increased temperatures, disease, and pests, and explore options to diversify crops. (JP)
Water Resources Element (WR)
WR-3.1: The County shall encourage the use of non-potable water, such as tertiary treated wastewater and household graywater, for industrial, agricultural, environmental, and landscaping needs consistent with appropriate regulations. (RDR) 1050
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WR-3.2: The County shall require the use of water conservation techniques for discretionary development, as appropriate.
Such techniques include low flow plumbing fixtures in new construction that meet or exceed the California Plumbing Code, use of graywater or reclaimed water for landscaping, retention of stormwater runoff for direct use and/or groundwater recharge, and landscape water efficiency standards that meet or exceed the standards in the California Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance.
WR-3.3: The County shall require discretionary development to incorporate low impact development design features and best management practices, including integration of stormwater capture facilities, consistent with County’s Stormwater Permit. (RDR)
WR-3.4: The County shall strive for efficient use of potable water in County buildings and facilities through conservation measures and technological advancements. (SO)
WR-4.1: The County shall work with water suppliers, water users, groundwater management agencies, and groundwater sustainability agencies to implement the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and manage groundwater resources within the sustainable yield of each basin to ensure that county residents, businesses, agriculture, government, and the environment have reliable, high-quality groundwater to serve existing and planned land uses during prolonged drought years. (IGC, RDR, SO)
WR-4.3: The County shall support groundwater recharge and multi-benefit projects consistent with SGMA and the Integrated Regional Water Management Plan to ensure the long-term sustainability of groundwater. (IGC, RDR, SO) WR-4.4: The County shall encourage the use of in-stream water flow and recycled water for groundwater recharge while balancing the needs or urban and agricultural uses, and healthy ecosystems, including in-stream waterflows needed for endangered species protection. (RDR)
WR-6.1: The County should support the appropriate agencies in their efforts to effectively manage and enhance water quantity and quality to ensure long-term, adequate availability of high quality and economically viable water for agricultural uses, consistent with water use efficiency programs. (IGC) WR-6.2: The County should support programs designed to increase agricultural water use efficiency and secure long-term water supplies for agriculture. (PI)
WR-6.3: The County should encourage the use of reclaimed irrigation water and treated urban wastewater for agricultural irrigation in accordance with federal and state requirements to conserve untreated groundwater and potable water supplies. (IGC, RDR, SO)
Economic Vitality Element (EV)
EV-4.4: The County shall identify appropriate locations to allow for development of renewable energy generation and storage facilities and encourage the development of innovative approaches to renewable energy deployment, including solar power, wind power, wave energy, distributed power systems and micro-grids, and other appropriate renewable sources and storage and distribution systems. (MPSP, JP)
Champions for climate action in local government departments High Comment: The Ventura County Board of Supervisors adopted the 2040 General Plan on September 15, 2020, which includes the above referenced reduction measures and adaptation strategies. As a result, effective October 15, 2020, VCPWA-WP, and other County departments are directed to incorporate climate action in their policies, procedures, and operational practices.
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies High Comment: See above.
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Medium Comment: Pursuant to the Board of Supervisors policy direction to all County departments, including VCPWA-WP, to incorporate climate action in their policies, procedures, and operational practices, it is anticipated that additional financial resources will be required to accomplish this policy directive. And those additional financial resources, be they repurposing a portion of existing VCPWA-WP revenue streams or new, climate action dedicated grant revenue funding streams, will be identified in future fiscal year budgets for consideration and adoption by the Ventura County Watershed Protection Board of Supervisors.
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Medium Comment: VCPWA-WP has proprietary authority over flood protection facilities that it designs, constructs, operates, and maintains in its flood protection asset portfolio. It also has permitting authority over watercourses designated as red line channels by its ordinance (WP-2). VCPWA-WP provides staffing and technical assistance to the VCPWA-Engineering Services Department in their role of implementation of the Ventura County Floodplain Management Ordinance No. 4521 and Well Ordinance No. 4468.
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Criterion Jurisdiction Ratinga
Public Capacity
Local Residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Unsure Comment: Not enough objectively credibleinformation is known to VCPWA-WP staff to assign a rating.
Local Residents’ support of adaptation efforts Unsure
Comment: Not enough objectively credible information is known to VCPWA-WP staff to assign a rating.
Local Residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Unsure Comment: Not enough objectively credibleinformation is known to VCPWA-WP staff to assign a rating.
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Unsure Comment: Not enough objectively credible information is known to VCPWA-WP staff to assign a rating.
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: Local ecosystems are stressed by the current multi-year drought that has created favorable conditions for repeated fires (just since 2017, Thomas, Woolsey, Easy, Maria, etc.). Once fire devastates local ecosystems, they are unable to quickly recover in the absence of sufficient rainfall. Non-native, invasive vegetation then can quickly gain a foothold, potentially fueling future fires.
a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
24.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
24.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
VCPWA-WP’s Integrated Watershed Protection Plan Project Prioritization Process VCPWA-WP 5 Year Capital Improvement Projects Plan—Annual Update and Prioritized Project Ranking Process
VCPWA-WP’s Preparation of Annual Recertifications and Cycle Verification of Class V Rating for Unincorporated Ventura County under FEMA’s Community Rating System Program Ventura County Flood Safety Plan
Ventura County 2040 General Plan Implementation Actions Under the Following Plan Elements:
Public Facilities, Services, and Infrastructure
Conservation and Open Space
Hazards and Safety
Water Resources
Economic Vitality
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Unincorporated Communities’ Area Plans
Appendix B, Climate Change
Ventura County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Updates (IRWM) and Eligible Project List Development for IRWM Grant Funding Opportunities Provided by the State Ventura River Watershed Management Plan
Ventura County Transportation Commission Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan Ventura County Local Coastal Plan Update, VC Resilient Coastal Adaptation Project
24.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
Ventura County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Updates (IRWM) Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (new section in IRWMP 2019)
Ventura County Active Transportation Plan (ongoing)
Climate resiliency, Fire Safe Council, programs led by Ventura County Resource Conservation District
Groundwater Sustainability Plans (FCGMA, Mound Basin, Fillmore and Piru groundwater sustainability agency, Cuyama groundwater sustainability agency, Upper Ventura groundwater sustainability agency)
Naval Base of Ventura County
Urban Water Management Plans (County of Ventura, its 10 cities, and water districts required to develop them)
Prop 1 IRWM Disadvantaged Community Involvement Program Needs Assessment Report (completed by fall 2021). Includes surveys and meetings with community members to identify water management needs of disadvantaged communities and tribal communities.
Watershed Management Program (WMP) for Ventura County including Ventura River, Calleguas Creek, Santa Clara River, upper Malibu Creek, and Coastal Watersheds of Ventura County. WMP development results from a Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 4) decision that by September 11, 2023, Ventura County is required to meet compliance with the 2021 Regional Municipal Stormwater (MS4) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Order No. CAS004004, Order No. R4-2021-0105. The Ventura County WMP will be developed by the County, Watershed Protection, and 10 incorporated cities.
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24.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
24.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 24-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 24-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
COVID-19 Pandemic DR-4482 January 20, 2020 and
continuing
$Unknown
Maria Fire FM-5302 November 1, 2019 $Unknown
Easy Fire FM-5298 October 1, 2019 $Unknown
Saddleridge Fire FM-5293 October 10, 2019 $Unknown
Severe Storms & Flooding State February 3, 2019 $Unknown Wildfires DR-4407 November 8-25, 2018 $Unknown
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris
Flows
DR-4353 Dec 4, 2017-January 31,
2018
$165,110-PA & HMGP-Gauges
Thomas Fire FM-5224 December 4, 2017 $Unknown
Wildfire FM-5189 July 9, 2017 S5,000,000-HMGP-Fresno Cyn.
Winter Storms State February 1, 2017 $Unknown
Springs Fire FM-5024 May 2-11, 2013 $Unknown
Winter Storms State February 20, 2013 $Unknown
Winter Storms State February 19 – 26, 2011 $Unknown
Ormond Beach Breach None January 18, 2010 $162,933VCPWA-WPInternal Data Guiberson Fire FM-2839 September 22-29, 2009 $Unknown
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris
Flows
DR-1731 October 21, 2007-March 31,
2008
$16,650-CDAA-Gauges
Severe Freeze DR-1689 January 11-17, 2007 $Unknown
Shekell Fire FM-2681 December 3 –6, 2006 $Unknown
Day Fire FM-2677 September 25-30,2006 $55,867-CDAA-Gauges & Stop Log School Fire FM-2586 November 18-23, 2005 $Unknown
Topanga Fire FM-2583 September 28-October 10,
2005
$Unknown
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mud
and Debris Flows
DR-1585 February 16, 23, 2005$735,657 HMGP North Simi, FEMA, $3,656,067, CDAA $973,722,
PDM Fresno Canyon Diversion $55,499
Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows and
Mudslides
DR-1577 December 27, 2004 –
January 11, 2005
FEMA $13,293,182
CDAA $110,636
Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris
Flow
DR-1498 October 31, 2003 –March
31, 2004
$46,875-HMGP Gauges
FEMA $265,310,
CDDA $1,740,850
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, High Winds, and
Flooding
DR-1267 December 20 –28,1988 $Unknown
Severe Winter Storms and Flooding DR-1203 February 2 –April 30, 1998 $ 5,464,863 FEMA $1,742,593 CDAA
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Type of Event
FEMA
Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Severe Fires EM-3120 October 21 – 31, 1996 $Unknown
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides,
and Mud Flows
DR-1046 February 13 –April 19, 1996 $Unknown
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides,
and Mud Flows
DR-1044 January 3 –February, 1995 $Unknown
Northridge Earthquake DR-1008 January 17 –November 30,
1994
$Unknown
Fires, Mud & Landslides, Soil Erosion, and
Flooding
DR-1005 October 26, 1993 –April 22,
1994
$881,390
Severe Storm, Winter Storm, Mud &
Landslides and Flooding
DR-979 January 5 –March 20, 1993 $Unknown
Snow Storm, Heavy Rain, High Winds,
Flooding and Mudslide
DR-935 February 10-19, 1992 $5,335,410
Severe Freeze DR-894 December 19, 1990 –
January 3, 1991
$Unknown
Severe Storms, High Tides & Flooding DR-812 January 17 –22, 1988 $Unknown Grass, Wildlands, & Forrest Fires DR-739 June 26 –July 19, 1985 $Unknown Coastal Winter Storms, Floods, Slides and
Tornadoes
DR-677 January 21 –March 30, 1983
February 26 – March 1, 1983
$4,098,650
$14,181,650
Severe Storms, Mudslides & FloodingDR-615 January 8, 1980 $5,464,869 Coastal Storms, Mudslides & FloodingDR-547 February 15, 1978 $Unknown Severe Storms, High Tides & Flooding DR-364 February 8, 1973 $1,800,000 Forest & Brush Fires DR-295 September 29, 1970 $Unknown Severe Storms & Flooding DR-253 January 26, 1969 $15,770,000 Heavy Rains & Flooding DR-211 February 25, 1965 $Unknown
24.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 24-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 24-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
1 Dam Failure 34 High
2 Severe Stormsa 24 High
2 Severe Weathera 24 High
4 Floodinga 18 High
5 Earthquake 32 Medium
6 Wildfire 24 Medium
7 Landslideb 18 Medium
8 Sea Level Rise 12 Low
8 Tsunami 12 Low
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Rank Hazard Risk RankingScore Risk Category
10 Drought 9 Low
a. Risk Category adjusted based on local knowledge and past natural hazard events b. Score based only on Very High susceptibility category
24.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
Based on the fact that virtually all of VCPWA-WP’s critical facility assets were constructed to provide flood protection and/or are geospatially located proximate to and/or in flood plains, and as documented in Table 1.8 Past Natural Hazard Events above, during the aforementioned 56- year period, VCPWA-WP’s critical facility flood protection assets experienced $81 Million in damage from flooding, severe storms and severe weather events, VCPWA-WP has ranked Flood risks as “High” in Table 1.9 above.
Matilija Dam in the Ventura River watershed is vulnerable to seismic failure. Many communities are at risk of inundation. Implementation of the Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project (MDERP) would address this risk while also opening 17 miles of habitat for endangered steelhead trout. MDERP comprises several downstream flood protection and water supply reliability components that must precede removal of the dam, some of which have been completed or are at various stages of completion (alternatives analysis, design, or construction).
VCPWA-WP is currently engaged in preliminary design engineering and CEQA work in support of levee retrofit and/or flood-protection enhancement projects required to certify all its levees in full-compliance with Federal Levee Certification requirements. Major levee rehabilitation and ultimate certification projects in Ventura County mentioned in the Action Plan Items below include: Calleguas Creek Levee-Somis Flood Wall (CC-2) located in the City of Camarillo, the Santa Clara River Levee upstream of Hwy 101 (SCR-1) located in the City of Oxnard, the Ventura River Levee (VR-1) located in the City of San Buenaventura, the Ventura River Levee (VR-2) located in the unincorporated community of Casitas Spring, and the Live Oak Acres Levee located in the near the unincorporated community of Oak View. VCPWA-WP is working closely with FEMA, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as well as affected cities, residents, and property owners throughout Ventura County to marshal scarce Federal, State, and local funding resources necessary to complete five very important levee retrofit public safety and flood protection projects. Once all VCPWA-WP’s levee retrofit projects are completed, VCPWA-WP’s levees will fully comply with applicable Federal Levee Certification requirements found in 44 CFR 65.10. At best, full completion of VCPWA-WP’s five levee rehab projects will require a minimum of five to ten years, and could take longer, depending on final engineering design plan results, environmental considerations, and availability of project funding required to construct the rehab projects.
San Nicholas, Santa Monica, and Santa Paula Pump Stations lift stormwater from low elevation coastal neighborhoods and discharge directly to the Pacific Ocean. The Santa Monica and Santa Paula Pump Station outlets are frequently clogged during high tide and heavy surf events, causing the pumps to shut off and requiring manual removal of sand to ensure the coastal communities do not flood. With sea level rise, the risk increases. While not currently afflicted with the propensity for sand to clog its outlet, San Nicholas Pump Station is vulnerable to failure as sea level rises. In addition, San Nicholas Pump Station was retrofitted in 2004 to 1056
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include a secondary pumping system to divert urban runoff into the sewer conveyance system operated by Channel Island Beach Community Services District for treatment at the Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant. This diversion system allows the County and Watershed Protection to meet compliance with dry weather Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Channel Island Harbor Beaches (Resolution No. R2007-017). The diversion system does not work during wet days, defined as rain event of 0.1 inch or more and within 72 hours after eligible rain event stops. The County and Watershed Protection are in the process of evaluating feasible options to stop stormwater discharge from San Nicholas Pump Station into Kiddie Beach to comply with the TMDL during wet weather. The pumps in each facility are over 40 years old and do not have on site backup generators, making them vulnerable to power failures, which cause alarms to sound signaling the need for immediate emergency response. All three facilities need constant repair due to corrosive salt air and water. Upgrades are needed, but more land is required for truly effective solutions, and adjacent land is occupied by high value coastal residences.
Ormond Lagoon is a coastal estuary open to the ocean only during rain events and for a variable period thereafter depending on time between rain events, tides, etc. Sea level rise may reduce the ability of storm runoff from Ormond Lagoon Waterway and tšumaš Creek to breach the lagoon and flow into the Pacific Ocean. Without a Beach Elevation Management Plan (BEMP), the adjacent Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant, Advanced Water Purification Facility, New Indy paper recycling plant, Halaco Superfund Site, local residences, and roads are all vulnerable to flooding from storm water backed up in the lagoon. It is likely that the current BEMP will need to be adjusted as sea level rise occurs to avoid flooding to the adjacent areas.
Restoration of a large Ormond Wetlands complex may help reduce flood potential.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
24.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
Table 24-11 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared. 1057
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Table 24-11.Status of Previous Plan Actions
Removed;
CarriedOver to Plan
Update
Action Item from Previous Plan Completed
No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #
in Update
VCWPD 1—Complete the General Plan Update. In 2015, the Resource Management Agency, Planning Division initiated a General Plan Update project that is expected to take 5 years to complete. As part of the General Plan Update, the County will be considering the adoption of a number of new elements that will include land use policies that will apply to new land use development projects within the Unincorporated area of the County. In addition, the Resource Management Agency, Planning Division is currently working on Phase II of an update to its Local Coastal Program (“LCP Update”).
The relevant issues that the General Plan Update and LCP Update will address include the following:
Climate change, including (but not limited to) sea level rise and coastal resiliency policies for new development along the coast.
Wildlife movement overlay zone that will limit new development within flood-prone areas (e.g., riparian corridors).
Limitations on new development within Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (e.g., the Santa Monica Mountains that are characterized by steep slopes, relatively intact native habitat, and coastal areas subject to flooding hazards); and Changes to the permitting requirements for brush removal in open space areas (e.g., areas with steep slopes that are prone to erosion, mudslide, and flood hazards).
Comment:The Ventura County General Plan Update was completed and approved by the Board of Supervisors in October 2020. The update addressed climate change and sea level rise. A Habitat Connectivity and Wildlife Corridors ordinance was passed by the Board of Supervisors in 2019, which established development standards intended to preserve wildlife corridors in certain overlay zones. Development requirements in the unincorporated areas of the County are enforced by the County’s Resource Management Agency as part of the normal planning and building permit process. The Coastal Area Plan which is part of the Local Coastal Program was updated in April 2017 and approved by the California Coastal Commission in July 2017. The updated Coastal Area Plan includes policies to protect Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas such as coastal dunes.
VCWPD 2—Revise existing landslide/debris flow maps to include potential runout areas and include the runout area with a classification scheme for probability.
Present landslide/debris flow maps only include the main slide mass or body and not the potential areas of effect from potential future movement.
Comment:After the Thomas, Woolsey, and Maria fires Debris Flow maps were prepared in early 2018 for emergency repair planning purposes for major Watershed Protection jurisdictional channels significantly impacted by the wildfires. Major streams impacted by the Thomas, Woolsey, Maria, and Easy Fires were all mapped. The mapping focuses on identifying at-risk areas resulting from 1% annual chance flood flows with after fire debris bulking applied.
VCWPD 4—Integrate alluvial fan management measures for oil, agriculture, and development to include stormwater runoff, sediment transport, and alluvial fan geomorphology from geologic perspective. Alluvial fans are presently considered only from hydrologic/hydraulic models.
Comment:Alluvial fan management is regulated by the Ventura County Public Works Agency Engineering Services (VCPWA-ES) Department, Land Development Division with support from VCPWA-WP as part of the site review for grading permits associated with agricultural, oil and development projects. Geology and Engineering disciplines are utilized during these reviews to consider potential alluvial fan hazards typically not associated with the riverine environment. The reviews are performed on a project-by-project basis as many projects are not within the alluvial fan environment. 1058
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CarriedOver to Plan
Update
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No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #
in Update
VCWPD 5—Upgrade the County of Ventura’s Flood warning system. The existing ALERT (Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time) system is utilizing radio technology from the 1980s.
Comment:VCPWA-WP successfully secured a total of $3,174,181 in three rounds of Flood Emergency Response Grants in 2014, 2016, and 2018. These three grants which funded the update of older ALERT legacy flood warning systems throughout Southern California to a new radio protocol called ALERT2. All three Flood Emergency Response Grants for Southern California were managed by Ventura County. Participating agencies included: Ventura County, County of Orange, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, San Diego County, National Weather Service Oxnard, National Weather Service San Diego, Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County and Coachella Valley Water District ALERT2 incorporates the use of GPS timing with timed transmissions among other enhancements like faster transmission rates. The faster rates facilitate sending more data in a shorter time slot. This makes the radio transmissions shorter. Some of the timed data check ins being received are now at a higher frequency rate in some cases going from 12-hour check-ins to receiving 5-minute data every hour. ALERT2 also makes the warning system much more reliable. The timed transmissions reduce the radio signal collusions where data can be lost to almost nothing making the ALERT2 a much more reliable system when it comes to data loss. The timed transmissions during an event are still considered real time as no transmissions are more than two minutes old.
VCWPD 6—Continue modernizing and streamlining the Ventura County Watershed Protection’s Integrated Watershed Protection Plan and establish collaborative, cost- sharing, multi-benefit project partnerships with public and private sector agencies and organizations, aimed at improving community resiliency to flood risk hazards, floodplain management, groundwater, and environmental protection, and securing a sustainable water supply for urban and agricultural customers.
VCPWA-
WP-2
Comment:An Integrated Watershed Protection Plan is used by VCPWA-WP to rank projects for prioritizing funding and inclusion in VCPWA-WP’s 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan. The plan encourages collaboration and cost-sharing among public and private sector agencies and organizations on multi-purpose projects which integrate project objectives for flood control, floodplain management, groundwater recharge, recreation, and environmental enhancement. A cost sharing collaboration for Runkle Canyon resulted in completed improvements to rehabilitate infrastructure and increase flood safety by creating a sustainable funding source through a special assessment to properties that benefit from the improvements. A similar model has also been used for an area impacted by flood risks from Santa Paula Creek. Through collaboration and cost-sharing with the City of Oxnard, a linear park is planned together with the improvement to the flood channel conveyance capacityoftšumašCreek.
VCWPD 7—Undertake public outreach initiatives aimed at increasing property owner awareness of the risks of flooding, including coastal flooding from sea-level rise and actions that residents can take to reduce the risk of loss of life and property damage.
Comment:VCPWA-WPactively participates in CA Flood Preparedness Week activities during the month of October annually, which provides helpful information to residents, businesses, and schools on proactive steps that everyone should take to reduce their risk to loss of life and property damage from flood events, including coastal flooding from sea level rise. The County also mails flood safety information to all properties within a FEMA defined floodplain which often includes coastal residents vulnerable to coastal erosion and sea level rise. Another outreach activity is to provide flood risk information to realtors and lenders who serve residents looking for new housing.
VCWPD 8—Stabilize landslide-prone areas through stability improvement measures, including interceptor drains, in situ soil piles, drained earth buttresses, subdrains, removal of slide areas, and dewatering ground.
Comment:Landslide prone areas are stabilized as development is proposed within these areas. Should development or access to development be proposed in these areas and are not able to be relocated away from the hazard then geologic and engineering studies are required to provide recommendations for mitigation strategies to stabilize the ground that include factors of safety against future movement.
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No Longer
Feasible
Check if
Yes
Action #
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VCWPD 9—Acquire, relocate and/or floodproof critical facilities located within the 100-year floodplain, as financially feasible. Projects will be undertaken by the Ventura County Public Works Agency and other applicable County agencies. Where feasible, acquired lands will be considered for passive open space.
VCPWA-
WP-5
Comment:VCPWA-WP and other County Agencies routinely consider the feasibility, practicality, and affordability of relocating and or floodproofing critical facilities located within the 100-year flood plain during routine project engineering design efforts, and in the preparation of project alternatives analyses in applicable CEQA documentation. Further, the Ventura County 2040 General Plan provides the following two policies providing direction to flood-proof critical facilities located within flood plains or in areas subject to sea-level rise
Public Facilities, Services, and Infrastructure Element (PFS): PFS-1.3: The County shall review plans for constructing new essential public facility, such as a hospital, health care facility, emergency shelter, emergency command center, or emergency communications facility, so that these facilities are located outside of at-risk areas whenever feasible. If such a location is infeasible, then the County shall require the use of construction methods and site design features to minimize potential damage to these facilities.
Hazards and Safety Element (HAZ): HAZ-3.2: County-initiated infrastructure projects sited along or seaward of Highway 101, such as bridges and levees, that will provide 100 years or more of service, shall be planned with the potential to be easily modified to accommodate 100-years of projected sea level rise in accordance with the H++ extreme risk aversion sea level rise scenario
VCWPD 10—Reinforce and maintain County roads, bridges, ditches, and culverts from flooding through various flood proofing measures.
VCPWA-
WP-5
Comment:Ventura County Public Works AgencyRoads and Transportation Department (VCPWA-RT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of County roads, bridges, ditches, and culverts in the unincorporated areas of Ventura County. VCPWA-RT conducts annual ditch cleaning and culvert cleaning before winter storm season to maintain the capacity of ditches and proper drainage flow to mitigate roadway flooding in rural areas of the county. In addition to the annual cleaning of ditches and culverts, the VCPWA-RT is actively working to rehabilitate Bridge Road Bridge (#442) which is currently in design and environmental permitting phase and is expected to be completed in 2023. Replacement of Catalina Drive Bridge (#384) was completed in May 2020 and replacement of Casitas Vista Road Bridge (#327) was completed in September 2020. Mupu Road Bridge and the Wheeler Canyon Road Bridge improvements projects were completed in 2016- 2017. The VCPWA-RT is developing a Bridge Management Program to maintain County bridges. The program will identify and prioritize VCPWA-RT’s 158 bridge structures which include 81 bridges on the National Bridge Inventory and 77 other structures. This program will identify budget needs, and schedules for preventive maintenance as well as budget for required rehabilitation or replacement of VCPWA-RT maintained bridges for short and long-term planning needs. The Bridge Management Program is expected to be completed in calendar year 2021. In 2020-2021, VCPWA-WP continued to clean flood control channels and catch basins to prepare for winter storm seasons. VCPWA-WP also secured Proposition 1 grant funding for the Santa Ana Bridge and Camino Cielo Bridge replacement projects which are managed by VCPWA-RT (both are components of the MDERP). The design of Camino Cielo Bridge is progressing towards 30% milestone. For the Santa Ana Bridge project, a construction contract was awarded in March 2021 with an estimated completion date of December 2022.
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VCWPD 11—Work with FEMA Region IX to address any floodplain management issues that may have arisen/arise from the countywide DFIRM, Community Assessment Visits, and/or DWR.
VCPWA-
WP-10
Comment:VCPWA-WPD staff have worked closely with FEMA Region IX and CA Department of Water Resources (DWR) staff on a regular basis to address floodplain management issues. In coordination with FEMA Region IX, floodplain managers from the county and cities meet quarterly to discuss and address issues facing the floodplain management communities. The County continues to work with FEMA in moving forward with the Physical Map Revisions (PMR) for Santa Clara River watershed.
The mapping projects for the Ventura River watershed and the Californian Coastal Analysis and Mapping Project were completed with maps effective 1/29/2021. County staff worked closely with FEMA on the public outreach for the completed mapping projects ahead of the effective dates to inform residents and encourage flood insurance purchase. County staff worked closely with FEMA and DWR on the dam break analysis and mapping and successfully achieved approval. All eight (8) state sized dams Ventura County maintains have approved inundation maps.
VCWPD 12—Increasethe Unincorporated Ventura County’s participation in the NFIP by maintaining a CRS Class 6 CRS rating, if not improving to a Class 5 or better rating, which through enhanced floodplain management activities allows property owners to receive increasing discounts on their NFIP flood insurance premiums.
VCPWA-
WP-7
Comment:Since May 1, 2016, unincorporated Ventura County has achieved a Class 5 rating in theNFIP’s CRSadministered by FEMA.
A CRS rating reflects the extent to which a community has exceeded the NFIP’s minimum standards for flood hazard mitigation and credits those efforts through flood insurance premium discounts. This Class 5 rating allows owners of floodplain properties in the unincorporated Ventura County to receive annual discounts of up to 25% on flood insurance premiums. FEMA listed the county’s class 5 rating in the CRS program on April 1, 2021. In May of 2018, FEMA performed a Cycle Verification confirming Class 5 status. The next Cycle Verification is due in 2023. Additionally, in compliance with CRS program protocols, yearly recertification documentation continues to be submitted by VCPWA-WP to FEMA between Cycle Verifications. The most recent recertification was submitted July 28, 2021 and the next recertification will be due by August 1st of 2022.
VCWPD 14—Engage in preliminary design engineering, project feasibility analysis, and CEQA work for the Calleguas Creek Levee (CC-2) in Camarillo, the Santa Clara River Levee (SCR-1) in Oxnard, the Ventura River Levee (VR-1) in Ventura, and the Ventura River Levee (VR-2) in the Unincorporated area of Casitas Springs.
VCPWA-
WP-6
Comment:The County of Ventura, working in close coordination with federal and state agencies, continues to progress the design engineering and environmental permitting, and in some cases, the construction of projects required to rehabilitate levees owned by the County. A DWR Local Levee Assistance Program (LLAP) grant provided funding for the hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, geologic investigation, and alternative analysis for the preliminary design of the rehabilitation of theCalleguas Creek and Somis Drain Levee System (CC-2) in the City of Camarillo, and for the Ventura River Levee (VR-2) in the unincorporated community of Casitas Springs, which will ultimately lead to certification of these levees by the County, and accreditation of that certification by FEMA. The predesign study for CC-2 was completed in March 2021. That LLAP grant also provided funding to advance design engineering work, CEQA report preparation, and required environmental permitting approvals for both the Santa Clara River Levee (SCR-1) in Oxnard, and the Ventura River Levee (VR-1) in Ventura. Finally, the Sespe Creek Levee (SC-2) rehabilitation from HWY 126 to Old Telegraph Road was completed in the fall of 2017. Phase I levee rehabilitation construction work required to support the eventual certification of the Santa Clara River Levee (SCR-3) in Oxnard was completed by the County in June of 2018. Phase II of SCR-3 is planned for construction beginning in the 2022-23 fiscal year. Ongoing coordination between the County and the USACE, under the Section 408 Permit envelope, is underway for both the SCR-1 and VR-1 levees. For VR-1, the County submitted 60% design plans to USACE for review in early 2021.
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VCWPD 15—As part of the Memorandum of Agreement / Memorandum of Understanding with The Nature Conservancy (TNC): partner with TNC on acquisition, restoration, and mitigation planning processes; partner on grant proposals; participate in negotiations with land use owners; carry-out restoration projects; hold titles to floodplain properties as appropriate; and hold or co-hold with TNC multipurpose easements.
VCPWA-
WP-8
Comment:In November 2020, VCPWA-WP collaborated with TNC as well as the Santa Clara River Conservancy and the University of California at Santa Barbara to identify privately-owned parcels within the Santa Clara River one-percent annual chance flood zone that could be acquired, preserved with a conservation easement, and whose habitat quality could be enhanced.
VCPWA-WP included acquisition and enhancement of the parcels in its SCR-3 Levee Rehab and Habitat Enhancement Project grant application to the California Department of Water Resources’ Coastal Watershed Flood Risk Reduction grant program. TNC and SCRC submitted letters of support. On June 1, 2021, DWR issued a recommendation to fund five grants, including $3.125 million for the SCR-3 Project, of which $625,000 is budgeted for the habitat acquisition and enhancement. A 15-day public comment period regarding this recommendation ended on June 15, 2021.
VCPWA-WP also coordinated with TNC and other NGOs such as Ojai Valley Land Conservancy and Friends of the Santa Clara River during preparation of its original (2010) and follow up (2015 & 2018) Community Rating System applications, Activity 420-Open Space, to document and quantify all lands preserved as open space within the one-percent annual chance flood zone throughout Ventura County. Through its participation in the Santa Clara River Watershed Committee and other organizations, VCPWA-WP also encourages all entities considering acquisition and preservation of open space to prioritize those parcels within the one-percent annual chance floodplain.
In 2019, TNC reached out to VCPWA-WP to assist in developing multi-benefit project ideas to enhance stream water quality, in compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System /MS4 permit requirements.
TNC, in collaboration with the City of Oxnard and State Coastal Conservancy, is developing the Ormond Beach Restoration and Access Plan (OBRAP). VCPWA-WP has provided input on the plan, including recommendations on approaches to incorporate its existing flood control facilities such as the Ormond Lagoon Waterway into the project while still protecting adjacent developed areas from flooding. In January 2021, VCPWA-WP began enlarging a portion of tšumaš Creek, another tributary to Ormond Lagoon. Project completion is anticipated by February 2022 and VCPWA-WP continues to seek grant funding to continue the channel enlargement upstream. The tšumaš Creek project is also covering the channel from Hueneme Road northward to provide a surface on which the City of Oxnard could install a linear park connecting an underserved community to Ormond Beach and coastal recreation areas (VCPWA-WP has assisted the City in preparation of three grant applications for this purpose, though to date no grant has been awarded). This linear park feature is reflected in the OBRAP.
VCPWA-WP has carried out several habitat restoration projects, including removal of giant reed (Arundo donax) and other invasive species and either native plant installation or passive recruitment in the Ventura River, Santa Clara River, and Calleguas Creek watersheds. This work is ongoing.
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VCWPD 16—Develop a Post Disaster Assessment and Planning Data Base. WPD will collect Ventura County’s OES Post Disaster Damage Reports. This information will be geo-referenced and stored in a special database as a shape file. VCPWA-WP will compare the disaster information with existing DFIRM maps, and existing repetitive loss inventory data for monitoring and identification of flood prone areas (Hot Spots). Following the identification of damaged structures, VCPWA-WP will research and document if damaged structures were affected by local drainage problems, such as a plugged culvert, or unintended drain blockage. If not, consider the type of drainage system. If drainage system is local, refer the problem to PWA- Transportation for future mitigation, or if it is within VCPWA-WP’s facilities, VCPWA-WP to assess problem and potential solution.
VCPWA-
WP-3
Comment:In January of 2018, VCPWPD piloted the creation of a geospatially referenced post disaster damage assessment storyboard after the Thomas Fire which captured many of the features mentioned in this action plan item. Efforts to refine, improve, and standardize that storyboard to cover critical facility-assets found in the asset management portfolios of VCPWA-Roads and Transportation, Water and Sanitation Department, and Watershed Protection will be explored and further developed in an action item entry for the next five-year plan development period.
24.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 24-12 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 24-13 identifies the priority for each action. Table 24-14 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 24-12.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
Benefits New or
Existing AssetsObjectives MetLead AgencySupport Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VCPWA-WP-1—Support and actively participate in countywide initiatives and plan maintenance protocols identified in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan, prioritizing VCPWA-WP’s involvement in geographical areas of the county which have experienced severe repetitive losses and/or are in high- or medium-risk hazard areas identified in Watershed Protection’s jurisdictional annex.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought, Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Tsunami, and Wildfire
Existing & New1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19
VCSOES and
Ventura
County
Departments
VCPWA-WP Low VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC and HMGP) and
County General Funds, as
required
Ongoing
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Benefits New or
Existing AssetsObjectives MetLead AgencySupport Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VCPWA-WP-2—Refine the Integrated Watershed Protection Plan to update the identification and prioritization of multi-hazard mitigation projects, which incorporate dam failure, drought, earthquake, landslide, sea-level rise, server storm and weather, and tsunami hazard mitigation features to advance the inclusion of multi-hazard mitigation projects in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) project planning, design, and implementation actions. Ensure that the unique vulnerabilities of disadvantaged, socially vulnerable, and historically underrepresented communities are identified, considered, and reflected appropriately in the project prioritization ranking process through coordination and engagement with representatives of these communities, multi-stakeholder watershed groups, and nonprofit partners.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Drought, Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, and Tsunami
New & Existing1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, Cities,
Special-Purpose
Districts, and NGOs.
Medium VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC, FMA, and HMGP)
and County General Funds, as
required
Ongoing
Action VCPWA-WP-3—Implement a Post Disaster Critical Facilities Risk Impact Assessment Program designed to capture and geo- reference perishable data after significant events (e.g., preliminary damage estimates, damage photos, event mapping, etc.) in support of future hazard mitigation efforts including the implementation and maintenance of the HMP. Leverage applications (Maintstar v15, ArcGIS Online) to capture information related to VCPWA-RT, W&S, and WP critical facility asset impacts, and establish a centralized location to document and archive critical facilities geospatial data related to disaster events which will facilitate the development and optimize the pursuit of grant funding for future hazard mitigation projects.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Tsunami, and Wildfire
New & Existing1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 16, 17,
18, 19
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, Cities,
Special-Purpose
Districts, and NGOs.
Low VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC) and County
General Funds, as required
Short Term
Action VCPWA-WP-4—Improve public awareness and community response to flood event emergencies by upgrading and modernizing the Flood Warning System (FWS) optimized to leverage multi-social media venues. Expand the public outreach of the FWS through targeted marketing based on web-site analytics and develop multiple language interfaces to better reflect the linguistic and cultural diversity found in Ventura County communities.
Hazards Mitigated:Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Tsunami New & Existing1, 2, 6, 7, 12, 17,
18, 19
VCPWA-WP DWR, NOAA, VCSOES,
Ventura County
Departments, Cities,
Special-Purpose
Districts, community
and tribal leaders,
community councils,
and NGOs
Medium VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by DWR
and FEMA Grants (BRIC and
HMGP) and County General
Funds, as required
Short Term
Action VCPWA-WP-5—Prioritize efforts to upgrade County bridges, culverts, dams, debris and detention basins, flood conveyance channel and pipeline infrastructure, pump stations, roads, water and wastewater community infrastructure, and other critical facilities required to provide adequate flood-proofing protection and enhance the resiliency of vital community lifelines in Ventura County.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Tsunami and Wildfire New & Existing1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 13, 16, 18, 19
VCPWA
Departments
Ventura County
Departments, Cities,
Special-Purpose
Districts
High VCPWA-WP Structural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC, HMGP) DWR,
VCTC, Caltrans and County
General Funds, as required
Long Term
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Existing AssetsObjectives MetLead AgencySupport Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VCPWA-WP-6—Complete project feasibility analyses, design engineering and CEQA work for the Calleguas Creek Levee (CC-2) in Camarillo, the Santa Clara River Levee (SCR-1) in Oxnard, the Santa Paula Creek Flood Protection Project in Santa Paula, the Ventura River Levee (VR-1) in Ventura, the Ventura River Levee (VR-2) in the unincorporated community of Casitas Springs, and the Live Oak Acres Levee near the unincorporated community of Oak View required to evidence local compliance with Federal Levee Certification Regulations (44 CFR 65.10)
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, and Tsunami New & Existing1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 13, 16, 18, 19
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments and Cities
of Camarillo, Oxnard,
and San Buenaventura
High VCPWA-WP Structural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC and HMGP) DWR-
LLAP Grants USACE, and
County General Funds, as
required
Long Term
Action VCPWA-WP-7—Strengthen the unincorporated area’s participation in the NFIP by maintaining a CRS Class 5 Rating; and pursue a renewed emphasis on the planning and implementation of flood mitigation projects for repetitive loss properties eligible for grant funding under FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program with the goal of reducing the number of repetitive loss properties in Ventura County.
Hazards Mitigated:Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, Tsunami New & Existing 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 16, 18, 19
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, DWR,
FEMA
High VCPWA-WP Structural
Revenues augmented by Grants
(FMA, BRIC, HMGP) and
County General Funds, as
required
Ongoing
Action VCPWA-WP-8—Partner with the Nature Conservancy, Santa Clara River Conservancy, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, and other NGOs in cooperative efforts to acquire floodplain properties, carry out restoration projects, and enhance resiliency to natural disasters with green design elements included in hazard mitigation projects where feasible.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Drought, Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Tsunami, and Wildfire New & Existing1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, TNC,
SCRC, OVLC, DWR,
CDFW, State Coastal
Conservancy
High VCPWA-WP Structural
Revenues augmented by Grants
(FMA, BRIC, HMGP, DWR,
SCC, etc.) and County General
Funds, as required
Ongoing
Action VCPWA-WP-9—Advance planning, feasibility analyses, preliminary design, and ultimate construction of multi-benefit stormwater capture projects through a regionally collaborative approach; as well as pursue strategies to maximize stormwater as a resource (enhance recycled water, stormwater capture and sanitary system diversion, and groundwater recharge) where possible in infrastructure planning and implementation of VCPWA-WP stormwater capital projects.
Hazards Mitigated:Drought, Flood, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, and Severe Weather New 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19 VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, SWRCB,
LARWQCB, DWR,
SGMAs, NGOs and
Private Landowners
High VCPWA-WP Structural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC & HMGP) DWR,
IRWM, LARWQCB, SWRCB)
and County General Funds, as
required
Ongoing
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Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VCPWA-10—Coordinate with FEMA Region IX to proactively address flood plain management and flood risk mapping issues that could adversely impact local hazard mitigation project planning and implementation efforts which may arise from updates to the Countywide DFIRMs, Community Assistance Visits, and/or other risk mapping initiatives.
Hazards Mitigated:Flood, SeaLevel Rise, Severe Storm, and Weather New & Existing1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 16, 17, 18
19 VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, DWR,
FEMA, Cities, NGOs,
and Private Landowners
Medium VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC & HMGP) DWR,
and County General Funds, as
required
Ongoing
Action VCPWA-11—Work closely with CA Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), County Sheriff Office of Emergency Services (OES), and other Federal, State, and local agencies to update and refine the Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for the state size dams owned by the County.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Flood, Earthquake, Severe Storms and Weather New & Existing 1, 2,4, 7,8,
12, 17, 18
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, FEMA,
DWR, Cities, NGOs,
and Private Landowners
Medium VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC), DWR, and
County General Funds, as
required
Short-Term
Action VCPWA-12—Complete project feasibility analyses, design engineering, CEQA, and implementation of the removal of Matilija Dam, reconstruction of the Camino Cielo Bridge crossing, and work with the Casitas Municipal Water District to reconstruct the Robles Diversion, as well as complete the construction of flood protection projects in the unincorporated community of Meiners Oaks in compliance with DSOD requirements.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Severe Storm and Weather New & Existing 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
17, 18 19
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments, Casitas
Municipal Water District,
Bureau of Reclamation,
Caltrans, CDFW,
DSOD, DWR, FEMA,
USACE, NGOs
High VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC & HMGP) CDFW,
DWR, NFWF, NRCS, SCC,
WCB, and NGO’s and County
and Casitas General Funds, as
required
Long-Term
Action VCPWA-13—Collaborate with the City of Oxnard, Nature Conservancy, and State Coastal Conservancy to advance planning, design, and implementation of the Ormond Beach Restoration and Access Plan (OBRAP), particularly those components alleviating flooding along the Ormond Lagoon Waterway and creating public access along tšumašCreek. This supports the City of Oxnard’s Action OXN-12
Hazards Mitigated:Drought, Flood, Severe Weather, Severe Storms, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami New & Existing1, 2, 3, 9, 12, 13,
14, 15, 17, 18, 19
City of Oxnard VCPWA-WP High City Structural Revenues
augmented by FEMA Grants
(BRIC),
CDFG
Ongoing
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Existing AssetsObjectives MetLead AgencySupport Agency
Estimated
Cost Sources of Funding Timelinea
Action VCPWA-14—Coordinate efforts to plan, develop, and ultimately construct multi-benefit, flood resiliency and other risk hazard mitigation projects with the Watershed Coalition of Ventura County (WCVC) 3-Watershed Councils, its Disadvantaged Community Committee, and nonprofit partners by increasing outreach and engagement with disadvantaged and socially vulnerable communities and tribal groups to better understand their unique community-lifeline vulnerabilities, facilitate the development of flood hazard mitigation multi- benefit projects, and align and leverage advocacy efforts to optimize grant funding opportunities.
Hazards Mitigated:Flood, Severe Weather, Severe Storms and Weather, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami New & Existing1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19
VCPWA-WP County of Ventura
Departments, Cities,
Special-Purpose
Districts, community
and tribal leaders,
community councils,
WCVC, and NGOs
Medium VCPWA-WP Structural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (BRIC & HMGP) DWR,
IRWM, and City and County
General Funds as required
Ongoing
Action VCPWA-WP-15—Complete construction of the SCR-3 Levee Rehab Project consisting of 2400 linear feet of flood protection beginning from the east end of Reach 3 and ending north of the Union Pacific Railroad embankment. The flood protection consists of earthen levee embankment, sheet pile, reinforced concrete floodwalls, floodgate, rock riprap bank protection, and drainage improvements.
When completed, this project will provide flood protection from a 1%-annual chance flood event to over 3,800 structures and nearly 6,400 residents of North Oxnard along the South Bank of the Santa Clara River.
Hazards Mitigated:Dam Failure, Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm, Severe Weather, and Tsunami New & Existing1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 13, 16, 18, 19
VCPWA-WP Ventura County
Departments and City of
Oxnard
High VCPWA-WPStructural
Revenues augmented by FEMA
Grants (HMGP) DWR (Coastal
Watershed Flood Risk Reduction
and LLAP), and City and County
General Funds as required
Short-Term
Action VCPWA-WP-16—Continue to participate in the National Weather Service’s (NWS) StormReady and TsunamiReady Programs.
Hazards Mitigated:Severe Storms, Severe Weather, Tsunami, Flood, Dam Failure, Landslide, Sea Level Rise New & Existing 1, 2, 7, 8, 17 Ventura
County Public
Works
Ventura County Sheriff’s
OES
Low Staff Time, General FundsOngoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 24-13.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded Under
Existing Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 17 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes-only at a level that is
“Minimally Necessary to Comply”
Medium Medium
2 16 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
3 14 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes-only at a level that is
“Minimally Necessary to Comply”
Medium Medium
4 8 MediumMedium Yes Yes Yes-only at a level that is
“Minimally Necessary to Comply”
Medium Medium
5 12 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
6 12 Medium High No Yes No Low Medium
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Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded Under
Existing Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
7 12 Medium High Yes Yes Maintaining Class 5-CRS Rating:
Yes. Reducing Severe Repetitive
Loss Property Exposure: No.
Low Medium
8 13 High High Yes Yes Establishing Partnerships with
NGOs: Yes
Acquiring flood plain properties,
carrying out restoration projects,
and including green design
elements: No
Low Medium
9 12 High High Yes Yes Advanceplanning and feasibility
analysis: Yes. Perform Final
Design and Construction: No
Medium High
10 13 MediumMedium Yes Yes Coordination with FEMA: Yes.
New Hazard Mitigation Project
Planning and Execution: No
Medium Medium
11 8 High Medium Yes Yes Coordination with FEMA, DWR,
and DSOD: Yes
Emergency Action Plan
Refinements: No
Medium High
12 15 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
13 11 High High Yes Yes Collaboration with City of
Oxnard: Yes. OBRAP Flood
Mitigation Project Design and
Implementation Actions: No
Medium High
14 14 High Medium Yes Yes Coordination efforts with WCVC, its DAC, and NGOs: Yes. Flood
Mitigation Project Design and
Implementation Actions: No
Medium High
15 12 High Medium Yes Yes Yes. Project has received $5
Million in grant awards from
FEMA and DWR, which will
augment VCPWA-WP’s Zone 2
project funding
High Low
16 5 Medium Low Yes No Yes Medium Low
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Table 24-14.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard
Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Building
High-Risk Hazards
Dam
Failure
VCPWA-WP-
11 VCPWA-
WP-7
VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 16
VCPWA-WP
8, 13
VCPWA-WP-
4, 11
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 12, 15
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 8
VCPWA-WP-1,2,
3, 14, 16
Severe
Storms
VCPWA-WP-
10, 11
VCPWA-
WP-7
VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 4, 16
VCPWA-WP
8, 9, 13
VCPWA-WP-
4, 11
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 12, 13, 15
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 8
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 10, 14, 16
Severe
Weather
VCPWA-WP-
10, 11
VCPWA-
WP-7
VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 4, 16
VCPWA-WP
8, 9, 13
VCPWA-WP-
4, 11
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 12, 13, 15
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 8
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16
Flooding VCPWA-WP-
10, 11
VCPWA-
WP-7
VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 4, 16
VCPWA-WP
8, 9, 13
VCPWA-WP-
4, 11
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 12, 13, 15
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 8, 12
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16
Medium-Risk Hazards
EarthquakeVCPWA-WP-
11 VCPWA-WP-
1, 2
VCPWA-WP-
11 VCPWA-WP-
5, 6
VCPWA-WP
12 VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3 Wildfire VCPWA-WP-
1 VCPWA-WP
8 VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3 Landslides VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 4, 16
VCPWA-WP
8 VCPWA-WP-
4 VCPWA-WP-
5, 6
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 4, 16
Low-Risk Hazards
Sea Level
Rise
VCPWA-WP-
10 VCPWA-
WP-7
VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 4, 16
VCPWA-WP
8, 9, 13
VCPWA-WP-
4 VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 13, 15
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 8
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16
Tsunami VCPWA-
WP-7
VCPWA-WP-
1, 2, 4, 16
VCPWA-WP
8, 13
VCPWA-WP-
4 VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 13, 15
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 4, 7, 14, 16
Drought VCPWA-WP-
1, 2
VCPWA-WP
8, 9, 13
VCPWA-WP-
12, 13
VCPWA-WP-
5, 6, 8
VCPWA-WP-1, 2,
3, 14
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types.
24.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 24-15 lists public outreach activities for this jurisdiction.
Table 24-15.Local Public Outreach
Local Outreach Activity Date Number of People Involved
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020 Progress Report to
Ventura County Board of Supervisors
7-28-20 Annual Report Approved without express Board
or Public Comments during Board’s Adoption of
Consent Agenda Items for this Remote Zoom
Meeting
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan 2021 Progress Report to
Ventura County Board of Supervisors
7-21-21 Annual Report Approved without express Board
or Public Comments during Board’s Adoption of
Consent Agenda Items for this Remote Zoom
Meeting
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency
Services’ Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Development Public Outreach/Emergency
Preparedness Workshops Planned During Month of
September 2021
9-15-21
9-16-21
9-22-21
9-23-21
Unknown
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24.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
Ventura County 2040 General Plan:Evaluated Plan Implementation Actions under the following Plan Elements: (a) Public Facilities, Services, and Infrastructure, (b) Conservation and Open Space, (c) Hazards and Safety, (d) Water Resources, (e) Economic Vitality, (f) Unincorporated Communities’ Area Plans, and (g) Appendix B: Climate Change which helped Watershed Protection perform its capability assessment and frame the development of its Hazard Mitigation Plan Action Items with more granular-precision and purposeful-effect.
VCPWA-WP’s Integrated Watershed Protection Plan Project Prioritization Process:
Explored possible opportunities to better integrate the development of multi-benefit flood protection project partnerships with public and private sector agencies and organizations aimed at improving community resiliency to flood hazard risk, flood plain management, groundwater conservation, stormwater capture, environmental protection, and helping to secure a sustainable water supply for agricultural and urban users.
VCPWA-WP 5-Year Capital Improvement Projects Plan, Annual Update:Confirmed inclusion of flood protection projects in VCPWA-WP’s current 5-year portfolio which address a mix of high, medium, and low hazard risks found in VCPWA-WP’s current Jurisdiction Annex, keying-up those projects as entries in VCPWA-WP’s new 5-year Action Plan portfolio, including seven levee rehabilitation projects which when completed will ultimately result in local compliance with Federal Levee Certification regulations found in 44CFR 65.10.
Ventura County Flood Mitigation and Safety Plans:Consulted current plan documents to identify opportunities of alignment and optimization of VCPWA-WP’s new 5-Year Action Plan submittal with the baseline framework found in these historical County flood mitigation and safety plan documents.
VCPWA-WP’s Preparation of Annual Recertifications and Cycle Verification of Class V Rating for Unincorporated Ventura County under FEMA’s Community Rating System Program: Consulted the current Class 5 Rating program performance and reporting requirements to ensure continuation of this rating, as well as identified opportunities for renewed emphasis on the planning and implementation of flood mitigation projects for repetitive loss properties eligible for grant funding under FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program with the goal of reducing the number of repetitive loss properties in Ventura County.
Ventura County Emergency Services Planning Documents: Reviewed emergency services planning documents prepared by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services to gain a better understanding of how best to facilitate appropriate development of VCPWA-WP’s new 5-year Action Plan submittal by complementing and supplementing countywide risk hazard emergency planning rubric defined by County’s Emergency Action Plan, as well as refine Emergency Action Plans for the state-sized dams owned by the County.
Ventura County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) Updates and DAC Public Outreach Engagement Initiative:: Explored framing potential opportunities to better coordinate joint efforts to plan, develop, and ultimately construct multi-benefit, flood resiliency and other risk hazard mitigation projects contained in VCPWA-WP’s new 5-Year Action Plan submittal by increasing outreach and engagement with disadvantaged and socially vulnerable communities and tribal groups to better understand their unique community-lifeline 1070
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vulnerabilities, facilitate the development of flood hazard mitigation multi-benefit projects, and align and leverage advocacy efforts to optimize grant funding opportunities.
Watershed Management Program (WMP) for Ventura County including Ventura River, Calleguas Creek, Santa Clara River, upper Malibu Creek, and Coastal Watersheds of Ventura County due to Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 4) by September 11, 2023 to meet compliance with 2021 Regional Municipal Stormwater (MS4) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Order No. CAS004004, Order No. R4-2021- 0105. The Ventura County WMP will be developed by the County, Watershed Protection, and ten incorporated cities.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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25.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact
Tina Rivera, Director of Finance
1001 Partridge Dr., Suite 150
Ventura, California 93003
Telephone: 805-658-4646
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Chris Theisen, General Manager
1001 Partridge Dr., Suite 150
Ventura, California 93003
Telephone: 805-658-4644
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 25-1.
Table 25-1.Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members Name Title
Sandy Warren(through 6-30-21) Management Analyst
Tina Rivera Director of Finance
Eddie Pettit Senior Engineer
Jo Cavanaugh Safety Officer
Richard Jones Director of Operations
25.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
25.2.1 Overview
The Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) is a special district created in 1970 to provide sanitation services to cities and unincorporated areas of Ventura County. The District provides solid waste disposal services via the Toland Road Landfill and also offers a variety of water and wastewater- related services under contract to selected special districts and private entities. A nine-member appointed Board of Directors oversees the District. VRSD has approximately 60 employees. The District’s operations are funded solely by fees for the services it provides.
The VRSD Board of Directors assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the Executive General Manager will oversee its implementation.
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25.2.2 Service Area
The District service area covers approximately 200 square miles, serving a population of approximately 600,000 in the cities of Camarillo, Fillmore, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura, as well as unincorporated County areas.
25.2.3 Assets
Table 25-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 25-2.Special-Purpose District Assets
Asset Value
Property
449acres of land (unknown)
Equipment
Landfill & water/wastewater operations equipment $9,121,492 Landfill gas above-ground pipework $825,000
Landfill liner $1,500,000
Total: $11,446,492
Critical Facilities
Toland Road Landfill (active) 3500 Toland Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060 $2,627,200 Bailard Landfill (inactive) 4105 W. Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93030 $943,800 Malibu Bay Club (Wastewater Treatment Plant) 4100 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu CA 90265
$3,587,976
Total: $7,158,976
25.3 CURRENT TRENDS
From 1970 to 2019, Ventura County’s population grew from approximately 370,000 to 846,000, an overall increase of approximately 128 percent. VRSD expanded its solid waste disposal capacity over the years to keep pace with projected needs. In March 2021, VRSD received approval from the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to proceed with the Toland Optimization Plan, which removes the prior mandated 2027 landfill closure date, eliminates the lifetime limit of 15 million tons, and allows for the landfill to be filled to the 1,435-foot elevation approved in 1996. The landfill will be able to keep pace with any population growth.
25.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
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Table 25-3 presents an assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities Table 25-4 presents an assessment of fiscal capabilities Table 25-5 presents an assessment of administrative and technical capabilities Table 25-6 presents an assessment of education and outreach capabilities Table 25-7 presents classifications under various community mitigation programs Table 25-8 Presents the community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change Table 25-3.Planning and Regulatory Capability
Plan, Study or Program Date of Most Recent Update
Joint Technical Document 5/21
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan 9/20
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan 9/20
Hazardous Materials Business Plan 3/21
Table 25-4.Fiscal Capability
Financial Resource Accessible or Eligible to Use?
Community Development Block Grants No
Capital Improvements Project Funding Yes
Authority to Levy Taxes for Specific Purposes No
User Fees for Water, Sewer, Gas or Electric Service Yes If yes, specify:Landfill Disposal Services
Incur Debt through General Obligation Bonds No
Incur Debt through Special Tax Bonds No
Incur Debt through Private Activity Bonds No
Withhold Public Expenditures in Hazard-Prone Areas No
State-Sponsored Grant Programs Yes
Development Impact Fees for Homebuyers or Developers No Table 25-5.Administrative and Technical Capability
Staff/Personnel Resource Available?
Planners or engineers with knowledge of land development and land management practices Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Director Of Operations, Senior Engineer Engineers or professionals trained in building or infrastructure construction practices No Planners or engineers with an understanding of natural hazards Yes If Yes, Department /Position:Director of Operations, Senior Engineer Staff with training in benefit/cost analysis Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Director of Finance
Surveyors No
Personnel skilled or trained in GIS applications No
Scientist familiar with natural hazards in local area No Emergency manager Yes
If Yes, Department /Position:Safety Officer
Grant writers No
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Table 25-6.Education and Outreach Capability
Criterion Response
Do you have a public information officer or communications office? No Do you have personnel skilled or trained in website development? No Do you have hazard mitigation information available on your website? No Do you use social media for hazard mitigation education and outreach? No Do you have any citizen boards or commissions that address issues related to hazard mitigation? No Do you have any other programs in place that could be used to communicate hazard-related information? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Hazardous Materials Business Plan / Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan Do you have any established warning systems for hazard events? Yes If yes, briefly describe:Listed in the Hazardous Materials Business Plan and included in training Table 25-7.Community Classifications
Participating? Classification Date Classified
FIPS Code No N/A N/A
DUNS# Yes 030382014 N/A
Community Rating System No N/A N/A
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule No N/A N/A Public Protection No N/A N/A
Storm Ready No N/A N/A
Firewise No N/A N/A
Tsunami Ready No N/A N/A
Table 25-8.Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Criterion Jurisdiction Ratinga
Technical Capacity
Jurisdiction-level understanding of potential climate change impacts High Comment: Participate in GHG study sponsored by NASA and the California Air Resources Board Jurisdiction-level monitoring of climate change impacts High Comment: Required to monitor GHG at active and closed landfills Technical resources to assess proposed strategies for feasibility and externalities High Comment: Work with several landfill gasconsultants and state and federal agencies to reduce GHG emissions at our sites Jurisdiction-level capacity for development of greenhouse gas emissions inventory High Comment: Required to monitor and report GHG generation at active and closed landfills Capital planning and land use decisions informed by potential climate impacts High Comment: Increase in annual budget in order to upgrade systems to reduce climate impacts Participation in regional groups addressing climate risks High Comment: Participate in statewide study of GHG sponsored by NASA and the California Air Resources Board Implementation Capacity
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Criterion Jurisdiction Ratinga
Identified strategies for adaptation to impacts Medium
Comment: Provide health & safety cooling stations for employees Champions for climate action in local government departments Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Political support for implementing climate change adaptation strategies Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Financial resources devoted to climate change adaptation Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Local authority over sectors likely to be negative impacted Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Public Capacity
Local residents’ knowledge of and understanding of climate risk Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Local residents’ supportof adaptation efforts Low
Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Local residents’ capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Local economy current capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation.
Local ecosystems capacity to adapt to climate impacts Low Comment: Our scope of authority is specific as defined by state legislation. a. High = Capacity exists and is in use; Medium = Capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement; Low = Capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement; Unsure= Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
25.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
25.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
Joint Technical Document—Planning and control document for landfill operations and maintenance
Stormwater Pollution Prevention plan—This program is how stormwater and run off are handled at the landfill
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan
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Hazzard Materials Business Plan—this plan defines and establishes location of all hazard materials at VRSD facilities
25.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
Capital Improvement Projects—Capital improvement project proposals may take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization.
Post-Disaster Recovery Plan—The District does not have a recovery plan and intends to develop one as a mitigation planning action during the next five years. The plan will build on the mitigation goals and objectives identified in the mitigation plan.
Taking action to integrate each of these programs with the hazard mitigation plan was considered as a mitigation action to include in the action plan in this annex.
25.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
25.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 25-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 25-9.Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
Covid-19 DR-4482 1/20/21 $116,525
Easy Fire FM-5298 10/30/2019 $2,196,235
Thomas Fire FM-5224 December 4, 2017 $1,732,810
25.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 25-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property, and district operations. Mitigation actions primarily target hazards with high and medium rankings.
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Table 25-10.Hazard Risk Ranking
Rank Hazard Risk Ranking Score Risk Category
1 Wildfire 36 High
2 Landslide 33 High
3 Earthquake 32 Medium
4 Severe Storm 24 Medium
4 Severe Weather 24 Medium
6 Dam Failure 24 Medium
7 Flooding 18 Medium
8 Sea Level Rise 12 Medium
9 Tsunami 10 Low
10 Drought 9 Low
25.6.3 Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern. The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
Underground Fires.
Wind Storms—often halts operations and spreads debris which requires additional labor to clean-up
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan in this annex.
25.7 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 25-11 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 25-12 identifies the priority for each action. Table 25-13 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 25-11.Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead AgencySupport Agency Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action VRS-1—Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk hazard areas.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Severe Storms, Dam Failure Existing 2, 6, 9, 11 VRSD High Grant Funding-FEMA HMA
(BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Short-term
Action VRS-2—Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Tsunami, Wildfire, Severe Storms, Dam Failure, Drought, Sea Level Rise
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BenefitsNew or
Existing AssetsObjectives Met Lead AgencySupport Agency Estimated
Cost Sources of FundingTimelinea
Action VRS-3—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power, including Landfill gas extraction and Flares
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Tsunami, Wildfire, Severe Storms, Dam Failure Existing 2, 6, 7 VRSD Medium Staff Time, Grant Funding-
FEMA HMA (BRIC, HMGP)
Long-term
Action VRS-4—Develop a post disaster action plan that includes grant funding, debris removal components, and warehousing of critical infrastructure components
Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Tsunami, Wildfire, Severe Storms, Dam Failure Existing/Future 2, 8, 19 VRSD Medium Staff Time, General Funds, Grant Funding- FEMA HMA
(BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Long-
Term
Action VRS-5—Create/implement wildfire preparedness plan with emphasis on defensible space and access issues Hazards Mitigated:Wildfire
Existing 5, 11, 14, 17, 19 VRSD Medium Staff Time, General Funds, Grant Funding- FEMA HMA
(BRIC, FMAP and HMGP)
Short-term
Action VRS-6—Slope stabilization and drainage control features around water reservoirs Hazards Mitigated:Earthquake, Flooding, Landslide, Severe Weather, Wildfire, Severe Storms, Dam Failure Existing 5, 9, 11, 14 VRSD High Staff Time, General Funds, Grant Funding- FEMA HMA
(BRIC, FMA, HMGP)
Ongoing
a. Short-term = Completion within 5 years; Long-term = Completion within 10 years; Ongoing= Continuing new or existing program with no completion date
Acronyms used here are defined at the beginning of this volume.
Table 25-12.Mitigation Action Priority
Action #
# of
Objectives
Met BenefitsCosts
Do Benefits
Equal or
Exceed Cost?
Is Project
Grant-
Eligible?
Can Project Be Funded
Under Existing
Programs/ Budgets?
Implementation
Prioritya
Grant
Pursuit
Prioritya
1 4 High High Yes Yes No Medium High
2 5 Medium Low Yes No No High Low
3 3 High Medium Yes Yes No Medium High
4 3 MediumMedium Yes Yes No Medium Medium
5 5 Medium Medium Yes Yes Yes Medium Medium
6 4 High High Yes Yes Yes Medium High
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Table 25-13.Analysis of Mitigation Actions
Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Typea
Hazard Type Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilient
Community
Capacity
Buildingb
High-Risk Hazards
Wildfire VRS-1,5 VRS-2 VRS-5, 6 VRS-2, 5,6 VRS-6 VRS-5 VRS-2, 4 Landslide VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2, 6 VRS-6 VRS-2, 4
Medium-Risk Hazards
Earthquake VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2, 4
Severe Storm VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2, 4
Severe Weather VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS- VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2, 4
Dam Failure VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2, 4
Flooding VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2 VRS-6 VRS-2, 4
Sea Level Rise VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-2
Low-Risk Hazards
Tsunami VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-2 VRS-2, 4
Drought VRS-1 VRS-2 VRS-2
a. See the introduction to this volume for explanation of mitigation types. b. Note that the jurisdiction did not identify a need for expansion of administrative and technical or financial capabilities, based on existing capabilities. The intent of this hazard mitigation plan is to expand the financial capability of the jurisdiction.
25.8 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
Joint Technical Document—Used to inform the capability assessment.
Title V Reports—Used to inform the capability assessment.
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan—Used to inform the capability assessment.
The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex Development Toolkit—The toolkit was used to support the identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
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A. PLANNINGPARTNEREXPECTATIONS
The federal Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), commonly known as the 2000 Stafford Act amendments, was approved by Congress on October 10, 2000. This act required state and local governments to develop hazard mitigation plans as a condition for federal grant assistance.
Among other things, this legislation reinforces the importance of pre-disaster infrastructure mitigation planning to reduce disaster losses nationwide. DMA 2000 is aimed primarily at the control and streamlining of the administration of federal disaster relief and programs to promote mitigation activities.
Prior to 2000, federal legislation provided funding for disaster relief, recovery, and some hazard mitigation planning. The DMA improves upon the planning process by emphasizing the importance of communities planning for disasters before they occur.
The Disaster Mitigation Act defines a “local government” as:
Any county, municipality, city, town, public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (regardless of whether the council of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law), regional or interstate government entity, or agency or instrumentality of a local government; any Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization, or Alaska Native village or organization; and any rural community, unincorporated town or village, or other public entity
Any local government wishing to pursue funding afforded under FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs must have an approved hazard mitigation plan in order to be eligible to apply for these funds.
One of the goals of the multi-jurisdictional approach to hazard mitigation planning is to achieve compliance with the Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) for all participating members in the planning effort.
DMA compliance must be certified for each member in order to maintain eligibility for the benefits under the DMA. Whether the planning process generates ten individual plans or one large plan that has a chapter for each partner jurisdiction, the following items must be addressed by each planning partner to achieve DMA compliance:
Participate in the Process.It must be documented in the plan that each planning partner “participated” in the process that generated the plan. Participation can vary based on the type of planning partner (i.e.: City vs. a Special-Purpose District). However, the level of participation must be defined and the extent for which this level of participation has been met for each partner must be contained in the plan context.
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Action Review.For plan updates, a review of the strategies from your prior action plan to determine those that have been accomplished and how they were accomplished; and why those that have not been accomplished were not completed.
Update Localized Risk Assessment.Personalize the Risk Assessment for each jurisdiction by removing any hazards not associated with the defined jurisdictional area (e.g. tsunami and coastal erosion hazards for inland jurisdictions) or redefining vulnerability based on a hazard’s impact to a jurisdiction. This phase will include:
A ranking of the risk
A description of the number and type of structures at risk An estimate of the potential dollar losses to vulnerable structures A general description of land uses and development trends within the community, so that mitigation options can be considered in future land use decisions.
Capability Assessment. Each planning partner must identify and review their individual regulatory, technical, and financial capabilities with regards to the implementation of hazard mitigation actions.
Prioritize Mitigation Recommendations.Identify and prioritize mitigation recommendations specific to each jurisdiction’s defined area.
Create an Action Plan.
Incorporate Public Participation. Each jurisdiction must present the Plan to the public for comment at least once, within two weeks prior to adoption.
Plan Adoption.The updated plan must be adopted by each jurisdiction following FEMA approval.
One of the benefits to multi-jurisdictional planning is the ability to pool resources. This means more than monetary resources. Resources such as staff time, meeting locations, media resources, technical expertise will all need to be utilized to generate a successful plan. In addition, these resources can be pooled such that decisions can be made by a peer group applying to the whole and thus reducing the individual level of effort of each planning partner. This will be accomplished by the formation of a steering committee made up of planning partners and other “stakeholders” within the planning area.
The size and makeup of this steering committee will be determined by the planning partnership. This body will assume the decision-making responsibilities on behalf of the entire partnership. This will streamline the planning process by reducing the number of meetings that will need to be attended by each planning partner. The assembled Steering Committee for this effort will meet monthly on an as needed basis as determined by the planning team, and will provide guidance and decision making during all phases of the plan’s development.
With the above participation requirements in mind, each partner is expected to aid this process by being prepared to develop its section of the plan. To be an eligible planning partner in this effort, each planning partner shall provide the following:
A. If you haven’t already submitteda “Letter of Intent (LOI) to participate” or Resolution to participate (see Exhibit A); you must submit an LOI.
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C. If requested, provide support in the form of a mailing list and public information materials, such as newsletters, newspapers, or direct mailed brochures, required to implement the public engagement strategy developed by the Steering Committee.
D. Participate in the entire process (from first partner meeting to plan completion). There will be many ways as this plan evolves to participate. Opportunities such as:
a. Attending online Steering Committee meetings
b. Attending online public meetings
c. Completing the phased Jurisdiction Annex Process
d. Participating in public review and comment periods prior to adoption At each of these meetings, attendance will be recorded. Attendance records will be used to document participation for each planning partner. No thresholds will be established as minimum levels of participation. However, each planning partner should attempt to attend all possible meetings and events.
E. Designate a Local Planning Team. Each planning partner will be asked to identify a lead point of contact and an alternate point of contact for their jurisdiction as well as other resources within that jurisdiction that can support or enhance the mitigation actions from this plan. For municipal planning partners, participants should include, at a minimum, representation from Planning, Public Works and Emergency Management. For Special Purpose Districts, participants should include anyone responsible for facilities management and/or emergency management. All phases of the Jurisdictional Annex process should be conducted through these local planning teams.
F. Complete all 3 phases of the Jurisdictional Annex process. Volume 2 of the plan consists of jurisdictional specific components of the plan required under section 2016, 44CFR for multi- jurisdictional local hazard mitigation plans. It is mission-critical to the ultimate approval of this plan update that these annexes are created or updated in accordance with the requirements. To achieve this compliance, the Core Planning Team (CPT) will deploy the Jurisdictional Annex process in the following 3 phases over the course of this plan update process:
Phase 1 - Jurisdiction Profiles and Prior Action Review Phase 2 - Core Capability Assessment
Phase 3 - Risk Ranking and Action Plan Development
Complete and thorough technical assistance will be available to all planning partners during this phased process. Phase 1 will be deployed in May 2021 with specified deadlines, and the response to each phase by the Planning Partnership will be aggregated by the CPT.
Failure to meet deadlines specified for Phases 1 and 2 will not jeopardize and planning partner’s eligibility for coverage under the plan. However, it is important to note that, if a planning partner does not meet the deadline for Phase 1, it is expected that the information submitted during Phase 2 will include all of the information requested under Phases 1 and 2. The ultimate deadline for this phased process will be the deadline for Phase 3.
Failure to submit a complete Jurisdictional Annex by the specified deadline for Phase 3 will result in a planning partner’s removal from the Partnership for failure to meet the specified planning partner expectations.
Phase 3 will include a mandatory workshop that will focus on action plan development and prioritization. Attendance at the Phase 3 workshop will be tracked, and each planning partner must send at least one representative to the workshop to fully meet the participation requirements defined for this plan update process.
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At a minimum, two workshops will be conducted - one for municipal planning partners and one for special district planning partners to provide guidance on action plan development specific to the differing capabilities between these two planning partner types.
G. Each partner will be asked to perform a “consistency review” of all technical studies, plans, ordinances specific to hazards to determine the existence of any not consistent with the same such documents reviewed in the preparation of the County (parent) Plan. For example, if your community has a floodplain management plan that makes recommendations that are not consistent with any of the County’s Basin Plans, that plan will need to be reviewed for probable incorporation into the plan for your area.
H. Each partner will be asked to review the Risk Assessment and identify hazards and vulnerabilities specific to its jurisdiction. Contract resources will provide the jurisdiction-specific mapping and technical consultation to aid in this task, but the determination of risk and vulnerability will be up to each partner.
I. Each partner will be asked to review and determine if the mitigation recommendations chosen in the parent plan will meet the needs of its jurisdiction. Projects within each jurisdiction consistent with the parent plan recommendations will need to be identified, prioritized, and reviewed to determine their benefits vs. costs.
J. Each partner will be required to create its own action plan that identifies each project, who will oversee the task, how it will be financed, and when it is estimated to occur.
K. Each partner will be required to formally adopt the plan.
Templates and instructions to aid in the compilation of this information will be provided to all committed planning partners. Each partner will be asked to complete their templates in a timely manner and according to the timeline specified.
NOTE:Once this plan is completed, and DMA compliance has been determined for each partner, maintaining that eligibility will be dependent upon each partner implementing the plan implementation- maintenance protocol identified in the plan.
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Exhibit A
Planning Team Contact information
Name Representing Address e-mail
Bonnie Luke Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of
Emergency Services
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
Kathy Gibson Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of
Emergency Services
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
Patrick Maynard Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of
Emergency Services
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
Glenn Shephard Ventura County Public Works Agency
Watershed Protection
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
Gerard Kapuscik Ventura County Public Works Agency
Watershed Protection
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
Ruth Venus Ventura County Information Technology
Services
1957 Eastman Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
[email protected]
Cole McLaughlin Ventura County Information Technology
Services
1957 Eastman Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
[email protected]
Richard Paschal Ventura County Information Technology
Services
1957 Eastman Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
[email protected]
Ashley Bautista Ventura County CEO 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
Jackie Nuñez Ventura County CEO 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009
[email protected]
RobFlaner TetraTech,Inc. 90S.BlackwoodAve
Eagle, ID 83616
[email protected]
Megan Brotherton TetraTech,Inc. 737 Bishop Street, Suite 2340 Honolulu, HI 96813
[email protected]
CarolBauman TetraTech,Inc. [email protected]
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Exhibit C.
Overview of Hazus
Overview of Hazus (Multi-Hazard)
Hazus, is a nationally applicable standardized methodology and software program that contains models for estimating potential losses from earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and hurricane winds.
Hazus was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under contract with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). NIBS maintains committees of wind, flood, earthquake and software experts to provide technical oversight and guidance to Hazus development. Loss estimates produced by Hazus are based on current scientific and engineering knowledge of the effects of hurricane winds, floods, and earthquakes. Estimating losses is essential to decision- making at all levels of government, providing a basis for developing mitigation plans and policies, emergency preparedness, and response and recovery planning.
Hazus uses state-of-the-
art geographic information
system (GIS) software to
map and display hazard
data and the results of
damage and economic
loss estimates for
buildings and
infrastructure. It also
allows users to estimate
the impacts of hurricane
winds, floods, tsunamis,
and earthquakes on
populations. The latest
release, Hazus 4.0, is an
updated version of Hazus
that incorporates many
new features which
improve both the speed
and functionality of the
models. For information on
software and hardware requirements to run Hazus 4.0, see HazusHardware and Software Requirements.
Hazus Analysis Levels
Hazus provides for three levels of analysis:
A Level 1 analysis yields a rough estimate based on the nationwide database and is a great way to begin the risk assessment process and prioritize high-risk communities. 1089
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A Level 2 analysis requires the input of additional or refined data and hazard maps that will produce more accurate risk and loss estimates. Assistance from local emergency management personnel, city planners, GIS professionals, and others may be necessary for this level of analysis.
A Level 3 analysis yields the most accurate estimate of loss and typically requires the involvement of technical experts such as structural and geotechnical engineers who can modify loss parameters based on to the specific conditions of a community. This level analysis will allow users to supply their own techniques to study special conditions such as dam breaks and tsunamis. Engineering and other expertise is needed at this level.
Three data input tools have been developed to support data collection. The Comprehensive Data Management System helps users collect and manage local building data for more refined analyses than are possible with the national level data sets that come with Hazus. The system has expanded capabilities for multi-hazard data collection. Hazus includes an enhanced Building Inventory Tool allows users to import building data and is most useful when handling large datasets, such as tax assessor records. The Flood Information Tool helps users manipulate flood data into the format required by the Hazus flood model. All Three tools are included in the Hazus MR1 Application DVD.
Hazus Models
The Hazus Hurricane Wind Model gives users in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions and Hawaii the ability to estimate potential damage and loss to residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. It also allows users to estimate direct economic loss, post-storm shelter needs and building debris. In the future, the model will include the capability to estimate wind effects in island territories, storm surge, indirect economic losses, casualties, and impacts to utility and transportation lifelines and agriculture. Loss models for other severe wind hazards will be included in the future. Details about the Hurricane Wind Model.
The Hazus Flood Model is capable of assessing riverine and coastal flooding. It estimates potential damage to all classes of buildings, essential facilities, transportation and utility lifelines, vehicles, and agricultural crops. The model addresses building debris generation and shelter requirements. Direct losses are estimated based on physical damage to structures, contents, and building interiors. The effects of flood warning are taken into account, as are flow velocity effects. Details about the Flood Model.
The Hazus Earthquake Model, The Hazus earthquake model
provides loss estimates of damage and loss to buildings, essential facilities, transportation and utility lifelines, and population based on scenario or probabilistic earthquakes. The model addresses debris generation, fire-following, casualties, and shelter requirements. Direct losses are estimated based on physical damage to structures, contents, inventory, and building interiors. The earthquake model also includes the Advanced 1090
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Engineering Building Module for single- and group-building mitigation analysis. Details about the Earthquake Model.
The Hazus Tsunami Model represents the first new disaster module for the Hazus software in almost 15 years and is the culmination of work completed on the Hazus Tsunami Methodology Development (FEMA, 2013) by a team of tsunami experts, engineers, modelers, emergency planners, economists, social scientists, geographic information system (GIS) analysts, and software developers. A Tsunami Oversight Committee provided technical direction and review of the methodology development. New features with the model include:
Territory Analysis: This release represents the first time that analysis will be available for U.S. territories (Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and U.S.
Virgin Islands).
New Point Format: The Hazus General Building Stock for the Tsunami release will use a new National Structure Inventory point format (details in User Release Notes available with download).
Case Studies: The Tsunami Module will require user-provided data, so the Hazus Team has provided five case study datasets for users, which will be available on the MSC download site.
Two Types of Damage Analysis: Users will be able to run both near-source (Earthquake + Tsunami) and distant-source (Tsunami only) damage analysis.
Additionally, Hazus can perform multi-hazard analysis by providing access to the average annualized loss and probabilistic results from the hurricane wind, flood, and earthquake models and combining them to provide integrated multi-hazard reports and graphs. Hazus also contains a third-party model integration capability that provides access and operational capability to a wide range of natural, man- made, and technological hazard models (nuclear and conventional blast, radiological, chemical, and biological) that will supplement the natural hazard loss estimation capability (hurricane wind, flood, tsunami and earthquake) in Hazus.
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Templates
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TEMPLATE
Jurisdictional annex templates for the 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update will be completed in three phases. This document provides
instructions for completing all phases of the template for citiesandcounties.
The target timeline for completion is as follows:
Phase 1—Team, Profile, Trends, and Previous Plan Status Deploy: May 10, 2021
Due: June 21, 2021 by close of business
Phase 2—Capability Assessment, Integration Review, and
Information Sources
Deploy: July 6, 2021
Due: August 20, 2021 by close of business
Phase 3—Risk Assessment, Action Plan, Information
Sources, Future Needs, and Additional Comments
Deploy: September 9, 2021
Mandatory Phase 3 Workshop: September 22, 2021
Due: October 25, 2021 by close of business, Pacific
Time. No due date extensions!
Please direct any questions and return your completed Phase 3 template in electronic format to:
Megan Brotherton
Tetra Tech
Phone: (808) 339-9119
E-mail:
A Note About Formatting
The template for the annex is a Microsoft
Word document in a format that will be
used in the final plan. Partners are asked
to use this template so that a uniform
product will be completed for each partner.
Content should be entered directly into the
template rather than creating text in
another document and pasting it into the
template. Text from another source may
alter the formatting of the document.
The section and table numbering in the
document will be updated when completed
annexes are combined into the final
document. Please do not adjust any of the
numbering.
______________________
For planning partners who participated in
the 2015 planning effort, relevant
information has been brought over to the
2022 template. Fields that require attention
have been highlighted using the following
color coding:
Yellow:Text has been brought over
from 2015 Plan and should be
reviewed and updated as needed.
Pink:This is a new field that will
require information that was not
included in 2015.
New planning partners will need to
complete the template in its entirety.
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CHAPTER TITLE
In the chapter title at the top of Page 1, type in the complete official name of your municipality (e.g., City of Pleasantville, West County). Do not change the chapter number. Revise only the jurisdiction name. If your jurisdiction’s name has already been entered, verify that wording and spelling are correct; revise as needed.
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Points of Contact
Provide the name, title, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address for the primary point of contact for your jurisdiction. This should be the person responsible for monitoring, evaluating and updating the annex for your jurisdiction. This person should also be the principle liaison between your jurisdiction and the Steering Committee overseeing development of this plan.
In addition, designate an alternate point of contact. This would be a person to contact should the primary point of contact be unavailable or no longer employed by the jurisdiction.
Note: Both of these contacts should match the
contacts that were designated in your
jurisdiction’s letter of intent to participate in this
planning process. If you have changed the
primary or secondary contact, let the planning
team know by inserting a comment into the
document.
Participating Planning Team
Populate Table 1-1 with the names of staff from
your jurisdiction who participated in preparing
this annex or otherwise contributed to the
planning process for this hazard mitigation plan.
JURISDICTION PROFILE
Provide information specific to your jurisdiction as indicated, in a style similar to the examples provided below. This should be information that will not be provided in the overall mitigation plan document.
Location and Features
Describe the community’s location, size and prominent features, in a statement similar to the example below:
EXAMPLE: The City of Jones is in the northwest portion of Smith County, along the Pacific Coast in northern California. It is almost 150 miles northeast of San Francisco. The city’s total area is 4.2 square miles, with boundaries generally extending north-south from State Highway 111 to the Who Should Be on the Local Mitigation Planning
Team
The Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team is
responsible for developing your jurisdiction’s annex to the hazard mitigation plan. Team membership should
represent agencies with authority to regulate
development and enforce local ordinances or
regulatory standards, such as building/fire code
enforcement, emergency management, emergency
services, floodplain management, parks and
recreation, planning/ community development, public
information, public works/ engineering, stormwater
management, transportation, or infrastructure.
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Jones is home to the University of Arbor, Bickerson Manufacturing, and the western portion of Soosoo National Park. Significant geographic features include the Watery River, which flows southwest across the city, Lake Splash in the city’s northwest corner, and the foothills of the Craggy Mountains on the east side.
History
Describe the community’s history, focusing on economy and development, and note its year of incorporation, in a statement similar to the example below:
EXAMPLE: The City of Jones was incorporated in 1858. The area was settled during the gold rush in the 1850s as a supply center for miners. As the gold rush died down, timber and fishing became the area's major economic resources. By 1913, the Jones Teachers College, a predecessor to today's University of Arbor, was founded. Recently, the presence of the college has come to shape Jones’ population into a young and educated demographic. In 1981 the City developed the Jones Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, an environmentally friendly sewage treatment enhancement system.
With numerous annexations since its original incorporation, the city’s area has almost doubled.
Today it features a commercial core in the center of the city, with mostly residential areas to the north and south, the university to the west and the national park on the east.
Governing Body Format
Describe the community’s key governance elements and staffing, in a statement similar to the example below:
EXAMPLE: The City of Jones is governed by a five-member city council. The City consists of six departments: Finance, Environmental Services, Community Development, Public Works, Police, and the City Manager's Office. The City has 13 commissions and task forces, which report to the City Council. The City currently employs a total of 155 employees (full-time equivalent).
The City Council assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the City Manager will oversee its implementation.
CURRENT TRENDS
Population
Provide the most current population estimate for your jurisdiction based on an official means of tracking (e.g., the U.S. Census or state agency that develops population estimates). Describe the current estimate and recent population trends in a statement similar to the example below.
EXAMPLE: According to California Department of Finance, the population of Jones as of July 2020 was 17,280. Since 2010, the population has grown at an average annual rate of 1.2 percent, though that rate is declining, with an annual average of only 0.8 percent since 2015. 1097
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In the highlighted text that says “Describe trends in general,” provide a brief description of your jurisdiction’s recent development trends in a statement similar to the example below:
EXAMPLE: Anticipated future development for Jones is low to moderate, consisting primarily of residential growth. Recent development has been mostly infill. There has been a focus on affordable housing and a push for more secondary mother-in-law units. Future growth in the City will be managed as identified in the City’s 2018 general plan. City actions, such as those relating to land use, annexations, zoning, subdivision and design review, redevelopment, and capital improvements, must be consistent with the plan.
Complete the table titled “Recent and Expected Future Development Trends.” Note:
The portion of the table requesting the number of permits by year is specifically looking for development permits for new construction. If your jurisdiction does not have the ability to differentiate between permit types, list the total number of permits and indicate “N/A” (not applicable) for the permit sub-types.
If your jurisdiction does not have the ability to track permits by hazard area, delete the bullet list of hazard areas and insert a qualitative description of where development has occurred.
STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
All action items identified in prior mitigation plans must be reconciled in this update. Action items must all be marked as ONEof the following; check the appropriate box (place an X) and provide information as follows:
Completed—If an action has been completed since the prior plan was prepared, check the “Completed” box and provide a date of completion in the comment section. If an action has been initiated and is an ongoing program (e.g. annual outreach event), you may mark it as completed and note that it is ongoing in the comments. If an action addresses an ongoing program you would like to continue to include in your action plan, see the “Carried Over to Plan Update” bullet below.
Removed—If action items are to be removed because they are no longer feasible, a reason must be given. Lack of funding does not mean that it is no longer feasible, unless the sole source of funding for an action is no longer available. Place a comment in the comment section explaining why the action is no longer feasible or barriers that prevented the action from being implemented (e.g., “Action no longer considered feasible due to lack of political support.”). If the wording and/or intent of a previously identified action is unclear, this can be a reason for removal. A change in community priorities may also be a reason for removal and should be discussed in the comments.
Carried Over to Plan Update—If an action is in progress, is ongoing, or has not been initiated and you would like to carry it over to the plan update, check the “Check if Yes” column under “Carried Over to Plan Update.” Selecting this option indicates that the action will be included in the mitigation action 1098
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Ensure that you have provided a status and a comment for each action.
THIS COMPLETES PHASE 1
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, all action items from your jurisdiction’s previous hazard mitigation plan that are marked as “Carried Over to Plan Update” will need to be included in the action plan.
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CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
Planning and Regulatory Capability
In the table titled “Planning and Regulatory Capability,” indicate “Yes” or “No” for each listed code, ordinance, requirement or planning document in each of the following columns:
Local Authority—Enter “Yes” if your jurisdiction has prepared or adopted the identified item; otherwise, enter “No.” If yes, then enter the code, ordinance number, or plan name and its date of adoption in the comments column.
Other Jurisdiction Authority—Enter “Yes” if another agency (e.g., a state agency or special purpose district) enforces or administers the identified item in a way that may impact your jurisdiction or if any state or federal regulations or laws would prohibit local implementation of the identified item; otherwise, enter “No.”
State Mandated—Enter “Yes” if state laws or other requirements enable or require the listed item to be implemented at the local level; otherwise, enter “No.” Integration Opportunity—Enter “Yes” if there are obvious ways that the code, ordinance or plan can be coordinated with the hazard mitigation plan. Consider the following:
If you answered “Yes” in the Local Authority column for this item, then enter “Yes” for integration opportunity if any of the following are true:
o The item already addresses hazards and their impacts and should be updated to reflect new information about risk from this hazard mitigation plan o The item does not address hazards and their impacts but is due for an update in the next 5 years and could be updated in a way that does address hazards and impacts o The item identifies projects for implementation and these could be reviewed to determine if they can be modified to help address hazard mitigation goals o The item identifies projects for implementation and some of these should be considered for inclusion in the hazard mitigation action plan for your jurisdiction If you answered “No” in the Local Authority column for this item, then enter “Yes” for integration opportunity if your jurisdiction will develop the item over the next 5 years Comments—Enter the code number and adoption date for any local code indicated as being in place; provide other comments as appropriate to describe capabilities for each entry. DO NOT OVERLOOK
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Development and Permit Capability
Complete the table titled “Development and Permitting Capabilities.” Fiscal Capability
Complete the table titled “Fiscal Capability” by indicating whether each of the listed financial resources is accessible to your jurisdiction. Enter “Yes” if the resource is fully accessible to your jurisdiction. Enter “No” if there are limitations or prerequisites that may hinder your use of this resource.
Administrative and Technical Capability
Complete the table titled “Administrative and Technical Capability” by indicating whether your jurisdiction has access to each of the listed personnel resources. Enter “Yes” or “No” in the column labeled “Available?”.
If yes, then enter the department and position title. If you have contract support with these capabilities, you can still answer “Yes.” Indicate in the department row that this resource is provided through contract.
Education and Outreach Capability
Complete the table titled “Education and Outreach.”
National Flood Insurance Program Compliance
Complete the table titled “National Flood Insurance Program Compliance.” Community Classifications
Complete the table titled “Community Classifications” to indicate your jurisdiction’s participation in various national programs related to natural hazard mitigation. For each program enter “Yes” or “No” in the second column to indicate whether your jurisdiction participates. If yes, then enter the classification that your jurisdiction has earned under the program in the third column and the date on which that classification was issued in the fourth column; enter “N/A” in the third and fourth columns if your jurisdiction is not participating. If you do not know your current classification, information is available at the following websites:
FIPSCode—https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2018/demo/popest/2018- fips.html
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, review all the above capability assessment tables and consider including actions to provide a capability that your jurisdiction does not currently have, update a capability that your jurisdiction does have, or implement an action that is recommended in an existing plan or program. 1101
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Community Rating System— https://www.fema.gov/floodplain-management/community-rating- system
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule— https://www.isomitigation.com/bcegs/iso-s-building- code-effectiveness-grading-schedule-bcegs.html
PublicProtectionClassification— https://www.isomitigation.com/ppc/ StormReady— https://www.weather.gov/stormready/communities Firewise— http://www.firewise.org/usa-recognition-program/map-of-active-participants.aspx Tsunami Ready— https://www.weather.gov/tsunamiready/communities Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Consider climate change impact concerns such as the following:
Reduced snowpack
Increased wildfires
Sea level rise
Inland flooding
Threats to sensitive species
Loss in agricultural productivity
Public health and safety.
With those impacts in mind, complete the table titled “Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change” by indicating your jurisdiction’s capacity for each listed criterion as follows:
High—The capacity exists and is in use.
Medium—The capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement.
Low—The capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement.
Unsure—Not enough information is known to assign a rating.
This is a subjective assessment, but providing a few words of explanation is useful. It is highly recommended that you complete this table with an internal planning team after reviewing the results of the other capability assessment tables.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, review all the adaptive capacity criteria and consider including actions to improve the rating for those rated medium or low, to make use of the capacity for those rated high, or to acquire additional information for those rated unsure.
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For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as general planning and capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. FEMA recommends integration as follows:
Integrate hazard mitigation plan goals with community objectives (e.g. incorporate the goals for risk reduction and safety into the policies of other plans).
Use the risk assessment to inform plans and policies (e.g. incorporate risk assessment findings into land use plans, site plan review, emergency operations plans).
Implement mitigation actions through existing mechanisms (e.g. include mitigation projects in the capital improvement plan).
Think about mitigation before and after a disaster (e.g. build recovery planning on existing mitigation plans and goals).
After reviewing the plans, programs and ordinances identified in the capability assessment tables, identify all plans and programs that have already been integrated with the hazard mitigation plan, and those that offer opportunities for future integration. The simplest way to do this is to review the Planning and Regulatory Capabilities table to see which items were marked as “Yes” under the Integration Opportunity column.
Existing Integration
In the highlighted bullet list, list items for which you entered “Yes” under the Integration Opportunity column of the “Planning and Regulatory Capability” table because the plan or ordinance already addresses potential impacts or includes specific projects that should be included as action items in the mitigation action plan.
Consider listing items marked as Completed in the “Status of Previous Plan Actions” table if they were indicated as being ongoing actions. Provide a brief description of how the plan or ordinance is integrated.
Examples are as follows:
Capital Improvement Plan—The capital improvement plan includes projects that can help mitigate potential hazards. The City will act to ensure consistency between the hazard mitigation plan and the current and future capital improvement plans. The hazard mitigation plan may identify new possible funding sources for capital improvement projects and may result in modifications to proposed projects based on results of the risk assessment.
Building Code and Fire Code—The City’s adoption of the 2016 California building and fire codes incorporated local modifications to account for the climatic, topographic and geographic conditions that exist in the City.
General Plan—The general plan includes a Safety Element to protect the community from unreasonable risk by establishing policies and actions to avoid or minimize the following hazards:
Geologic and seismic hazards
Fire hazards
Hazardous materials
Flood control
Impacts from climate change.
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Opportunities for Future Integration
List any remaining items that say “Yes” in the Integration Opportunity column in the Planning and Regulatory Capabilities table and explain the process by which integration could occur. Examples follow:
Zoning Code—The City is conducting a comprehensive update to its zoning code. Additional mitigation and abatement measures will be considered for incorporation into the code.
Capital Improvement Projects—Capital improvement project proposals may take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization.
Post-Disaster Recovery Plan—The City does not have a recovery plan and intends to develop one as a mitigation planning action during the next five years. The plan will build on the goals and objectives identified in the hazard mitigation plan.
After you have accounted for all items marked as “Yes” under the Integration Opportunity column, consider other programs you may have in place in your jurisdiction that include routine consideration and management of hazard risk. Examples of such programs may include: tree pruning programs, right-of-way mowing programs, erosion control or stream maintenance programs, etc. Add any such programs to the integration discussion and provide a brief description of how these programs manage (or could be adapted to manage) risk from hazards.
INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
This section should describe what resources you used to complete the annex and how you used them.
Several items are started for you, but be sure to update and enhance any descriptions. Providing this information is a requirement to pass the state and FEMA review process.
THIS COMPLETES PHASE 2
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, any plans that fall into the “Existing Integration” category should be reviewed and elements from them should be included in the action plan as appropriate.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, an action to integrate any identified “Opportunities for Future Integration” should be considered for inclusion in the action plan.
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RISK ASSESSMENT
Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History
In the table titled “Past Natural Hazard Events,” list in chronological order (most recent first) any natural hazard event that has caused damage to your jurisdiction. If it was a federally declared disaster, include the FEMA Disaster #, otherwise enter N/A in that column. Include the date of the event and the estimated dollar amount of damage it caused. You are welcome to include any events, but special attention should be made to include major storms and federally declared disasters. Refer to the table below that lists hazard events in the planning area.
Table 1. Presidential Disaster Declarations for the Planning Area Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
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Newspaper archives
Emergency management documents (general plan safety element, emergency response plan, etc.) Resident input.
If you do not have estimates for costs of damage caused, list “Not Available” in the “Damage Assessment” column or list a brief description of the damage rather than a dollar value (e.g., Main Street closed as a result of flooding, downed trees and residential damage). Note that tracking such damage is a valid and useful mitigation action if your jurisdiction does not currently track such information.
Hazard Risk Ranking
Risk ranking identifies which hazards pose the greatest risk to the community, based on how likely it is for each hazard to occur (this is called the community’s exposure) and how great an impact each hazard will have if it does occur (this is called the community’s vulnerability). Every jurisdiction has differing degrees of risk exposure and vulnerability and therefore needs to rank risk for its own area. The risk ranking for each jurisdiction has been calculated in the “Loss Matrix” spreadsheet included in the annex preparation toolkit.
The ranking is on the basis of risk ranking scores for each hazard that were calculated based on the hazard’s probability of occurrence and its potential impact on people, property and the economy.
The results for your jurisdiction have already been entered into the “Hazard Risk Ranking” table in your Phase 3 annex template. The hazard with the highest risk rating is listed at the top of table and was given a rank of 1; the hazard with the second highest rating is listed second with a rank of 2; and so on. Two hazards with equal risk ranking scores were given the same rank. Hazards were assigned to “High,” Medium,” or “Low” risk categories based on the risk ranking score. If you wish to review the calculations in detail, the appendix at the end of these instructions describes the calculation methodology that the spreadsheet uses.
Review the hazard risk ranking information that is included in your annex. If these results differ from what you know based on substantiated data and documentation, you may alter the ranking and risk categories based on this knowledge. If you do so, indicate the reason for the change in your template. For example:
“Drought was ranked as low; however, the jurisdiction’s economy is heavily reliant on water-using industries, such as agriculture or manufacturing, so this hazard should be ranked as medium.”
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
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Repetitive Loss Properties
A repetitive loss property is any property for which FEMA has paid two or more flood insurance claims in excess of $1,000 in any rolling 10-year period since 1978. In the space provided, the following information has been included in your annex based on data provided by FEMA:
The number of any FEMA-identified repetitive-loss properties in your jurisdiction.
The number of any FEMA-identified severe-repetitive-loss properties in your jurisdiction.
The number (if any) of repetitive-loss or severe-repetitive-loss properties in your jurisdiction that have been mitigated. Mitigated for this exercise means that flood protection has been provided to the structure.
Other Noted Vulnerabilities
Review the results of the risk assessment included in the toolkit, your jurisdiction’s natural events history, and any relevant public comments/input, then develop a few sentences that discuss specific hazard vulnerabilities. You do not need to develop a sentence for every hazard, but identify a few issues you would like to highlight. Also list any known hazard vulnerabilities in your jurisdiction that may not be apparent from the risk assessment and other information provided.
Spending some time thinking about the results of the risk assessment and other noted vulnerabilities will be a big help in the development of your hazard mitigation action plan. The following are examples of vulnerabilities you could identify through this exercise:
About 45 percent of the population lives in the 0.2 percent annual chance flood hazard area, where flood insurance is generally not required.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Smithburg Fault is estimated to produce nearly 1 million tons of structure debris.
Over the past 10 years, the jurisdiction has experienced more than $6 million in damage from severe storm events.
More than 50 buildings are located in areas that would be permanently inundated with 12 inches of sea level rise.
The results of the public survey indicated that 40 percent of Smithburg residents would not be able to be self-sufficient for 5 days following a major event.
An urban drainage issue at a specific location results in localized flooding every time it rains.
One area of the community frequently loses power due to a lack of tree maintenance.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, if your jurisdiction has any repetitive loss properties, you should strongly consider including a mitigation action that addresses mitigating these properties.
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A neighborhood has the potential to have ingress and egress cut off as the result of a flood or earthquake (e.g. a bridge is the only access).
Substantial number of buildings in one area of the community are unreinforced masonry or soft-story construction.
An area along the river is eroding and threatening public and/or private property.
A large visitor population that may not be aware of tsunami risk.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
The hazard mitigation action plan is the heart of your jurisdictional annex. This is where you will identify the actions your jurisdiction would like to pursue with this plan.
Select Recommended Actions
All of the work that you have done thus far should provide you with ideas for actions. Throughout these instructions, green boxes labeled “Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Input” have indicated information that needs to be considered in the selection of mitigation actions. The following sections describe how to consider these and other information sources to develop a list of potential actions.
Be sure to consider the following factors in your selection of actions:
Select actions that are consistent with the overall purpose, goals, and objectives of the hazard mitigation plan.
Identify actions where benefits exceed costs.
Include any action that your jurisdiction has committed to pursuing, regardless of grant eligibility.
Know what is and is not grant-eligible under various federal grant programs (see the fact sheet on FEMA hazard mitigation grant programs in the annex preparation toolkit and the table below).
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Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program BRIC
Flood Mitigation
Assistance
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 16 Capability Assessment Section—Planning and Regulatory Capability Table, Fiscal Capability Table, Administrative and Technical Capability Table, Education and Outreach Table, and Community Classification Table
Review these tables and consider the following:
For any capability that you do not currently have, consider whether your jurisdiction should have this capability. If so, consider including an action to develop/acquire the capability.
For any capability that you do currently have, consider whether this capability can be leveraged to increase or improve hazard mitigation in the jurisdiction.
If any capabilities listed in the Planning and Regulatory Capabilities table have not been updated in more than 10 years, consider an action to review and update the capability and, as appropriate, incorporate hazard mitigation principles or information obtained in the risk assessment.
Consider including actions that are identified in other plans and programs (capital improvement plans, strategic plans, etc.) as actions in this plan.
Capability Assessment Section—National Flood Insurance Program Compliance table Review the table and consider the following:
If you have no certified floodplain managers and you have flood risk, consider adding an action to provide key staff members with training to obtain certification.
If your flood damage prevention was last updated in or before 2004, you should identify an action to update your ordinance to ensure it is compliant with current NFIP requirements.
If you have any outstanding NFIP compliance issues, be sure to add an action to address them.
If flood hazard maps do not adequately address the flood risk within your jurisdiction, consider actions to request new mapping or conduct studies.
If you wish to begin to participate in CRS or you already to participate and would like to improve your classification, consider this as an action.
If the number of flood insurance polices in your jurisdiction is low relative to the number of structures in the floodplain, consider an action that will promote flood insurance in your jurisdiction.
Capability Assessment Section— Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change Table Consider your responses to this section:
For criteria that you listed as medium or low, think of ways you could improve this rating (see adaptive capacity portion of the mitigation best practices catalog).
For criteria you listed as high, think about how you can leverage this capacity to improve or enhance mitigation or continue to improve this capacity.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 17 Integration Review Section
Review the items you identified in this section and consider an action that specifically says what the plan, code, ordinance etc. is and how it will be integrated. For items that address land use, include them in the prepopulated action in your template that reads as follows:
“Integrate the hazard mitigation plan into other plans, ordinances and programs that dictate land use decisions in the community, including ______________.” Risk Ranking Section
You must identify at least one mitigation action that is clearly defined and actionable (i.e. not a preparedness or response action) for every hazard that is categorized in the risk ranking as “high” or “medium” risk.
Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities Section
Review the vulnerability issues that you identified in this section and consider actions to address them (see mitigation best practices catalog). Two examples are shown in the table below.
Table 3. Example Actions to Address Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities Status of Previous Plan Actions Section
If your jurisdiction participated in a previous hazard mitigation plan, be sure to include any actions that were identified as “carry over” actions.
Mitigation Best Practices Catalog
A catalog that includes best practices identified by FEMA and other agencies, as well as recommendations from the steering committee and other stakeholders, is included in your toolkit. Review the catalog and identify actions your jurisdiction should consider for its action plan.
Public Input
Review input received during the process, specifically the public survey results included in your toolkit.
Common Actions for All Partners
The following six actions have been prepopulated in your annex template; these six actions should be included in every annex and should not be removed:
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 18 Where appropriate, support retro-fitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in high hazard areas, prioritizing those structures that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high or medium ranked hazard.
Integrate the hazard mitigation plan into other plans, ordinances and programs that dictate land use decisions within the community.
Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Continue to maintain good standing and compliance under the NFIP through implementation of floodplain management programs that, at a minimum, meet the NFIP requirements:
Enforce the flood damage prevention ordinance.
Participate in floodplain identification and mapping updates.
Provide public assistance/information on floodplain requirements and impacts.
Identify and pursue strategies to increase adaptive capacity to climate change.
Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate back-up power.
In addition, the core planning team recommends that every planning partner strongly consider the following actions:
Develop and implement a program to capture perishable data after significant events (e.g. high water marks, preliminary damage estimates, damage photos) to support future mitigation efforts including the implementation and maintenance of the hazard mitigation plan.
Support the County-wide initiatives identified in Volume I of the hazard mitigation plan.
Develop a post-disaster recovery plan and a debris management plan.
Develop and/or update plans that support or enhance continuity of operations following disasters.
The specifics of all these common actions should be adjusted as needed for the particulars of each community.
Complete the Table
Complete the table titled “Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix” for all the actions you have identified and would like to include in the plan:
Enter the action number (see box on next page) and description. If the action is carried over from your previous hazard mitigation plan, return to the “Status of Previous Plan Actions” table you completed in Phase 1 and enter the new action number in the column labeled “Action # in Update.” Indicate whether the action mitigates hazards for new and/or existing assets.
Identify the specific hazards the action will mitigate (note: you must list each hazard by name; simply indicating “all hazards” is not deemed acceptable).
Identify by number the mitigation plan objectives that the action addresses (see toolkit).
Indicate who will be the lead in administering the action. This will most likely be a department within your jurisdiction (e.g. planning or public works). If you wish to indicate more than one department as responsible for the action, clearly identify one as the lead agency and list the others in the “supporting agency” column.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 19 Enter an estimated cost in dollars if
known; otherwise, enter “High,”
“Medium,” or “Low,” as determined for
the prioritization process described in the
following section.
Identify funding sources for the action. If it
is a grant, include the grant-providing
agency as well as funding sources for any
required cost share. Refer to your fiscal
capability assessment to identify possible
sources of funding and refer to the table
on page 15 of these instructions for
project eligibility for FEMA’s hazard
mitigation assistance grant programs.
Indicate the time line as “short-term” (1 to
5 years) or “long-term” (5 years or greater) or “ongoing” (a continual program) Mitigation Action Priority
Complete the information in the table titled “Mitigation Action Priority” as follows:
Action #—Indicate the action number from the Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix table. # of Objectives Met—Enter the number of objectives the action will meet.
Benefits—Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High—Action will provide an immediate reduction of risk exposure for life and property.
Medium—Action will have a long-term impact on the reduction of risk exposure for life and property, or action will provide an immediate reduction in the risk exposure for property.
Low—Long-term benefits of the action are difficult to quantify in the short term.
Cost—Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High—Existing funding will not cover the cost of the action; implementation would require new revenue through an alternative source (for example, bonds, grants, and fee increases).
Medium—The action could be implemented with existing funding but would require a re- apportionment of the budget or a budget amendment, or the cost of the action would have to be spread over multiple years.
Low—The action could be funded under the existing budget. The action is part of or can be part of an ongoing existing program.
Do Benefits Exceed the Cost?—Enter “Yes” or “No.” This is a qualitative assessment. Enter “Yes” if the benefit rating (high, medium or low) is the same as or higher than the cost rating (high benefit/high cost; high benefit/medium cost; medium benefit/low cost; etc.). Enter “No” if the benefit rating is lower than the cost rating (medium benefit/high cost, low benefit/medium cost; etc.) Is the Action Grant-Eligible?—Enter “Yes” or “No.” Refer to the fact sheet on FEMA hazard mitigation grant programs in the annex preparation toolkit and the table on page 15 of these instructions.
Action Numbering
Actions are to be numbered using the three-letter code for your jurisdiction shown below, followed by a hyphen and the action’s sequential number:
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 20 Can Action Be Funded Under Existing Program Budgets?—Enter “Yes” or “No.” In other words, is this action currently budgeted for, or would it require a new budget authorization or funding from another source such as grants?
ImplementationPriority— Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High Priority—An action that meets multiple objectives, has benefits that exceed costs, and has a secured source of funding. Action can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years).
Medium Priority—An action that meets multiple objectives, has benefits that exceed costs, and is eligible for funding though no funding has yet been secured for it. Action can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years), once funding is secured. Medium-priority actions become high-priority actions once funding is secured.
Low Priority—An action that will mitigate the risk of a hazard, has benefits that do not exceed the costs or are difficult to quantify, has no secured source of funding, and is not eligible for any known grant funding. Action can be completed in the long term (1 to 10 years). Low-priority actions may be eligible for grant funding from programs that have not yet been identified.
Grant Pursuit Priority— Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High Priority—An action that meets identified grant eligibility requirements, has high benefits, and is listed as high or medium implementation priority; local funding options are unavailable or available local funds could be used instead for actions that are not eligible for grant funding.
Medium Priority—An action that meets identified grant eligibility requirements, has medium or low benefits, and is listed as medium or low implementation priority; local funding options are unavailable.
Low Priority—An action that has not been identified as meeting any grant eligibility requirements.
Actions identified as high-grant-pursuit priority actions should be closely reviewed for consideration when grant funding opportunities arise.
Note: If a jurisdiction wishes to identify an action as high priority that is outside of the prioritization scheme for high priorities, a note indicating so should be inserted and a rationale should be provided.
Analysis of Mitigation Actions
In the table titled “Analysis of Mitigation Actions,” for each combination of hazard type and mitigation type, enter the numbers of all recommended actions that address that hazard type and can be categorized as that mitigation type. The mitigation types are as follows:
Prevention—Government, administrative or regulatory actions that influence the way land and buildings are developed to reduce hazard losses. Includes planning and zoning, floodplain laws, capital improvement programs, open space preservation, and stormwater management regulations.
Property Protection—Modification of buildings or structures to protect them from a hazard or removal of structures from a hazard area. Includes acquisition, elevation, relocation, structural retrofit, storm shutters, and shatter-resistant glass.
Public Education &Awareness—Actions to inform residents and elected officials about hazards and ways to mitigate them. Includes outreach projects, real estate disclosure, hazard information centers, and school-age and adult education.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 21 Natural Resource Protection—Actions that minimize hazard loss and preserve or restore the functions of natural systems. Includes sediment and erosion control, stream corridor restoration, watershed management, forest and vegetation management, wetland restoration and preservation, and green infrastructure.
Emergency Services—Actions that protect people and property during and immediately after a hazard event. Includes warning systems, emergency response services, and the protection of essential facilities.
Structural Projects—Actions that involve the construction of structures to reduce the impact of a hazard. Includes dams, setback levees, floodwalls, retaining walls, and safe rooms.
Climate Resilience—Actions that incorporate methods to mitigate and/or adapt to the impacts of climate change. Includes aquifer storage and recovery activities, incorporating future conditions projections in project design or planning, or actions that specifically address jurisdiction-specific climate change risks, such as sea-level rise or urban heat island effect.
Community Capacity Building—Actions that increase or enhance local capabilities to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences. Includes staff training, memorandums of understanding, development of plans and studies, and monitoring programs.
This exercise demonstrates that the jurisdiction has selected a comprehensive range of actions. This table must show at least one action to address each “high” and “medium” ranked hazard. Planning partners should aim to identify at least one action for each mitigation type, but this is not required.
An example of a completed “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table is provided below. Note that an action can be more than one mitigation type.
Sample Completed Table – Analysis of Mitigation Actions
PUBLIC OUTREACH
FEMA requirements for public outreach will be met by the County’s engagement efforts and are included in the main part of the plan. These may include public meetings, a StoryMap, surveys, etc. If individual jurisdictions want to have a more robust outreach for their local community, the public outreach table in each annex may be used to memorialize those local efforts. 1115
Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 22 This table should record local public outreach efforts made by your jurisdiction to inform the community of the plan update process. Examples may include local surveys on hazard awareness/preparedness, social media blasts, press releases, and outreach to local groups (CERT, senior citizen organizations, etc.) This section is optional.
INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
This section should describe what resources you used to complete the annex and how you used them. The sources used for Phases 1 and 2 should have been entered previously. List any additional sources used for the preparation of the Phase 3 annex. Review to ensure that all materials used in all three phases are identified. Providing this information is a requirement to pass the state and FEMA review process.
FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY
In this section, identify any future studies, analyses, reports, or surveys your jurisdiction needs to better understand its vulnerability to identified or currently unidentified risks. These could be needs based on federal or state agency mandates. This section is optional.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Use this section to add any additional information pertinent to hazard mitigation and your jurisdiction not covered in this template. This section is optional.
THIS COMPLETES PHASE 3
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 23 APPENDIX— Risk Ranking Calculation Methodology
The instructions below describe the methodology for how risk rankings were derived in the “Loss Matrix” spreadsheet provided with the annex preparation toolkit. The risk-ranking for each hazard assessed its probability of occurrence and its potential impact on people, property, and the economy. Refer to the Loss Matrix spreadsheet in order to follow along.
Probability of Occurrence
A probability factor is assigned based on how often a hazard is likely to occur. The probability of occurrence of a hazard event is generally based on past hazard events in an area, although weight can be given to expected future probability of occurrence based on established return intervals and changing climate conditions. For example, if your jurisdiction has experienced two damaging floods in the last 25 years, the probability of occurrence is high for flooding and scores a 3 under this category. If your jurisdiction has experienced no damage from landslides in the last 100 years, your probability of occurrence for landslide is low, and scores a 1 under this category. Each hazard was assigned a probability factor as follows:
High—Hazard event is likely to occur within 25 years (Probability Factor = 3) Medium—Hazard event is likely to occur within 100 years (Probability Factor = 2) Low—Hazard event is not likely to occur within 100 years (Probability Factor = 1) None—There is no exposure to the hazard and no probability of occurrence (Probability Factor = 0) Potential Impacts of Each Hazard
The impact of each hazard is divided into three categories: impacts on people, impacts on property, and impacts on the economy. These categories are also assigned weighted values. Impact on people was assigned a weighting factor of 3, impact on property was assigned a weighting factor of 2 and impact on the economy was assigned a weighting factor of 1.
Impact factors for each category (people, property, economy) are described below:
People—Values are assigned based on the percentage of the total to the hazard event. The degree of impact on individuals will vary and is not measurable, so the calculation assumes for simplicity and consistency that all people exposed to a hazard because they live in a hazard zone will be equally impacted when a hazard event occurs. Impact factors were assigned as follows:
High—25 percent or more of the population is exposed to a hazard (Impact Factor = 3) Medium—10 percent to 24 percent of the population is exposed to a hazard (Impact Factor = 2) Low—9 percent or less of the population is exposed to the hazard (Impact Factor = 1) No impact—None of the population is exposed to a hazard (Impact Factor = 0) Property—Values are assigned based on the percentage of the total to the hazard event:
High—25 percent or more of the total replacement value is exposed to a hazard (Impact Factor = 3)
Medium—10 percent to 24 percent of the total replacement value is exposed to a hazard (Impact Factor = 2)
Low—9 percent or less of the total replacement value is exposed to the hazard (Impact Factor = 1)
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 24 No impact—None of the total replacement value is exposed to a hazard (Impact Factor = 0) Economy—Values were assigned based on the percentage of the total to the hazard event. Values represent estimates of the loss from a major event of each hazard in comparison to the total replacement value of the property exposed to the hazard. For some hazards, such as wildland fire and landslide, vulnerability may be considered to be the same or a portion of exposure due to the lack of loss estimation tools specific to those hazards.
High—Estimated loss from the hazard is 10 percent or more of the total replacement value (Impact Factor = 3)
Medium—Estimated loss from the hazard is 5 percent to 9 percent of the total replacement value (Impact Factor = 2)
Low—Estimated loss from the hazard is 4 percent or less of the total replacement value (Impact Factor = 1)
No impact—No loss is estimated from the hazard (Impact Factor = 0).
Impacts on People
The percent of the total population exposed to each hazard of concern with a defined extent and location (e.g. floodplain) can be found in the loss estimate matrix in the green highlighted column. For those hazards that do not have a defined extent and location the entire population or a portion of the population is considered to be exposed, depending on the hazard. For the drought hazard, it is common for jurisdictions to list “low” or “none,” because all people in the planning area would be exposed to drought, but impacts to the health and safety of individuals are expected to be minimal.
Impacts on Property
The percent of the total value exposed to each hazard of concern with a defined extent and location (e.g. floodplain) can be found in the loss estimate matrix in the blue highlighted column. For those hazards that do not have a defined extent and location (e.g. severe weather) the entire building stock is generally considered to be exposed. For the drought hazard, it is common for jurisdictions to list “low” or “none,” because all structures in the planning area would be exposed to drought, but impacts to structures are expected to be minimal.
Impacts on the Economy
The loss estimates for each hazard of concern that was modeled (i.e. dam failure, flood, earthquake) can be found in the loss estimate matrix in the purple highlighted column. For those hazards that have a defined extent and location, but do not have modelled loss results, loss estimates can be the same as exposure or a portion thereof. For example, a large percentage of the building stock may be exposed to landslide or wildland fire risk, but it would not be expected that one event that resulted in loss to all exposed structures would occur. For those hazards that do not have a defined extent and location, exposure is based on the hazard type.
Risk Rating for Each Hazard
A risk rating for each hazard was determined by multiplying the assigned probability factor by the sum of the weighted impact factors for people, property and the economy:
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing City/County Annex Template 25 This is the number that is shown in the risk ranking table in your template. Generally, score of 30 or greater receive a “high” rating, score between 15 and 30 receive a “medium” rating, and score of less than 15 receives a “low” rating.
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1. JURISDICTION NAME
1.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Name, Title
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Name, Title
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1. Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members
1.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
1.2.1 Location and Features
___[jurisdiction name]___ is in ___[general location description]___ The current boundaries generally extend from ___[describe]___, encompassing an area of ___[area in square miles]___.
___[general description of key features]___
1.2.2 History
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1.2.3 Governing Body Format
___[general description]___.
The __[name of adopting body]___ assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; __[name of oversight agency]__ will oversee its implementation.
1.3 CURRENT TRENDS
1.3.1 Population
According to ___[identify data source]___, the population of ___[jurisdiction name]___ as of ___[month year]___ was ___[population]___ Since ___[year]___, the population has grown at an average annual rate of ___[number]___ percent.
1.3.2 Development
_DESCRIBE TRENDS IN GENERAL__.
Identifying previous and future development trends is achieved through a comprehensive review of permitting since completion of the previous plan and in anticipation of future development. Tracking previous and future growth in potential hazard areas provides an overview of increased exposure to a hazard within a community.
Table 1-2 summarizes development trends in the performance period since the preparation of the previous hazard mitigation plan, as well as expected future development trends.
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1.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 1-3.
Development and permitting capabilities are presented in Table 1-4.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 1-5.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 1-6.
An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 1-7.
Information on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) compliance is presented in Table 1-8.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 1-9.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 1-10. 1122
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Table 1-3. Planning and Regulatory Capability
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Table 1-4. Development and Permitting Capability
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Table 1-5. Fiscal Capability
Table 1-6. Administrative and Technical Capability
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Table 1-7. Education and Outreach Capability
Table 1-8. National Flood Insurance Program Compliance
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Table 1-9. Community Classifications
Table 1-10. Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
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1.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as general planning and capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
1.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
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1.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment presented in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
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Taking action to integrate each of these programs with the hazard mitigation plan was considered as a mitigation action to include in the action plan presented in this annex.
1.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
1.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 1-11 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 1-11. Past Natural Hazard Events
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Report Title Jurisdiction Name
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1.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 1-12 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property and the economy.
Mitigation actions target hazards with high and medium rankings.
Table 1-12. Hazard Risk Ranking
1.6.3 Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern.
This section provides information on a few key vulnerabilities for this jurisdiction. Available jurisdiction-specific risk maps of the hazards are provided at the end of this annex.
Repetitive loss records are as follows:
Number of FEMA-identified Repetitive-Loss Properties: XX Number of FEMA-identified Severe-Repetitive-Loss Properties: XX Number of Repetitive-Loss Properties or Severe-Repetitive-Loss Properties that have been mitigated: XX The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
Insert as appropriate.
Insert as appropriate.
Insert as appropriate.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan presented in this annex.
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Municipal Annex Template Jurisdiction Name
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1.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
If your jurisdiction has no previous hazard mitigation plan, please enter an “X” in the box at right and do not complete this section.
Table 1-13 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared.
Table 1-13. Status of Previous Plan Actions
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Report Title Jurisdiction Name
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1.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 1-14 lists the identified actions, which make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction.
Table 1-15 identifies the priority for each action. Table 1-16 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 1-14. Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
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Report Title Jurisdiction Name
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Table 1-15. Mitigation Action Priority
Table 1-16. Analysis of Mitigation Actions
1.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 1-17 lists public outreach activities in connection with this hazard mitigation plan update for this jurisdiction.
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Municipal Annex Template Jurisdiction Name
1-16
Table 1-17. Local Public Outreach
1.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
—The municipal code was reviewed for the full capability assessment and for identifying opportunities for action plan integration. —The flood damage prevention
ordinance was reviewed for compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program. <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
—The toolkit was used to support the
identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
<INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED>
1.11 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY Insert text, if any; otherwise, delete section
1.12 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Insert text, if any; otherwise, delete section
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1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SPECIAL-PURPOSE
DISTRICT ANNEX TEMPLATE
Jurisdictional annex templates for the 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update will be completed in three phases. This document provides
instructions for completing all phases of the template for special-purposedistricts.
The target timeline for completion is as follows:
Phase 1—Team, Profile, Trends, and Previous Plan Status Deploy: May 10, 2021
Due: June 21, 2021 by close of business
Phase 2—Capability Assessment, Integration Review, and
Information Sources
Deploy: July 6, 2021
Due: August 20, 2021 by close of business
Phase 3—Risk Assessment, Action Plan, Information
Sources, Future Needs, and Additional Comments
Deploy: September 9, 2021
Mandatory Phase 3 Workshop: September 23, 2021
Due: October 25, 2021 by close of business, Pacific
Time. No due date extensions!
Please direct any questions and return your completed
Phase 3 template in electronic format to:
Megan Brotherton
Tetra Tech
Phone: (808) 339-9119
E-mail:
A Note About Formatting
The template for the annex is a Microsoft
Word document in a format that will be
used in the final plan. Partners are asked
to use this template so that a uniform
product will be completed for each partner.
Content should be entered directly into the
template rather than creating text in
another document and pasting it into the
template. Text from another source may
alter the formatting of the document.
The section and table numbering in the
document will be updated when completed
annexes are combined into the final
document. Please do not adjust any of the
numbering.
______________________
For planning partners who participated in
the 2015 planning effort, relevant
information has been brought over to the
2022 template. Fields that require attention
have been highlighted using the following
color coding:
Yellow:Text has been brought over
from 2015 Plan and should be
reviewed and updated as needed.
Pink:This is a new field that will
require information that was not
included in 2015.
New planning partners will need to
complete the template in its entirety.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 2 PHASE 1 INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER TITLE
In the chapter title at the top of Page 1, type in the complete official name of your district (e.g. West County Fire Protection District #1, Johnsonville Flood Protection District). Do not change the chapter number. Revise only the jurisdiction name. If your jurisdiction’s name has already been entered, verify that wording and spelling are correct; revise as needed.
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Points of Contact
Provide the name, title, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address for the primary point of contact for your jurisdiction. This should be the person responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and updating the annex for your jurisdiction. This person should also be the principle liaison between your jurisdiction and the Steering Committee overseeing development of this plan.
In addition, designate an alternate point of contact. This would be a person to contact should the primary point of contact be unavailable or no longer employed by the jurisdiction.
Note: Both of these contacts should match the contacts that were designated in your jurisdiction’s letter of intent to participate in this planning process. If you have changed the primary or secondary contact, let the planning team know by inserting a comment into the document.
Participating Planning Team
Populate Table 1-1 with the names of staff from your jurisdiction who participated in preparing this annex or otherwise contributed to the planning process for this hazard mitigation plan.
JURISDICTION PROFILE
Overview
Provide a brief summary description of the following:
The purpose of the jurisdiction
The date of inception
The type of organization
The number of employees
Funding sources
The type of governing body, and who has adoptive authority.
This should be information that is specific to your jurisdiction and will not be provided in the overall, planning area-wide mitigation plan document. Provide a statement similar to the example below:
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 3 EXAMPLE: The Johnsonville Community Services District is a special district created in 1952 to provide water and sewer service. A five-member elected Board of Directors governs the District. The Board assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; the General Manager will oversee its implementation. The District currently employs a staff of 21. Funding comes primarily through rates and revenue bonds.
Service Area
Provide a brief description of the following:
Who the District’s customers are and an approximation of how many are currently served The area served, in square miles
The geographic extent of the service area
This should be information that is specific to your jurisdiction and will not be provided in the overall, planning area-wide mitigation plan document. Provide a statement similar to the example below:
EXAMPLE: The Johnsonville Community Services District serves unincorporated areas of Jones County east of the City of Smithburg, including the communities of Johnsonville, Creeks Corner, Jones Hill, Fields Landing, King Salmon, and Freshwater. The current total service area is 3.3 square miles. As of April 30, 2020, the District serves 7,305 water connections and 6,108 sewer connections.
Assets
List District-owned assets in the categories shown on the table (and described in the sections below).
Include an approximate value for each asset and a subtotal value for identified assets in each category.
Property
Provide an approximate value for any land owned by the District.
Equipment
List equipment owned by the District that is used in times of emergency or that, if incapacitated, could severely impact the service area (vehicles, generators, pumps, etc.). Provide an approximate replacement value for each item. Equipment of similar type may be listed as a single category (e.g., “3 diesel-powered generators”). For water and sewer districts, include mileage of pipeline under this category.
Critical Facilities
List District-owned facilities that are vital to maintain services to the service area. Include the address of each facility. Provide an approximate replacement value for each line. Critical facilities are generally defined as facilities owned by the District that are critical to District operations and to public health or safety and that are especially important following hazard events, including but not limited to the following:
Structures or facilities that produce, use, or store hazardous materials (highly volatile, flammable, explosive, toxic and/or water-reactive materials)
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 4 Hospitals, nursing homes, and housing facilities likely to contain occupants who may not be sufficiently mobile to avoid death or injury during a natural hazard event Mass gathering facilities that may be used as evacuation shelters (such as schools or community centers)
Transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges and airports that provide sources for evacuation before, during and after natural hazard events
Police stations, fire stations, government facilities, vehicle equipment and storage facilities, and emergency operation centers that are needed for response activities before, during and after a natural hazard event
Public utility facilities such as drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater systems that are vital to providing normal services to damaged areas before, during and after natural hazard events.
The table below shows an example of assets to be listed in this section.
Sample Completed Table – Special District Assets
Asset Value
NOTE: Placeholders in the table of assets request ADDRESSESfor critical facilities. These addresses will not be included in the final published annex, but are needed in order to perform risk mapping and risk analysis for the hazard mitigation plan. Include the addresses in the table if convenient. If not, then provide a separate document listing all critical facilities and addresses for use in development of the hazard mitigation plan.
CURRENT TRENDS
Provide a brief description of previous growth trends in the service area and anticipated future increase or decrease in services (if applicable). This should be information that is specific to your jurisdiction and will not be provided in the overall, planning area-wide mitigation plan document. Provide a statement similar to the example below:
EXAMPLE: The Johnsonville Community Services District originally was formed to serve only the Johnsonville area. The District’s service area expanded throughout the years to include the full area served today. Total customers have increased by 3 percent since 2010. Population in the service area is not projected to change significantly over the next 10 years, and the District has no plans to expand its service area.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 5 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
The hazard mitigation plan update must describe the status of all action items from each jurisdiction’s previous hazard mitigation plan. Each action item must be marked as ONE of the options below by checking the appropriate box (place an X) and providing the following information:
Completed—If an action has been completed since the prior plan was prepared, check the “Completed” box and provideadateofcompletioninthecommentsection. If an action has been initiated and is an ongoing program (e.g. annual outreach event), you may mark it as completed and note that it is ongoing in the comments. If an action addresses an ongoing program you would like to continue to include in your action plan, see the “Carried Over to Plan Update” bullet below.
Removed—If action items are to be removed because they are no longer feasible, a reason must be given. Lack of funding does not mean that it is no longer feasible, unless the sole source of funding for an action is no longer available. Place a comment in the comment section explaining why the action is no longer feasible or barriers that prevented the action from being implemented (e.g., “Action no longer considered feasible due to lack of political support.”). If the wording and/or intent of a previously identified action is unclear, this can be a reason for removal. A change in community priorities may also be a reason for removal and should be discussed in the comments.
Carried Over to Plan Update—If an action is in progress, is ongoing, or has not been initiated and you would like to carry it over to the plan update, check the “Check if Yes” column under “Carried Over to Plan Update.” Selecting this option indicates that the action will be included in the mitigation action plan for this update. If you are carrying over an action to the update, include a comment describing any action that has been taken or why the action was not taken (specifically, any barriers or obstacles that prevented the action from moving forward or slowed progress). Leave the last column, “Action # in Update,” blank at this point. This will be filled in after completing the updated action plan in Phase 3.
Ensure that you have provided a status and a comment for each action.
THIS COMPLETES PHASE 1
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, all action items from your jurisdiction’s previous hazard mitigation plan that are marked as “Carried Over to Plan Update” will need to be included in the action plan.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 6 PHASE 2 INSTRUCTIONS
CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
Planning and Regulatory Capability
List any federal, state, local or district ordinances, plans, or policies that apply to your jurisdiction and relate to hazard mitigation. Provide the date of last update and any comments as appropriate. The table below shows an example of items to be listed in this section.
Sample Completed Table – Planning and Regulatory Capability Plan, Study or Program
Date of Most
Recent UpdateComment
Fiscal Capability
Complete the table titled “Fiscal Capability” by indicating whether each of the listed financial resources is accessible to your jurisdiction. Enter “Yes” if the resource is fully accessible to your jurisdiction. Enter “No” if there are limitations or prerequisites that may hinder your use of this resource.
Administrative and Technical Capability
Complete the table titled “Administrative and Technical Capability” by indicating whether your jurisdiction has access to each of the listed personnel resources. Enter “Yes” or “No” in the column labeled “Available?”.
If yes, then enter the department and position title. If you have contract support with these capabilities, you can still answer “Yes.” Indicate in the department row that this resource is provided through contract.
Education and Outreach Capability
Complete the table titled “Education and Outreach.”
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 7 Community Classifications
Complete the table titled “Community Classifications” to indicate your jurisdiction’s participation in various national programs related to natural hazard mitigation. For each program enter “Yes” or “No” in the second column to indicate whether your jurisdiction participates. If yes, then enter the classification that your jurisdiction has earned under the program in the third column and the date on which that classification was issued in the fourth column; enter “N/A” in the third and fourth columns if your jurisdiction is not participating. If you do not know your current classification, information is available at the following websites:
FIPS Code—https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2018/demo/popest/2018- fips.html
DUNS #— https://www.dnb.com/duns-number.html
Community Rating System— https://www.fema.gov/floodplain-management/community-rating- system
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule— https://www.isomitigation.com/bcegs/iso-s-building- code-effectiveness-grading-schedule-bcegs.html
Public Protection Classification— https://www.isomitigation.com/ppc/ Storm Ready— https://www.weather.gov/stormready/communities Firewise— http://www.firewise.org/usa-recognition-program/map-of-active-participants.aspx Tsunami Ready— https://www.weather.gov/tsunamiready/communities Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
Consider climate change impact concerns such as the following:
Reduced snowpack
Increased wildfires
Sea level rise
Inland flooding
Threats to sensitive species
Loss in agricultural productivity
Public health and safety.
With those impacts in mind, complete the table titled “Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change” by indicating your jurisdiction’s capacity for each listed criterion as follows:
High—The capacity exists and is in use.
Medium—The capacity may exist, but is not used or could use some improvement.
Low—The capacity does not exist or could use substantial improvement.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 8 This is a subjective assessment, but providing a few words of explanation is useful. It is highly recommended that you complete this table with an internal planning team after reviewing the results of the other capability assessment tables.
INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. FEMA recommends integration as follows:
Integrate hazard mitigation plan goals with community objectives (e.g. incorporate the goals for risk reduction and safety into the policies of other plans).
Use the risk assessment to inform plans and policies (e.g. incorporate risk assessment findings into emergency operations plans).
Implement mitigation actions through existing mechanisms (e.g. include mitigation projects in the capital improvement plan).
Think about mitigation before and after a disaster (e.g. build recovery planning on existing mitigation plans and goals).
After reviewing the plans, programs and ordinances identified in the capability assessment tables, identify all plans and programs that have already been integrated with the hazard mitigation plan, and those that offer opportunities for future integration.
Existing Integration
In the highlighted bullet list, provide a brief description of integrated plans or ordinances and how each is integrated. Consider listing items marked as Completed in the “Status of Previous Plan Actions” table if they were indicated as being ongoing actions. Examples are as follows:
Capital Improvement Plan—The capital improvement plan includes projects that can help mitigate potential hazards. The District will act to ensure consistency between the hazard mitigation plan and the current and future capital improvement plans. The hazard mitigation plan may identify new possible funding sources for capital improvement projects and may result in modifications to proposed projects based on results of the risk assessment.
Emergency Operations Plan—The results of the risk assessment were used in the development of the emergency operations plan.
HAZARDMITIGATIONACTIONPLANINPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, review all the adaptive capacity criteria and consider including actions to improve the rating for those rated medium or low, to make use of the capacity for those rated high, or to acquire additional information for those rated unsure.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 9 Facilities Plan—The results of the risk assessment and mapped hazard areas are used in facility planning for the District. Potential sites are reviewed for hazard risks, and appropriate mitigation measures are considered in building and site design.
Opportunities for Future Integration
List any plans or programs that offer the potential for future integration and describe the process by which integration will occur. Examples follow:
Capital Improvement Projects—Capital improvement project proposals may take into consideration hazard mitigation potential as a means of evaluating project prioritization.
Post-Disaster Recovery Plan—The District does not have a recovery plan and intends to develop one as a mitigation planning action during the next five years. The plan will build on the mitigation goals and objectives identified in the mitigation plan.
Consider other programs you may have in place in your jurisdiction that include routine consideration and management of hazard risk. Examples of such programs may include: tree pruning programs, right-of-way mowing programs, erosion control or stream maintenance programs, etc. Add any such programs to the integration discussion and provide a brief description of how these program manage (or could be adapted to manage) risk from hazards.
INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
This section should describe what resources you used to complete the annex and how you used them.
Several items are started for you, but be sure to update and enhance any descriptions. Providing this information is a requirement to pass the state and FEMA review process.
THIS COMPLETES PHASE 2
HAZARDMITIGATIONACTIONPLANINPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, any plans that fall into the “Existing Integration” category should be reviewed and elements from them should be included in the action plan as appropriate.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, an action to integrate any identified “Opportunities for Future Integration” should be considered for inclusion in the action plan.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 10 PHASE 3 INSTRUCTIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History
In the table titled “Past Natural Hazard Events,” list in chronological order (most recent first) any natural hazard event that has caused damage to your jurisdiction. If it was a federally declared disaster, include the FEMA Disaster #, otherwise enter N/A in that column. Include the date of the event and the estimated dollar amount of damage it caused. You are welcome to include any events, but special attention should be made to include major storms and federally declared disasters. Refer to the table below that lists hazard events in the planning area.
Table 1. Past Natural Hazard Events
Type of Event FEMA Disaster # Date Damage Assessment
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 11 We recommend including most large-scale disasters, unless you know that there were no impacts on your jurisdiction. Specifically, we recommend that you include these events if you have damage estimate information or can provide a brief description of impacts that occurred within your community. In addition to these events, refer to the NOAA NCDC storm events database included in the toolkit. We recommend conducting a search for the name of your jurisdiction in order to identify events with known impacts. Other potential sources of damage information include the following Preliminary damage estimates your jurisdiction filed with the county or state Insurance claims data
Newspaper archives
Emergency management documents (general plan safety element, emergency response plan, etc.) Resident input.
If you do not have estimates for costs of damage caused, list “Not Available” in the “Damage Assessment” column or list a brief description of the damage rather than a dollar value (e.g., Main Street closed as a result of flooding, downed trees and residential damage). Note that tracking such damage is a valid and useful mitigation action if your jurisdiction does not currently track such information.
Hazard Risk Ranking
Risk ranking identifies which hazards pose the greatest risk to the community, based on how likely it is for each hazard to occur (this is called the community’s exposure) and how great an impact each hazard will have if it does occur (this is called the community’s vulnerability). Every jurisdiction has differing degrees of risk exposure and vulnerability and therefore needs to rank risk for its own area. Risk rankings for cities and the county have been calculated in the “Loss Matrix” spreadsheet included in the annex preparation toolkit.
These rankings are on the basis of risk ranking scores for each hazard that were calculated based on the hazard’s probability of occurrence and its potential impact on people, property and the economy.
The risk ranking methodology used for cities and counties is not usable for special-purpose districts because the risk-related mapping generally does not align with the boundaries of districts. To rank risk for your District, use the following procedure:
Find the risk ranking scores in the Loss Matrix spreadsheet (on the “Risk Ranking Summary” tab) for the county overall and for any cities whose area overlaps that of your District.
For each hazard, generate a risk ranking score for your District by calculating the average of the scores for those other jurisdictions.
Rank the hazards based on those average scores:
Assign the rank of 1 to the hazard with the highest risk ranking score, the rank of 2 to the hazard with the second highest ranking score; and so on.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 12 Assign each hazard to the risk category of “High,” Medium,” or “Low” based on the risk rating score:
Low for scores of 0 to 15
Medium for scores of 16 to 30
High for scores greater than 30
Enter the results of this analysis in the “Hazard Risk Ranking” table in the template; enter the hazards in order of ranking, with 1 at the top of the table.
Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities
Review the results of the risk assessment included in the toolkit, your jurisdiction’s natural events history, and any relevant public comments/input, then develop a few sentences that discuss specific hazard vulnerabilities. You do not need to develop a sentence for every hazard, but identify a few issues you would like to highlight. Also list any known hazard vulnerabilities in your jurisdiction that may not be apparent from the risk assessment and other information provided.
Spending some time thinking about the results of the risk assessment and other noted vulnerabilities will be a big help in the development of your hazard mitigation action plan. The following are examples of vulnerabilities you could identify through this exercise:
Over the past 10 years, the jurisdiction has experienced more than $1 million in damage to critical assets from severe storm events.
17 critical assets are in areas that would be permanently inundated with 12 inches of sea level rise.
One significant District asset is not equipped with a generator and four District buildings are unreinforced masonry or soft-story construction.
An area along the river is eroding and threatening a District-owned treatment facility.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
The hazard mitigation action plan is the heart of your jurisdictional annex. This is where you will identify the actions your jurisdiction would like to pursue with this plan.
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
When preparing the hazard mitigation action plan in Phase 3, you will need to have at least one mitigation action for each hazard ranked as “high” or “medium.”
HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INPUT
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 13 Select Recommended Actions
All of the work that you have done thus far should provide you with ideas for actions. Throughout these instructions, green boxes labeled “Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Input” have indicated information that needs to be considered in the selection of mitigation actions. The following sections describe how to consider these and other information sources to develop a list of potential actions.
Be sure to consider the following factors in your selection of actions:
Select actions that are consistent with the overall purpose, goals, and objectives of the hazard mitigation plan.
Identify actions where benefits exceed costs.
Include any action that your jurisdiction has committed to pursuing, regardless of grant eligibility.
Know what is and is not grant-eligible under various federal grant programs (see the fact sheet on FEMA hazard mitigation grant programs in the toolkit and the table on the next page).
Capability Assessment Section—Planning and Regulatory Capability Table, Fiscal Capability Table, Administrative and Technical Capability Table, and Education and Outreach Table Review these tables and consider the following:
For any capability that you do not currently have, consider whether your jurisdiction should have this capability. If so, consider including an action to develop/acquire the capability.
For any capability that you do currently have, consider whether this capability can be leveraged to increase or improve hazard mitigation in the jurisdiction.
If any items listed in the Planning and Regulatory Capabilities table have not been updated in more than 10 years, consider an action to review and update the capability and, as appropriate, incorporate hazard mitigation principles or information obtained in the risk assessment.
Consider including actions that are identified in other plans and programs (capital improvement plans, strategic plans, etc.) as actions in this plan.
Capability Assessment Section— Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change Table Consider your responses to this section:
For criteria that you listed as medium or low, think of ways you could improve this rating (see adaptive capacity portion of the mitigation best practices catalog).
For criteria you listed as high, think about how you can leverage this capacity to improve or enhance mitigation or continue to improve this capacity.
For criteria that you were unable to provide responses for, consider ways you could improve your understanding of this capacity (see mitigation best practices and adaptive capacity catalog). 1149
Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 14 Table 2. Federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Eligibility by Action Type Eligible Activities
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program BRIC
Flood Mitigation
Assistance
Integration Review Section
Review the items you identified in this section and consider an action that specifically says what the plan, code, ordinance etc. is and how it will be integrated.
Risk Ranking Section
You must identify at least one mitigation action that is clearly defined and actionable (i.e. not a preparedness or response action) for every hazard that is categorized in the risk ranking as “high” or “medium” risk.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 15 Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities Section
Review the vulnerability issues that you identified in this section and consider actions to address them (see mitigation best practices catalog).
Status of Previous Plan Actions Section
If your jurisdiction participated in a previous hazard mitigation plan, be sure to include any actions that were identified as “carry over” actions.
Mitigation Best Practices Catalog
A catalog that includes best practices identified by FEMA and other agencies, as well as recommendations from the steering committee and other stakeholders, is included in your toolkit. Review the catalog and identify actions your jurisdiction should consider for its action plan.
Public Input
Review input received during the process, specifically the public survey results included in your toolkit.
Common Actions for All Partners
The following three actions have been prepopulated in your annex template; these threeactions should be included in every annex and should not be removed:
Where appropriate, support retro-fitting, purchase or relocation of structures located in high hazard areas, prioritizing those structures that have experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high or medium ranked hazard.
Actively participate in the plan maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate back-up power.
In addition, the core planning team recommends that every planning partner strongly consider the following actions:
Identify and pursue strategies to increase adaptive capacity to climate change.
Develop and implement a program to capture perishable data after significant events (e.g. high water marks, preliminary damage estimates, damage photos) to support future mitigation efforts including the implementation and maintenance of the hazard mitigation plan.
Support the County-wide initiatives identified in Volume I of the hazard mitigation plan.
Develop a post-disaster recovery plan and a debris management plan.
Develop and/or update plans that support or enhance continuity of operations following disasters.
The specifics of all these common actions should be adjusted as needed for the particulars of each community.
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Ventura County Hazard Mitigation Plan Instructions for Completing Special-Purpose District Annex Template 16 Complete the Table
Complete the table titled “Hazard Mitigation
Action Plan Matrix” for all the actions you have
identified and would like to include in the plan:
Enter the action number (see box at right)
and description. If the action is carried
overfromyourprevioushazardmitigation
plan, return to the “Status of Previous
Plan Actions” table you completed in
Phase1andenterthenewactionnumber
in the column labeled “Action # in
Update.”
Indicate whether the action mitigates
hazards for new and/or existing assets.
Identify the specific hazards the action
will mitigate (note: you must list each
hazard by name; simply indicating “all
hazards” is not deemed acceptable).
Identify by number the mitigation plan
objectives that the action addresses (see toolkit).
Indicate who will be the lead in administering the action. This will most likely be a department within your jurisdiction (e.g. planning or public works). If you wish to indicate more than one department as responsible for the action, clearly identify one as the lead agency and list the others in the “supporting agency” column.
Enter an estimated cost in dollars if known; otherwise, enter “High,” “Medium,” or “Low,” as determined for the prioritization process described in the following section.
Identify funding sources for the action. If it is a grant, include the grant-providing agency as well as funding sources for any required cost share. Refer to your fiscal capability assessment to identify possible sources of funding and refer to the table on page 14 of these instructions for project eligibility for FEMA’s hazard mitigation assistance grant programs.
Indicate the time line as “short-term” (1 to 5 years) or “long-term” (5 years or greater) or “ongoing” (a continual program)
Mitigation Action Priority
Complete the information in the table titled “Mitigation Action Priority” as follows:
Action #—Indicate the action number from the Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix table. # of Objectives Met—Enter the number of objectives the action will meet.
Benefits—Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High—Action will provide an immediate reduction of risk exposure for life and property.
Medium—Action will have a long-term impact on the reduction of risk exposure for life and property, or action will provide an immediate reduction in the risk exposure for property.
Low—Long-term benefits of the action are difficult to quantify in the short term.
Action Numbering
Actions are to be numbered using the three-letter code for your jurisdiction shown below, followed by a hyphen and the action’s sequential number:
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High—Existing funding will not cover the cost of the action; implementation would require new revenue through an alternative source (for example, bonds, grants, and fee increases).
Medium—The action could be implemented with existing funding but would require a re- apportionment of the budget or a budget amendment, or the cost of the action would have to be spread over multiple years.
Low—The action could be funded under the existing budget. The action is part of or can be part of an ongoing existing program.
Do Benefits Exceed the Cost?—Enter “Yes” or “No.” This is a qualitative assessment. Enter “Yes” if the benefit rating (high, medium or low) is the same as or higher than the cost rating (high benefit/high cost; high benefit/medium cost; medium benefit/low cost; etc.). Enter “No” if the benefit rating is lower than the cost rating (medium benefit/high cost, low benefit/medium cost; etc.) Is the Action Grant-Eligible?—Enter “Yes” or “No.” Refer to the fact sheet on FEMA hazard mitigation grant programs in the annex preparation toolkit and the table on page 14 of these instructions.
Can Action Be Funded Under Existing Program Budgets?—Enter “Yes” or “No.” In other words, is this action currently budgeted for, or would it require a new budget authorization or funding from another source such as grants?
Implementation Priority— Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High Priority—An action that meets multiple objectives, has benefits that exceed costs, and has a secured source of funding. Action can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years).
Medium Priority—An action that meets multiple objectives, has benefits that exceed costs, and is eligible for funding though no funding has yet been secured for it. Action can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years), once funding is secured. Medium-priority actions become high-priority actions once funding is secured.
Low Priority—An action that will mitigate the risk of a hazard, has benefits that do not exceed the costs or are difficult to quantify, has no secured source of funding, and is not eligible for any known grant funding. Action can be completed in the long term (1 to 10 years). Low-priority actions may be eligible for grant funding from programs that have not yet been identified.
Grant Pursuit Priority— Enter “High,” “Medium” or “Low” as follows:
High Priority—An action that meets identified grant eligibility requirements, has high benefits, and is listed as high or medium implementation priority; local funding options are unavailable or available local funds could be used instead for actions that are not eligible for grant funding.
Medium Priority—An action that meets identified grant eligibility requirements, has medium or low benefits, and is listed as medium or low implementation priority; local funding options are unavailable.
Low Priority—An action that has not been identified as meeting any grant eligibility requirements.
Actions identified as high-grant-pursuit priority actions should be closely reviewed for consideration when grant funding opportunities arise.
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In the table titled “Analysis of Mitigation Actions,” for each combination of hazard type and mitigation type, enter the numbers of all recommended actions that address that hazard type and can be categorized as that mitigation type. The mitigation types are as follows:
Prevention—Government, administrative or regulatory actions that influence the way land and buildings are developed to reduce hazard losses. Includes planning and zoning, floodplain laws, capital improvement programs, open space preservation, and stormwater management regulations.
Property Protection—Modification of buildings or structures to protect them from a hazard or removal of structures from a hazard area. Includes acquisition, elevation, relocation, structural retrofit, storm shutters, and shatter-resistant glass.
PublicEducation&Awareness—Actions to inform residents and elected officials about hazards and ways to mitigate them. Includes outreach projects, real estate disclosure, hazard information centers, and school-age and adult education.
Natural Resource Protection—Actions that minimize hazard loss and preserve or restore the functions of natural systems. Includes sediment and erosion control, stream corridor restoration, watershed management, forest and vegetation management, wetland restoration and preservation, and green infrastructure.
Emergency Services—Actions that protect people and property during and immediately after a hazard event. Includes warning systems, emergency response services, and the protection of essential facilities.
Structural Projects—Actions that involve the construction of structures to reduce the impact of a hazard. Includes dams, setback levees, floodwalls, retaining walls, and safe rooms.
ClimateResilience—Actions that incorporate methods to mitigate and/or adapt to the impacts of climate change. Includes aquifer storage and recovery activities, incorporating future conditions projections in project design or planning, or actions that specifically address jurisdiction-specific climate change risks, such as sea-level rise or urban heat island effect.
Community Capacity Building—Actions that increase or enhance local capabilities to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences. Includes staff training, memorandums of understanding, development of plans and studies, and monitoring programs.
This exercise demonstrates that the jurisdiction has selected a comprehensive range of actions. This table must show at least one action to address each “high” and “medium” ranked hazard. Planning partners should aim to identify at least one action for each mitigation type, but this is not required.
An example of a completed “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table is provided below. Note that an action can be more than one mitigation type.
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Action Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Type
Prevention
Property
Protection
Public
Education &
Awareness
Natural
Resource
Protection
Emergency
Services
Structural
Projects
Climate
Resilience
Community
Capacity
Building
PUBLIC OUTREACH
FEMA requirements for public outreach will be met by the County’s engagement efforts and are included in the main part of the plan. These may include public meetings, a StoryMap, surveys, etc. If individual jurisdictions want to have a more robust outreach for their local community, the public outreach table in each annex may be used to memorialize those local efforts.
This table should record local public outreach efforts made by your jurisdiction to inform the community of this hazard mitigation plan update process. Examples may include local surveys on hazard awareness/preparedness, social media blasts, press releases, and outreach to local groups (CERT, senior citizen organizations, etc.) This section is optional.
INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
This section should describe what resources you used to complete the annex and how you used them. The sources used for Phases 1 and 2 should have been entered previously. List any additional sources used for the preparation of the Phase 3 annex. Review to ensure that all materials used in all three phases are identified. Providing this information is a requirement to pass the state and FEMA review process.
FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY
In this section, identify any future studies, analyses, reports, or surveys your jurisdiction needs to better understand its vulnerability to identified or currently unidentified risks. These could be needs based on federal or state agency mandates. This section is optional.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Use this section to add any additional information pertinent to hazard mitigation and your jurisdiction not covered in this template. This section is optional.
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1. DISTRICT NAME
1.1 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM
Name, Title
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
e-mail Address: [email protected]
Name, Title
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
e-mail Address: [email protected]
This annex was developed by the local hazard mitigation planning team, whose members are listed in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1. Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Members
1.2 JURISDICTION PROFILE
1.2.1 Overview
Insert Narrative Profile Information, per Instructions.
The __[name of adopting body]___ assumes responsibility for the adoption of this plan; __[name of oversight agency]__ will oversee its implementation.
All fire districts should include the following sentence (non-fire special purpose districts should delete the sentence):
The District participates/does not participate in the Public Protection Class Rating System and currently has a rating of #.
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1.2.2 Service Area
The District service area covers ___[area in square miles]___, serving a population of _ population_.
1.2.3 Assets
Table 1-2 summarizes the assets of the District and their value.
Table 1-2. Special Purpose District Assets
1.3 CURRENT TRENDS
Insert summary description of service trends.
1.4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section describes an assessment of existing capabilities for implementing hazard mitigation strategies. The introduction at the beginning of this volume of the hazard mitigation plan describes the components included in the capability assessment and their significance for hazard mitigation planning.
Findings of the capability assessment were reviewed to identify opportunities to expand, initiate or integrate capabilities to further hazard mitigation goals and objectives. Where such opportunities were identified and determined to be feasible, they are included in the action plan. The “Analysis of Mitigation Actions” table in this annex identifies these as community capacity building mitigation actions. The findings of the assessment are presented as follows:
An assessment of planning and regulatory capabilities is presented in Table 1-3.
An assessment of fiscal capabilities is presented in Table 1-4.
An assessment of administrative and technical capabilities is presented in Table 1-5. 1158
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An assessment of education and outreach capabilities is presented in Table 1-6.
Classifications under various community mitigation programs are presented in Table 1-7.
The community’s adaptive capacity for the impacts of climate change is presented in Table 1-8.
Table 1-3. Planning and Regulatory Capability
Table 1-4. Fiscal Capability
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Table 1-5. Administrative and Technical Capability
Table 1-6. Education and Outreach Capability
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Table 1-7. Community Classifications
Table 1-8. Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change
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1.5 INTEGRATION REVIEW
For hazard mitigation planning, “integration” means that hazard mitigation information is used in other relevant planning mechanisms, such as capital facilities planning, and that relevant information from those sources is used in hazard mitigation. This section identifies where such integration is already in place, and where there are opportunities for further integration in the future. Resources listed at the end of this annex were used to provide information on integration. The progress reporting process described in Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan will document the progress of hazard mitigation actions related to integration and identify new opportunities for integration.
1.5.1 Existing Integration
Some level of integration has already been established between local hazard mitigation planning and the following other local plans and programs:
—Description
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1.5.2 Opportunities for Future Integration
The capability assessment presented in this annex indicates opportunities to integrate this mitigation plan with other jurisdictional planning/regulatory capabilities. Capabilities were identified as integration opportunities if they can support or enhance the actions identified in this plan or be supported or enhanced by components of this plan. The capability assessment identified the following plans and programs that do not currently integrate hazard mitigation information but provide opportunities to do so in the future:
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Taking action to integrate each of these programs with the hazard mitigation plan was considered as a mitigation action to include in the action plan presented in this annex.
1.6 RISK ASSESSMENT
1.6.1 Jurisdiction-Specific Natural Hazard Event History Table 1-9 lists past occurrences of natural hazards for which specific damage was recorded in this jurisdiction Other hazard events that broadly affected the entire planning area, including this jurisdiction, are listed in the risk assessments in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
Table 1-9. Past Natural Hazard Events
1.6.2 Hazard Risk Ranking
Table 1-10 presents a local ranking of all hazards of concern for which this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments. As described in detail in Volume 1, the ranking process involves an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence for each hazard, along with its potential impacts on people, property and district operations. Mitigation actions target hazards with high and medium rankings. 1163
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Table 1-10. Hazard Risk Ranking
1.6.3 Jurisdiction-Specific Vulnerabilities
Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan provides complete risk assessments for each identified hazard of concern.
The following jurisdiction-specific issues have been identified based on a review of the results of the risk assessment, public involvement strategy, and other available resources:
Insert as appropriate.
Insert as appropriate.
Insert as appropriate.
Mitigation actions addressing these issues were prioritized for consideration in the action plan presented in this annex.
1.7 STATUS OF PREVIOUS PLAN ACTIONS
If your jurisdiction has no previous hazard mitigation plan, please enter an “X” in the box at right and do not complete this section.
Table 1-11 summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous version of the hazard mitigation plan and their implementation status at the time this update was prepared.
Table 1-11. Status of Previous Plan Actions
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1.8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
Table 1-12 lists the actions that make up the hazard mitigation action plan for this jurisdiction. Table 1-13 identifies the priority for each action. Table 1-14 summarizes the mitigation actions by hazard of concern and mitigation type.
Table 1-12. Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Matrix
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Table 1-13. Mitigation Action Priority
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Table 1-14. Analysis of Mitigation Actions
1.9 PUBLIC OUTREACH
Table 1-15 lists public outreach activities for this jurisdiction.
Table 1-15. Local Public Outreach
1.10 INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THIS ANNEX
The following technical reports, plans, and regulatory mechanisms were reviewed to provide information for this annex.
<INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> <INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED> The following outside resources and references were reviewed:
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—The toolkit was used to support the
identification of past hazard events and noted vulnerabilities, the risk ranking, and the development of the mitigation action plan.
<INSERT DOCUMENT NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WAS USED>
1.11 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RISK/VULNERABILITY Insert text, if any; otherwise, delete section
1.12 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Insert text, if any; otherwise, delete section
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