The amount of energy released during an earthquake is usually expressed as a magnitude and is measured directly from the earthquake as recorded on seismographs. An earthquake’s magnitude is expressed in whole numbers and decimals (e.g., 6.8). Seismologists have developed several magnitude scales, as discussed in Section 4.3.11 of the Base Plan.
Another measure of earthquake severity is intensity. Intensity is an expression of the amount of shaking at any given location on the ground surface. Seismic shaking is typically the greatest cause of losses to structures during earthquakes. The District is located in an area where earthquakes of some magnitude occur, so both magnitude and intensity of earthquakes are expected to remain moderate. Seismic shaking maps for the area in Section 4.3.11 of the Base Plan show Amador County and the District fall within a low to moderate shake risk.
Past Occurrences
Disaster Declaration History
There has been no state or federal disaster declarations in Amador County from earthquake.
NCDC Events
The NCDC does not track earthquake events.
JVID Events
As shown in the Base Plan, no disaster declarations have occurred in the County due to earthquake. The District and HMPC noted no past occurrences of earthquakes that affected the District in any meaningful way.
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Climate Change and Earthquake
Climate change is unlikely to increase earthquake frequency or strength. More information on future impacts can be found in the Future Conditions/Future Development section of the Vulnerability Assessment below.
Vulnerability to Earthquake
The combination of plate tectonics and associated California coastal mountain range building geology generates earthquakes as a result of the periodic release of tectonic stresses Earthquake vulnerability is primarily based on population and the built environment. Urban areas in high seismic hazard zones are the most vulnerable, while uninhabited areas are less vulnerable. The primary impacts of concern are life safety and property damage. Although several faults are in and near the Amador County Planning Area, seismic hazard mapping indicates that the District has low to moderate seismic hazard potential. There is the potential for the District and Amador County Planning Area to be subject to some level of moderate seismic shaking. Some degree of structural damage due to stronger seismic shaking could be expected.
Earthquake shaking can also cause liquefaction to occur. Areas with loose soil and high water tables are at risk from liquefaction. There are limited areas in and near the District prone to liquefaction.
The whole of the District is at some measure of vulnerability to earthquake. An assessment of a community’s vulnerability to earthquakes begins with an understanding of local exposure to earthquakes.
This is included in the Local Concerns section below. After that section, assets at risk are discussed.
Local Concerns
The District has specific concerns and unique vulnerabilities regarding this hazard. These concerns form a portion of the basis for the mitigation strategy and mitigation actions that seek to reduce risk and vulnerability to this hazard.
Impacts from earthquake in the District will vary depending on the fault that the earthquake occurs on, the depth of the earthquake strike, and the intensity of shaking. Large events could cause damages to infrastructure, critical facilities, residential and commercial properties, and possible injuries or loss of life.
Jackson Creek Dam is vulnerable to an earthquake but according to the District the earthquake must be very large and direct to cause any failure of the dam. According to JVID, there have been engineering studies and reports on dam failure and the Jackson Creek Dam, and all analysis concludes that the facility is at minimal risk for earthquake.
Also a concern to JVID regarding earthquake hazards are damages to underground and aboveground piping, Admin Office and Shop, and personnel safety. As the ground shifts, it may cause massive breaks to the piping underground, or cause structures aboveground to become unstable or even damaged. This could result in loss of operability of the District.
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Assets at Risk
Assets at risk from this hazard include people and populations; structures and critical facilities; and natural, historic, and cultural resources. These are discussed in the following sections.
People and Populations
All people and populations (both District staff and those residing in the District Service Area) are at risk from earthquake shaking and associated hazards. Those at heightened risk include:
➢ The unsheltered
➢ Infants and children under age five and their caregivers ➢ Elderly (65 and older)
➢ Individuals with disabilities
➢ Individuals dependent on medical equipment
➢ Individuals with impaired mobility
The greatest risk to people and populations from earthquake is death and injury. More information on people and populations at risk to earthquake shaking events can be seen in the Hazus scenarios developed for this LHMP. More information on the Hazus scenarios and how the County is affected is included in Section 4.3.11 of the Base Plan.
Structures and Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
All structures and critical facilities and infrastructure in the District are vulnerable to earthquakes, depending on the severity and location of the event. The Hazus scenarios conducted for the entire Amador County Planning Area show how structures may be affected. Structures (from Table G-3) that the District considers at risk from this hazard include:
➢ Dam
➢ Transmission, Piping, Outlet Works
➢ Power House
➢ Water Treatment Plant
➢ Admin Office and Shop
Natural, Historic, and Cultural Resources
The 2023 State Hazard Mitigation Plan noted that environmental problems from earthquakes can be numerous. It is possible for earthquakes to reroute streams, which can change the water quality, possibly damaging habitat and feeding areas. Streams fed by groundwater and/or springs may dry up because of changes in underlying geology. Another threat to the environment from earthquakes is the potential release of hazardous materials. Historical and cultural resources are at risk, often due to their age and construction types. The Hazus scenarios in Section 4.3.11 of the Base Plan and included below are relatively silent on the vulnerability to natural, historic, and cultural resources, but impacts to these resources could be long lasting.
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Impacts from Earthquake
Earthquakes can strike without warning and cause dramatic changes to the landscape of an area that can have devastating impacts on the built environment. The greatest impact is to life safety of the JVID staff, residents and visitors. Other impacts to the District could include damages to infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and dams; damages and loss of services to utilities and critical infrastructure, including those related to gas, power, water, wastewater and communication systems; damages to structures and other development; and possible loss of life and injuries.
Earthquakes can also cause failure of dams, levees, and reservoirs. Facilities and land downslope from dams or water reservoirs might be subject to flooding, if the dams, reservoirs, or other flood control structures fail as a result of an earthquake. The District has areas of its service territory with flood risk that include facilities downslope from dams or reservoirs that could be affected by a significant earthquake event.
Impacts that are not quantified, but can be anticipated in large future events, include:
➢ Injury and loss of life;
➢ Commercial and residential structural and property damage; ➢ Disruption of and damage to public infrastructure, utilities, and services; ➢ Damage to roads/bridges resulting in loss of mobility; ➢ Significant economic impact (jobs, sales, tax revenue) to the community; and ➢ Negative impact on commercial and residential property values Impacts to identified assets at risk to this hazard and the overall vulnerability of the District may be affected in the future by climate change (which was discussed in the Likelihood of Future Occurrence discussion above), changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. These are discussed below.
Future Conditions/Future Development
Future conditions may be affected by climate change, changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. Findings on this for the JVID include the following:
➢ As discussed in the hazard profile section, climate change is not anticipated to affect this hazard over time.
➢ While population projections for the area served by the District show additional expected growth, these anticipated future changes in population are expected to be relatively small, which is unlikely to affect this hazard and associated impacts to the District. The District may add staff, but this number would be small. The District noted it has no control over population changes in its Service Area, it merely reacts to them by providing additional (or reduced) services. ➢ Changes in land use and development are expected to be limited in the near future and thus are not likely to affect earthquake and associated impacts to the District. In addition, adherence to protective building codes for new development will also assist in limiting future impacts and associated vulnerabilities of the District to this hazard.
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Although new growth and development would fall in the area affected by earthquake, given the limited chance of major earthquake and the building codes in effect, development in areas prone to earthquakes will continue to occur. The District enforces the state building code, which mandates construction techniques that minimize seismic hazards. Future development in the District is subject to these building codes and land use planning. Future development within the inundation area of a dam failure, including those owned by the District, could be impacted and mitigation measures and evacuation plans should be in place to ensure the safety of downstream populations.
Flood: 1%/0.2% Annual Chance
Likelihood of Future Occurrence–Occasional (1%)/Unlikely (0.2%) Vulnerability–High
Hazard Profile
This hazard analyzes the FEMA DFIRM 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods. These tend to be the larger floods that can occur in the District and have caused damage in the past. Flooding can be a significant problem in the District. Historically, the District has been at risk to flooding primarily during the winter and spring months when river systems in the District swell with heavy rainfall and snowmelt runoff. The District has also been at risk during atmospheric river flood events. Normally, storm floodwaters are kept within defined limits by a variety of storm drainage and flood control measures located throughout the Amador County Planning Area and the JVID. Occasionally, extended heavy rains result in floodwaters that exceed normal high-water boundaries and cause damage. Flooding has occurred both within the 1% annual chance floodplains and in other localized areas in the District.
Location and Extent
The JVID has areas located in the 1% annual chance flood zones. This is seen in Figure G-6. 1313
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Figure G-6 JVID – FEMA DFIRM Flood Zones
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Table G-8 details the DFIRM mapped flood zones located within the District.
Table G-8 JVID– DFIRM Flood Hazard Zones
Flood Zone Description Present in District
A 1% annual chance flooding: No base flood elevations provided X AE 1% annual chance flooding: Base flood elevations provided AE Regulatory Floodway 1% annual chance flood: Regulatory floodway; Base flood elevations provided
AH 1% annual chance flood areas of shallow flooding between one to three feet deep. Regulatory floodway; Base flood elevations provided
Shaded X 0.2% annual chance flooding: The areas between the limits of the 1% annual chance flood and the 0.2-percent-annual-chance (or 500-year) flood
X (unshaded) Area of minimal flood hazard X
Source: FEMA DFIRM 1/20/2016
Additionally, flood extents can generally be measured in volume, velocity, and depths of flooding.
Expected flood depths in the District vary, depending on the nature and extent of a flood event; specific depths are unknown. Flood durations in the District tend to be short to medium term, or until either the storm drainage system can catch up or flood waters move downstream. Flooding in the District tends to have a shorter speed of onset, due to the amount of water that flows through the District.
Geographical flood extents for the District from the FEMA DFIRMs are shown in Table G-9.
Table G-9 JVID – Geographical DFIRM Flood Zone Extents
JVID Jurisdiction
/Flood Zone
Total Acres % of Total
Acres
Improved
Acres
% of Total
Improved
Acres
Unimproved
Acres
% of Total
Unimproved
Acres
Unincorporated Amador County
1% Annual Chance
Flood Hazard
3,090 23% 2,649 25% 441 16%
0.2% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Other Areas 10,067 77% 7,807 75% 2,260 84%
Grand Total 13,157 100% 10,456 100% 2,701 100%
Source: FEMA DFIRM 1/20/2016
Past Occurrences
Disaster Declaration History
A list of state and federal disaster declarations for Amador County from flooding is shown on Table G-10.
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Table G-10 Amador County – State and Federal Disaster Declarations from Flood 1950-2025 Disaster Type State Declarations Federal Declarations
Count Years Count Years
Flood (including heavy
rains and storms)
22 1950, 1955, 1958 (twice), 1959,
1963, 1964, 1969, 1980, 1982,
1986, 1995 (twice), 1997, 2006
(twice), 2017 (twice), 2019,
2021, 2023 (twice)
20 1950, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963,
1964, 1969, 1986, 1995 (twice),
1997, 1998, 2006 (twice), 2017
(twice), 2019, 2023 (three)
Source: Cal OES, FEMA
NCDC Events
The NCDC tracks flooding events for the County. Events have been tracked for flooding since 1993.
Amador County has seen 43 events. These events most likely had some impact on the District.
JVID Events
The District noted that the following events had affects and damages to the District:
JVID noted that it seems to be once in every 20 to 30-year event where flows over 5,000 cfs occur. This happened in the floods of 1997. It will likely happen again in the future.
In January and February of 2017, Lake Amador Dam (aka Jackson Creek Dam) suffered erosion in the spillway. Similar to the 1997 floods, 5,000 cfs plus flowed over the Lake Amador Spillway and caused heavy stormwater runoff on the dam face. Considerable erosion took place in JVID’s downstream spillway area due to high spill flows from the Jackson Creek. There was also some residual damage to the concrete sill and apron that this event contributed to where some additional concrete reinforcement had to be done to protect the sill from future damage. There was also some superficial erosion to the dam face from stormwater runoff. JVID received Approximately $225,000 of FEMA funding to repair and mitigate the eroded areas that were damaged from the large storm event.
Figure G-7 Spillway Overtopping in 2017
Source: JVID
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During the same event, a creek bank/levee failed next to a farmer’s field, and the creek jumped its banks and damaged a creek pumping station operated by JVID due to high stream flows. The District had to remove debris, and regrade and replant irrigated pasture field. This impacted farmers but had minimal impact to the District besides having to clean out debris, mud and sand from heavy flows around the pump station. JVID received approximately $75,000 of FEMA funding to repair and mitigate the damaged levee due to damage from the large storm event.
More recently, the storm event in late 2022 and into early 2023 caused multiple impacts to the District.
The impacts include: spillway and reservoir debris removal, Jackson Creek levee damage, damage to a generator, 36" mainline erosion, 18" mainline blowout in Jackson Creek, creation of an emergency bypass line, standpipe debris removal and repair, Dry Creek Crossing pipe damage, pump and equipment replacement, levee and creek restoration, and the use of temporary debris containment buoys. According to JVID, the total cost estimate was over $1,100,000.
Climate Change and Flood
It is likely that climate change will increase the chance of future occurrence as well as future impacts associated with flood. More information on future impacts to the District can be found in the Future Conditions/Future Development section of the Vulnerability Assessment below.
According to the 2021 CAS (as well as the 2024 Draft CAS), climate change may affect flooding in California, the Amador County Planning Area, and the JVID. While average annual rainfall may increase or decrease slightly, the intensity of individual rainfall events is likely to increase during the 21st century.
It is possible that average soil moisture and runoff could decline, however, due to increasing temperature, evapotranspiration rates, and spacing between rainfall events. Reduced snowpack and increased number of intense rainfall events are likely to put additional pressure on water infrastructure which could increase the chance of flooding associated with breaches or failures of flood control structures such as levees and dams. Cal Adapt future precipitation projections were shown in Section 4.3.4.
Vulnerability to Flood: 1% and 0.2% Annual Chance
Floods have been a part of the District’s historical past and will continue to be so in the future. During winter months, long periods of precipitation and the timing of that precipitation are critical in determining the threat of flood, and these characteristics further dictate the potential for widespread structural and property damage. Predominantly, the effects of 1% and 0.2% annual chance flooding are generally confined to areas near the waterways of the District. As waterways grow in size from local drainages, so grows the threat of flood and dimensions of the threat.
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Local Concerns
The District has specific concerns and unique vulnerabilities regarding this hazard. These concerns form a portion of the basis for the mitigation strategy and mitigation actions that seek to reduce risk and vulnerability to this hazard.
JVID deals with high flows over spillway that can create hillside erosion downstream. During the 2017 storm events the District experienced considerable erosion to the downstream area below the spillway.
JVID applied for FEMA funding to add protection to these areas using concrete. During high flows the District also deals with debris such as downed trees and vegetation flowing in the creek channel that plug up culverts and can cause damage to roads. During the stormwater event the District experienced damage to the face of Lake Amador Dam (aka Jackson Creek dam), an earth fill structure were the flows eroded channels in the dam itself. Although damages were primarily superficial, FEMA funded a project to mitigate this damage by installing large rip-rap in the eroded areas to slow down the stormwater runoff and protect the dam face.
In 2019 JVID completed a FEMA funded project to protect 3 large erosion areas just downstream from the concrete sill of the spillway. In 2023 additional damage occurred due to the large storm events in January.
This project did not include protecting the area between these erosion areas and concrete sill which varies from 20-50 feet in distance. This area just downstream of the sill could be another area of concern during future heavy spillway flows.
JVID’s ability to mitigate some of these issues, is generally limited to efforts to construct and reinforce the Dam’s spillway structure with additional concrete and/or rip-rap.
The Jackson Creek has several miles of levees that farmers have built and used for years to contain the creek flows. During heavy flooding conditions of more than 3,000 cfs, historically, there has been heavy damage to these levees and stream banks. These stretches of levees have not been maintained and have experienced issues from burrowing animals, trees, brush, erosion, etc. for many years.
Assets at Risk
Assets at risk from this hazard include people and populations served; structures and critical facilities; and natural, historic, and cultural resources. These are discussed in the following sections.
People and Populations
All people and populations (both District staff and those in the Service Area) located in the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains are at some risk to flooding. Certain vulnerable populations located within areas prone to flooding may be at increased risk to this hazard, especially during a large event with minimal advance notice. These vulnerable populations include: the unhoused, those with limited mobility, and those that lack the resources to leave the area.
District residents that live in the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains are often the most vulnerable. Not only are the residents at risk, but their homes and contents are all at risk, compounding the impacts associated with significant hazard events.
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Structures and Critical Facilities
Certain structures in the District are at risk of DFIRM flooding and primarily include those structures located within the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains. Structures (from Table G-3) that the District considers at risk from this hazard include the Spillway and Irrigation Pump Station.
Flooding presents a threat to threat to both critical facilities and infrastructure, as well as community lifelines. Critical infrastructure plays an immensely important role in our communities. As previously noted, communities rely on roads, rail corridors, and related biking and pedestrian routes for transportation, and on water infrastructure for drinking water, wastewater service, and draining streets of rainwater.
Damage to any one of these systems can threaten public safety, wreak havoc on daily life, impact properties far from flood zones, and result in economic impacts that cascade throughout California.
Natural, Historic, and Cultural Resources
Large flood events can affect natural, historic, and cultural resources. There are a number of ways floodwaters can impact natural resources and the environment. Wildlife habitats can be destroyed by floodwaters. Contaminated floodwater can pollute rivers and habitats. Silt and sediment can destroy natural areas. Riverbanks and natural levees can be eliminated as rivers reach bankfull capacity. Rivers can be widened, and deposition can increase downstream. Trees can be uprooted by high-velocity water flow.
Plants that survive the initial flood may die due to being inundated with water. Historic and cultural resources may also be affected. Generally, the impacts are associated with damage to structures within the flooded areas, but other cultural resources such as those associated with Native Americans and old tribal areas can also be disturbed, damaged and lost during extreme flood events. Any of these that fall in the flood zones shown on Figure G-6 would be vulnerable.
Impacts from Flood: 1% and 0.2% Annual Chance
Floods are among the costliest natural disasters in terms of human hardship and economic loss nationwide.
Large flood events, including those associated with 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods, can cause substantial damage to structures, landscapes, and utilities as well as life safety issues. People may be swept away in floodwaters, causing injuries or deaths. Floods can be extremely dangerous, and even six inches of moving water can knock over a person given a strong current. During a flood, people can also suffer heart attacks or electrocution due to electrical equipment short outs. Direct impacts, such as drowning, can be limited with adequate warning and public education about what to do during floods. Floodwaters can transport large objects downstream which can damage or remove stationary structures. Structures can be damaged directly from floodwaters and can also be damaged from trees falling as a result of water-saturated soils. Ground saturation can result in instability, collapse, or other damage. Objects can also be buried or destroyed through sediment deposition. Floodwaters can also break utility lines and interrupt services causing power outages. The interruption of power causes major problems and can result in the closure of governmental offices and community businesses. Roads can be damaged and closed, causing safety and evacuation issues.
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Standing water can cause damage to crops, roads, foundations, and electrical circuits. Other problems connected with flooding and stormwater runoff include erosion, sedimentation, degradation of water quality, loss of environmental resources, and economic impacts.
Impacts that are not quantified, but can be anticipated in large future events, include:
➢ Injury and loss of life;
➢ Commercial and residential structural and property damage; ➢ Disruption of and damage to public infrastructure, utilities, and services; ➢ Damage to roads/bridges resulting in loss of mobility; ➢ Significant economic impact (jobs, sales, tax revenue) to the community; and ➢ Negative impact on commercial and residential property values Impacts to identified assets at risk to this hazard and the overall vulnerability of the District may be affected in the future by climate change (which was discussed in the hazard profile discussion above), changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. These are discussed below.
Future Conditions/Future Development
This section provides a discussion of how future conditions will influence or affect the hazard over time and also discusses future development relative to each hazard.
Future Conditions
Future conditions may be affected by climate change, changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. Findings on this for the JVID include the following:
➢ As discussed in the hazard profile section, climate change is anticipated to exacerbate this hazard over time.
➢ While population projections for the area served by the District show additional expected growth, these anticipated future changes in population are expected to be relatively small, which is unlikely to affect this hazard and associated impacts to the District. The District may add staff, but this number would be small. The District noted it has no control over population changes in its Service Area, it merely reacts to them by providing additional (or reduced) services. ➢ Changes in land use and development in the District are expected to be limited in the near future and thus are not likely to affect flooding and associated impacts to the District. Additional development traditionally leads to additional flooding. Adherence to protective building codes for new development should assist in limiting future impacts and associated vulnerabilities of the District to this hazard.
Future Development
Future development in the JVID will continue to be built in the floodplain, as long as it conforms to the standards of the floodplain ordinance. The County enforces their floodplain management ordinance on areas inside the District. More detail on the specifics of the floodplain ordinance can be found in Section
4.4.1 of the Base Plan.
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Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
Likelihood of Future Occurrence–Likely
Vulnerability–Medium
Hazard Profile
According to the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC), extreme cold often accompanies a winter storm or is left in its wake. Snow can occur during these events.
Prolonged exposure to cold can cause frostbite or hypothermia and can be life-threatening. Infants and the elderly are most susceptible, as are the unhoused, and outdoor workers. Pipes may freeze and burst in homes or buildings that are poorly insulated or without heat. Freezing temperatures can cause significant damage to the agricultural industry.
Location and Extent
Due to size of the County and changes in elevation (i.e., from approximately 250 feet to almost 10,000 feet above mean sea level (msl)) and climate, weather conditions can vary greatly across the County. The District falls in western Amador County, which is predominantly below an elevation of 2,000 feet above msl, is generally below the snowfall line, and includes the land to the west (including all incorporated communities). According to the WRCC, in western Amador County monthly average minimum temperatures from November through April range from the upper-30s to mid-50s. The lowest recorded daily extreme was 20°F on December 20, 1998. In a typical year, minimum temperatures fall below 32°F on 5.2 days with no days falling below 0°F. Extreme cold and freeze events occur on a regional basis.
Extreme cold can occur in any location of the District. All portions of the District and County are at risk to extreme cold and freeze.
Past Occurrences
Disaster Declaration History
The County has had no past federal and one past state (2007) disaster declarations for extreme cold, freeze, and snow. There have been two freeze events in 2022 that resulted in USDA disaster declarations.
NCDC Events
The NCDC data shows 575 extreme cold, freeze, and snow incidents for Amador County since 1993, some of which likely affected the District.
JVID Events
The District noted that freeze and winter storm is a regional phenomenon; events that affected the lower elevations of the County also affected the District. Those past occurrences were shown in the Base Plan in Section 4.3.2. JVID has experienced a few hard freezes where exposed pipes, pumps, etc. have been destroyed by cracking or freezing, but no specific storm or event could be recalled. 1321
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Climate Change and Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
According to the 2021 CAS (as well as the 2024 Draft CAS), freezing spells and snow are likely to become less frequent in California as climate temperatures increase; if emissions increase, freezing events could occur only once per decade in large portion of the State by the second half of the 21st century. According to a California Natural Resources Report in 2014, it was determined that while fewer freezing spells would decrease cold related health effects, too few freezes could lead to increased incidence of disease as vectors and pathogens do not die off.
Vulnerability to Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
Extreme cold and freeze events happen in the District each year. Snow can occur, but it is rare. Cold and freeze can impact both structures and populations in the Planning Area. The whole of the District and County Planning Area has some measure of vulnerability to extreme cold and freeze.
An assessment of a community’s vulnerability to this hazard begins with an understanding of local exposure to District. This is included in the Local Concerns section below. After that, vulnerability is discussed in multiple sections that detail how this hazard can affect the District. These sections include assets at risk, impacts, and how future development and future conditions can be affected by this hazard.
Local Concerns
The District has specific concerns and unique vulnerabilities regarding this hazard. These concerns form a portion of the basis for the mitigation strategy and mitigation actions that seek to reduce risk and vulnerability to this hazard.
The transmission system in the District and other JIVD infrastructure that moves water and is exposed to the freezing, can be at risk. Damage to essential pipe work can cause outages of water for the community for indeterminate amounts of time. PSPS and power outages are also common to JVID. The District utilizes a propane backup generator at the water treatment plant and JVID administration office during these events.
In preparation to heavy freeze conditions, JVID can only temporarily mitigate the problem by installing insulation, heat tape, or heaters in pump station buildings and powerhouse to ensure freezing conditions do not affect District equipment and operations.
Assets at Risk
Assets at risk from this hazard include people and populations; structures and critical facilities; and natural, historic, and cultural resources. These are discussed in the following sections.
People and Populations
All District staff and population the District serve are at some vulnerability to extreme cold, freeze, and snow. Some employees may face a risk while working outdoors. All populations served by the District are vulnerable to extreme cold and freeze, but this hazard generally affects people spending large amounts of time outside (including District staff). Prolonged exposure to cold can cause frostbite or hypothermia and 1322
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can be life-threatening. Vulnerable populations to cold and freeze include the unhoused; individuals who exercise or train outdoors; outdoor workers; individuals that lack the resources to afford heat; and the young, old, or medically fragile individuals that are more susceptible to cold related impacts. In addition to vulnerable populations, pets and livestock are at risk to freeze and cold. Since snow is rare, its effect on people and populations are minimal.
Structures and Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
Structures and critical facilities and infrastructure in the District have some measure of risk from extreme cold and freeze. Buildings can be affected directly by freeze, pipes that feed buildings can be damaged during periods of extreme cold and cause water damage and other related impacts to a structure. Structures can also be damaged by downed trees during freeze and winter storm events. Snowfall can occur, but it is usually not heavy enough to damage structures. Transportation networks, communications, and utilities infrastructure are the most vulnerable physical assets in the District. Infrastructure such as roads, highways, and bridges can become slippery, causing accidents and road closures. Structures (from Table G-3) that the District considers at risk from this hazard include the Transmission, Piping, Outlet Works, Water Treatment Plant, and Irrigation Pump Station.
Natural, Historic, and Cultural Resources
Depending on how low the temperatures go and the duration of an extreme cold and freeze event, natural resources in the District may be affected. During periods of freeze, trees in the District may be damaged.
This is especially true if a freeze occurs during a winter storm with winds and precipitation. Other natural resources like wildlife may be at risk during a period of freeze. While it is rare for historic buildings to be affected directly by freeze, damages to pipes that feed historic buildings can be damaged during periods of extreme cold and cause additional impacts to the structures. Snow is relatively rare and is unlikely to affect natural, historic, or cultural facilities.
Impacts from Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow Extreme cold and freeze can affect critical facilities and infrastructure, down trees, break pipes, and can be a life safety issue. Transportation networks, communications, and utilities infrastructure are often the most vulnerable physical assets in the District. Infrastructure such as roads and utilities are at risk to freezing temperatures and snow, causing failures and hazardous road conditions. When extreme cold is coupled with high winds, snows, and freezing storms, power lines may be downed, resulting in power outages and an interruption of utilities and critical services. During periods of extremely low or prolonged cold temperatures, other impacts to the District can include interruption in business and school activities.
The elderly, the young, and those experiencing medical issues are often more vulnerable to temperature extremes, but anyone can be affected. Exposure to cold temperatures can cause hypothermia and frostbite.
Those exercising or recreating outdoors, outdoor workers, and the unhoused may be at a higher risk.
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populations), and changes in land use and development. These are discussed in the Future Conditions/Future Development discussion below.
Future Conditions/Future Development
Future conditions may be affected by climate change, changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. Findings on these factors for the District include the following:
➢ Climate change is unlikely to exacerbate extreme cold, freeze, and snow and their associated impacts to the District.
➢ While population projections for the area served by the District show additional expected growth, these anticipated future changes in population are expected to be relatively small, which limits additional extreme cold, freeze, and snow impacts to the District. The District noted it has no control over population changes, it merely reacts to them by providing additional (or reduced) services. ➢ Changes in land use and development are expected to be limited in the near future and thus are not likely to affect extreme cold and freeze and associated impacts to the District. In addition, adherence to protective building codes for new development will also assist in limiting future impacts and associated vulnerabilities of the District to this hazard.
Future development built to code should be able to withstand extreme cold and freeze. Pipes at risk of freezing should be mitigated by either burying or insulating them from freeze as new facilities are improved or added. Current Amador County codes provide such provisions for new construction. New wells and appurtenances will be built inside insulated buildings, reducing the risk of loss of potable water due to frozen pipes.
Wildfire (with smoke and air quality)
Likelihood of Future Occurrence–Highly Likely
Vulnerability–High
Hazard Profile
Wildland fire and the risk of a conflagration is an ongoing concern for the JVID. Throughout California, communities are increasingly concerned about wildfire safety as increased development in the foothills and mountain areas and subsequent fire control practices have affected the natural cycle of fire regimes.
Wildland fires affect grass, forest, and brushlands, as well as structures. Where there is human access to wildland areas the risk of fire increases due to a greater chance for human carelessness and historical fire management practices. Historically, the fire season extends from early spring through late fall of each year during the hotter, dryer months; however, in recent years, the risk of wildfire has become a year around concern.
Fire conditions arise from a combination of high temperatures, low moisture content in the air and fuel, accumulation of vegetation, and high winds. These weather conditions can result in red flag (e.g., fire weather) days, and can result in PSPS events in the District. While wildfire risk has predominantly been associated with more remote forested areas and wildland urban interface (WUI) areas, significant wildfires 1324
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can also occur in more populated, urban areas. There is also the concern of wildfires occurring in these more remote, forested areas that under certain weather conditions, can extend into areas not generally considered at a high risk to wildfire. Smoke and air quality also become an issue, both from fires occurring inside and outside of the Amador County Planning Area and the District.
Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality
Smoke from wildfires is made up of gas and particulate matter, which can be easily observed in the air. Air quality standards have been established to protect human health with the pollutant referred to as PM2.5 which consists of particles 2.5 microns or less in diameter. These smaller sizes of particles are responsible for adverse health effects because of their ability to reach the lower regions of the respiratory tract.
Wildfire smoke can have negative effects to those who live in or near a fire burn area. Smoke and air pollution from wildfires can be a severe health hazard. Significant wildfires occurring in both Amador County and nearby northern California communities since the 2020 LHMP Update have created significant air pollution affecting area residents. This was the case during the 2021 Caldor Fire, as well as others that affected the nearby areas.
Location and Extent
Wildfire can affect all areas of the District. CAL FIRE has estimated that the risk varies across the District and has created maps showing risk variance. Following the methodology described in Section 4.3.15 of the Base Plan, wildfire maps for the JVID were created. Figure G-8 shows the CAL FIRE Federal Responsibility Areas (FRA) and State Responsibility Areas (SRA) and their associated Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) in the District. Figure G-9 shows the CAL FIRE Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) and their associated Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) in the District. As shown on the maps, FHSZs within the District range from Non-Wildland to Very High.
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Figure G-8 JVID – CAL FIRE SRA/FRA Fire Hazard Severity Zones 1326
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Wildfires tend to be measured in structure damages, injuries, and loss of life as well as on acres burned.
Fires can have a quick speed of onset, especially during periods of drought or during hot dry summer months. Fires can burn for a short period of time or may have durations lasting for a week or more.
Geographical FHSZ extents in the SRA/FRA are shown in Table G-11, while extents in the LRA are shown on Table G-12.
Table G-11 JVID – CAL FIRE SRA/FRA Fire Hazard Severity Zone Geographical Extents JVID
Jurisdiction/ Fire
Responsibility/
Fire Hazard
Severity Zones
Total Acres % of Total
Acres
Improved
Acres
% of Total
Improved
Acres
Unimproved
Acres
% of Total
Unimproved
Acres
Unincorporated Amador County
FRA
Moderate 48.8 0.37% 0.3 0.0024% 48.6 1.8%
FRA Total 48.8 0.37% 0.3 0.0024% 48.6 1.8%
SRA
Very High 4,953 38% 3,075 29% 1,878 71%
High 5,995 46% 5,487 52% 508 19%
Moderate 2,107 16% 1,893 18% 214 8%
SRA Total 13,055 100% 10,456 100% 2,599 98%
Grand Total 13,103 100% 10,456 100% 2,648 100%
Source: CAL FIRE
Table G-12 JVID – CAL FIRE LRA Fire Hazard Severity Zone Geographical Extents JVID Jurisdiction
/Fire Hazard
Severity Zones
Total Acres % of Total
Acres
Improved
Acres
% of Total
Improved
Acres
Unimproved
Acres
% of Total
Unimproved
Acres
Unincorporated Amador County
Outside of LRA
Responsibility Area
13,089 100% 10,442 100% 2,648 100%
Unincorporated
Amador County
Total
13,089 100% 10,442 100% 2,648 100%
Grand Total 13,089 100% 10,442 100% 2,648 100%
Source: CAL FIRE
Past Occurrences
Disaster Declaration History
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Table G-13 Amador County – State and Federal Wildfire Disaster Declarations 1950-2025 Disaster Type State Declarations Federal Declarations
Count Years Count Years
Fire 3 1961 (unnamed), 2015 (Summer
2015 Fires), 2021 (Caldor Fire)
2 2016 (Butte Fire), 2021 (Caldor
Fire)
Source: Cal OES, FEMA
NCDC Events
The NCDC has tracked 50 wildfire events in the County dating back to 1993.
JVID Events
A list of state and federal disaster declarations for Amador County from wildfire is shown on Table G-13.
These events also likely affected the District to some degree.
Climate Change and Wildfire
It is likely that climate change will increase the chance of future occurrence as well as future impacts from wildfire. More information on future impacts to the District can be found in the Future Conditions/Future Development section of the Vulnerability Assessment below.
Warmer temperatures can exacerbate drought conditions. Drought often kills plants and trees, which serve as fuel for wildfires. Warmer temperatures could increase the number of wildfires and pest outbreaks, such as the western pine beetle. Cal-Adapt’s wildfire tool predicts the potential increase in the amount of burned areas for the year 2090-2099, as compared to recent (2010) conditions. This is shown in Section 4.3.15 of the Base Plan. Based on this model, Cal-Adapt predicts that wildfire risk in Amador County will increase moderately at the end of the century. However, wildfire models can vary depending on the parameters used. Cal-Adapt does not take landscape and fuel sources into account in their model. In all likelihood, in the Amador County Planning Area, precipitation patterns, high levels of heat, topography, and fuel load will determine the frequency and intensity of future wildfire.
Vulnerability to Wildfire
Risk and vulnerability to the District from wildfire is of significant concern. Wildfires that occur in the District occur from a variety of both natural and manmade causes. The District can be affected both by fires that start on or near District lands as well as those that start elsewhere and move into the District. In addition to burning large areas of land, air quality can be affected in the District by smoke from fires occurring inside the District as well as those from many miles away. As growth continues and populations increase in the District, the potential for wildfires will also increase.
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Local Concerns
The District has specific concerns and unique vulnerabilities regarding this hazard. These concerns form a portion of the basis for the mitigation strategy and mitigation actions that seek to reduce risk and vulnerability to this hazard.
The District noted that the powerhouse, water treatment plant, and any exposed water transmission plumbing could be damaged by fire. Overall, wildfire is not a major concern for JVID. JVID has numerous fire hydrants throughout the District, and most all lands are irrigated and not considered high fire risk. The greatest concern of wildfire would be potential crops or land taken out of production or facilities damaged during the event.
It should be noted that JVID is an asset to fire protection by providing fire hydrants thought the District Service Area for fighting local fires. There are 20 hydrants throughout the Service Area that the local fire department can access to fight fires.
Assets at Risk
Assets at risk from this hazard include people and populations served; structures and critical facilities; and natural, historic, and cultural resources. These are discussed in the following sections.
People and Populations
All populations (both District staff and Service Area populations) are at some vulnerability to wildfire.
Certain vulnerable populations are at greater risk to the effects of wildfire as well as smoke and air quality issues that wildfires bring. Vulnerable populations include:
➢ Unhoused
➢ Infants and children under age five and their caregivers ➢ Elderly (65 and older)
➢ Individuals with disabilities
➢ Individuals’ dependent on medical equipment
➢ Individuals who exercise, recreate, or work outdoors
➢ Individuals with impaired mobility
Structures and Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
All structures in the District have some risk to wildfire. Wildfire presents a threat to critical facilities and infrastructure. All assets in the District are at risk to wildfire, as shown in Table G-3.
Natural, Historic, and Cultural Resources
Natural, historic, and cultural resources located within areas at risk to wildfire would be vulnerable. Should a wildfire occur in the District, the impacts to natural, historic and cultural resources could be extensive and include air pollution, water quality issues, contamination from water runoff containing toxic products, and other environmental discharges or releases from burned materials affecting soils, habitat areas, wildlife, 1330
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and aquatic resources. Debris and runoff from burned areas can affect reservoirs and rivers in the District.
Historic and cultural resources can be damaged or destroyed and are often more vulnerable due to their older age, construction type, and lack of fire prevention infrastructure such as sprinklers.
Impacts from Wildfire
Potential impacts from wildfire include loss of life and injuries; damage to structures and other improvements, natural and cultural resources, croplands, and timber; and loss of recreational opportunities.
Out of control wildfires can have catastrophic impacts. Wildfires can cause short-term and long-term disruption to the District. Fires can have devastating effects on watersheds through loss of vegetation and soil erosion, which may impact the District by changing runoff patterns, increasing sedimentation, reducing natural and reservoir water storage capacity, and degrading water quality. Fires can also affect air quality in the District; smoke and air pollution from wildfires can be a severe health hazard. Smoke impacts may come from wildfires outside the District, as well as from within.
Although the physical damages and casualties arising from wildland-urban interface or conflagration fires may be severe, it is important to recognize that they also cause significant economic impacts by resulting in a loss of function of buildings and infrastructure. Economic impacts of loss of transportation and utility services may include traffic delays/detours from road and bridge closures and loss of electric power, potable water, and wastewater services. Schools and businesses can be forced to close for extended periods of time.
Recently, the threat of wildfire, combined with the potential for high winds, heat, and low humidity, has caused PG&E to initiate a PSPS which can also significantly impact a community through loss of services, business closures, and other impacts associated with loss of power for an extended period. In addition, catastrophic wildfire can create favorable conditions for other hazards such as flooding, landslides, and erosion during the rainy season.
The impacts of a fire are felt long after the fire is extinguished. In addition to the loss of property in fires, the loss in vegetation and changes in surface soils alters the environment. When supporting vegetation is burned, hillsides become destabilized and prone to erosion. The burnt surface soils are harder and absorb less water. When winter rains come, this leads to increased runoff, erosion, and landslides in hilly areas.
Impacts to the District include potential loss of water availability for fire suppression and/or consumption.
Wastewater treatment can also be rendered inoperable when wildfire eliminates the availability of electricity. All wastewater equipment have generators, however, the water distribution equipment does not.
Without backup electricity generation, water and wastewater cannot be conveyed. Water quality will also suffer if water treatment functionality is compromised. The economic impact alone to the District including the loss of function of buildings and infrastructure and the cost of reacting to these fires is a major concern.
Wildfire smoke can also have negative effects to those who live in or near a fire burn area. Smoke and air pollution from wildfires can be a severe health hazard. Significant wildfires occurring in nearby northern California communities since the previous LHMP have created significant air pollution affecting area residents. District residents have been affected by wildfire smoke and poor air quality, from fires both within the County and from those much further away.
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Impacts to identified assets at risk to this hazard and the overall vulnerability of the District may be affected in the future by climate change (which was discussed in the hazard profile above), changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. These are discussed in the Future Conditions/Future Development discussion below.
Future Conditions/Future Development
This section provides a discussion of how future conditions will influence or affect the hazard over time and also discusses future development relative to each hazard.
Future Conditions
Future conditions may be affected by climate change, changes in population patterns (migration, density, or the makeup of socially vulnerable populations), and changes in land use and development. Findings on this for the JVID include the following:
➢ Climate change is likely to exacerbate future wildfire conditions and associated impacts and vulnerability of the District to wildfire.
➢ While population projections for the area served by the District show additional expected growth, these anticipated future changes in population are expected to be relatively small, which limits additional impacts to the District. The District noted it has no control over population changes, it merely reacts to them by providing additional (or reduced) services.
➢ Changes in land use and development are occurring within the District Service Area and thus could increase associated wildfire impacts to the District. Additional development traditionally leads to additional fires. In addition, adherence to protective building codes for new development will also assist in limiting future impacts and associated vulnerabilities of the District to this hazard..
The District will take wildfire into account when siting new facilities. Fire hydrants, defensible space, well production, water storage, and distribution should all be considered for future development. New facilities will be built to the most current California Building standards for wildfire.
Future Development
Additional growth and development within moderate or higher fire hazard severity zones in the District would place additional values at risk to wildfire. More vulnerable populations may experience a disproportionate impact from wildfire, and this should be considered as development continues. However, County building codes are in effect in the District and should continue to be updated as appropriate to reduce future impacts.
G.5 Capability Assessment
Capabilities are the programs and policies currently in use to reduce hazard impacts or that could be used to implement hazard mitigation activities. This capabilities assessment is divided into five sections:
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G.5.1. Regulatory Mitigation Capabilities
Table G-14 lists regulatory mitigation capabilities, including planning and land management tools, typically used by local jurisdictions to implement hazard mitigation activities and indicates those that are in place in the JVID.
Note: The District does not have the authority to regulate land use and development within its jurisdiction.
Authority for promulgating and enforcing zoning, land use, and development requirements falls to counties and incorporated communities. As such development within the District’s jurisdictional boundaries will conform to the zoning and land use development ordinances and building codes of the county or incorporated community in which the District is located Table G-14 JVID’s Regulatory Mitigation Capabilities
Plans
In Place
Y/N
Does the plan address hazards? Can the plan be used to
carry out mitigation actions? When was it last updated?? Capital Improvements Plan N
Climate Change Adaptation Plan N
Community Wildfire Protection Plan N
Comprehensive/Master Plan N
Continuity of Operations Plan N
Economic Development Plan N
Land Use Plan N
Local Emergency Operations Plan Y JVID has an Emergency Action Plan for Dam Failure Stormwater Management Plan N
Transportation Plan N
Other
Land Use Planning and Ordinances Y/N
Is the ordinance an effective way to reduce hazard
impacts?
Is the ordinance adequately administered and enforced?
Acquisition of land for open space and
public recreation use
N
Building code N
Flood insurance rate maps N
Floodplain ordinance N
Natural hazard-specific ordinance
(stormwater, steep slope, wildfire)
N
Subdivision ordinance N
Zoning ordinance N
Other
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How can these capabilities be expanded and improved to reduce risk? JVID has little control over these areas. It depends on the County to enforce or plan for hazard issues. JVID does have EAPs for its dams. It will continue to keep this current, with a focus on mitigation.
Source: JVID
G.5.2. Administrative/Technical Mitigation Capabilities Table G-15 identifies the District department(s) responsible for activities related to mitigation and loss prevention in the JVID.
Table G-15 JVID’s Administrative and Technical Mitigation Capabilities Administration
In
Place
Y/N
Describe capability
Is coordination effective?
Staff
Is staffing adequate to enforce regulations?
Is staff trained on hazards and mitigation?
Is coordination between agencies and staff effective?
Chief Building Official N
Civil Engineer, including dam and levee
safety
Y JVID uses a total of 3 different engineering firms for different purposes.
Community Planner N
Emergency Manager Y General Manager, trained in hazard mitigation and between agencies.
Floodplain Administrator N
GIS Coordinator N
Planning Commission N
Other
Technical Y/N
Has capability been used to assess/mitigate risk in the past?
Grant writing Y JVID General Manager has written and applied for several grants and JVID has used outside help to grant write.
Hazard data and information N
GIS analysis N
Mutual aid agreements N
Other
How can these capabilities be expanded and improved to reduce risk? Improvement could include more mutual communication between local police and fire officials to teach and talk about what concerns are specifically related to JVID. Such as Dam Failure, high flood flows, droughts, etc. Staff training on hazard mitigation is currently in place, and the District will put additional emphasis in the future to expand capabilities and reduce risk.
Source: JVID
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G.5.3. Fiscal Mitigation Capabilities
Table G-16 identifies financial tools or resources that the District could potentially use to help fund mitigation activities.
Table G-16 JVID’s Fiscal Mitigation Capabilities
Funding Resource
In Place
Y/N
Has the funding resource been used in past
and for what type of activities?
Could the resource be used to fund future
mitigation actions?
Capital improvements project funding Y Small budget to incorporate improvement projects annually
Community Development Block Grant N
Federal funding programs (non-FEMA) Y JVID has used FEMA and USDA Grants in past.
Fees for water, sewer, gas, or electric services Y Water fees are collected by the District Impact fees for new development N
State funding programs Y JVID has used Prop. 50 and Prop. 1 water bond grants for projects.
Stormwater utility fee N
Other
How can these capabilities be expanded and improved to reduce risk? Using additional grant funds once a project is identified as beneficial could reduce risk. Additional funds could help JVID create drought, and other mitigation plans that they currently don’t have access with their limited budget.
Creating these plans and implementing them could help protect the public within the jurisdiction.
Source: JVID
G.5.4. Mitigation Education, Outreach, and Partnerships Table G-17 identifies education and outreach programs and methods already in place that could be/or are used to implement mitigation activities and communicate hazard-related information.
Table G-17 JVID’s Mitigation Education, Outreach, and Partnerships Program/Organization
In Place
Y/N
How widespread are each of these in your
community?
Community newsletters N
Hazard awareness campaigns (such as Firewise,
Storm Ready, Severe Weather Awareness Week,
school programs, public events)
N
Local news N
Organizations that interact with underserved and
vulnerable communities
N
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Program/Organization
In Place
Y/N
How widespread are each of these in your
community?
Social media
How can these capabilities be expanded and improved to reduce risk? Possibly adding a JVID Board committee to work with local residents within the inundation area to come up evacuation plans and early warning systems. JVID sends out annual notices to residents within the dam failure inundation area reminding them of the potential risk of a dam failure or extreme flood events.
Source: JVID
G.5.5. Other Mitigation Efforts
The District has many other completed or ongoing mitigation efforts that include the following:
➢ JVID is always mitigating for hazards by removing trees, vegetation and debris etc. around facilities and infrastructure to ensure that systems are working properly and as designed. ➢ JVID’s assists in mitigating flood and dam failure issues by reinforcing the Dam’s spillway structure with additional concrete and/or rip-rap.
➢ JVID is an asset to fire protection by providing fire hydrants thought the District Service Area for fighting local fires. There are 20 hydrants throughout the Service Area that the local fire department can access to fight fires.
JVID does own the Jackson Creek dam. The dam and facility are inspected annually by FERC and DSOD, and every five years, JVID is required to do a detailed independent review of the facility to ensure the safety of the dam, which includes an in-depth survey checking for dam movement. In addition, JVID is required to have an Emergency Action Plan as part of the FERC and DSOD operating license. On an annual basis, JVID participates in exercises with local OES services to review and comment called a "tabletop discussion" and reprints the whole document every five years. JVID staff completes daily routines and inspections to collect data on flows, lake levels, observations, etc. for recording. On an annual basis, staff weed eats, sprays, trims trees, etc. to protect the facilities from fire and other hazards. Recent significant projects/activities related to the dam include:
➢ 2014: Installed a SCADA computer operating system to be able to remotely view system operations through a computer system so staff could better manage the water within the system and log data on an hourly, daily, monthly basis.
➢ 2014: Installed +- 70 irrigation style water meters to promote water conservation and efficiency on irrigation customers.
➢ 2016: Installed Guardrail on the crest of the dam to protect the public from driving into the lake or over the edge of the dam. FERC safety requirement.
➢ 2018: Updated inundation maps as part of the DSOD requirement putting into an electronic GIS format so OES could have a better understanding of the inundation areas for evacuation planning. ➢ 2018: FEMA/Cal OES project to install rip-rap in the left and right dam groin areas of the dam to prevent face erosion from heavy rains.
➢ 2018: FEMA/ Cal OES Project to rebuild 300' of the levee at the District Pumping Station on the Jackson Creek due to the 2017 floods.
➢ 2018: FEMA/ Cal OES Project to repair damage to the spillway plunge pool area from damage caused by the 2017 storms.
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➢ 2019: FEMA/ Cal OES project on the Spillway area to protect three large erosion areas immediately downstream from the concrete sill with concrete from damage caused by the 2017 storms. ➢ 2019: Paved crest of the dam with new asphalt to protect the crest from the water penetrating the dam vertically.
➢ 2020: Installed a new seepage monitoring station at the base of the dam to be able to monitor any seepage coming from the groin areas.
➢ 2020: Public outreach workshops are scheduled with downstream residents within the immediate inundation area to teach the hazards of living downstream of the reservoir and what to do in the event of dam failure.
Public Information Brochure on Dam Failure
Since 2020, JVID has created public outreach brochure that addresses this hazard and what to do if a dam failure were to ever occur. It also discusses the District's Emergency Action Plan that would be activated in the event of dam failure. This can be seen below in Figure G-10and Figure G-11.
Figure G-10 Dam Failure Brochure - Front
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Figure G-11 Dam Failure Brochure - Rear
G.6 Mitigation Strategy
G.6.1. Mitigation Goals and Objectives
The JVID adopts the hazard mitigation goals and objectives developed by the HMPC and described in Chapter 5 Mitigation Strategy.
G.6.2. NFIP Mitigation Strategy
The District does not participate in the NFIP, as it is not an eligible participant. Many of the District’s projects work to reduce impacts from flood events thus furthering the objectives of the NFIP.
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timeline are also included. The following hazards were considered a priority for purposes of mitigation action planning:
➢ Agricultural Hazards (severe weather/pests/invasive species) ➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water shortage (w/ tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Floods: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/ levee failure)
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Low priority hazards for mitigation planning include:
➢ Avalanche
➢ Floods: Localized Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, and Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rain and Storms (Hail, Lightning) ➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornados
It should be noted that many of the projects submitted by each jurisdiction in Table 5-4 in the Base Plan benefit all jurisdictions whether or not they are the lead agency. Further, many of these mitigation efforts are collaborative efforts among multiple local, state, and federal agencies. In addition, the countywide public outreach action, as well as many of the emergency services actions, apply to all hazards regardless of hazard priority. Collectively, this multi-jurisdictional mitigation strategy includes only those actions and projects which reflect the actual priorities and capacity of each jurisdiction to implement over the next 5- years covered by this plan. It should further be noted, that although a jurisdiction may not have specific projects identified for each priority hazard for the five year coverage of this planning process, each jurisdiction has focused on identifying those projects which are realistic and reasonable for them to implement and would like to preserve their hazard priorities should future projects be identified where the implementing jurisdiction has the future capacity to implement.
Mitigation Actions
The District has put forward the actions as shown in Table G-18. Details of the actions can be found below the table.
Table G-18 JVID Mitigation Actions
Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Jackson Valley Irrigation District
Action 1. Aquatic Invasive Species
Monitoring Plan and Decontamination
Station
Previous
Action
X X Natural Resource
Protection
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Action 2. Long Term Water
Solutions Analysis Due to Climate
Change
Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 3. Jackson Creek Dam
Spillway Apron Extension Project
Previous
Action
X X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 4. Lake Amador Spillway
Rubber Dam Project
Previous
Action
X X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 5. JVID Water
Procurement and Additional Water
Storage Study
Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 6. Jackson Creek
Streambank and Levee Maintenance
Project
Previous
Action
X X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 7. Lake Amador Drive Box
Culvert Expansion Project
Previous
Action
X X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 1. Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Plan and Decontamination Station Hazards Addressed: Agricultural Hazards
Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 6
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): Lake Amador does not currently have any threating aquatic invasive species. There is great concern in California regarding the Zebra, Quagga and recently found Golden Mussels in the California Delta. If invasive species were to take residence in Lake Amador it could cause devastating impacts to the operation of valving, piping, and other water transportation mechanisms within the water distribution system. Additionally, other invasive aquatic species may include plants and algae.
Project Description: JVID currently has a visual pre-boat launch inspection program and an in-reservoir monitoring station to monitor invasive mussels in partnership with California Fish and Wildlife that is checked routinely. This project would continue the monitoring effort but additionally create a pre and post mitigation plan specific to Lake Amador for preventing and eliminating the species if found. Also, the purchase of a decontamination station for cleaning and disinfecting boats before launching in the reservoir.
Other Alternatives: No Action
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Amador County JVID Annex G-69
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: California Fish and Wildlife – Mussel prevention and mitigation plan
Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board, California Fish and Wildlife, Lake Amador Resort Benefits (Losses Avoided): $100s thousands – Millions depending on the damage incurred.
Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves, California Fish and Wildlife Mussel Grants.
Timeline: 1-5 years; As soon as funding becomes available and into foreseeable future Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): High
Action 2. Long Term Water Solutions Analysis Due to Climate Change Hazards Addressed: Climate Change, Agricultural Hazards Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): The changing environment could cause negative impacts such as availability for consistent water reliability from the small JVID watershed. Hotter or colder weather cycles could force farmers to change crop types and or fallow fields.
Project Description: Work with a climate change consultant and/or engineer to come up with a long-term plan and analysis of the potential impacts that could be expected to impact JVID specific to address climate change.
Other Alternatives: No Action
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: None identified Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board, California EPA, USDA Benefits (Losses Avoided): $1 to Millions depending on severity of impacts caused by Climate Change Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves, FEMA HMA Grants Timeline: 2030
Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): Low
Action 3. Jackson Creek Dam Spillway Apron Extension Project Hazards Addressed: Dam Failure
Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 6
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Amador County JVID Annex G-70
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): In 2019 JVID completed a FEMA funded project to protect 3 large erosion areas just downstream from the concrete sill of the spillway. In 2023 additional damage occurred due to the large storm events in January. This project did not include protecting the area between these erosion areas and concrete sill which varies from 20-50 feet in distance. This area just downstream the sill could be another area of concern during heavy spillway flows.
Project Description: Extend a 10-50 foot wide by 4-6”-inch-thick apron the length of the 400’ sill and connect with concrete the sill and erosion areas. Protecting the spillway sill and preventing future erosion problems from large spill events and potential operation failure of the spillway.
Other Alternatives: No Action
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: None Identified Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board, California Division Safety of Dams (DSOD), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Benefits (Losses Avoided): Millions if the spillway was to fail and could cause damage to downstream properties and public safety.
Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves, FEMA HMA Grants Timeline: As soon as funding is available. Within 5 years if possible.
Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): High
Action 4. Lake Amador Spillway Rubber Dam Project
Hazards Addressed: Drought & Water Storage, Agricultural Hazards, Wildfire Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 6
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): When Lake Amador was constructed in 1965 due to the geology and construction constraints at the spillway site the final lake elevation the dam was left with 13 feet of additional freeboard on the dam when the reservoir is at full capacity. This additional freeboard could account for an additional 2,000 to 4,000-acre feet of storage to the reservoir if a temporary dam is installed at the spillway.
Project Description: Install a temporary rubber inflatable dam up to 5-feet-tall along the 400’ long spillway sill. In the late spring, inflate a temporary dam with air to use the additional reservoir freeboard to create additional water storage. This additional water could be used for irrigation and help mitigate future drought and water shortage concerns. It could also be used to fight wildfires.
Other Alternatives: No Action
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: None identified 1342
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Amador County JVID Annex G-71
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board, California Division Safety of Dams (DSOD), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Benefits (Losses Avoided): Additional Storage and Water Supply to mitigate water shortage and drought concerns
Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves, FEMA HMA Grants, Loans Timeline: 2050
Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): Medium
Action 5. JVID Water Procurement and Additional Water Storage Study Hazards Addressed: Drought & Water Shortage, Earthquake, Extreme Cold Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 6
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): Water availability and drought have always been one of the biggest concerns for JVID. This could also be an issue if an earthquake caused damage to the dam holding back Lake Amador, or if a freeze caused pipe damages. Procuring additional water from other nearby watersheds and or agencies would help protect our existing operation and help mitigate future droughts.
Additionally, looking for nearby areas to store additional water has also been a priority for JVID.
Project Description: Hire a consultant to help JVID to identify potential projects to store water outside the Lake Amador Reservoir and identify water that could be purchased from other water right holders within our region to supplement Lake Amador storage during times of drought.
Other Alternatives: No Action
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: None Identified Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board, Amador Water Agency, PG&E Benefits (Losses Avoided): Additional Water would help mitigate future droughts and loss of existing operations and customers.
Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves Timeline: As soon as funding is available and into the foreseeable future; 1-5 years; This action is ongoing and annual.
Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): High
Action 6. Jackson Creek Streambank and Levee Maintenance Project Hazards Addressed: Levee Failure, Flood: 1%/0.2% Annual Chance 1343
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Amador County JVID Annex G-72
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 6
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): The Jackson Creek has several miles of levees that farmers have built and used for years to contain the creek flows. During heavy flooding conditions of more than 3,000 cfs historically there has been heavy damage to these levees and stream banks. These stretches of levees have not been maintained from burrowing animals, trees, brush, erosion, etc. for many years.
Project Description: Create a stream bank / levee maintenance plan to clear trees and brush from the levees. Assess the levees condition, harden areas of the banks with rip-rip if necessary to prevent future damage caused by erosion.
Other Alternatives: No Action
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: None Identified Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board
Benefits (Losses Avoided): Protecting life and property while also protecting wildlife habitat by containing the creek flows to the historical channel and preventing further erosion from flood waters.
Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves, FEMA HMA Grants Timeline: 2050
Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): Medium
Action 7. Lake Amador Drive Box Culvert Expansion Project Hazards Addressed: Flood 1%/0.2% annual chance
Goals Addressed: 1, 2, 4, 6
Issue/Background (Problem Statement): Accessing Lake Amador Recreation Area on Lake Amador Drive the road crosses over the Jackson Creek Dam spillway discharge area. In severe storms or large floods there is a 1,000 feet section of road that can be submerged by flood waters making the drive impassable. Currently there is a two 8’x8’box culverts that create a bridge that have a minimal capacity of about 3,000 cfs of flows from spillway discharge. Any flows larger than 3,000 cfs inundates the road and causes safety concerns for the traveling public.
Project Description: Install additional box culverts and raise the roadway above the historical flood stage.
A 1% annual chance flood could be as much as 10,000 cfs of spillway discharge. Install enough drains / culverts to handle a greater than 10,000 cfs flow.
Other Alternatives: No Action
Existing Planning Mechanism(s) through which Action Will Be Implemented: None Identified 1344
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Amador County JVID Annex G-73
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Responsible Office/Partners: JVID GM and Board
Benefits (Losses Avoided): Protecting the public from flood waters. Potential loss of life.
Potential Funding (Local Budgets, Grant Funds, etc.): JVID Reserves, FEMA HMA Grants, Loans Timeline: 2050
Project Priority (High, Medium, Low): Medium
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Amador County Appendix A-1
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Appendix A Planning Process
A.1 Lists of HMPC Invites/Stakeholders
A.1.1. LHMP Invite List
Organization Name Email Address
Amador County Invitees
Amador County Sheriff Sheriff Gary Redman [email protected] Amador County Sheriff Lt Jeff Bellotti [email protected] Amador County Sheriff Sgt Matt Girton - OES Coordinator [email protected] Amador County Sheriff OES Program Manager - Diana
Evensen
[email protected]
Amador County Sheriff Sheriff's Office Program Manager - Holly Sandman
[email protected]
Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Jeff Brown [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Patrick Crew [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Frank Axe [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Richard Forster [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Logan Carnell [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Dan Epperson [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Brian Oneto [email protected] Amador County C.O.A. Chuck Iley [email protected]
Amador County Auditor Tacy Oneto Rouen [email protected] Amador County Assessor Jim Rooney [email protected] Amador County Health Officer Dr. Rita Kerr [email protected] Amador County Social Services Director - Anne Watts [email protected] Amador County Behavioral Health Director - Melissa Cranfill [email protected] Amador County Public Health Director - Joanne Hasson [email protected] Amador County Public Health Diana Haley [email protected] Amador County Public Health Tracy Dehn [email protected] Amador County Public Works Director - Rich Vela [email protected] Amador County Public Works Jack O'Brien [email protected] Amador County Public Works Darek Selman [email protected] Amador County Public Works Valerie Villa [email protected] Amador County Probation Chief - Mark Bonini [email protected] Amador County Probation Debbie Segale [email protected] 1346
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Amador County Appendix A-2
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
Amdor County I.T. Department Director - Jeff White [email protected] Amador County Waste Management Jeff Gardner [email protected] Amador County Air District Hermina Perry [email protected] Amador County Environmental
Health
Scott Meyer [email protected]
Amador County Risk Management Sarah Duarte [email protected] Amador County Animal Control Director - Evan Jacobs [email protected] Amador County Ag Dept Director - Eric Mayberry [email protected] Amador County Ag Dept Barry Clark [email protected]
Amador County Planning Chuck Beatty [email protected] Amador County GSA Director - Glenn Spitzer [email protected] Amador County Environmental
Health
Scott Meyer [email protected]
Amador County Recreation Agency General Manager - Michael Rock [email protected] Amador County Recreation Agency Administrative Assistant - Margaret Friedman
[email protected]
Amador County Veterans Services Angela Sheble [email protected] Amador County Building Department Todd Barr [email protected] City's Invitees
City of Jackson City Manager – Carl Simpson [email protected] City of Jackson Public Works Superintendent – Bree
Wilder
[email protected]
City of Jackson Planning Department [email protected] City of Jackson Building Department [email protected] City of Jackson Mayor – Steve McLean [email protected] City of Jackson Vice Mayor – Chad Simmons [email protected] City of Jackson Council Member – Connie Gonsalves [email protected] City of Jackson Council Member – Max Godde [email protected] City of Jackson Council Member – Bob Stimpson [email protected] City of Ione City Manager – George Lee [email protected] City of Ione Mayor – Alison LaFayne [email protected] City of Ione Council Member – Jack Mitchell [email protected] City of Ione Council Member – Stacy Rhoades [email protected] City of Ione Council Member – Dominic Atlan [email protected] City of Sutter Creek City Manager – Tom Dubois [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Public Works Director – Dan
Lafontaine
[email protected]
City of Sutter Creek Mayor – Claire Gunselman [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Vice Mayor – Julia Sierk [email protected] 1347
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
City of Sutter Creek Council Member – Susan Feist [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Council Member – Dan Riordan [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Council Member – Jim Swift [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Steve Christensen [email protected] City of Amador City City Manager – Dave Groth [email protected] City of Amador City Mayor – Sandra Staples [email protected] City of Amador City Vice Mayor – Susan Bragstad [email protected] City of Amador City City Clerk – Joyce Davidson [email protected] City of Plymouth City Manager – Margaret Roberts [email protected] City of Plymouth City Manager – Cameron Begbie
City of Plymouth Public Works Director – Cathleen
Johnson
[email protected]
City of Plymouth Public Works [email protected] City of Plymouth Mayor – Marianne Akerland [email protected] City of Plymouth Vice Mayor – Michael McLaughlin [email protected] City of Plymouth Council Member – Peter Amoruso [email protected] City of Plymouth Council Member – Doug Sim [email protected] City of Plymouth Council Member – Keith White [email protected] Law Invitees
CHP - Amador Commander Todd Thibodeau
Jackson Police Department Chief - Chris Mynderup [email protected] Jackson Police Department Captain - Jose Arevalos [email protected] Ione Police Department Chief - Jon Alfred [email protected] Ione Police Department Sergeant - Carlo Sgroi [email protected] Sutter Creek Police Department Chief - Jim O'Connell [email protected] Sutter Creek Police Department Sergeant - Matt Brewer [email protected] Fire Invitees
Cal-Fire Jed Gaines [email protected]
Cal-Fire Jon Reis [email protected]
Cal-Fire Public Information Officer - Wendy
Oaks
[email protected]
U.S. Forest Service James Thornock [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Chief - Rob Withrow [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Battalion Chief - Rob Ebling [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Battalion Chief - Justin Yelinek [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Battalion Chief - Aaron Watkins [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Ashley Anaya [email protected] 1348
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
Amador Fire Protection District Public Information Officer - Kayla Dale
[email protected]
Jackson Fire Department Chief - Ryan Pidgeon [email protected] Ione Fire Department Chief - Ken Mackey [email protected] Sutter Creek Fire Department Chief - Dominic Moreno [email protected] Jackson Valley Fire District Chief - Randy Makemson [email protected] Medical & Health Invitees
Amador County Public Health Director - Joanne Hasson [email protected] Amador County Public Health Diana Haley [email protected] Amador County Public Health Tracy Dehn [email protected] Sutter Amador Hospital CEO - Michael Cureton [email protected] Sutter Amador Hospital Emergency Planner - Rachael
Dimmer
[email protected]
American Legion Ambulance President - Alan McNany [email protected] American Legion Ambulance Vice President - Michelle Tyer [email protected] Mountain County EMSA Disaster Preparedness Coordinator - Marc Stevensen
[email protected]
MACT Health Board Director - Sara Ray [email protected] MACT Health Care Board Laura Ellison [email protected] Water Districts Invitees
Amador Water Agency Rick Ferriera [email protected] Amador Water Agency Lucas Carthew [email protected] Amador Water Agency Brandt Cook [email protected]
Amador Water Agency Antero Acierto [email protected] EBMUD Tim Cox [email protected]
Jackson Valley Irrigation District General Manager - Steve Fredricks [email protected] River Pines Public Utility District Amy Gedney [email protected] River Pines Public Utility District General Manager - Candi Bingham [email protected] El Dorado Irrigation District Chief Dam Safety Engineer - John Kessler
[email protected]
Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility
District
General Manager - Erik Christeson [email protected] Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility
District
Asst General Manager - Rick Ansel [email protected]
CA Department of Water Resources Senior Engineer - Justin Siu [email protected] CA Department of Water Resources Flood Center [email protected] Other Utilities & Transportation
Invitees
PG&E James Croshurst [email protected]
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
PG&E Kim Johansen [email protected]
PG&E Samantha Hill [email protected]
PG&E Andrew Murray [email protected]
PG&E Kevin Quakenbush [email protected]
PG&E Public Safety Specialist Supervisor -
Pam Perdue
[email protected]
PG&E Public Safety Specialist for Amador
County - Todd Crawford
[email protected]
PG&E Corporate Security Dept - Randy
Malashus
[email protected]
PG&E Mother Lode Hydro Manager - Clint
Harris
[email protected]
Volcano Communications General Manager - Frank Leschinsky [email protected] Cal-Trans Wes Bingham [email protected]
Cal-Trans Nick Uselton [email protected]
Amador Transit Maggie Amarant [email protected]
Amador Transit April Miller [email protected]
Misc Invitees
Foster Morrison Jeanine Foster [email protected] Amador County Unified School
District
Interim Superintendent - Jared
Critchfield
[email protected]
Red Cross Regional Director - Rebecca Mich [email protected] Red Cross Lisa Baker [email protected]
Jackson Rancheria CEO Crystal Jack [email protected] Harrahs CEO - Jeff Cutri [email protected]
Harrahs - Tribe Rep. Chief of Staff for Tribe - Wayne
Smith
[email protected]
Ione Band of Miwok Indians President - Sara Dutschke [email protected] Ione Band of Miwok Indians Administrative Assistant - Kirsten Charnoski
[email protected]
Cal-OES Emergency Services Coordinator -
John Casillas
[email protected]
Cal-OES Emergnecy Services Coordinator -
John Anger,
[email protected]
Cal-OES Planning Division - Victoria LaMarr[email protected] ARC Amador Executive Director - Karyn Gregorius [email protected] ARC Amador Lurali Moore [email protected]
Pine Grove Community Services General Manager - Lori Arnberg [email protected] LAFCO Local Agency Formation Commision [email protected] 1350
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
Evacuation Teams of Amador Bobbi Laughton [email protected] ACART Kelly Reason [email protected]
Amador Chamber of Commerce Executive Director - Brad Barnard [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce President - Matt Toma [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Vice President - Kevin Barnett [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Secretary/Treasurer - Sharon Lundgren
[email protected]
Amador Chamber of Commerce Rich Hoffman [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Paul Molinelli, Jr [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Katie Dunne
Amador Chamber of Commerce Susan Manning [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Beth Barnard [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Erika Simmons [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Laura Ray [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce John Williamson [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Jim Guidi [email protected]
Amador Chamber of Commerce Director - Ashley Carnicello [email protected] El Dorado County OES Director - Troy Morton [email protected] Calaveras County OES Director - Eric Holt [email protected] Alpine County OES Undersheriff - Chris Harootunian [email protected] Victory Village President - Jason Mulford [email protected] Victory Village Secretary - Cameron Begbie
Victory Village Vice President & Treasurer - Leland
Meyer
[email protected]
Victory Village Director - Nichole Mulford [email protected] Homeless Task Force Steve Christensen [email protected] Amador Resource Conservation
District
Executive Director - Amanda Watson [email protected] Amador Fire Safe Council Administrative Assistant - Dana Simpson
[email protected]
Amador Fire Safe Council Public Outreach Coordinator - Megan Watts
[email protected]
Amador Fire Safe Council Todd Bertwell, RCD/FSC [email protected] Area 12 Agency on Aging Executive Director - Kristin Millhoff [email protected] Area 12 Agency on Aging Assistant Director - Tracey Sawyer [email protected] Jackson Senior Center Executive Director - Chris Kalton [email protected] Fiddletown Community Center Deirdre Mueller [email protected] Ione Citizen Larry Rhoades [email protected]
Ione Citizen Bette Rhoades [email protected]
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
ACART Kitten Chapman [email protected]
A.1.2. HMPC Participant List
Organization Name Email Address
Amador County Participants
Amador County Sheriff Sheriff Gary Redman [email protected] Amador County Sheriff Lt Jeff Bellotti [email protected] Amador County Sheriff Sgt Matt Girton - OES Coordinator [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Jeff Brown [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Patrick Crew [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Logan Carnell [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Dan Epperson [email protected] Amador County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Brian Oneto [email protected] Amador County C.O.A. Chuck Iley [email protected]
Amador County Health Officer Dr. Rita Kerr [email protected] Amador County Social Services Director - Anne Watts [email protected] Amador County Behavioral Health Director - Melissa Cranfill [email protected] Amador County Public Health Director - Joanne Hasson [email protected] Amador County Public Health Diana Haley [email protected] Amador County Public Health Tracy Dehn [email protected] Amador County Public Works Director - Rich Vela [email protected] Amador County Public Works Jack O'Brien [email protected] Amador County Waste Management Jeff Gardner [email protected] Amador County Air District Hermina Perry [email protected] Amador County Environmental
Health
Scott Meyer [email protected]
Amador County Animal Control Director - Evan Jacobs [email protected] Amador County Ag Dept Director - Eric Mayberry [email protected] Amador County Ag Dept Barry Clark [email protected]
Amador County Planning Chuck Beatty [email protected] Amador County GSA Director - Glenn Spitzer [email protected] Amador County Environmental
Health
Scott Meyer [email protected]
Amador County Building Department Todd Barr [email protected] City's Participants
City of Jackson City Manager – Carl Simpson [email protected] 1352
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October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
City of Ione Council Member – Stacy Rhoades [email protected] City of Sutter Creek City Manager – Tom Dubois [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Public Works Director – Dan
Lafontaine
[email protected]
City of Sutter Creek Vice Mayor – Julia Sierk [email protected] City of Sutter Creek Steve Christensen [email protected] City of Amador City City Manager – Dave Groth [email protected] City of Amador City Mayor – Sandra Staples [email protected] City of Plymouth City Manager – Margaret Roberts [email protected] City of Plymouth City Manager – Cameron Begbie
City of Plymouth Public Works Director – Cathleen
Johnson
[email protected]
Law Participants
Jackson Police Department Captain - Jose Arevalos [email protected] Fire Participants
U.S. Forest Service James Thornock [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Chief - Rob Withrow [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Battalion Chief - Justin Yelinek [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Ashley Anaya [email protected] Amador Fire Protection District Public Information Officer - Kayla Dale
[email protected]
Jackson Fire Department Chief - Ryan Pidgeon [email protected] Ione Fire Department Chief - Ken Mackey [email protected] Sutter Creek Fire Department Chief - Dominic Moreno [email protected] Jackson Valley Fire District Chief - Randy Makemson [email protected] Medical & Health Participants
Amador County Public Health Director - Joanne Hasson [email protected] Amador County Public Health Diana Haley [email protected] Amador County Public Health Tracy Dehn [email protected] Sutter Amador Hospital Emergency Planner - Rachael
Dimmer
[email protected]
American Legion Ambulance President - Alan McNany [email protected] American Legion Ambulance Vice President - Michelle Tyer [email protected] MACT Health Care Board Laura Ellison [email protected] Water Districts Participants
Amador Water Agency Rick Ferriera [email protected] Amador Water Agency Lucas Carthew [email protected] Amador Water Agency Brandt Cook [email protected]
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Amador County Appendix A-9
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Organization Name Email Address
Amador Water Agency Antero Acierto [email protected] Jackson Valley Irrigation District General Manager - Steve Fredricks [email protected] River Pines Public Utility District Amy Gedney [email protected] Other Utilities & Transportation
Participants
PG&E James Croshurst [email protected]
PG&E Kim Johansen [email protected]
PG&E Samantha Hill [email protected]
PG&E Andrew Murray [email protected]
PG&E Kevin Quakenbush [email protected]
PG&E Mother Lode Hydro Manager - Clint
Harris
[email protected]
Volcano Communications General Manager - Frank Leschinsky [email protected] Cal-Trans Wes Bingham [email protected]
Cal-Trans Nick Uselton [email protected]
Misc Participants
Foster Morrison Jeanine Foster [email protected] Red Cross Regional Director - Rebecca Mich [email protected] Red Cross Lisa Baker [email protected]
Cal-OES Emergency Services Coordinator -
John Anger
[email protected]
ARC Amador Executive Director - Karyn Gregorius [email protected] ARC Amador Lurali Moore [email protected]
Amador Chamber of Commerce President - Matt Toma [email protected] Amador Chamber of Commerce Jim Guidi [email protected]
Amador Chamber of Commerce Director - Ashley Carnicello [email protected] Amador Resource Conservation
District
Executive Director - Amanda Watson [email protected] Amador Fire Safe Council Todd Bertwell, RCD/FSC [email protected] Ione Citizen Larry Rhoades [email protected]
Ione Citizen Bette Rhoades [email protected]
ACART Kitten Chapman [email protected]
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.2 Website for Hazard Mitigation Plan: Project Website 1355
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.3 HMPC Meeting #1: Kickoff Meeting
A.3.1. Kickoff Meeting Invite to HMPC and Stakeholders
From: Matthew Girton <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 9:26 AM
To: Matthew Girton; [email protected]; [email protected]; Debbie Segale; Angela M. Sheble; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Robert Withrow; [email protected]; [email protected]; Jim Rooney; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; LAFCO Agency; [email protected]; Herminia Perry; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Michael Rock; [email protected]; [email protected]; Diana Evensen; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Health Officer; Richard Vela; [email protected]; Jeanine Foster; [email protected]; Frank Axe; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Tracy Dehn; [email protected]; Anne Watts; [email protected]; Pat Crew; Tacy Rouen; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Jack O'Brien; [email protected]; [email protected]; Robert Ebling; Chuck Iley; Kayla Dale; [email protected]; [email protected]; Valerie Villa; [email protected]; Melissa Cranfill; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Mark Bonini; Jeff Brown; [email protected]; [email protected]; Jeffry Gardner; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Chuck Beatty; Brian Oneto; [email protected]; [email protected]; Justin Yelinek; Darek Selman; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Richard Forster; [email protected]; Gary Redman; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Jeff White; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Jeffrey Bellotti; Glenn Spitzer; [email protected]; Scott Meyer; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; srhoades@ioneca.com; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly Sandman; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Evan Jacobs; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Diana Haley; Joanne Hasson; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Aaron Watkins; Sarah Duarte; Barry Clark; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Eric Mayberry; Margaret Friedman; Todd Barr; [email protected] Subject: Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee Meeting
When: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 1:00 PM-4:00 PM America/Los_Angeles.
Where: 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA, 95642
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Good morning, Amador County and Neighbors!
The Amador County Sheriff's Office of
Emergency Services has partnered with Foster
Morrison Consulting, to update our 2021 Local
Hazard Mitigation Plan. The purpose of this
update is to assess risk to natural hazards,
implement actions to reduce future losses and
maintain eligibility for federal mitigation grant
funding in accordance with the Disaster
Mitigation Act of 2000.
If you have received this email, you have been
identified as a community stakeholder, and
your input would be greatly appreciated. With
that said, if there is someone else in your
organization you'd like to send to this meeting,
please forward this invitation to them - All are
invited.
Our first stakeholder meeting is scheduled for
December 4th, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
inside the Board of Supervisors Chambers
located at 810 Court Street, Jackson, Ca. We
hope to see you there! Please see the attached
documents for further information, and feel
free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
When
Wednesday Dec 4, 2024 ⋅ 1pm – 4pm (Pacific
Time - Los Angeles)
Location
810 Court Street, Jackson, CA, 95642
View map
Guests
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A.3.2. HMPC #1: Kickoff Meeting Agenda
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A.3.3. HMPC #1: Kickoff Meeting Sign-in Sheet
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A.4 HMPC #2: Risk Assessment Meeting
A.4.1. Emailed Invite to Risk Assessment Meeting
From: Matthew Girton <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2025 10:18 AM
To: Gary Redman <[email protected]>; Jeremy Martin <[email protected]>; Diana Evensen <[email protected]>; Jeff Brown <[email protected]>; Logan Carnell <[email protected]>; Brian Oneto <[email protected]>; Chuck Iley <[email protected]>; Tacy Rouen <[email protected]>; Jim Rooney <[email protected]>; Health Officer <[email protected]>; Diana Haley <[email protected]>; Joanne Hasson <[email protected]>; Melissa Cranfill <[email protected]>; Anne Watts <[email protected]>; Scott Meyer <[email protected]>; Jeffry Gardner <[email protected]>; Debbie Segale <[email protected]>; Valerie Villa <[email protected]>; Darek Selman <[email protected]>; Glenn Spitzer <[email protected]>; Barry Clark <[email protected]>; Sarah Duarte <[email protected]>; Jack O'Brien <[email protected]>; Herminia Perry <[email protected]>; Margaret Friedman <[email protected]>; Richard Vela <[email protected]>; Chuck Beatty <[email protected]>; Frank Axe <[email protected]>; Jeff White <[email protected]>; Todd Barr <[email protected]>; Jeffrey Bellotti <[email protected]>; Angela M. Sheble <[email protected]>; Holly Sandman <[email protected]>; Pat Crew <[email protected]>; Eric Mayberry <[email protected]>; Evan Jacobs <[email protected]>; Michael Rock <[email protected]>; Tracy Dehn <[email protected]>; Mark Bonini <[email protected]>; Carl Simpson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; George Lee <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Tom DuBois <[email protected]>; Dan Lafontaine <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Dave Groth <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Clerk <[email protected]>; Margaret Roberts <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Michael McLaughlin <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Chris Mynderup <[email protected]>; Jose Arevalos <[email protected]>; Jon Alfred <[email protected]>; Carlo Sgroi <[email protected]>; Jim O'Connell <[email protected]>; Matt Brewer <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Gaines, Jed@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; Reis, Jon@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; Oaks, Wendy@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Robert Withrow <[email protected]>; Robert Ebling <[email protected]>; Justin Yelinek <[email protected]>; Aaron Watkins <[email protected]>; Kayla Dale <[email protected]>; Ryan Pidgeon <[email protected]>; Ken Mackey <[email protected]>; Dominic Moreno <[email protected]>; Chief Randy Makemson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Dimmer, Rachael <[email protected]>; Alan McNany <[email protected]>; Michelle Tyer <[email protected]>; Ray, Sara (MACT) <[email protected]>; Ellison, Laura (MACT) <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Rick Ferriera <[email protected]>; Cox, Timothy <[email protected]>; Steven Fredrick - JVID <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Kessler, John <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Rick Ansel <[email protected]>; Perdue, 1363
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Perdue, Pamela <[email protected]>; Crawford, Todd <[email protected]>; Malashus, Randy <[email protected]>; Harris, Clint <[email protected]>; Frank Leschinsky <[email protected]>; Bingham, Wes W@DOT <[email protected]>; Maggie <[email protected]>; April <[email protected]>; Jeanine Foster <[email protected]>; Jared Critchfield <[email protected]>; Mich, Beatriz <[email protected]>; Crystal Jack <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Wayne Smith <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Casillas, John@CalOES <[email protected]>; LaMar-Haas, Victoria@CalOES <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; LAFCO Agency <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Kitten Chapman <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Matthew Toma <[email protected]>; Kevin Barnett <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Paul Molinelli Jr. <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Beth Barnard <[email protected]>; Erika Simmons <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Ashley Carnicello <[email protected]>; Amanda Watson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Megan Watts <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Chris Kalton <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Brandt Cook <[email protected]>; Lucas Carthew <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Todd Bertwell <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Baker, Lisa <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Crowhurst, Shug <[email protected]>
Subject: Amador County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update All:
Last December, we kicked off the Amador County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update project. That kickoff meeting provided an overview of the project and resulted in an updated list of natural hazards (e.g., wildfire, flood, earthquake, severe weather, etc.) to be included in the 2025 LHMP. Since then, Foster Morrison Consulting has been collecting data and preparing a risk assessment – which will consist of a written profile and analysis of each identified natural hazard, supported by technical, historical, and local data. The risk assessment will become a part of the updated LHMP.
**SAVE THE DATE** Please join us for our second Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC) Meeting on the Risk Assessment. The purpose of this meeting is to share draft risk assessment materials – including mapping, data, and other information – and invite your feedback. See attached agenda.
When: April 9, 2025 (Wednesday), 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642 A Google invite for the meeting will follow this email. 1364
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Questions? Please feel free to reach out to myself or Jeanine Foster, Foster Morrison Consulting, at 303-717-7171 or [email protected]. For more information about the project, visit: https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/office-of-emergency-services/localhazard-mitigation-plan Hope to see you there.
Thank you,
--
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator
Amador County Sheriff's Office
700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209) 223-6384
Fax: (209) 223-1609
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A.4.2. HMPC #2: Risk Assessment Meeting Reminder Email
Note: This email was sent to the same list of individuals as the previous email. That list is not included here to save space.
All,
**Meeting Reminder** Please join us for the second meeting of the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC) in support of the Amador County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update Project:
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (1:00 - 4:00 pm)
Board of Supervisors Chambers
810 Court Street
Jackson, CA 95642
We need your support! The purpose of this meeting is to share natural hazard risk assessment materials developed to date – including mapping, data, other information, and data gaps. We invite your feedback and continued input. See attached agenda.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out to myself or Jeanine Foster, Foster Morrison Consulting, at 303 717-7171 or [email protected]
Thank you,
--
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator
Amador County Sheriff's Office
700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209) 223-6384
Fax: (209) 223-1609
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A.4.3. HMPC #2: Risk Assessment Meeting Agenda
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A.4.4. HMPC #2: Risk Assessment Meeting Sign in Sheet
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A.5 HMPC #3 & #4: Mitigation Strategy Meetings
A.5.1. Email Invites to Mitigation Strategy Meetings
From: Matthew Girton <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 9:59 AM
To: SO-Administration <[email protected]>; Jim Rooney <[email protected]>; Tacy Rouen <[email protected]>; Chuck Iley <[email protected]>; BOS-Board of Supervisors <[email protected]>; Diana Evensen <[email protected]>; Melissa Cranfill <[email protected]>; Anne Watts <[email protected]>; Rita H. Kerr <[email protected]>; Holly Sandman <[email protected]>; Joanne Hasson <[email protected]>; Diana Haley <[email protected]>; Tracy Dehn <[email protected]>; Richard Vela <[email protected]>; Jack O'Brien <[email protected]>; Darek Selman <[email protected]>; Valerie Villa <[email protected]>; Jeff White <[email protected]>; Jeffry Gardner <[email protected]>; Herminia Perry <[email protected]>; Scott Meyer <[email protected]>; Sarah Duarte <[email protected]>; Evan M. Jacobs <[email protected]>; Eric Mayberry <[email protected]>; Barry Clark <[email protected]>; Chuck Beatty <[email protected]>; Glenn Spitzer <[email protected]>; Michael Rock <[email protected]>; Margaret Friedman <[email protected]>; Angela M. Sheble <[email protected]>; Todd Barr <[email protected]>; Carl Simpson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; George Lee <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Tom DuBois <[email protected]>; Dan Lafontaine <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Dave Groth <david.groth@amadorcity.com>; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Clerk <city.clerk@amadorcity.com>; Margaret Roberts <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Michael McLaughlin <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Chris Mynderup <[email protected]>; Jose Arevalos <[email protected]>; Jon Alfred <jalfred@ione - ca.com>; Carlo Sgroi <[email protected]>; Jim O'Connell <[email protected]>; Matt Brewer <[email protected]>; Gaines, Jed@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; Reis, Jon@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Robert Withrow <[email protected]>; Robert Ebling <[email protected]>; Justin Yelinek <[email protected]>; Aaron Watkins <[email protected]>; Kayla Dale <[email protected]>; Ryan Pidgeon <[email protected]>; Ken Mackey <Kmackey@ione - ca.com>;
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Dominic Moreno <[email protected]>; Chief Randy Makemson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Dimmer, Rachael <[email protected]>; Alan McNany <[email protected]>; Michelle Tyer <[email protected]>; Ray, Sara (MACT) <[email protected]>; Ellison, Laura (MACT) <[email protected]>; Rick Ferriera <[email protected]>; Cox, Timothy <[email protected]>; Steven Fredrick - JVID <[email protected]>; River Pines PUD <[email protected]>; Kessler, John <[email protected]>; Erik Christeson <[email protected]>; Rick Ansel <[email protected]>; Crawford, Todd <[email protected]>; Frank Leschinsky <[email protected]>; Bingham, Wes W@DOT <[email protected]>; Uselton, Nicholas@DOT <[email protected]>; Maggie <[email protected]>; April <[email protected]>; Jeanine Foster <[email protected]>; Jared Critchfield <[email protected]>; Mich, Beatriz <[email protected]>; Casillas, John@CalOES <[email protected]>; Brandt Cook <[email protected]>; Kitten Chapman <[email protected]>; Todd Bertwell <[email protected]>; Baker, Lisa <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Lucas Carthew <[email protected]>
Subject: LHMP: Mitigation Strategy Meetings
...
Jun 11, 2025, 1:00pm – Jun 11, 2025, 4:00pm
(GMT-07:00) Pacific Time - Los Angeles
810 Court St
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Jun 12, 2025, 9:00am – Jun 12, 2025, 12:00pm
(GMT-07:00) Pacific Time - Los Angeles
810 Court St
All,
Thanks again to everyone that attended our April Risk Assessment meeting! You are invited to the Amador County 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Mitigation Strategy meetings of the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC).
In preparation for the upcoming meetings, please see below:
1. Identify and bring your mitigation project ideas to the meetings! 1372
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These are the two most important meetings for this LHMP Update project:
• Wednesday, June 11 (1:00 - 4:00 pm) - we will briefly revisit the risk assessment data developed to date and will be establishing updated LHMP goals and objectives.
• Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm) - we will be working to identify and discuss potential mitigation actions and projects for reducing Amador’s risk and vulnerability to identified hazards and disasters.
Please make sure everyone attends who has mitigation actions and projects to include in the LHMP Update for all identified priority hazards.
Meeting Locations for Both Meetings:
Board of Supervisors Chambers
810 Court Street
Jackson, CA 95642
As always, Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee Meetings are open to the public.
2. Attached is an Agenda for the two meetings.
3. Also attached is a FEMA publication – Mitigation Ideas Take a look – it is easy to skim through and will give you mitigation ideas, by hazard.
What fits your Jurisdiction?
County, City, District, and stakeholder participation and coordination is a requirement of an approved LHMP, as is the inclusion of any hazard data, information, and mitigation projects you may want to see included in the Plan. Your continued participation and input is critical to the success of this project!
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Please reach out to me or Jeanine Foster at [email protected] if you have questions.
Look forward to seeing everyone.
--
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator
Amador County Sheriff's Office
700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209) 223-6384
Fax: (209) 223-1609
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A.5.2. HMPC #3 & #4: Email Invite (Reminder) to Mitigation Strategy Meetings
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From: Matthew Girton <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 1:36 PM
To: SO-Administration <[email protected]>; Jim Rooney <[email protected]>; Tacy Rouen <[email protected]>; Chuck Iley <[email protected]>; BOS-Board of Supervisors <[email protected]>; Diana Evensen <[email protected]>; Melissa Cranfill <[email protected]>; Anne Watts <[email protected]>; Rita H. Kerr <[email protected]>; Holly Sandman <[email protected]>; Joanne Hasson <[email protected]>; Diana Haley <[email protected]>; Tracy Dehn <[email protected]>; Richard Vela <[email protected]>; Jack O'Brien <[email protected]>; Darek Selman <[email protected]>; Valerie Villa <[email protected]>; Jeff White <[email protected]>; Jeffry Gardner <[email protected]>; Herminia Perry <[email protected]>; Scott Meyer <[email protected]>; Sarah Duarte <[email protected]>; Evan M. Jacobs <[email protected]>; Eric Mayberry <[email protected]>; Barry Clark <[email protected]>; Chuck Beatty <[email protected]>; Glenn Spitzer <[email protected]>; Michael Rock <[email protected]>; Margaret Friedman <[email protected]>; Angela M. Sheble <[email protected]>; Todd Barr <[email protected]>; Carl Simpson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; George Lee <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Tom DuBois <[email protected]>; Dan Lafontaine <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Dave Groth <david.groth@amadorcity.com>; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Clerk <city.clerk@amadorcity.com>; Margaret Roberts <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Michael McLaughlin <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Chris Mynderup <[email protected]>; Jose Arevalos <[email protected]>; Jon Alfred <jalfred@ioneca.com>; Carlo Sgroi <[email protected]>; Jim O'Connell <[email protected]>; Matt Brewer <[email protected]>; Jed@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; Jon@CALFIRE <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Robert Withrow <[email protected]>; Robert Ebling <[email protected]>; Justin Yelinek <[email protected]>; Aaron Watkins <[email protected]>; Kayla Dale <[email protected]>; Ryan Pidgeon <[email protected]>; Ken Mackey <[email protected]>; Dominic Moreno <[email protected]>; Chief Randy Makemson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Rachael <[email protected]>; Michelle Tyer <[email protected]>; Ray, Sara (MACT) <[email protected]>; Ellison, Laura (MACT) <[email protected]>; Rick Ferriera <[email protected]>; Timothy <[email protected]>; Steven Fredrick - JVID <[email protected]>; River Pines PUD <[email protected]>; John <[email protected]>; Erik Christeson <[email protected]>; Rick Ansel <[email protected]>; Todd <[email protected]>; Frank Leschinsky <[email protected]>; Wes W@DOT <[email protected]>; Nicholas@DOT <[email protected]>; Maggie <[email protected]>; April <[email protected]>; Jeanine Foster <[email protected]>; Jared Critchfield <[email protected]>; Beatriz <[email protected]>; John@CalOES <[email protected]>; Brandt Cook <[email protected]>; Kitten Chapman <[email protected]>; Todd Bertwell <[email protected]>; Lisa <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Lucas Carthew 1376
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Lucas Carthew <[email protected]>
Subject: LHMP: Mitigation Strategy Meetings: Reminder
All,
This is a reminder of the upcoming meetings for the 2025 Amador County LHMP Update Project.
Meeting Location (For both June 11th and 12th meetings):
Board of Supervisors Chambers
810 Court Street
Jackson, CA 95642
June 11th - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
June 12th - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
These are the two most important meetings for this LHMP Update project! Please make sure that everyone who attends has mitigation actions and projects to include in the LHMP Update for your jurisdiction’s priority hazards.
See attachments:
1. Attached is the Mitigation Action Status summary from the 2020 LHMP. Each participating jurisdiction to the 2020 LHMP should review their previous mitigation actions and complete the table to provide a status update of previous actions/projects and to determine which 2020 actions you may want to include in this LHMP Update. Bring your completed status summary to the meetings. Note, we will also need you to email us a copy of your 2020 mitigation status summary for inclusion in the updated plan.
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2. Also attached is a FEMA publication – Mitigation Ideas Take a look – it is easy to skim through and will give you mitigation ideas, by hazard.
What fits for Amador County? Your Jurisdiction?
Please reach out to myself or Jeanine Foster at [email protected] if you have questions.
Look forward to seeing everyone.
Thanks,
--
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator
Amador County Sheriff's Office
700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209) 223-6384
Fax: (209) 223-1609
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A.5.4. HMPC #3 & #4: Mitigation Strategy Meeting Sign in Sheets June 11 Meeting
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June 12 Meeting
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A.6 HMPC #5: Final HMPC Meeting
A.6.1. Final HMPC Meeting Invite
Note: This email was sent out to the entire HMPC list in Section A.1.2.
From: Matthew Girton [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2025 12:21 PM
To: Jeanine Foster [email protected]
Subject: Fw: LHMP: Next Meetings
All,
Please see below information on the final steps for the Amador County 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update project:
LHMP Public Review Draft and Public Meeting. The LHMP Public Review Draft is up on the Amador County website for public review and comment at: https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/office-of-emergency-services/local-hazardmitigation-plan. A printed copy of the LHMP is available at the Amador County Sheriff’s Office located at 700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642.
A public meeting on the Draft LHMP will be held Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from 5:30 -7:00 pm at the Amador County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 700 Court St.
Jackson, CA 95642.
A press release and other outreach is being issued by the County. Please help get the word out to the public.
Final HMPC Meeting. Our final planning committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday October 9, 2025 from 9:00 am -12:00 pm, also at the Amador County Board of Supervisors Chambers. This meeting will address public comments received and finalize all input to the LHMP. We will also be evaluating any changes in hazard vulnerabilities and mitigation priorities to the Amador County Planning Area over the last five years for inclusion in the final LHMP document.
Final LHMP Input. All final planning committee (and jurisdictional, public and stakeholder) input on the Draft LHMP needs to be provided no later than October 17, 2025. Please take time to download and review the Plan from the County website.
There are several options for providing comments on the LHMP Public Review Draft:
1. Email comments to [email protected] or [email protected]
2. Drop off written comments or send by mail to: Amador County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Emergency Services, Attn. Sergeant Girton, 700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
3. Bring comments to the final public or HMPC meeting
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If you have any questions, please contact Jeanine Foster at [email protected] or Sergeant Matt Girton at [email protected].
Thank you for your continued engagement in the process.
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator
Amador County Sheriff's Office
700 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209) 223-6384
Fax: (209) 223-1609
*Please note my new email address*
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A.6.2. Final HMPC Meeting Invite Reminder
From: Matthew Girton <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 3:14 PM
To: BOS-Board of Supervisors <[email protected]>; Chuck Iley <[email protected]>; Glenn Spitzer <[email protected]>; Chuck Beatty <[email protected]>; Richard Vela <[email protected]>; Jack O'Brien <[email protected]>; Anne Watts <[email protected]>; Melissa Cranfill <[email protected]>; Joanne Hasson <[email protected]>; Tracy Dehn <[email protected]>; Diana Haley <[email protected]>; Jeffry Gardner <[email protected]>; Herminia Perry <[email protected]>; Evan M. Jacobs <[email protected]>; Eric Mayberry <[email protected]>; Barry Clark <[email protected]>; Robert Withrow <[email protected]>; Kayla Dale <[email protected]>; Robert Ebling <[email protected]>; Justin Yelinek <[email protected]>; Aaron Watkins <[email protected]>; Ken Mackey <[email protected]>; rpidgeon <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Chief Randy Makemson <[email protected]>; Chris Mynderup <[email protected]>; Jose Arevalos <[email protected]>; Jim O'Connell <[email protected]>; Jon Alfred <[email protected]>; Bingham, Wes W@DOT <[email protected]>; Dan Lafontaine <[email protected]>; [email protected]; sandy.staples@amadorcity.com; [email protected]; Todd Bertwell <[email protected]>; Frank Leschinsky <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Mich, Beatriz <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Uselton, Nicholas@DOT <[email protected]>; Cameron Begbie <[email protected]>; [email protected]; George Lee <[email protected]>; Carl Simpson <[email protected]>; Tom DuBois <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Lucas Carthew <[email protected]>; Dimmer, Rachael <[email protected]>; Rita H. Kerr <[email protected]>; Michelle Tyer <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Harris, Clint <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Scott Meyer <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Cc: SO-Administration <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Jeanine Foster <[email protected]>; Chris Morrison <[email protected]> Subject: LHMP: Next Meeting
Good afternoon,
This is just a friendly reminder that the final public and planning committee meetings are being held to review and provide comments on the Public Review Draft LHMP. If you haven't already received a copy of that Draft, it can be found on the Amador County website, here. I won't ask that any of you attend the Public Meeting, but I would be very appreciative if you could please attend the final planning committee meeting on Thursday, October 9th at 9:00 am, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers. Jeanine has one final, FEMA required, exercise to run through, and your participation and input is needed.
Thank you, and I hope to see you there!
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator
Amador County Sheriff's Office
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A.6.3. HMPC #5: Final HMPC Meeting Agenda
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A.6.4. HMPC #5: Final Meeting Sign In Sheets
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A.7 Public Involvement
A.7.1. Public Meeting Outreach Flyers: Project Announcement and Kickoff Meetings
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A.7.2. Posting Locations of Outreach Flyers
Below is a list of all the places the Outreach Flyer was posted:
➢ Amador City - City Hall - 14531 East School Street, Amador City, CA, 95601 ➢ Amador County Administration Building - 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA, 95642 ➢ Amador County Health & Human Services Building - 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685 ➢ Amador County Transportation Commission Office - 117 Valley View Way, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685 ➢ Buckhorn/Pioneer - IGA Payless Grocery Store (aka Young's Payless Market IGA) - 26560 Highway 88, Pioneer, CA, 95666
➢ Buckhorn/Pioneer - Pioneer Branch Library - 25070 Buckhorn Ridge Road, Pioneer, CA, 95666 ➢ Camanche - Camanche Blues General Store - 4232 Camanche Parkway North, Ione, CA, 95640 ➢ Fiddletown - Fiddletown Community Center - 14445 Fiddletown Road, Fiddletown, CA, 95629 ➢ Ione City Hall - 1 East Main Street, Ione, CA, 95640
➢ Jackson City Hall - 33 Broadway #D, Jackson, CA, 95642 ➢ Jackson Fire Department - 175 Main Street, Jackson, CA, 95642 ➢ Jackson Library - 530 Sutter Street, Jackson, CA, 95642 ➢ Pine Grove Market - 19394 Highway 88, Pine Grove, CA, 95665 ➢ Pine Grove Town Hall & Library - 19889 Highway 88, Pine Grove, CA, 95665 ➢ Pioneer Veteran's Hall - 25100 Buckhorn Ridge Road, Pioneer, CA, 95666 ➢ Plymouth City Hall - 9426 Main Street, Plymouth, CA, 95669 ➢ River Pines Town Hall - 22900 Canyon Avenue, River Pines, CA, 95675 ➢ Sutter Creek City Hall - 18 Main Street, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685 ➢ Volcano Post Office - 16120 Main Street, Volcano, CA, 95689 ➢ Volcano - Sizemore County Store - 16146 Main Street, Volcano, CA, 95689 These are shown below:
Amador City Hall/Amador County Administration Building Flyer Postings 1392
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-48
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Amador County Health & Human Services/Amador County Transportation Commission Office Flyer Postings
Young’s Payless Market/Pioneer Branch Library Flyer Postings 1393
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-49
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Camanche Blue’s General Store/Fiddletown Community Center Flyer Postings Ione City Hall/Jackson City Hall Flyer Postings
1394
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-50
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Jackson Fire Department/Jackson Library Flyer Postings
Pine Grove Market/Pine Grove Town Hall & Library Flyer Postings 1395
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-51
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Pioneer Veteran’s Hall/Plymouth City Hall Flyer Postings River Pines Town Hall/ Sutter Creek City Hall Flyer Postings 1396
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-52
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Volcano Post Office/Sizemore County Store Flyer Postings 1397
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-53
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.3. Project Announcement/Public Meeting #1 in The Fiddler Amador County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP)
Update Project
The LHMP provides the County with a plan to respond to natural hazards (e.g., wildfire, flood, earthquake, severe weather, etc.). Foster Morrison Consulting has been collecting data and preparing a risk assessment for the updated LHMP. For more information, see LHMP Project.
Please join us for our second Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC) Meeting to view a draft risk assessment materials and provide your feedback.
When: April 9, 2025 (Wednesday), 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642 Questions? Please contact me at (209) 223-6384 or Jeanine Foster, Foster Morrison Consulting, at 303-717-7171 or [email protected].
Thank you,
Matt Girton, Sergeant
Office of Emergency Services - Coordinator, Amador County Sheriff's Office 1398
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-54
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.4. Project Announcement/Public Meeting #1 Press Release in Ledger Dispatch on November 8, 2024
1399
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-55
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.5. Public Meeting #1 Announcement on Amador County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page
1400
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-56
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.6. Public Meeting #1: Public Agenda
1401
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-57
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.7. Public Meeting #1: Public Sign in Sheet
1402
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-58
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.8. Public Meeting #2: Outreach Flyers
1403
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-59
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1404
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-60
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.9. Public Meeting #2: Outreach Flyer Public Postings Amador City Public Bulletin Board near the Amador City Post Office - 10781 Water Street, Amador City, CA, 95601
River Pines Town Hall – 22900 Canyon Avenue, River Pines, CA, 95675 1405
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-61
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Fiddletown Community Center – 14445 Fiddletown Road, Fiddletown, CA, 95629 Plymouth City Hall – 9426 Main Street, Plymouth, CA, 95669 Ione City Hall – 1 East Main Street, Ione, CA, 95640
1406
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-62
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Camanche Blue’s General Store – 4232 Camanche Parkway North, Ione, CA, 95640 Amador County Health & Human Services – 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685
Amador County Transportation Commission Office – 117 Valley View Way, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685
1407
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-63
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Sutter Creek City Hall – 18 Main Street, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685 Sizemore County Store - 16146 Main Street, Volcano, CA, 95689 Volcano Post Office – 16120 Main Street, Volcano, CA, 95689 1408
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-64
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Pioneer Branch Library – 25070 Buckhorn Ridge Road, Pioneer, CA, 95666 Young’s Payless Market – 26560 Highway 88, Pioneer, CA, 95666 Pine Grove Market – 19394 Highway 88, Pine Grove, CA, 95665 1409
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-65
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Amador County Administration Building – 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA, 95642 A.7.10. Public Meeting #2 - Amador County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page – September 15, 2025
1410
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-66
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.11. Public Meeting #2 – Website Invite for Public Comment and Public Meeting
1411
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-67
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.12. Public Meeting #2: Newspaper Article inviting Public Input 1412
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-68
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.13. Public Meeting #2: Agenda
1413
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-69
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.7.14. Public Meeting #2: Sign in Sheets
A.7.15. Public Comments
No public or other stakeholder comments were received during the 2025 LHMP Update development process.
1414
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-70
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.8 Meeting Handouts
Below are the handouts for each meeting. Handouts specific to the Mitigation Strategy Meetings can be found in Appendix C.
A.8.1. HMPC Meeting #1: Kickoff Meeting Handouts
Amador County LHMP Update: Hazard Identification and Profiles – 2024
Disaster Declarations and National Weather Service Research Amador County Disaster History
Amador County – Disaster Declarations 1950-2024
Year Disaster Name Disaster Type Disaster Cause State Declaration # and Date
Federal
Declaration #
and Date
2023 California Severe
Winter Storms,
Straight-line
Winds, Flooding,
Landslides, and
Mudslides
Storm Storm – DR-4699
4/3/2023
2023 California Severe
Winter Storms,
Flooding,
Landslides, and
Mudslides
Flood Severe winter
storms
3/01/2023 EM-3592
3/10/2023
2023 California Severe
Winter Storms,
Flooding,
Landslides, and
Mudslides
Flood Severe winter
storms
2023-01
1/4/2023
DR-4683
1/14/2023
2021 December 2021
Storms
Storm Storm 2022-03
12/30/2021
–
2021 California Caldor
Fire
Fire Fire 2021-06
8/17/2021
9/1/2021
EM-3571
9/1/2021
2020 California Covid19 PandemicBiological Biological 3/22/2020 DR-4482 3/22/2020
2020 California Covid19 PandemicBiological Biological 3/13/2020 EM-3428 3/13/2020
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Amador County Appendix A-71
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Year Disaster Name Disaster Type Disaster Cause State Declaration # and Date
Federal
Declaration #
and Date
2019 California Severe
Winter Storms,
Flooding,
Landslides, And
Mudslides
Storms Storms 2019-03
5/18/2019
DR-4434
5/18/2019
2017 Severe Winter
Storms, Flooding,
Mudslides in
California
Flood Storms 2017-03
3/7/2017
DR-4308
4/1/2017
2017 Severe Winter
Storms, Flooding,
and Mudslides in
California
Storm Storm 2017-01
1/23/2017
DR-4301
2/14/2017
2015 California Butte
Fire
Fire Fire – FM-5111
8/16/2016
2015 California
Drought/Tree
Mortality
Drought Drought 2015-05
10/10/2015
–
2015 Summer 2015
Wildfires
Fire Fire 2015-03
8/27/2015
DR-4240
9/22/2015
2007 2007 Severe
Freeze
Freeze Freeze 2007-02
01/12/07,
01/16/07,
01/19/07,
01/20/07,
01/26/07
DR-1689
3/13/2007
2006 California Severe
Storms, Flooding,
Landslides, and
Mudslides
Flood Storms 2006-03
4/10/2006
DR-1646
6/5/2006
2005/2006 Severe Storms,
Flooding,
Mudslides, and
Landslides in
California
Flood Storms 2006-01
1/12/2006
DR-1628
2/3/2006
2005 Hurricane
Katrina
Evacuations
Economic Hurricane – EM-3248
2/3/2006
2001 Energy
Emergency
Economic Greed 1/1/2001 –
1998 California Severe
Winter Storms
and Flooding
Flood Storms – DR-1203
2/9/1998
1997 California Severe
Storms/flooding
Flood Storms 97-01
1/2/1997-
1/31/1997
DR-1155
1/4/1997
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Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-72
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Year Disaster Name Disaster Type Disaster Cause State Declaration # and Date
Federal
Declaration #
and Date
1995 California Severe
Winter Storms,
Flooding,
Landslides, Mud
Flows
Flood Storms 95-03-N
95-04-S
3/12/1995-
3/24/1995
DR-1046
3/12/1995
1995 California Severe
Winter Storms,
Flooding,
Landslides, Mud
Flows
Flood Storms 95-01
1/09/1995-
2/17/1995
DR-1044
1/10/1995
1986 California Severe
Storms, Flooding
Flood Storms 86-01
2/18/1986-
3/12/1986
DR-758
2/21/1986
1982 Heavy Rain and
Flooding
Flood Storms 82-03
4/1/1982
–
1980 April Storms Flood Storms 80-01
4/1/1980
–
1977 California
Drought
Drought Drought – EM-3023
1/20/1977
1976 1976 Drought Drought Drought 2/9/76,
2/13/76,
2/24/76,
3/26/76,
7/6/76
–
1969 California Severe
Storms, Flooding
Flood Storms 1/23/69,
1/25,69,
1/28/69,
1/29/69,
2/8/69,
2/10/69,
2/16/69,
3/12/69
DR-253
1/26/1969
1964 California Heavy
Rains & Flooding
Flood Storms 12/22/64,
12/23/64,
12/28/64,
1/5/65,
1/14/65
DR-183
12/24/1964
1964 Seismic Sea Wave Other Other – DR-169
4/1/1964
1963 Severe Storms,
Heavy Rains and
Flooding
Flood Storms 2/7/63,
2/26/63,
2/29/63,
4/22/63
DR-145
2/25/1963
1962 Severe Storms
and Flooding
Flood Storms – DR-138
10/24/1962
1961 1961 Widespread
Fires
Fire Fire 9/8/1961 –
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Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-73
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Year Disaster Name Disaster Type Disaster Cause State Declaration # and Date
Federal
Declaration #
and Date
1959 1959 Heavy Rains Flood Storms 9/17/1959 –
1958 1958 April
Storms and
Floods
Flood Storms 4/2/1958 DR-82
4/4/1958
1958 1958 February
Storms and
Floods
Flood Storms 2/26/1958 –
1955 1955 Floods Flood Flood 12/22/1955 12/23/1955
1950 1950 Floods Flood Flood 50-01
11/21/1950
DR-15
2/15/1954
Amador County State and Federal Disasters Disaster Declaration Summary by Hazard Type 1950-2024
Disaster Type State Declarations Federal Declarations
Count Years Count Years
Drought 2 1976, 2015 1 1977
Economic 1 2001 0 –
Fire 2 1961, 2021 3 2015, 2016, 2021
Flood 23 1950, 1955, 1958 (twice), 1959,
1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1980,
1982, 1986, 1995 (twice*), 1997,
2006 (twice*), 2017 (twice*),
2019*, 2021, 2023 (twice*)
20 1950, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963,
1964, 1969, 1986, 1995 (twice*),
1997, 1998, 2006 (twice*), 2017
(twice*), 2019*, 2023 (three*)
Freeze 1 2007 1 2007
Hurricane 0 – 1 2005
Pandemic 2 2020 (twice) 2 2020 (twice)
Seismic Sea Wave
(Tsunami)
0 – 1 1964
Totals 31 – 29 –
Source: Cal OES/ FEMA
* Landslides were also included in these flood disaster declarations.
Amador County Disasters since 2020 LHMP
➢ 2020 California Covid-19 Pandemic (2 state and 2 federal declarations) ➢ 2021 California Caldor Fire (state and federal declaration) ➢ 2021 December 2021 Storms (state declaration)
➢ 2023 California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (2 state and 3 federal declarations)
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Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-74
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Severe Weather Events
NCDC Storm Events 1950 to 7/31/2024
Event Type Number
of Events
Deaths Deaths
(indirect)
Injuries Injuries
(indirect)
Property
Damage
Crop
Damage
Cold/Wind Chill 3 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
Debris Flows 20 0 0 0 0 $26,000 $0
Dense Fog 373 0 13 53 59 $5,073,000 $0
Drought 249 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
Dust Devil 1 0 0 0 0 $500 $0
Dust Storm 5 0 0 0 0 $100,000 $0
Excessive Heat 22 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
Extreme Cold/Wind
Chill
4 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
Flash Flood 5 0 0 0 0 $25,000 $0
Flood 69 0 0 0 0 $6,118,000 $5,800,000
Frost/Freeze 190 0 0 0 0 $100,000 $402,955,000
Funnel Cloud 21 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
Hail 22 0 0 0 4 $110,000 $3,656,000
Heat 100 32 0 10 0 $170,000 $224,801,000
Heavy Rain 38 0 0 0 0 $201,000 $49,060,000
Heavy Snow 328 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
Heavy Wind 2 0 0 0 0 $0 $0
High Wind 91 0 0 0 4 $211,817,000 $150,000
Landslide 2 0 0 0 0 $28,000 $0
Lightning 7 0 0 0 0 $32,500 $0
Strong Wind 141 1 0 0 0 $2,174,900 $57,000
Thunderstorm Winds 16 0 0 0 0 $181,000 $7,800,000
Tornado 10 0 0 0 0 $147,750 $30,000
Wildfire 118 4 1 97 7 $47,328,000 $0
Winter Storm 183 2 1 0 0 $8,405,000 $0
Winter Weather 79 0 1 0 0 $282,000 $0
Total 2099 39 16 160 74 $282,319,650 $694,309,000
Source: NCDC
*Note: Losses reflect totals for all impacted areas, some of which fell outside of Amador County 1419
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-75
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
FEMA’s National Risk Index, 2024: List of 18 Hazards
FEMA’s National Risk Index is a dataset and online tool that can be used to help communities better understand the natural hazard risk to their communities. FEMA requires LHMPs to utilize the 18 identified hazards as a starting point for determining hazards of concern in their Hazard Mitigation Planning Process. ➢ Avalanche
➢ Coastal Flooding
➢ Cold Wave
➢ Drought
➢ Earthquake
➢ Hail
➢ Heat Wave
➢ Hurricane
➢ Ice Storm
➢ Landslide
➢ Lightning
➢ Riverine Flooding
➢ Strong Wind
➢ Tornado
➢ Tsunami
➢ Volcanic Activity
➢ Wildfire
➢ Winter Weather
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Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-76
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Hazards Comparison List
2019 County LHMP
Hazards
Amador County
General Plan Safety
Element (2016)
2023 State of
California Plan
Applicable Hazards
Proposed 2025 Hazards
Agricultural Hazards: Severe
Weather/Insect/Pests
– Invasive and Nuisance
Species
Agricultural Hazards: Severe
Weather/Pests/Invasive Species
Aquatic Invasive Species – Invasive and Nuisance
Species
–
Avalanche Avalanche Snow Avalanche Avalanche
Climate Change – Climate Change &
Related Hazards
Climate Change
Dam Failure As part of Seismic
Hazards
Dam Failure Dam Failure
Drought & Water shortage – Droughts and Water
Shortage
Drought & Water shortage
Earthquake (large
damaging/small)
As part of Seismic
Hazards
Earthquake Earthquake (w/subhazards)
Floods: 1%/0.2% annual
chance
Flood Hazards Riverine, Stream, and
Alluvial Flood
Floods: 1%/0.2% annual chance
(w/levee failure)
Floods: Localized Stormwater Flood Hazards – Floods: Localized Stormwater Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
As part of Seismic
Hazards
Landslide, Debris Flow,
and Other Earth
Movements
Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
Levee Failure – Levee Failure (Include in Flood 1%/0.2%) Pandemic – Epidemic, Pandemic,
and Vector Borne
Disease
--
Severe Weather: Extreme Cold,
Freeze, and Snow
Severe Weather: Extreme
Heat
– Extreme Heat/Freeze Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
Severe Weather: Heavy Rains
and Storms (Hail, Lightning)
– Severe Wind, Weather,
and Storms
Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and
Storms (Hail, Lightning, Wind)
Severe Weather: High Winds
and Tornadoes
– Part of Severe Wind,
Weather, and Storms
listed above
Severe Weather: High Winds and
Tornadoes
Severe Weather: Winter
Storms and Freeze
– Part of Severe Wind,
Weather, and Storms
listed above
(include in above Severe Weather:
Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow)
Wildfire Fire Hazards Wildfire Wildfire
* Power Outages/PSPS will be discussed as a Common Vulnerability/Impact of all hazards 1421
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-77
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Amador County Hazard Identification Assessment
Hazard
Geographic
Extent
Probability of
Future
Occurrences
Magnitude/
Severity Significance
Climate
Change
Influence
Agricultural Hazards (severe
weather/pests/invasive species)
Avalanche
Climate Change
Dam Failure
Drought & Water shortage
Earthquake (w/subhazards)
Floods: 1%/0.2% annual
chance (w/ levee failure)
Floods: Localized Stormwater
Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
Severe Weather: Extreme
Cold, Freeze, and Snow
Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
Severe Weather: Heavy Rains
and Storms (Hail, Lightning)
Severe Weather: High Winds
and Tornadoes
Wildfire (w/smoke and air
quality)
Geographic Extent
Limited: Less than 10% of planning
area
Significant: 10-50% of planning area
Extensive: 50-100% of planning area
Likelihood of Future
Occurrences
Highly Likely: Near 100% chance of
occurrence in next year, or happens
every year.
Likely: Between 10 and 100% chance
of occurrence in next year, or has a
recurrence interval of 10 years or less.
Occasional: Between 1 and 10%
chance of occurrence in the next year,
or has a recurrence interval of 11 to 100
years.
Unlikely: Less than 1% chance of
occurrence in next 100 years, or has a
recurrence interval of greater than every
100 years.
Magnitude/Severity
Catastrophic: More than 50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for more than 30 days; and/or multiple deaths Critical: 25-50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for at least two weeks; and/or injuries and/or illnesses result in permanent disability
Limited: 10-25 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for more than a week; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable do not result in permanent disability
Negligible: Less than 10 percent of property severely damaged, shutdown of facilities and services for less than 24 hours; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable with first aid
Significance
Low: Minimal potential impact
Medium: Moderate potential impact
High: Widespread potential impact
Climate Change Influence
Low: Minimal potential impact
Medium: Moderate potential impact
High: Widespread potential impact
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Amador County Appendix A-78
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Amador County LHMP Update: 2025 Hazards*
➢ Agricultural Hazards (severe weather/pests/invasive species) ➢ Avalanche
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage
➢ Earthquake (w/ subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/ levee failure)
➢ Flood: Localized Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, and Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms (Hail, Lightning, Wind) ➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (w/ smoke and air quality)
* Power Outages/PSPS will be treated as a common vulnerability/impact of above hazards 1423
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-79
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Amador County LHMP Update: Historic Hazard Worksheet (Past Occurrences) Please fill out one sheet for each significant hazard event with as much detail as possible. Attach supporting documentation, photocopies of newspaper articles, links, or other original sources.
Type of event
Nature and
magnitude of event
Location
Date of event
Injuries
Deaths
Property damage
Crop damage
Infrastructure
damage
Business/economic
impacts
Road/school/other
closures
Other damage
Insured losses
Federal/state
disaster relief
funding
Opinion on
likelihood of
occurring again
Source of
information
Comments
Please return worksheets by mail, email, or fax to:
Jeanine Foster, Foster Morrison
6095 Zang Way
Arvada, CO 80004
fax: (720) 893-0863
email: [email protected]
Prepared by:
Phone:
Email:
Date:
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Amador County Appendix A-80
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
A.8.2. HMPC Meeting #2: Risk Assessment Meeting Handouts AGENDA
AMADOR COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (LHMP) UPDATE
Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC)
Meeting #2 – Risk Assessment
April 9, 2025
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Board of Supervisors Chambers
810 Court Street
Jackson, CA 95642
_______________________________________________________________
1. Introductions
2. Status of the DMA Planning Process
3. Review of Risk Assessment (PowerPoint)
4. Open Discussion and Input on the Risk Assessment (Handout)
5. Review of Data Needs
6. Next Steps
7. Questions?
Contact Info:
Jeanine Foster ([email protected]) (303.717.7171) Foster Morrison Consulting, Ltd.
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Amador County Appendix A-81
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Status of the 2025 Amador County LHMP Update Project/Next Steps FEMA’s 4-Phase-10 Step DMA/CRS Planning Process
Phase I: Organize Resources
1) Get organized
2) Plan for public involvement
3) Coordinate with other departments and agencies
Phase II: Risk Assessment
4) Identify the hazard(s)
5) Assess the risks
Capability Assessment
Phase III: Mitigation Strategy
6) Set planning goals
7) Review mitigation alternatives
8) Draft an action plan
Phase IV: Adoption and Implementation
9) Adopt the plan
10) Implement the plan, evaluate its worth, and revise as needed LHMP Update Project Schedule/Key Dates
2025 LHMP Update Meetings
➢ April 9 (Wednesday) HMPC Meeting #2 (Risk Assessment) (1:00-4:00 pm) ➢ June 11 (Wednesday) HMPC Meeting #3 (Mitigation Strategy: Goals Development) (1:00-4:00 pm) ➢ June 12 (Thursday) HMPC Meeting #4 (Mitigation Strategy: Actions/Projects) (9:00 am -12:00 pm) ➢ October 8 (Wednesday) Final Public Meeting #2 (Draft Plan) (5:30-7:00 pm) ➢ October 9 (Thursday) HMPC Meeting #5 (9:00 am -12:00 pm) LHMP Document Drafts
➢ August 1 (Friday): HMPC (First) Draft LHMP to Amador/HMPC ➢ August 29 (Friday): Amador/HMPC comments due on Draft Plan ➢ September 12 (Friday): Comments incorporated into Public Review (Second) Draft to Amador/HMPC ➢ September 17 (Tuesday): Public Review Draft on Amador website ➢ October 17 (Friday): all final Amador, HMPC and Public input to Foster Morrison 1426
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix A-82
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➢ October 31 (Friday): All final comments incorporated and LHMP submittal to Cal OES – October 2025
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Hazard Identification & Profiles: Amador County
Hazard
Geographic
Extent
Likelihood of
Future
Occurrences
Magnitude/
Severity Significance
Climate
Change
Influence
Agricultural Hazards: Severe
Weather/Invasive Species
(pests/weeds)
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Avalanche Limited Likely Critical Medium Medium
Climate Change Extensive Likely Limited Medium --
Dam Failure Limited Unlikely Critical Medium Medium
Drought & Water Shortage Extensive Likely Critical Medium High Earthquake (w/subhazards) Extensive Unlikely Catastrophic Medium Low Floods: 1%/0.2% Annual
Chance (w/ levee failure)
Significant Occasional/Unlikely Critical Medium Medium
Floods: Localized Stormwater Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
Limited Likely Critical Medium Medium
Severe Weather: Extreme Cold,
Freeze, and Snow
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Severe Weather: Extreme Heat Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium High Severe Weather: Heavy Rains
and Storms (Hail, Lightning)
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Severe Weather: High Winds
and Tornadoes
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Wildfire (w/smoke and air
quality)
Extensive Highly Likely Catastrophic High Medium
Geographic Extent
Limited: Less than 10% of planning
area
Significant: 10-50% of planning area
Extensive: 50-100% of planning area
Likelihood of Future
Occurrences
Highly Likely: Near 100% chance of
occurrence in next year, or happens
every year.
Likely: Between 10 and 100% chance of
occurrence in next year, or has a
recurrence interval of 10 years or less.
Occasional: Between 1 and 10%
chance of occurrence in the next year, or
has a recurrence interval of 11 to 100
years.
Unlikely: Less than 1% chance of
occurrence in next 100 years, or has a
recurrence interval of greater than every
100 years.
Magnitude/Severity
Catastrophic: More than 50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for more than 30 days; and/or multiple deaths Critical: 25-50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for at least two weeks; and/or injuries and/or illnesses result in permanent disability
Limited: 10-25 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for more than a week; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable do not result in permanent disability
Negligible: Less than 10 percent of property severely damaged, shutdown of facilities and services for less than 24 hours; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable with first aid
Significance
Low: Minimal potential impact
Medium: Moderate potential impact
High: Widespread potential impact
Climate Change Influence
Low: Minimal potential impact
Medium: Moderate potential impact
High: Widespread potential impact
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Risk Assessment Methodology
Calculating Likelihood of Future Occurrence
The frequency of past events is used in this section to gauge the likelihood of future occurrences. Based on historical data, the likelihood of future occurrence is categorized into one of the following classifications:
➢ Highly Likely: Near 100% chance of occurrence in next year, or happens every year. ➢ Likely: Between 10 and 100% chance of occurrence in next year, or has a recurrence interval of 10 years or less.
➢ Occasional: Between 1 and 10% chance of occurrence in the next year, or has a recurrence interval of 11 to 100 years.
➢ Unlikely: Less than 1% chance of occurrence in next 100 years, or has a recurrence interval of greater than every 100 years.
Calculating Vulnerability
Vulnerability is measured in general, qualitative terms, and is a summary of the potential impact based on past occurrences, spatial extent, and damage and casualty potential:
➢ Extremely Low: The occurrence and potential cost of damage to life and property is very minimal to non-existent.
➢ Low: Minimal potential impact. The occurrence and potential cost of damage to life and property is minimal.
➢ Medium: Moderate potential impact. This ranking carries a moderate threat level to the general population and/or built environment. Here the potential damage is more isolated and less costly than a more widespread disaster.
➢ High: Widespread potential impact. This ranking carries a high threat to the general population and/or built environment. The potential for damage is widespread. Hazards in this category may have already occurred in the past.
➢ Extremely High: Very widespread and catastrophic impact.
Defining Significance (Priority) of a Hazard
Defining the significance or priority of a hazard to a community is based on a subjective analysis of several factors. This analysis is used to focus and prioritize hazards and associated mitigation measures for the plan. These factors include the following:
➢ Past Occurrences: Frequency, extent, and magnitude of historic hazard events. ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrences: Based on past hazard events. ➢ Ability to Reduce Losses through Implementation of Mitigation Measures: This looks at both the ability to mitigate the risk of future occurrences as well as the ability to mitigate the vulnerability of a community to a given hazard event.
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Risk Assessment Summary: Amador County Planning Area
Agricultural Hazards: Severe Weather/Invasive Species (Pests and Weeds) ➢ Agricultural losses occur on an annual basis and are usually associated with severe weather events, including heavy rains, floods, freeze, heat, and drought. Other agricultural hazards include fires, crop and livestock disease, insects, and noxious weeds.
➢ According to the California Invasive Plant Council, insects of concern to plants and crops include:
Glassy-winged sharp shooter, Gypsy moth, Japanese beetle, Mediterranean fruit fly, Melon fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, and Bark beetle. Invasive weeds include: Rush Skeletonweed, Giant Reed, Oblong Spurge, Tamarisk, Yellow Starthistle, Scotch Broom, Perrenial Pepperweed, Scotch Thistle, Spanish Broom, Barb Goatgrass, French Bloom, Medusahead, Diffuse Knapweed, Spotted Knapweed. Aquatic Invasive Species include: Zebra and Quagga Mussels, invasive fish species, and aquatic weeds such as hydrilla, water hyacinth, Arundo, Loosestrife, Sesbania, and the South American Spongeplant. ➢ The Amador County Agricultural Commissioner noted that the County is most concerned with drought, freeze, and insect infestations and issues and their impacts on the agricultural industry. ➢ There have been no FEMA or state disaster declarations associated specifically with the Agricultural industry. The NCDC contains no records of Ag incidents in the County. The USDA has issued numerous Ag declarations related to severe weather events over the past 50 years and from 2012 – 2024 include: 16 Drought; 1 Excessive Rain, High Winds, Cold Temperatures, Hail; 1 Excessive Rain; and 2 Freeze.
➢ CAN COUNTY AG CONFIRM THE SPECIFIC PESTS/WEEDS OF CONCERN TO THE COUNTY? CAN THE COUNTY PROVIDE DAMAGE INFORMATION ON PAST OCCURRENCES OR SPECIFIC CONCERNS/ISSUES? TO DROUGHT, FREEZE, INSECTS? ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium / High?
➢ Priority Hazard
Avalanche
➢ The vast majority of avalanches occur during and shortly after storms. This hazard generally affects a small number of people, such as snowboarders, skiers, and hikers who venture into backcountry areas during or after winter storms. Road and highway closures, damaged structures, and destruction of forests are also a direct result of avalanches. The combination of steep slopes, abundant snow, weather, snowpack, and an impetus to cause movement, can lead to an avalanche event. ➢ Avalanche-prone areas are found upcountry in eastern Amador, primarily along SR 88 in the Devil’s Gate and Kirkwood areas, where these conditions readily occur. ➢ No federal or state disaster declarations. The NCDC database shows 5 avalanche events in Amador County since 1993. While past occurrences show annual incidents of avalanches, the only avalanche related deaths in Amador occurred at the Kirkwood area in 2018 when a mother and her son died skiing back to their cabin in Kirkwood. Since the 2020 LHMP, in March 2024, an avalanche closed Highway 88 for a 3.5 mile stretch in Amador County.
➢ CAN THE COUNTY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAST OCCURRENCES CAUSING DAMAGES OR SPECIFIC CONCERNS/ISSUES?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
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➢ Non-Priority Hazard?
Climate Change
➢ The 2023 State of California Hazard Mitigation Plan stated that climate change is already affecting California. Sea levels have risen by as much as seven inches along the California coast over the last century, increasing erosion and pressure on the state’s infrastructure, water supplies, and natural resources. The State has also seen increased average temperatures, more extreme hot days, fewer cold nights, a lengthening of the growing season, shifts in the water cycle with less winter precipitation falling as snow, and both snowmelt and rainwater running off sooner in the year. Climate Change has the potential to alter the nature and frequency of most hazards. ➢ Snow levels seem to be higher (or larger) each year, and the recent atmospheric river winter rains are more intense. In addition, the Amador County Air Quality District noted that within the last five years, Amador County has experienced extreme droughts that have affected the health of the forest. The lack of rain contributed to the Bark Beetle infestation, causing thousands of trees to die. This has led to large areas of Amador County being at higher risk of wildfire. The combined effects of the drought, decline in the health of the forest, temperature changes, and wildfires in and around neighboring counties, much contributed to climate change, have also led to poor air quality. ➢ DO ANY JURISDICTIONS HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OR SPECIFIC CONCERNS/ISSUES?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Dam failure
➢ According to data provided by Cal DWR, DSOD data, there are 20 dams in Amador County constructed for flood control, storage, electrical generation, and recreational purposes. Of these, 4 are rated as extremely high, 9 rated as High Hazard, 1 as Significant Hazard, and 6 as Low Hazard. ➢ In addition to these dams located within Amador County, there are 16 other dams (2 Extremely High, 8 High Hazard, 4 Significant Hazard, and 2 Low Hazard) outside the County (located in San Joaquin, El Dorado, Calaveras, Alpine Counties) with the potential to affect people and property in Amador County.
➢ All 6 Extremely High and 16 of the 17 High Hazard dams (all but Patterson in El Dorado County) have inundations in Amador County. There is no inundation data available for any of the Significant or Low Hazard dams.
➢ The most significant dams of concern include the Extremely High and High Hazard dams where loss of life is possible. The failure of a dam may affect the dam site and downstream areas. ➢ Unincorporated County is the only jurisdiction with dam inundation areas from Extremely High Hazard dams. Unincorporated County and the Cities of Ione and Jackson are the only 3 jurisdictions with dam inundation areas from High Hazard dams intersecting their jurisdictions. ➢ WHAT DAMS ARE OF GREATEST CONCERN TO THE AMADOR COUNTY PLANNING AREA AND PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS?
➢ According to multiple sources, there have been no past dam failure events affecting Amador County. ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Unlikely
➢ Vulnerability: High or Extremely High
➢ Priority Hazard
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Drought and Water Shortage
➢ Amador County has been in and out of drought since 2014. Historical drought data for the Amador County Planning Area and region indicate there have been 5 significant droughts in the last 87 years. ➢ 2 state (1976, 2014) disaster declarations and 1 federal declaration (1977) for Amador County since 1950. There have been 158 NCDC drought events in Amador County, all related to events in the 2014 to 2023 drought. Since 2020, drought has led to an increase in tree mortality resulting in 40 local emergency proclamations for tree mortality.
➢ According to the Amador Water Agency (AWA) 2024-2025 Annual Water Supply & Demand Assessment Shortage Report, the Agency has a significant surplus of water supply above current and projected demands. The Amador Water System (AWS) water supply is a pre-1914 water right that has never been curtailed in the most severe single-year or a multiple-year drought. In addition, while the water supply associated with the Central Amador Water Project (CAWP) was temporarily curtailed during recent drought years, the significant storage volume in the Lower Bear Reservoir has allowed previous water supply demands to be met, and are expected to be met in the future, even in dry years.
The total well capacity for the portion of both systems reliant on groundwater are larger than current and projected demands. (All TRUE?)
➢ Key concerns related to drought and water shortage, include an increase in tree mortality and wildfire conditions leading to an increase in risk of more catastrophic wildfires, availability of water for fire fighting, and an increase in conservation measures and restrictions. (OTHERS?) ➢ CAN JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE DAMAGES OR RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE MOST RECENT DROUGHT. WAS WATER SUPPLY AFFECTED IN THE COUNTY, EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Drought - Likely/Water supply - Occasional ➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Earthquake
➢ According to the 2016 Amador County Safety Element, the County is located in a relatively aseismic area with respect to other more seismically active areas in California. No Alquist-Priolo earthquake fault zones are located in the County, and areas subject to liquefaction, ground failure, or surface rupture are not identified on State hazard Maps. However, ground shaking may be experienced in western Amador from distant earthquakes occurring to the west and the east. To the west these include, the San Andreas fault and the somewhat closer Hayward fault.
➢ Other potential sources for earthquakes in Amador County are the faults associated with the western edge of the Central Valley, recently defined as the Coast Range Central Valley (CRCV) boundary thrust fault system. Various documents define portions of this little known system as the Midland Fault Zone or the Dunnigan Hills fault where the 1892 Vacaville-Winters earthquake occurred. The eastern portion of the County is at greatest risk to earthquakes on faults located on both sides of the California-Nevada border. Structural damage from past earthquakes has not historically been reported in Amador County. ➢ The Uniform Building Code (UBC) identifies four seismic zones in the United States. The zones are numbered one through four, with Zone 4 representing the highest level of seismic hazard. The UBC establishes more stringent construction standards for areas within Zones 3 and 4. All of California lies within either Zone 3 or Zone 4. Amador County is within the less hazardous Zone 3. ➢ The USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps provides acceleration and probabilities for various time periods. This data indicates that the expected severity of earthquakes in the region is mostly low. 1432
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➢ USGS identified 65, 5.0 or greater earthquakes have occurred within 90 miles of City of Jackson in Amador.
➢ Hazus runs were conducted for the following: A Carson Range Fault 7.2 earthquake event; Great Valley (Dunnigan Hills) Fault 6.53 earthquake event; and a Hayward + Rogers Creek 7.58 earthquake event. ➢ WERE THERE ISSUES IN THE COUNTY FROM HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES? GROUND SHAKING? HAVE ANY STUDIES BEEN DONE ON EARTHQUAKE AND SECONDARY IMPACTS SUCH AS TO DAMS AND LEVEES?
➢ THE COUNTY NOTED THAT THERE ARE NO URM OR SOFT STORY BUILDINGS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. OTHER JURISDICTIONS?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Unlikely – large, damaging earthquake; Occasional – minor earthquake
➢ Vulnerability: Extremely High
➢ Priority Hazard
Flood Hazards
1%/0.2% Annual Chance
➢ Historically, portions of Amador County have always been at risk to flooding because of its annual percentage of rainfall in the winter and the number of watercourses that traverse the County. Flooding in Amador County results from prolonged heavy rainfall (sometimes combined with snowmelt) over tributary areas primarily during the period from November through March. ➢ Amador County has mapped DFIRM floodplains which detail the risk of 1% and 0.2% annual chance flooding in the County.
➢ The 2016 Amador County Flood Insurance Study, FEMA determined that there are no certified levees (i.e., levees providing 1% annual chance level of protection) that exist within Amador County. There is an uncertified levee located along Sutter Creek within the City of Ione. ➢ 22 state and 20 federal declarations from 1950-present were for heavy rains and flooding. Flooding is an ongoing issue for the planning area. Since 2020, this includes one state (2021) and three state and federal (2023) disaster declarations. The NCDC lists 43 flood events since 1993. ➢ HMPC - REVIEW RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADD INFORMATION ON MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS. NEED SUMMARY OF IMPACTS FROM THE (1) 2021 AND (3) 2023 FLOOD EVENTS (THAT RESULTED IN DISASTER DECLRATIONS) FOR ALL JURISDICTIONS. ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: 100-Occasional; 200 – Unlikely; 500-Unlikely ➢ Vulnerability: High
➢ Priority Hazard
Localized/Stormwater flooding
➢ Significant localized flood history in the County – occurs annually ➢ Recent atmospheric river events occurring in 2021, 2022, and 2023 have led to more significant flooding throughout the County.
➢ CAN EACH JURISDICTION PROVIDE DETAILS ON LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEM AREAS AND SPECIFIC CONCERNS? PICTURES/DESCRIPTIONS ON FLOOD EVENTS SINCE 2020?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
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➢ Priority Hazard
Landslides, Mudslides, and Debris Flows
➢ There have been no direct disaster declarations associated with landslides in Amador County.
However, there have been 9 state and 10 federal disaster declarations related to flood that documented landslide issues. The NCDC contains no records of landslides in the County, but had one recorded debris flow event.
➢ CGS mapping indicates that the eastern portion of the County Planning Area has areas of high to very high susceptibility for landslides. The western portion of the County, while much more limited, also includes some areas at high to very high landslide susceptibility. ➢ WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS ARE AT RISK TO LANDSLIDES? ANY ACTIVE LANDSLIDES TO BE MITIGATED?
➢ CAN JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PAST LANDSLIDE EVENTS AND PROBLEM AREAS? PHOTOS?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Severe weather
Severe Cold, Freeze, and Snow
➢ Annual occurrences of cold temperatures and snow.
➢ In western Amador County monthly average minimum temperatures from November through April range from the upper-30s to mid-50s. The lowest recorded daily extreme was 20°F on December 20, 1998. In a typical year, minimum temperatures fall below 32°F on 5.2 days with no days falling below 0°F.
➢ In eastern Amador County monthly average minimum temperatures from November through April range from the mid-10s to mid-20s. The lowest recorded daily extreme was -26°F on January 19, 1937.
In a typical year, minimum temperatures fall below 32°F on 231.4 days with 8.5 days falling below 0°F.
➢ Average snowfall in western Amador is 1.42 inches with record snowfall in 1967 of 9 inches. ➢ Average snowfall in eastern Amador is 380.2 inches with record snowfall in 1967 of 693.4 inches.
Historical data of the highest daily snowfall on January 26, 1957, when 65.0 inches fell. The maximum snow depth was on March 24, 1983, with a depth of 199.0 inches. ➢ The County has had 1 past state disaster declaration for freeze (2007). NCDC identified 61 extreme cold or freeze events as well as 514 winter weather and storms. ➢ Amador County Public Works noted no other incidents since 2020 where damages, injuries, or deaths occurred. Large winter weather events occurred in late February to early March 2024, but the County had prepared well for the incidents.
➢ PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS ON EXTREME COLD, FREEZE, AND SNOW EVENTS AND HOW YOUR JURISDICTION WAS AFFECTED.
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
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Extreme Heat
➢ Annual occurrences of hot temperatures.
➢ In western Amador County, monthly average maximum temperatures in the warmest months (May through October) range from the mid-70s to the low 90s. The highest recorded daily extreme was 110°F on July 14, 2006. In a typical year, maximum temperatures exceed 90°F on 69.3 days. ➢ In eastern Amador County, monthly average maximum temperatures in the warmest months (May through October) range from the mid-50s to the low 70s. The highest recorded daily extreme was 95°F on July 7,1998. In a typical year, maximum temperatures exceed 90°F on 0.3 days. ➢ There have been no FEMA or Cal OES disasters related to extreme heat and no USDA disaster declarations for extreme heat. The NCDC recorded 124 extreme heat events since 1993. ➢ PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS ON EXTREME HEAT EVENTS AND HOW YOUR JURISDICTION WAS AFFECTED. DOES THE AIR QUALITY DISTRICT MAINTAIN AIR QUALITY DATA FOR EXTREME HEAT DAYS?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Heavy rains and storms (Hail, Lightning)
➢ Significant County history: annual occurrences.
➢ According to the WRCC, average annual precipitation in western Amador County is 26.55 inches per year. The highest recorded annual precipitation is 46.19 inches in 1950; the highest recorded precipitation for a 24-hour period is 5.62 inches on March 18, 2012. The lowest recorded annual precipitation was 10.17 inches in 1976.
➢ Average annual precipitation in eastern Amador County is 47.05 inches per year. The highest recorded annual precipitation is 85.21 inches in 1983; the highest recorded precipitation for a 24-hour period is
9.35 inches on December 13, 1919. The lowest recorded annual precipitation was 10.17 inches in 1976. ➢ There have been 22 state and 20 federal declarations since 1950 for flooding, including heavy rains and storms. This includes 1 state (2021) and 3 state and federal (2023) events since 2020. ➢ The NCDC data recorded 2 hail, 6 heavy rain, 106 winter weather, and 0 lightning events for Amador County since 1950.
➢ PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS ON HEAVY RAIN AND STORM EVENTS AND HOW YOUR JURISDICTION WAS AFFECTED.
➢ Severe storms/heavy rains are the primary cause of most major flooding ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
High Winds and Tornadoes
➢ Significant County history: annual occurrences of high winds; tornadoes are more rare. ➢ Portions of the County are located in a special wind hazard region, referred to as foehn winds. A foehn wind is a type of dry down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.
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➢ No state for federal disaster declarations for high winds or tornadoes. In 2016, there was a USDA declaration associated with high winds. The NCDC data recorded 160 high wind and 3 funnel clouds for Amador County since 1950.
➢ Significant concerns are associated with high winds fueling fires and triggering PSPS events. ➢ CAN THE HMPC PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PAST HIGH WINDS AND TORNADO EVENTS AND DAMAGES? WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS TO THE EACH JURISDICTION? ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Wildfire
➢ Wildfires occur on an annual basis in the Amador County Planning Area. ➢ Any ignition has the potential to become an out of control wildfire. Wildfire is the most significant hazard the County faces.
➢ 3 state (1961 Rancheria Creek Fire, 2016 Butte Fire, 2021 Caldor Fire) and 2 federal (Butte and Caldor Fire) disaster declarations for Wildfire since 1950; 48 NCDC wildfire and 2 smoke events since 1993. ➢ CAN EACH PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION PROVIDE US IMPACTS/DAMAGES TO THEIR JURISDICTION FROM THE 2021 CALDOR FIRE? WHAT ABOUT SMOKE AND AIR QUALITY IMPACTS? DOES THE AIR QUALITY DISTRICT TRACK THIS INFORMATION BY CAUSE? ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Extremely High
➢ Priority Hazard
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A.8.3. HMPC #3 & #4: Mitigation Strategy Meeting Handouts These can be found in Appendix C of this Plan.
A.8.4. HMPC #5: Final Meeting Handouts for HMPC
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A.8.5. Public Meeting #1: Kickoff Meeting Handouts
Amador County LHMP Update: 2025 Hazards*
➢ Agricultural Hazards (severe weather/pests/invasive species) ➢ Avalanche
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage
➢ Earthquake (w/ subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/ levee failure)
➢ Flood: Localized Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, and Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms (Hail, Lightning, Wind) ➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (w/ smoke and air quality)
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Amador County LHMP Update: Historic Hazard Worksheet (Past Occurrences) Please fill out one sheet for each significant hazard event with as much detail as possible. Attach supporting documentation, photocopies of newspaper articles, links, or other original sources.
Type of event
Nature and
magnitude of event
Location
Date of event
Injuries
Deaths
Property damage
Crop damage
Infrastructure
damage
Business/economic
impacts
Road/school/other
closures
Other damage
Insured losses
Federal/state
disaster relief
funding
Opinion on
likelihood of
occurring again
Source of
information
Comments
Please return worksheets by mail, email, or fax to:
Jeanine Foster, Foster Morrison
6095 Zang Way
Arvada, CO 80004
fax: (720) 893-0863
email: [email protected]
Prepared by:
Phone:
Email:
Date:
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A.8.6. Public Meeting #2 Handouts for Public
AMADOR COUNTY
2025 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (LHMP)
FINAL PUBLIC MEETING
OCTOBER 8, 2025
Participating Jurisdictions*
➢ Amador County
➢ City of Amador City
➢ City of Ione
➢ City of Jackson
➢ City of Plymouth
➢ City of Sutter Creek
➢ Amador Water District
➢ Jackson Valley Irrigation District
* All participated in 2020 Amador County LHMP
Hazards List*
➢ Ag Hazards: Severe Weather/Pests/Invasive Species
➢ Avalanche
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (with tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/ subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% (w/ levee failure)
➢ Flood: Localized Stormwater Flooding
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, and Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms (Hail, Lightning) ➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (with smoke/air quality)
*Power Outages/PSPS is treated as a common vulnerability/impact of above hazards Mitigation Strategy: Amador County Planning Area Goals
Goal #1: Provide protection for people's lives, property, public health, and the environment and reduce risk and losses from natural hazards
➢ Minimize impact to existing development
➢ Minimize impact to future development
➢ Minimize economic and resource impact
➢ Promote resiliency strategies
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➢ Consider and prioritize the use of prevention measures such as land use controls and code enhancements Goal #2: Provide protection for critical facilities, infrastructure, utilities and services from hazard impacts
➢ Protect and improve resiliency of critical facilities, services, and community lifelines from hazard impacts to protect life and reduce loss of property
➢ Implement critical facility upgrades, retrofits, and mitigation measures to ensure reliability of services ➢ Update and maintain GIS list of critical facilities: Essential Services, At-Risk Populations, Hazardous Materials Facilities
Goal #3: Improve community (public and stakeholder) awareness, education, and preparedness to natural hazard events
➢ Enhance public/stakeholder outreach, education and preparedness planning for all hazards of concern and for all populations, including underserved and vulnerable populations ➢ Reinforce emergency response systems
➢ Foster household preparedness and self-responsibility for hazard mitigation ➢ Increase public and stakeholder knowledge and awareness about the risk and vulnerability to identified hazards and how to take responsibility for and mitigate these risks with a focus on high priority hazards such as wildfire and flood
➢ Leverage existing public outreach and education mechanisms such as community coalitions and other existing forums; expand social media presence and local community boards ➢ Increase use of technology to communicate hazard information (e.g., GIS) ➢ Provide education and outreach on evacuation routes, signage, roles and responsibilities, as well as on various emergency communication modes
Goal #4: Build community resilience and increase communities' ability to be prepared for, respond to, and recover from a disaster event
➢ Improve community capabilities to mitigate hazards, reduce losses, and to better recover from disasters ➢ Integrate mitigation into planning and decision making by embedding mitigation strategies into everyday county policies, capital projects, and other similar mechanisms ➢ Improve interagency (local, state, federal) emergency coordination, communication, and operational capacity to ensure effective community preparedness, response and recovery ➢ Maintain current service levels and continue internal and operational training ➢ Enhance alert and warning systems and ensure effective system redundancies ➢ Improve emergency communication systems with reliable backup (e.g., cell phones, radios, sirens, reverse 911, multi-media, etc.)
➢ Improve identification, education, and emergency notifications of vulnerable and underserved populations
➢ Enhance the use of shared resources/Develop a strong mutual aid support system ➢ Improve and make better use of technology (e.g., GIS) ➢ Establish and expand GIS technologies to map hazards and community assets for mitigation planning and to support hazard response and community recovery
➢ Maintain coordination of disaster plans, data, and information with changing DHS/FEMA and State requirements
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Goal #5: Reduce fire severity and intensity in Amador County and surrounding lands ➢ Reduce life safety issues, property loss, natural resource impacts, and damages associated with wildfires ➢ Prevent and reduce wildfire ignitions
➢ Increase agency and jurisdictional coordination to reduce wildfire risk, severity and intensity ➢ Increase vegetation management countywide to reduce wildfire losses ➢ Be proactive in identifying and prioritizing mitigation funding to minimize risk and vulnerability to wildfire
➢ Prioritize wildfire mitigation around critical facilities and infrastructure ➢ Support efforts to gain access to affordable insurance for all communities including underserved and vulnerable populations
Goal #6: Maintain FEMA Eligibility/Position the communities for Grant funding ➢ Improve community ability to be competitive/successful with grant funding opportunities from application development to project delivery
➢ Establish and share best practices among agencies for development of grant applications, project permits, etc.
Educate (and advocate) local officials to support local access to funding.
Mitigation Strategy: Amador County Planning Area Mitigation Actions Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Amador County
Multi-Hazard Actions
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of
General Plan
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Action 2. Enhance Public
Education and Awareness of Natural
Hazards and Public Understanding of
Disaster Preparedness
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 3. Backup Power Projects
for Critical Facilities & Infrastructure
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 4. Establish and Fund a
Full-Time Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) position for Hazard
Mitigation and Emergency Planning
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Emergency Services
Action 5. Enhance and Harden
Cellular and Repeater Communications
Infrastructure Countywide
Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Structural
Action 6. Upgrade and Replace
Countywide Emergency Radio
Communications Infrastructure
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Emergency Services
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Action 7. Emergency Water
Storage & Hauling Infrastructure
Project
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Emergency Services
Action 8. Launch of PHapp
Mobile Preparedness Public Health
Application
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Agricultural Hazard Actions
Action 9. Invasive Pests (Insect) Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 10. Invasive Pests (Weeds) Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Climate Change Actions
Action 11. Climate Resilience
through Multi-Hazard Mitigation
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Dam Failure, Flood, Localized Flood, and Heavy Rains and Storm Actions Action 12. Flood & Dam Failure
Resilience Plan
New Action X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Earthquake Actions
Action 13. Amador County
Earthquake Preparedness & Seismic
Resilience Plan
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Landslide Actions
Action 14. Landslide Hazard
Mitigation & Slope Stability Plan
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and Snow Actions
Action 15. Severe Winter Weather
Resilience Plan
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Severe Weather: Extreme Heat Actions
Action 16. Extreme Heat Resilience
Plan
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Wildfire, Drought, and Extreme Heat Actions
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Action 17. Tree Mortality Program
Coordinator
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 18. Countywide wildfire
resiliency coordination GIS mapping
project to support fuels reduction
efforts
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 19. Forest Health Projects New Action X X Prevention Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 20. Ingress/Egress Phases I
and II: Public Education and Fuels
Reduction
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 21. Community Fuel Break
Network
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 22. Defensible Space
Assistance
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 23. Defensible Space Public
Education
New Action X X Public Education
Action 24. Develop Amador County
CWPP and Implementation of
Identified Projects
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Property Protection
Public Education
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 25. Vegetation Management
projects – Monitoring and
Maintenance
Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
City of Amador City
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of
General Plan
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Action 2. Enhance Public
Education and Awareness of Natural
Hazards and Public Understanding of
Disaster Preparedness
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 3. NEED MORE
ACTIONS
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
City of Ione
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of
General Plan
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Action 2. Enhance Public
Education and Awareness of Natural
Hazards and Public Understanding of
Disaster Preparedness
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 3. Develop a Climate
Adaptation Plan
New Action X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 4. Implement Water
Conservation and Drought
Preparedness Program
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 5. Update Floodplain
Ordinance and Join Community Rating
System (CRS)
Previous
Action
X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 6. Develop a Storm Water
Master Plan
Previous
Action
X X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 7. Establish a Cooling
Center Network and Shelter Upgrades
Previous
Action
X X Emergency Services
Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 8. Implement Urban
Forestry and Debris Management
Program
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 9. Enhance Wildfire
Preparedness and Defensible Space
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 10. Develop a Sustainable
Sutter Creek Maintenance Program
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
City of Jackson
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of
General Plan
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Action 2. Enhance Public
Education and Awareness of Natural
Hazards and Public Understanding of
Disaster Preparedness
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Public Education
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Action 3. Creation of Drone
Program
New Action X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 4. Backup Power Projects
for Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
(e.g. Generators, Batteries, Solar, Etc.)
New Action X X Property Protection
Structural
Action 5. Creek Excavation and
Annual Clearing Projects
Previous
Action
X X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 6. Pitt Street Bridge
Replacement
New Action X X X Structural
Action 7. Mattley Street Erosion
Project
New Action X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 8. Home Hardening
Education Program/Go Bags, ARC
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 9. Defensible Space Public
Education
Previous
Action
X X Public Education
Action 10. Fuel Break Projects New Action X X Prevention Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 11. Jackson Fire Station 131
Replacement Project
New Action X X Structural
City of Plymouth
Action 12. Integrate Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of
General Plan
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Action 13. Enhance Public
Education and Awareness of Natural
Hazards and Public Understanding of
Disaster Preparedness
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 14. Develop a Community
Wildfire Prevention Plan
New Action X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 15. Repairs of Old
Sacramento Road to Reduce Flooding
and Road Blockage
New Action X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 16. Additional Water Tank
Storage
Previous
Action
X X Structural
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
City of Sutter Creek
Action 17. Integrate Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of
General Plan
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Action 18. Enhance Public
Education and Awareness of Natural
Hazards and Public Understanding of
Disaster Preparedness
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Public Education
Action 19. Auditorium, Community
Center, and WWTP Backup Power
Generators
New Action X X Structural
Action 20. Development of Walking
Paths, Native Tree Protection, and
Native Tree Species Planting
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 21. Henderson Underdrain New Action X X Structural Action 22. Recycled Water System
for New Development
New Action X X Structural
Action 23. Early EQ Warning
Program
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 24. Sutter Creek
Excavation/Annual Cleaning Projects
Previous
Action
X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 25. Stormwater Masterplan
Development and Implementation
Previous
Action
X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 26. Culvert Cleaning Projects Previous
Action
X X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 27. Karsan Drive Tributary
Slope and Road Stabilization
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 28. Cooling Center/Severe
Weather Center
New Action X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 29. Vegetation Management
Enforcement and Perimeter Wildfire
Protection Fuel break
Previous
Action
X X Prevention
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Amador Water Agency
Action 30. AWA Tank Flexibility
Connectors
New Action X X Structural
Action 31. Camanche WWTP
Treatment, Disposal, and Effluent
Storage Upgrades
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 32. CAWP Transmission
Main Improvements and Tank D
Replacement
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 33. CAWP Tiger Creek
Afterbay Alternate Supply
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 34. Ione WTP Backwash
Handling Improvements
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 35. Tanner Clearwell
Replacement
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 36. Tanner WTP Backwash
Drying Beds
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 37. Tank Replacement/
Tank Repair
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 38. Amador and Ione Water
Systems Taste and Odor Mitigation
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 39. Replacement of Two
Hypalon Lined and Covered Tanks
with New Tanks
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 40. Mt. Crossman Main Area
Tank for Upper CAWP System
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 41. Martell Regional Lift
Station and Collection System
Improvements
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
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Action Title
New Action/
Previous
Action
Address
Current
Development
Address
Future
Development
Continued
NFIP
Compliance Mitigation Type
Action 42. Mace Meadows Pump
Station Flooding
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 43. Water Treatment Plant
Raw Water Bypasses
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 44. Upgrade Fire Pumps New Action X X Structural Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 45. Tanner WTP Flow
Control and Reliability Improvements
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 46. Ione Reliability Capacity
Expansion and Site Security
New Action X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Jackson Valley Irrigation District
Action 47. Aquatic Invasive Species
Monitoring Plan and Decontamination
Station
Previous
Action
X X Natural Resource
Protection
Action 48. Long Term Water
Solutions Analysis Due to Climate
Change
Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 49. Jackson Creek Dam
Spillway Apron Extension Project
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 50. Lake Amador Spillway
Rubber Dam Project
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 51. JVID Water
Procurement and Additional Water
Storage Study
Previous
Action
X X Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 52. Jackson Creek
Streambank and Levee Maintenance
Project
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
Action 53. Lake Amador Drive Box
Culvert Expansion Project
Previous
Action
X X Structural
Property Protection
Natural Resource
Protection
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October 2025
Appendix B References
1983 Amador City General Plan Open Space Element
2008 Amador City General Plan Land Use Element
2008 Amador City General Plan Safety Element
2009 City of Plymouth General Plan Land Use Element
2009 City of Plymouth General Plan Safety Element
2009 Ione General Plan Environmental Impact Report
2009 Ione General Plan Land Use Element
2009 Ione General Plan Open Space Element
2009 Ione General Plan Safety Element
2014 California Natural Resources Report
2016 Amador County General Plan
2016 Amador County General Plan Conservation Element
2016 Amador County General Plan Land Use Element
2016 Amador County General Plan Safety Element
2017 California Adaptation Planning Guide
2020 Amador County Hazard Mitigation Plan
2020 Amador County LHMP Update
2020 US Census Bureau Average Household Size
2021 Amador Water Agency Water Master Plan Study
2021 California Climate Adaptation Study
2021-2029 Amador County Housing Element
2022 Amador Water Agency Wastewater Master Plan Study
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2023 Amador County Crop Report
2023 City of Jackson General Plan Land Use Element
2023 State of California Hazard Mitigation Plan
2024 Amador County Flood Insurance Study
2024 Amador County Parcel/Assessor Data
2025 Amador Water Agency Wastewater 5-year Capital Improvement Plan 2025 Amador Water Agency Water 5-year Capital Improvement Plan Amador County 2021-2029 Housing Element
Amador County Agricultural Commissioner
Amador County Agricultural Commissioner Crop Reports (2020-2023) Amador County Archives
Amador County Building Department and Planning Department Amador County Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
Amador County Emergency Operations Plan
Amador County Fire Hazard Protection Plan Addendum, 2010 Amador County Geographic Information Services
Amador County GIS
Amador County GIS
Amador County Office of Emergency Management
Amador Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee
American Society of Civil Engineers
Bureau of Land Management
Cal Adapt – Extended Drought Scenarios
CAL FIRE
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CAL FIRE (FHSZ SRA 2024, FHSZ FRA 2007)
CAL FIRE (LRA 2025)
Cal-Adapt
Cal-Adapt – Number of Extreme Heat Days by Year
Cal-Adapt – Precipitation: Decadal Averages Map
Cal-Adapt – Temperature: Decadal Averages Map
Cal-Adapt Climate Projections
CalAtlas
California Climate Adaptation Strategy
California Department of Conservation
California Department of Conservation’s Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program California Department of Finance
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Service
California Department of Parks and Recreation Office of Historic Preservation California Department of Public Health
California Department of Water Resources
California Department of Water Resources (CA DWR) Special Populations and Disadvantaged Community Mapping
California Department of Water Resources 2012-2016 California Drought: Historical Perspective California Department of Water Resources Best Available Maps California Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams California Division of Mines and Geology
California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA) Disadvantaged Communities California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
California Geological Survey
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California Invasive Plant Council
California Natural Diversity Database
California Natural Resource Agency
California Office of Emergency Services
California Office of Emergency Services Division of Safety of Dams California Public Utilities Commission
California’s Adaptation Planning Guide: Understanding Regional Characteristics Center for Disease Control (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes
City of Amador City GIS
City of Amador City Planning Department
City of Amador City Planning Team Input
City of Ione GIS
City of Ione Planning Department
City of Ione Planning Team Input
City of Jackson General Plan Safety Element
City of Jackson Municipal Code
City of Jackson Planning Department
City of Jackson Planning Team Input
City of Plymouth Municipal Code
City of Plymouth Planning Department
City of Plymouth Planning Team Input
Climate Change and Health Profile Report – Amador County Design-Magnitude Avalanche Mapping and Mitigation Analyses 1453
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Federal Emergency Management Agency – DFIRM 1/20/2016
Federal Emergency Management Agency – Disaster Declaration Database Federal Emergency Management Agency – National Flood Hazard Layer Federal Emergency Management Agency – Wind Zones in the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency: Building Performance Assessment: Oklahoma and Kansas Tornadoes
FEMA Community Disaster Resilience Zones
FEMA Disaster Declaration Database
FEMA National Risk Index
Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Foxweather.com
Geology Open File Report 84-52 (1994)
Hazus-MH 6.1
HMPC input
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Jackson Valley Irrigation District
Multi-Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, FEMA 1997 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Avalanche Center
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Climate Assessment
National Climatic Data Center Storm Events Database.
National Drought Mitigation Center
National Earthquake Information Center
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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National Flood Insurance Program
National Integrated Drought Information System
National Inventory of Dams
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Prediction Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center National Park Service
National Performance of Dams Program
National Weather Service
National Weather Service HeatRisk
National Weather Service XMAC site
Public Policy Institute of California
Sierra Avalanche Center
Smoke Impacts CA: 2020 Lessons – 2021 Actions
State of California Department of Conservation
State of California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program Susceptibility to Deep-Seated Landslides map – CSG Map Sheet 58 (05/2011) UC Davis Health (Phillips MC, LaRocque RC, Thompson GR. Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate.
JAMA. 2024;331(15):1318–1319. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27724) University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management US Army Corps of Engineers
US Census Bureau
US Department of Agriculture
US Drought Monitor
US Farm Service Agency
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US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Forest Service
US Geological Survey Earthquake Intensity Zonation and Quaternary Deposits, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 9093, 1977
US Geological Survey Emergency Assessment of Post-Fire Debris Flow Hazards US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center US Geological Survey Open File Report 2015‐3009
Vaisala National Lightning Detection Network
Western Regional Climate Center
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Appendix C Mitigation Strategy
Amador County
2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update
HMPC Meetings #3 & #4 - Mitigation Strategy
June 11 & 12, 2025
Table of Contents
Agenda
Day 1:
➢ LHMP Project Status/Next Steps/Timeline…4
➢ Hazard Identification & Profiles…5
➢ Risk Assessment Methodology…6
➢ Risk Assessment Summary…7
➢ Amador LHMP Update Priority Hazards…14
➢ Mitigation Strategy: Goals…18
➢ 2018 State HMP/2023 State HMP Goals…19
➢ Goals from other Amador/Regional Plans…20
➢ Amador Goals from 2020 LHMP…25
➢ Other Example Goal Statements…26
➢ Goals Development…27
Day 2:
➢ Mitigation Strategy Action Development: Ground Rules…29 ➢ Mitigation Strategy: Actions …30
➢ Categories of Mitigation Actions…30
➢ Mitigation Actions/Projects from 2020 LHMP…34
➢ Mitigation Strategy: Action Plan…39
➢ Mitigation Criteria …39
➢ Mitigation Action Prioritization Instructions…41
➢ Mitigation Action Worksheet …42
Jeanine Foster ([email protected])
Foster Morrison Consulting Ltd.
(303) 717-7171
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AGENDA
AMADOR COUNTY
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (LHMP) UPDATE
Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC)
Meetings #3 & #4 – Mitigation Strategy Meetings
Wednesday June 11, 2025 (1:00 - 4:00 pm)
Thursday June 12, 2025 (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
________________________________________________________________________ HMPC Meeting #3:
1. Introductions
2. LHMP Project Status and Next Steps/Timeline
3. Risk Assessment Status
4. Priority Hazards Review
5. Develop Plan Goals and Objectives
6. Introduction to HMPC Meeting #4: Mitigation Alternatives/Actions/Projects HMPC Meeting #4:
1. Introductions
2. Review Mitigation Categories and Selection Criteria
3. Brainstorming of Mitigation Alternatives/Actions/Projects by Hazard
4. Prioritization of Mitigation Actions/Projects
5. Next Steps
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
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Mitigation Strategy Meetings
June 11 & 12, 2025
Day 1
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Status of the 2025 Amador County LHMP Update Project/Next Steps FEMA’s 4-Phase-10 Step DMA/CRS Planning Process
Phase I: Organize Resources
1) Get organized
2) Plan for public involvement
3) Coordinate with other departments and
agencies
Phase II: Risk Assessment
4) Identify the hazard(s)
5) Assess the risks
Capability Assessment
Phase III: Mitigation Strategy
6) Set planning goals
7) Review mitigation alternatives
8) Draft an action plan
Phase IV: Adoption and Implementation
9) Adopt the plan
10) Implement the plan, evaluate its worth, and
revise as needed
LHMP Project Schedule/Key Dates
2025 LHMP Update Meetings
➢ June 11 (Wednesday): HMPC Meetings #3 (Mitigation Strategy: Goals Development) (1:00 – 4:00 pm)
➢ June 12 (Thursday): HMPC Meetings #4 (Mitigation Strategy: Actions and Projects) (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
➢ October 8 (Wednesday): Final Public Meeting #3 (5:30 – 7:00 pm) ➢ October 9 (Thursday): Final HMPC Meeting #5 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm) Mitigation Strategy Meetings - Follow up
➢ June 20 (Friday): Mitigation Strategy (goals/actions) follow up processed and sent to Amador/HMPC
➢ July 18 (Friday): Mitigation Action (Project) Worksheets due to Foster Morrison LHMP Document Drafts
➢ August 1 (Friday): HMPC (First) Draft LHMP to Amador /HMPC ➢ August 29 (Friday): Amador/HMPC comments due on Draft Plan ➢ September 12 (Friday): Comments incorporated into Public Review (Second) Draft to Amador ➢ September 17 (Wednesday): Public Review Draft on Amador website ➢ October 17 (Friday): all Amador, HMPC, and Public input to Foster Morrison ➢ October 31 (Friday): Public and final comments incorporated and LHMP ready for submittal to Cal OES – October 2025
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Amador Hazard Identification & Profiles
Hazard
Geographic
Extent
Likelihood of
Future
Occurrences
Magnitude/
Severity Significance
Climate
Change
Influence
Agricultural Hazards (severe
weather/pests/invasive species)
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Avalanche Limited Likely Critical Medium Medium
Climate Change Extensive Likely Limited Medium --
Dam Failure Limited Unlikely Critical Medium Medium
Drought & Water shortage (w/
tree mortality)
Extensive Likely Critical Medium High
Earthquake (w/subhazards) Extensive Unlikely Catastrophic Medium Low Floods: 1%/0.2% annual
chance (w/ levee failure)
Significant Occasional/Unlikely Critical Medium Medium
Floods: Localized Stormwater Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
Limited Likely Critical Medium Medium
Severe Weather: Extreme Cold,
Freeze, and Snow
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Severe Weather: Extreme Heat Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium High Severe Weather: Heavy Rains
and Storms (Hail, Lightning)
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Severe Weather: High Winds
and Tornadoes
Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium
Wildfire (w/smoke and air
quality)
Extensive Highly Likely Catastrophic High Medium
Geographic Extent
Limited: Less than 10% of planning
area
Significant: 10-50% of planning area
Extensive: 50-100% of planning area
Likelihood of Future
Occurrences
Highly Likely: Near 100% chance of
occurrence in next year, or happens
every year.
Likely: Between 10 and 100% chance of
occurrence in next year, or has a
recurrence interval of 10 years or less.
Occasional: Between 1 and 10%
chance of occurrence in the next year, or
has a recurrence interval of 11 to 100
years.
Unlikely: Less than 1% chance of
occurrence in next 100 years, or has a
recurrence interval of greater than every
100 years.
Magnitude/Severity
Catastrophic: More than 50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for more than 30 days; and/or multiple deaths Critical: 25-50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for at least two weeks; and/or injuries and/or illnesses result in permanent disability
Limited: 10-25 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities for more than a week; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable do not result in permanent disability
Negligible: Less than 10 percent of property severely damaged, shutdown of facilities and services for less than 24 hours; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable with first aid
Significance
Low: Minimal potential impact
Medium: Moderate potential impact
High: Widespread potential impact
Climate Change Influence
Low: Minimal potential impact
Medium: Moderate potential impact
High: Widespread potential impact
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Risk Assessment Methodology
Calculating Likelihood of Future Occurrence
The frequency of past events is used in this section to gauge the likelihood of future occurrences. Based on historical data, the likelihood of future occurrence is categorized into one of the following classifications:
➢ Highly Likely: Near 100% chance of occurrence in next year, or happens every year. ➢ Likely: Between 10 and 90% chance of occurrence in next year, or has a recurrence interval of 10 years or less.
➢ Occasional: Between 1 and 10% chance of occurrence in the next year, or has a recurrence interval of 11 to 100 years.
➢ Unlikely: Less than 1% chance of occurrence in next 100 years, or has a recurrence interval of greater than every 100 years.
Calculating Vulnerability
Vulnerability is measured in general, qualitative terms, and is a summary of the potential impact based on past occurrences, spatial extent, and damage and casualty potential:
➢ Extremely Low: The occurrence and potential cost of damage to life and property is very minimal to non-existent.
➢ Low: Minimal potential impact. The occurrence and potential cost of damage to life and property is minimal.
➢ Medium: Moderate potential impact. This ranking carries a moderate threat level to the general population and/or built environment. Here the potential damage is more isolated and less costly than a more widespread disaster.
➢ High: Widespread potential impact. This ranking carries a high threat to the general population and/or built environment. The potential for damage is widespread. Hazards in this category may have already occurred in the past.
➢ Extremely High: Very widespread and catastrophic impact.
Defining Significance (Priority) of a Hazard
Defining the significance or priority of a hazard to a community is based on a subjective analysis of several factors. This analysis is used to focus and prioritize hazards and associated mitigation measures for the plan. These factors include the following:
➢ Past Occurrences: Frequency, extent, and magnitude of historic hazard events. ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrences: Based on past hazard events. ➢ Ability to Reduce Losses through Implementation of Mitigation Measures: This considers both the ability to mitigate the risk of future occurrences as well as the ability to mitigate the vulnerability of a community to a given hazard event.
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Risk Assessment Summary: Amador 2025 LHMP
Amador County Disasters since 2020 LHMP
➢ 2020 California Covid-19 Pandemic (2 state and 2 federal declarations) ➢ 2021 California Caldor Fire (state and federal declaration) ➢ 2021 December 2021 Storms (state declaration)
➢ 2023 California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (2 state and 3 federal declarations)
Agricultural Hazards: Severe Weather/Invasive Species/Pests/Weeds ➢ Agricultural losses occur on an annual basis and are usually associated with severe weather events, including heavy rains, floods, freeze, heat, and drought. Other agricultural hazards include fires, crop and livestock disease, insects, and noxious weeds.
➢ According to the California Invasive Plant Council, insects of concern to plants and crops include:
Glassy-winged sharp shooter, Gypsy moth, Japanese beetle, Mediterranean fruit fly, Melon fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, and Bark beetle. Invasive weeds include: Rush Skeletonweed, Giant Reed, Oblong Spurge, Tamarisk, Yellow Starthistle, Scotch Broom, Perrenial Pepperweed, Scotch Thistle, Spanish Broom, Barb Goatgrass, French Bloom, Medusahead, Diffuse Knapweed, Spotted Knapweed. Aquatic Invasive Species include: Zebra and Quagga Mussels, invasive fish species, and aquatic weeds such as hydrilla, water hyacinth, Arundo, Loosestrife, Sesbania, and the South American Spongeplant. ➢ The Amador County Agricultural Commissioner noted that the County is most concerned with drought, freeze, and insect infestations and issues, and their impacts on the agricultural industry. ➢ There have been no FEMA or state disaster declarations associated specifically with the Agricultural industry. The NCDC contains no records of Ag incidents in the County. The USDA has issued numerous Ag declarations related to severe weather events over the past 50 years and from 2012 – 2024 include: 16 Drought; 1 Excessive Rain, High Winds, Cold Temperatures, Hail; 1 Excessive Rain; and 2 Freeze.
➢ CAN COUNTY AG CONFIRM THE SPECIFIC PESTS/WEEDS OF CONCERN TO THE COUNTY? CAN THE COUNTY PROVIDE DAMAGE INFORMATION ON PAST OCCURRENCES OR SPECIFIC CONCERNS/ISSUES? TO DROUGHT, FREEZE, INSECTS? ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium/High
➢ Priority Hazard
Avalanche
➢ The vast majority of avalanches occur during and shortly after storms. This hazard generally affects a small number of people, such as snowboarders, skiers, and hikers who venture into backcountry areas during or after winter storms. Road and highway closures, damaged structures, and destruction of forests are also a direct result of avalanches. The combination of steep slopes, abundant snow, weather, snowpack, and an impetus to cause movement, can lead to an avalanche event. ➢ Avalanche-prone areas are found upcountry in eastern Amador, primarily along SR 88 in the Devil’s Gate and Kirkwood areas, where these conditions readily occur. ➢ No federal or state disaster declarations. The NCDC database shows 5 avalanche events in Amador County since 1993. While past occurrences show annual incidents of avalanches, the only avalanche 1463
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related deaths in Amador occurred at the Kirkwood area in 2018 when a mother and her son died skiing back to their cabin in Kirkwood. Since the 2020 LHMP, in March 2024, an avalanche closed Highway 88 for a 3.5 mile stretch in Amador County.
➢ CAN THE COUNTY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAST OCCURRENCES CAUSING DAMAGES OR SPECIFIC CONCERNS/ISSUES?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard?
Climate Change
➢ The 2023 State of California Hazard Mitigation Plan stated that climate change is already affecting California. Sea levels have risen by as much as seven inches along the California coast over the last century, increasing erosion and pressure on the state’s infrastructure, water supplies, and natural resources. The State has also seen increased average temperatures, more extreme hot days, fewer cold nights, a lengthening of the growing season, shifts in the water cycle with less winter precipitation falling as snow, and both snowmelt and rainwater running off sooner in the year. Climate Change has the potential to alter the nature and frequency of most hazards. ➢ Snow levels seem to be higher (or larger) each year, and the recent atmospheric river winter rains are more intense. In addition, the Amador County Air Quality District noted that within the last five years, Amador County has experienced extreme droughts that have affected the health of the forest. The lack of rain contributed to the Bark Beetle infestation, causing thousands of trees to die. This has led to large areas of Amador County being at higher risk of wildfire. The combined effects of the drought, decline in the health of the forest, temperature changes, and wildfires in and around neighboring counties, much contributed to climate change, have also led to poor air quality. ➢ DO ANY JURISDICTIONS HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OR SPECIFIC CONCERNS/ISSUES?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Dam failure
➢ According to data provided by Cal DWR, DSOD data, there are 20 dams in Amador County constructed for flood control, storage, electrical generation, and recreational purposes. Of these, 4 are rated as extremely high, 9 rated as High Hazard, 1 as Significant Hazard, and 6 as Low Hazard. ➢ In addition to these dams located within Amador County, there are 16 other dams (2 Extremely High, 8 High Hazard, 4 Significant Hazard, and 2 Low Hazard) outside the County (located in San Joaquin, El Dorado, Calaveras, Alpine Counties) with the potential to affect people and property in Amador County.
➢ All 6 Extremely High and 16 of the 17 High Hazard dams (all but Patterson in El Dorado County) have inundations in Amador County. There is no inundation data available for any of the Significant or Low Hazard dams.
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➢ Unincorporated County is the only jurisdiction with dam inundation areas from Extremely High Hazard dams. Unincorporated County and the Cities of Ione and Jackson are the only 3 jurisdictions with dam inundation areas from High Hazard dams intersecting their jurisdictions. ➢ WHAT DAMS ARE OF GREATEST CONCERN TO THE AMADOR COUNTY PLANNING AREA AND PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS?
➢ According to multiple sources, there have been no past dam failure events affecting Amador County. ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Unlikely
➢ Vulnerability: High
➢ Priority Hazard
Drought and Water Shortage
➢ Amador County has been in and out of drought since 2014. Historical drought data for the Amador County Planning Area and region indicate there have been 5 significant droughts in the last 87 years. ➢ 2 state (1976, 2014) disaster declarations and 1 federal declaration (1977) for Amador County since 1950. There have been 158 NCDC drought events in Amador County, all related to events in the 2014 to 2023 drought. Since 2020, drought has led to an increase in tree mortality resulting in 40 local emergency proclamations for tree mortality.
➢ According to the Amador Water Agency (AWA) 2024-2025 Annual Water Supply & Demand Assessment Shortage Report, the Agency has a significant surplus of water supply above current and projected demands. The Amador Water System (AWS) water supply is a pre-1914 water right that has never been curtailed in the most severe single-year or a multiple-year drought. In addition, while the water supply associated with the Central Amador Water Project (CAWP) was temporarily curtailed during recent drought years, the significant storage volume in the Lower Bear Reservoir has allowed previous water supply demands to be met, and are expected to be met in the future, even in dry years.
The total well capacity for the portion of both systems reliant on groundwater are larger than current and projected demands.
➢ Key concerns related to drought and water shortage, include an increase in tree mortality and wildfire conditions leading to an increase in risk of more catastrophic wildfires, availability of water for fire fighting, and an increase in conservation measures and restrictions. (OTHERS?) ➢ CAN JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE DAMAGES OR RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE MOST RECENT DROUGHT. WAS WATER SUPPLY AFFECTED IN THE COUNTY, EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Drought - Likely/Water supply - Occasional ➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Earthquake
➢ According to the 2016 Amador County Safety Element, the County is located in a relatively aseismic area with respect to other more seismically active areas in California. No Alquist-Priolo earthquake fault zones are located in the County, and areas subject to liquefaction, ground failure, or surface rupture are not identified on State hazard Maps. However, ground shaking may be experienced in western Amador from distant earthquakes occurring to the west and the east. To the west these include the San Andreas fault and the somewhat closer Hayward fault.
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fault system. Various documents define portions of this little known system as the Midland Fault Zone or the Dunnigan Hills fault where the 1892 Vacaville-Winters earthquake occurred. The eastern portion of the County is at greatest risk to earthquakes on faults located on both sides of the California-Nevada border. Structural damage from past earthquakes has not historically been reported in Amador County. ➢ The Uniform Building Code (UBC) identifies four seismic zones in the United States. The zones are numbered one through four, with Zone 4 representing the highest level of seismic hazard. The UBC establishes more stringent construction standards for areas within Zones 3 and 4. All of California lies within either Zone 3 or Zone 4. Amador County is within the less hazardous Zone 3. ➢ The USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps provides acceleration and probabilities for various time periods. This data indicates that the expected severity of earthquakes in the region is mostly low. ➢ USGS identified 65, 5.0 or greater earthquakes have occurred within 90 miles of City of Jackson in Amador.
➢ Hazus runs were conducted for the following: A Carson Range Fault 7.2 earthquake event; Great Valley (Dunnigan Hills) Fault 6.53 earthquake event; and a Hayward + Rogers Creek 7.58 earthquake event. ➢ WERE THERE ISSUES IN THE COUNTY FROM HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES? GROUND SHAKING? HAVE ANY STUDIES BEEN DONE ON EARTHQUAKE AND SECONDARY IMPACTS SUCH AS TO DAMS AND LEVEES?
➢ THE COUNTY NOTED THAT THERE ARE NO URM OR SOFT STORY BUILDINGS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. OTHER JURISDICTIONS?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Unlikely – large, damaging earthquake; Occasional – minor earthquake
➢ Vulnerability: Extremely High
➢ Priority Hazard
Flood Hazards
1%/0.2% Annual Chance
➢ Historically, portions of Amador County have always been at risk to flooding because of its annual percentage of rainfall in the winter and the number of watercourses that traverse the County. Flooding in Amador County results from prolonged heavy rainfall (sometimes combined with snowmelt) over tributary areas primarily during the period from November through March. ➢ Amador County has mapped DFIRM floodplains which detail the risk of 1% and 0.2% annual chance flooding in the County.
➢ The 2016 Amador County Flood Insurance Study, FEMA determined that there are no certified levees (i.e., levees providing 1% annual chance level of protection) that exist within Amador County. There is an uncertified levee located along Sutter Creek within the City of Ione. ➢ 22 state and 20 federal declarations from 1950-present were for heavy rains and flooding. Flooding is an ongoing issue for the planning area. Since 2020, this includes one state (2021) and three state and federal (2023) disaster declarations. The NCDC lists 43 flood events since 1993. ➢ HMPC - REVIEW RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADD INFORMATION ON MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS. NEED SUMMARY OF IMPACTS FROM THE (1) 2021 AND (3) 2023 FLOOD EVENTS (THAT RESULTED IN DISASTER DECLRATIONS) FOR ALL JURISDICTIONS. ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: 100-Occasional; 200 – Unlikely; 500-Unlikely ➢ Vulnerability: High
➢ Priority Hazard
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Localized/Stormwater flooding
➢ Significant localized flood history in the County – occurs annually ➢ Recent atmospheric river events occurring in 2021, 2022, and 2023 have led to more significant flooding throughout the County.
➢ CAN EACH JURISDICTION PROVIDE DETAILS ON LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEM AREAS AND SPECIFIC CONCERNS? PICTURES/DESCRIPTIONS ON FLOOD EVENTS SINCE 2020?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Landslides, Mudslides, and Debris Flows
➢ There have been no direct disaster declarations associated with landslides in Amador County.
However, there have been 9 state and 10 federal disaster declarations related to flood that documented landslide issues. The NCDC contains no records of landslides in the County, but had one recorded debris flow event.
➢ CGS mapping indicates that the eastern portion of the County Planning Area has areas of high to very high susceptibility for landslides. The western portion of the County, while much more limited, also includes some areas at high to very high landslide susceptibility. ➢ WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS ARE AT RISK TO LANDSLIDES? ANY ACTIVE LANDSLIDES TO BE MITIGATED?
➢ CAN JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PAST LANDSLIDE EVENTS AND PROBLEM AREAS? PHOTOS?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Severe weather
Severe Cold, Freeze, and Snow
➢ Annual occurrences of cold temperatures and snow.
➢ In western Amador County monthly average minimum temperatures from November through April range from the upper-30s to mid-50s. The lowest recorded daily extreme was 20°F on December 20, 1998. In a typical year, minimum temperatures fall below 32°F on 5.2 days with no days falling below 0°F.
➢ In eastern Amador County monthly average minimum temperatures from November through April range from the mid-10s to mid-20s. The lowest recorded daily extreme was -26°F on January 19, 1937.
In a typical year, minimum temperatures fall below 32°F on 231.4 days with 8.5 days falling below 0°F.
➢ Average snowfall in western Amador is 1.42 inches with record snowfall in 1967 of 9 inches. ➢ Average snowfall in eastern Amador is 380.2 inches with record snowfall in 1967 of 693.4 inches.
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➢ The County has had 1 past state disaster declaration for freeze (2007). NCDC identified 61 extreme cold or freeze events as well as 514 winter weather and storms. ➢ Amador County Public Works noted no other incidents since 2020 where damages, injuries, or deaths occurred. Large winter weather events occurred in late February to early March 2024, but the County had prepared well for the incidents.
➢ PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS ON EXTREME COLD, FREEZE, AND SNOW EVENTS AND HOW YOUR JURISDICTION WAS AFFECTED.
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Extreme Heat
➢ Annual occurrences of hot temperatures.
➢ In western Amador County, monthly average maximum temperatures in the warmest months (May through October) range from the mid-70s to the low 90s. The highest recorded daily extreme was 110°F on July 14, 2006. In a typical year, maximum temperatures exceed 90°F on 69.3 days. ➢ In eastern Amador County, monthly average maximum temperatures in the warmest months (May through October) range from the mid-50s to the low 70s. The highest recorded daily extreme was 95°F on July 7,1998. In a typical year, maximum temperatures exceed 90°F on 0.3 days. ➢ There have been no FEMA or Cal OES disasters related to extreme heat and no USDA disaster declarations for extreme heat. The NCDC recorded 124 extreme heat events since 1993. ➢ PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS ON EXTREME HEAT EVENTS AND HOW YOUR JURISDICTION WAS AFFECTED. DOES THE AIR QUALITY DISTRICT MAINTAIN AIR QUALITY DATA FOR EXTREME HEAT DAYS?
➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Heavy rains and storms (Hail, Lightning)
➢ Significant County history: annual occurrences.
➢ According to the WRCC, average annual precipitation in western Amador County is 26.55 inches per year. The highest recorded annual precipitation is 46.19 inches in 1950; the highest recorded precipitation for a 24-hour period is 5.62 inches on March 18, 2012. The lowest recorded annual precipitation was 10.17 inches in 1976.
➢ Average annual precipitation in eastern Amador County is 47.05 inches per year. The highest recorded annual precipitation is 85.21 inches in 1983; the highest recorded precipitation for a 24-hour period is
9.35 inches on December 13, 1919. The lowest recorded annual precipitation was 10.17 inches in 1976. ➢ There have been 22 state and 20 federal declarations since 1950 for flooding, including heavy rains and storms. This includes 1 state (2021) and 3 state and federal (2023) events since 2020. ➢ The NCDC data recorded 2 hail, 6 heavy rain, 106 winter weather, and 0 lightning events for Amador County since 1950.
➢ PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS ON HEAVY RAIN AND STORM EVENTS AND HOW YOUR JURISDICTION WAS AFFECTED.
➢ Severe storms/heavy rains are the primary cause of most major flooding ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
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➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
High Winds and Tornadoes
➢ Significant County history: annual occurrences of high winds; tornadoes are more rare. ➢ Portions of the County are located in a special wind hazard region, referred to as foehn winds. A foehn wind is a type of dry down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.
These can contribute to wildfire weather and increase the potential for wildfire spread. ➢ No state for federal disaster declarations for high winds or tornadoes. In 2016, there was a USDA declaration associated with high winds. The NCDC data recorded 160 high wind and 3 funnel clouds for Amador County since 1950.
➢ Significant concerns are associated with high winds fueling fires and triggering PSPS events. ➢ CAN THE HMPC PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PAST HIGH WINDS AND TORNADO EVENTS AND DAMAGES? WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS TO THE EACH JURISDICTION? ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Medium
➢ Priority Hazard
Wildfire
➢ Wildfires occur on an annual basis in the Amador County Planning Area. ➢ Any ignition has the potential to become an out of control wildfire. Wildfire is the most significant hazard the County faces.
➢ 3 state (1961 Rancheria Creek Fire, 2016 Butte Fire, 2021 Caldor Fire) and 2 federal (Butte and Caldor Fire) disaster declarations for Wildfire since 1950; 48 NCDC wildfire and 2 smoke events since 1993. ➢ CAN EACH PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION PROVIDE US IMPACTS/DAMAGES TO THEIR JURISDICTION FROM THE 2021 CALDOR FIRE? WHAT ABOUT SMOKE AND AIR QUALITY IMPACTS? DOES THE AIR QUALITY DISTRICT TRACK THIS INFORMATION BY CAUSE? ➢ Likelihood of Future Occurrence: Highly Likely
➢ Vulnerability: Extremely High
➢ Priority Hazard
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Amador County 2025 LHMP Update Priority Hazards
SHOULD ANY HAZARDS BE MOVED TO LOW PRIORITY – ARE THERE MITIGATION ACTIONS FOR EACH OF THESE HAZARDS?
Amador County
Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/
Invasive Species
• Avalanche
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% Annual Chance Flood (w/
levee failure)
➢ Flood: Localized Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, and Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornado
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢
➢
➢
City of Amador City
Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/
Invasive Species
➢ Climate Change
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and
Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Avalanche
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
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City of Ione
Priority Hazards:
➢ Climate Change
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and
Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
➢
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/
Invasive Species
➢ Avalanche
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
City of Jackson
Priority Hazards:
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and
Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/
Invasive Species
➢ Avalanche
City of Plymouth
Priority Hazards:
➢ Climate Change
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/Invasive
Species
➢ Avalanche
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
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➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornadoes
City of Sutter Creek
Priority Hazards:
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/Invasive
Species
➢ Avalanche
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornadoes
Amador Water Agency
Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/
Invasive Species
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms
(wind, hail, lightning)
➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and
Tornadoes
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Avalanche
Jackson Valley Irrigation District
Priority Hazards:
➢ Ag Hazards (Severe Weather/ Pests/
Invasive Species
➢ Climate Change
➢ Dam Failure
➢ Drought & Water Shortage (w/tree mortality)
➢ Earthquake (w/subhazards)
➢ Flood: 1%/0.2% annual chance (w/levee
failure)
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Cold, Freeze, and
Snow
➢ Wildfire (w/smoke and air quality)
Non-Priority Hazards:
➢ Avalanche
➢ Flood: Localized/Stormwater
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➢ Landslide, Mudslide, Debris Flow
➢ Severe Weather: Extreme Heat
➢ Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Storms (wind, hail, lightning) ➢ Severe Weather: High Winds and Tornadoes
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Mitigation Strategy: Goals
The most important element of the LHMP is the resulting mitigation strategy which serves as the long-term blueprint for reducing the potential losses identified in the risk assessment. The mitigation strategy is comprised of three components:
1. Mitigation Goals
2. Mitigation Actions
3. Mitigation Action (Implementation) Plan
Mitigation Goals
Up to now, the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC) has been involved in collecting and providing data for the 2025 Amador County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update. From this information, a Risk Assessment has been developed that describes the risk and vulnerability of Amador to identified hazards and includes an assessment of the County’s current capabilities for countering these threats through existing policies, programs, and projects.
This analysis identifies areas where improvements could or should be made. Formulating Goals should lead to incorporating these improvements into the Mitigation Strategy portion of the LHMP. Our planning goals should provide direction for what risk reduction activities can be undertaken to make the Amador County Planning Area more disaster resilient.
Mitigation Goals are general guidelines that represent the County’s vision for reducing or avoiding losses from identified hazards. Goals are stated without regard for achievement, that is, implementation, cost, schedule, and means are not considered.
Goals are public policy statements that:
➢ Represent basic desires of the jurisdiction;
➢ Encompass all aspects of planning area, public and private; ➢ Are nonspecific, in that they refer to the quality (not the quantity) of the outcome; ➢ Are future-oriented, in that they are achievable in the future; and ➢ Are time-independent, in that they are not scheduled events. ✓ While goals are not specific (quantitative), they should not be so general as to be meaningless or unachievable.
✓ Goal statements may form the basis for objectives. They should be stated in such a way as to develop one or more objectives related to each goal.
✓ The key point in writing goals is to remember that they must deal with results, not the activities that produce those results.
✓ Consider other planning area goals from other regional/county/city programs, plans and priorities.
Types/Sources of other area mitigation plans/ programs include:
➢ General Plans
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➢ Master and Strategic Plans
➢ Stormwater Program and Plans
➢ Flood/Levee/Stormwater Management Plans and Studies
➢ Drought Plans, Urban/Integrated Regional Water Management Plans ➢ Earthquake Studies and Plans
➢ Community Wildfire Protection Plans
➢ Strategic Fire Plans
➢ Dam Emergency Action Plans
➢ Emergency Operations Plans
➢ Climate Plans
➢ Others?
2018 California State Hazard Mitigation Plan Goals
1. Significantly reduce life loss and injuries.
2. Minimize damage to structures and property, as well as minimizing interruption of essential services and activities.
3. Protect the environment.
4. Promote community resilience through integration of hazard mitigation with public policy and standard business practices.
2023 State Hazard Mitigation Plan Goals
GOAL 1—Significantly reduce risk to life, community lifelines, the environment, property, and infrastructure by planning and implementing whole-community risk reduction and resilience strategies.
GOAL 2—Build capacity and capabilities to increase disaster resilience among historically underserved populations, individuals with access and functional needs, and communities disproportionately impacted by disasters and climate change.
GOAL 3—Incorporate equity metrics, tools, and strategies into all mitigation planning, policy, funding, outreach, and implementation efforts.
GOAL 4—Apply the best available science and authoritative data to design, implement, and prioritize projects that enhance resilience to natural hazards and climate change impacts.
GOAL 5—Integrate mitigation principles into laws, regulations, policies, and guidance to support equitable outcomes to benefit the whole community.
GOAL 6— Significantly reduce barriers to timely, efficient, and effective hazard mitigation planning and action.
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2016 Amador Fire Safe Council, High Country Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Purpose:
➢ To reduce wildfire risk to communities, municipal water supplies, and other at-risk Federal land through a collaborative process of planning, prioritizing, and implementing hazardous fuel reduction projects; ➢ To enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape.
Objectives:
➢ Protect human life
➢ Protect property from wildfires
➢ Minimize ignitions
➢ Decrease wildfire intensity and damage
➢ Protect important public and private infrastructure
2024 Amador County Strategic Fire Plan, Amador-El Dorado Unit The goal of the Amador – El Dorado Unit (AEU) of CAL FIRE is to reduce the loss of life, property, watershed values, and other assets at risk from wildfire through a focused pre-fire management program and increased initial attack success.
The above statement is clear; however, the roadmap to accomplish this involves collaboration between stakeholders and communities each of which present different complexities related to project implementation and priorities regarding the threat of a wildland fire. The purpose of this Strategic Fire Plan is to provide effective direction to departmental staff and communities within the Administrative Unit to direct resources and personnel commitments towards the implementation of this Strategic Fire Plan.
The Amador - El Dorado Unit Strategic Fire Plan has been prepared with the following objectives in priority order.
➢ Support project work (fuels reduction) and planning efforts that encourage the development of safe ingress and egress routes for emergency incidents.
➢ Continue to provide operational training that will support safe and successful suppression operations. ➢ Utilize CAL FIRE and community resources to mitigate large and damaging wildfires with defensible fuel zone/fuels reduction (prescribed fire) projects at critical operational locations. ➢ Continue to support the implementation of fire safe clearance standards around structures. ➢ Support Implementation of the 2008 Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Building Standards by collaborating with local government planning departments and ensuring compliance with the state’s minimum wildfire protection regulations for building, construction, and development in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) under California’s Minimum Fire Safe Standards. ➢ Conduct incident analysis to evaluate Unit success in achieving the 95% threshold of keeping fires less than 10 acres in size.
➢ Continually educate the community on their role in the wildlands and support Resource Conservation Districts and Fire Safe Council activities.
➢ Utilize Fire Prevention operations to reduce ignitions within the Unit. ➢ Foster and build relationships with local public and private industries to develop cooperative project plans.
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Amador County 2016 General Plan: Hazard Related Goals
Land Use Element
Goal LU-3 Ensure the provision of effective law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, and animal control throughout the county.
Policy LU-3.2 Coordinate with fire districts to maintain and improve fire service levels in the county.
Policy LU-3.3 Increase community awareness regarding public safety, fire, and emergency response issues.
Goal LU-4 Ensure adequate wastewater treatment, storage, and disposal capacity exists to serve the county’s current and future demand.
Policy LU-4.2: Consider infrastructure availability and expansion in the evaluation of individual projects.
Policy LU-4.3 Support efforts by water purveyors to educate the public on how to reduce water use, and utilize reclaimed water.
Policy LU-4.4 Encourage countywide regional coordination and organizational structures to fully implement maximum recycled water reuse opportunities throughout the county Policy LU-4.5: Encourage and promote water conservation and reuse to reduce new effluent disposal needs.
Goal LU-6 Ensure that adequate water supply, wastewater disposal, and public services are available prior to development.
Policy LU-6.1 Ensure that new development is able to meet water supply, wastewater disposal, and public service standards.
Goal LU-12 Reduce fire risks to existing and future structures.
Policy LU-12.1 Ensure that appropriate levels of emergency services, including fire protection, can be demonstrated for new development.
Policy LU-12.2 Ensure that new roadways meet County standards for firefighting access. These standards include minimum width, surface, grade, radius, turnaround, turnout, and bridge standards, as well as limitations on one-way roads, dead-end roads, driveways, and gate entrances.
Policy LU-12.3 Continue to ensure that the County’s development code addresses evacuation and emergency vehicle access, water supplies and fire flow, fuel modification for defensible space, and home addressing and signing.
Policy LU-12.4 Ensure that new development or redevelopment in the Wildland-Urban Interface meets building and development standards to ensure adequate defensible space.
Conservation Element
Goal C-1 Ensure that all future development permitted in the county can be provided adequate amounts of water.
Policy C-1.1 Coordinate with the county’s water suppliers to ensure that water is available to serve both current and planned future residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural needs. Include upland areas in future water management plans.
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Goal C-1 Ensure that all future development permitted in the county can be provided adequate amounts of water.
Policy C-1.2 Guide future development to areas of the county where adequate water supplies can be ensured.
Policy C-1.3 Limit reliance on groundwater wells as sources for community water systems. Where possible, encourage connection of developments to existing water supply systems.
Policy C-1.4 Encourage new development, renovation, landscape, and agricultural projects to include water conservation measures, including use of graywater, reclaimed, or recycled water for irrigation, waterGoal C-2 Maintain and improve water supply planning and infrastructure.
Policy C-2.1: Encourage integrated management of surface water and groundwater resources, wastewater, stormwater treatment and use, and the development of reclaimed water.
Policy C-2.2: Encourage conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water by water agencies to improve water supply reliability.
Policy C-2.3 Support the county’s water suppliers, including public agencies and private entities within Amador County, in their efforts to protect water rights and water supply contracts.
Policy C-2.4 Pursue management strategies that develop upstream/ downstream interregional conjunctive use/water transfer programs to meet future water needs in Amador County.
Policy C-2.5 Support efforts by water and wastewater agencies to respond to state mandates addressing the future challenges posed by climate change.
Policy C-2.6 Reduce erosion and sediment loads which might limit the lifespan of existing water storage facilities.
Policy C-2.7 Promote development patterns and practices which permit the continued use and future development of water storage and power generation facilities on the county’s streams and rivers.
Policy C-2.8 Federal, state, and/or local designations of surface waters in or adjacent to the County (e.g., Federal Wild and Scenic River, National Recreation Area) are considered incompatible with the long-term water needs of Amador County.
Goal C-10 Reduce GHG emissions associated with automobile travel, electrical power generation and energy use.
Policy C-10.1 Evaluate the potential effects of climate change on the county’s human and natural systems and prepare strategies that allow the County to appropriately respond and adapt.
Policy C-10.2 Develop and adopt a comprehensive strategy to reduce GHGs within Amador County by at least 15 percent from current levels by 2020.
Policy C-10.3 Guide new development to areas where pedestrian and bicycle/NEV access to existing activity centers is possible, in order to reduce the need for automobile travel and VMT.
Policy C-10.4 Work with service providers to ensure that transit offerings in the county are stable or expanding, and that transit is tailored to meet residents’ needs.
Policy C-10.5 Require new development projects to incorporate building placement and design features to increase energy efficiency in new structures.
Policy C-10.6 Support green building through incentives for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification of new commercial, industrial, public, and multi-family residential buildings.
Promote incentives for compliance with this standard as a way to increase the energy efficiency of new structures. Promote increased energy efficiency and green building practices through the County’s use of these practices.
Policy C-10.7 Support parcel-scale energy generation, including addition of solar panels for residential structures and cogeneration for larger commercial or industrial uses. 1478
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Goal C-10 Reduce GHG emissions associated with automobile travel, electrical power generation and energy use.
Policy C-10.8 Expand recycling and waste minimization efforts, including recycling of construction and demolition materials.
Safety Element
Goal S-1 Prevent loss of life or property from flooding.
Policy S-1.1 Direct future development (as defined in “Floodplain Management Regulations” set forth in the Amador County Code) to areas outside the floodway portion of the 100-year floodplain.
Policy S-1.2 Limit development in other areas prone to flooding, including the floodway fringe, other portions of floodplains and inundation areas. Require structures in these areas to incorporate floodproofing measures, including elevation above the 100-year floodplain profile.
Policy S-1.3 Reduce urban runoff and maintain the carrying capacity of floodplains or flood channels. Require provision of on-site retention and detention basins in new development applications as needed to reduce downstream flooding hazards.
Policy S-1.4 Designate agriculture, passive parks, open space, and other low intensity uses within floodplain areas.
Policy S-1.5 Provide for construction of dams and water retention facilities on agricultural lands to support agricultural land uses, consistent with state and federal law.
Goal S-2 Reduce fire risks to current and future structures.
Policy S-2.1 Consistent with state regulations and local code requirements, require new buildings to be constructed to provide fire-defensible spaces, separated from property lines and other buildings on the same or adjacent properties by adequate building setbacks clear of brush and fuel. Require new buildings in areas of moderate to high fire risk to be constructed using building materials and designs that increase fire resistance.
Policy S-2.2 Guide new development to areas where adequate fire protection, roads, and water service are available to support fire response.
Policy S-2.3 Incorporate fire safety site planning techniques within new development applications in high- or very-high fire risk areas. Encourage building envelope or cluster development techniques to increase defensible areas.
Policy S-2.4 Work with fire districts or other agencies and property owners to coordinate efforts to prevent wildfires and grassfires including consolidation of fuel buildup abatement efforts, firefighting equipment access, and water service provision.
Policy S-2.5 Work with fire districts and other agencies to educate the public regarding fire risks and periods of elevated or extreme risk due to drought or other factors.
Goal S-3 Maintain or improve fire response times.
Policy S-3.1 Support efforts by fire districts to obtain adequate funding to provide fire protection at desired levels. Implement impact fees if needed to provide adequate fire service.
Policy S-3.2 Encourage cooperation and regional agreements among fire districts and state and federal fire agencies
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Goal S-4 Protect people and property from seismic hazards.
Policy S-4.1 Enforce site-specific seismic design category requirements per the California Building Code (CBC) to minimize earthquake damage.
Policy S-4.2 Require minimum setbacks for habitable construction along streams between the stream bank and structure, based upon the susceptibility of the bank to seismic shaking-induced lurching.
Policy S-4.3 Discourage new construction of structures or improvements in or near a seismic risk area or geologic hazard area unless these projects meet design standards to minimize or eliminate seismic risk.
Goal S-5 Protect people and property from landslides, mudslides, and avalanches.
Policy S-5.1 Use the development review process to lessen the potential for erosion and landslides. Restrict site grading which steepens unstable slopes.
Policy S-5.2 Limit development in areas with high landslide, mudslide, or avalanche susceptibility.
Goal S-7 Respond appropriately and efficiently to natural or human-caused emergencies.
Policy S-7.1 Maintain a disaster response plan to coordinate response actions.
Policy S-7.2 Continue to coordinate with other local public safety and law enforcement agencies to ensure effective emergency response.
Policy S-7.3 Work with other agencies to designate evacuation routes for various natural or human-caused emergencies.
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Amador County Goals from Previous 2020 LHMP (This is what we are updating) Goal #1: Provide protection for people's lives, property, public health, and the environment and reduce losses from natural hazards.
➢ Minimize impact to existing development
➢ Minimize impact to future development
➢ Minimize risk and vulnerability to wildfire
➢ Minimize risk and vulnerability to flood
➢ Minimize economic and resource impact
➢ Promote resiliency strategies
Goal #2: Provide protection for critical facilities, infrastructure, utilities and services from hazard impacts
➢ Implement critical facility upgrades and mitigation measures to ensure reliability of services ➢ Update and maintain GIS list of critical facilities: Essential Services, At-Risk Populations, Hazardous Materials Facilities
Goal #3: Improve community (public and stakeholder) awareness, education, and preparedness to natural hazard events
➢ Enhance public and stakeholder outreach, education and preparedness program to include all hazards of concern
➢ Increase public and stakeholder knowledge about the risk and vulnerability to identified hazards and how to take responsibility for and mitigate these risks with a focus on high priority hazards such as wildfire and flood
➢ Leverage existing public outreach and education mechanisms such as community coalitions and other existing forums; expand social media presence and local community boards ➢ Increase use of technology to communicate hazard information (e.g., GIS) ➢ Provide education and outreach on evacuation routes, roles and responsibilities, as well as on various emergency communication modes
Goal #4: Increase communities' ability to be prepared for, respond to, and recover from a disaster event
➢ Improve community capabilities to mitigate hazards and reduce losses ➢ Improve interagency (local, state, federal) emergency coordination, communication, and operational capacity to ensure effective community preparedness, response and recovery ➢ Increase the capacity to respond and recover, countywide ➢ Improve emergency communication systems (cell phones, radios, sirens, reverse 911, multi-media, etc.) ➢ Increase first responder preparedness and education to hazards of concern ➢ Improve identification, education, and emergency notifications of vulnerable citizens ➢ Enhance the use of shared resources/Develop a strong mutual aid support system ➢ Make better use of technology (e.g., GIS)
➢ Establish and expand GIS technologies to map hazards and develop models of mitigation planning and to support hazard response and community recovery
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Goal #5: Maintain FEMA Eligibility/Position the communities for Grant funding ➢ Improve community ability to be competitive/successful with grant funding opportunities from application development to project delivery
➢ Establish and share best practices among agencies for development of grant applications, project permits, etc.
➢ Educate (and advocate) local officials to support local access to funding.
Other Example Goal Statements
➢ Minimize risk and vulnerability from natural hazards
➢ Increase communities’ awareness of vulnerability to hazards ➢ Increase the use of shared resources
➢ Improve communities’ capabilities to mitigate losses
➢ Maintain coordination of disaster plans with changing DHS/FEMA needs ➢ Maintain FEMA eligibility/position jurisdictions for grant funding ➢ Maintain/enhance the flood mitigation program to provide 200/500-year flood protection ➢ Maintain current service levels
➢ Provide protection for existing buildings from hazards ➢ Provide protection for future development from hazards ➢ Provide protection for natural and cultural resources from hazard impacts ➢ Provide protection for people’s lives from hazards
➢ Provide protection for public health
➢ Provide protection for critical services (fire, police, etc.) from hazard impacts ➢ Provide protection for critical lifeline utilities from hazard impacts ➢ Reduce exposure to hazard related losses
➢ Reduce the number of emergency incidents
➢ Make better use of technology
General Recommendation for Categories of Goals
➢ Reduce Losses/Protection of Life, Property, Public Health, and the Environment from all Hazards ➢ Reduce Losses/Protection of Critical Facilities and Infrastructure from all Hazards ➢ Public Education
➢ Increase City Capabilities to all Hazards
➢ Any Hazard-specific goals
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Goals Development
The purpose of goal’s development is to reach a consensus on goals for the Amador County 2025 LHMP Update. Provided above are numerous example goals for this LHMP. You may reword those above or develop your own goals. These goal statements should serve as examples. It is vital that our HMPC establish its own goals for this update.
You will each be given 3 sticky notes. On each note you will write what you think the goals for this LHMP Update should be. Use one sticky note for each goal.
When done, we will:
➢ Pin/tape them to the wall/easel-chart and arrange them by category ➢ Combine and reword them into 3-5 goals for the plan and send them out to the HMPC for further review and refinement
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Mitigation Strategy Meetings
June 11 & 12, 2025
Day 2
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Mitigation Strategy Action Development: Ground Rules
Rule 1: All participating jurisdictions MUST have a Mitigation Action/Project to address each of their Priority Hazards (those rated as a high or medium significance in their Hazard Identification table).
Rule 2: Every Mitigation Action/Project MUST be supported by Risk Assessment Data contained within Chap 4 of the Base Plan. Note: this might necessitate backfilling the hazard risk assessment data.
Rule 3: The Mitigation Actions/Projects for this 2025 LHMP should reflect each jurisdiction’s WISH LIST for mitigation, regardless of funding source.
Rule 4: Any Mitigation Action/Project that might be considered for FEMA mitigation grant funding over the next 5-years covered by this LHMP MUST be included in this 2025 LHMP.
Rule 5: While the updated Mitigation Strategy should include all potential Mitigation Actions/Projects for the participating jurisdictions (regardless of funding source), keep in mind that the jurisdictions are NOT obligated to implement ANY of the identified Mitigation Actions/Projects – all are always subject to funding and changing priorities.
Rule 6: Each Mitigation Action/Project to be included in this LHMP MUST have a Mitigation Action Worksheet completed by the owning jurisdiction, department or agency.
This applies to Mitigation Actions/Projects being carried forward from the County’s previous LHMP.
REMEMBER: Having a FEMA approved LHMP for Amador County and participating jurisdictions is a prerequisite for being eligible to apply for FEMA pre and post disaster mitigation funding.
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Mitigation Strategy: Actions
Mitigation Actions are specific projects and activities that help achieve the LHMP goals and accomplish risk reduction in the community.
Categories of Mitigation Actions
PREVENTION: Preventive measures are designed to keep the problem from occurring or getting worse.
Their objective is to ensure that future development is not exposed to damage and does not increase damage to other properties.
➢ Planning
➢ Zoning
➢ Open Space Preservation
➢ Land Development Regulations
✓ Subdivision regulations
✓ Building Codes
• Fire-Wise Construction
✓ Floodplain development regulations
✓ Geologic Hazard Areas development regulations (for roads too!) ➢ Storm Water Management
➢ Fuels Management, Fire-Breaks
EMERGENCY SERVICES: protect people during and after a disaster. A good emergency services program addresses all hazards. Measures include:
➢ Warning (flooding, tornadoes, winter storms, geologic hazards, fire) ✓ NOAA Weather Radio
✓ Sirens
✓ “Reverse 911” (Emergency Notification System)
➢ Emergency Response
✓ Evacuation & Sheltering
✓ Communications
✓ Backup power supply/generators
✓ Emergency Planning
• Activating the EOC (emergency management)
• Closing streets or bridges (police or public works)
• Shutting off power to threatened areas (utility company) • Holding/releasing children at school (school district) • Ordering an evacuation (mayor)
• Opening emergency shelters (Red Cross)
• Monitoring water levels (engineering)
• Security and other protection measures (police)
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✓ Buildings or locations that, if damaged, would create secondary disasters, such as hazardous materials facilities and nursing homes
✓ Lifeline Utilities Protection
➢ Post-Disaster Mitigation
➢ Building Inspections
✓ ID mitigation opportunities & funding before reconstruction PROPERTY PROTECTION: Property protection measures are used to modify buildings subject to damage rather than to keep the hazard away. A community may find these to be inexpensive measures because often they are implemented by or cost-shared with property owners. Many of the measures do not affect the appearance or use of a building, which makes them particularly appropriate for historical sites and landmarks.
➢ Retrofitting/disaster proofing
✓ Floods
• Wet/Dry floodproofing (barriers, shields, backflow valves) • Relocation/Elevation
• Acquisition
• Retrofitting
✓ High Winds/Tornadoes
• Safe Rooms
• Securing roofs and foundations with fasteners and tie-downs • Strengthening garage doors and other large openings
✓ Winter Storms
• Immediate snow/ice removal from roofs, tree limbs
• “Living” snow fences
✓ Geologic Hazards (Landslides, earthquakes, sinkholes) • Anchoring, bracing, shear walls
• Dewatering sites, agricultural practices
• Catch basins
✓ Drought
• Improve water supply (transport/storage/conservation) • Remove moisture competitive plants (Tamarisk/Salt Cedar) • Water Restrictions/Water Saver Sprinklers/Appliances
• Grazing on CRP lands (no overgrazing-see Noxious Weeds) • Create incentives to consolidate/connect water services • Recycled wastewater on golf courses
✓ Wildfire, Grassfires
• Replacing building components with fireproof materials • Roofing, screening
• Create “Defensible Space”
• Installing spark arrestors
• Fuels Modification
✓ Noxious Weeds/Insects
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• Mowing
• Spraying
• Replacement planting
• Stop overgrazing
• Introduce natural predators
➢ Insurance
NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION: Natural resource protection activities are generally aimed at preserving (or in some cases restoring) natural areas. In so doing, these activities enable the natural beneficial functions of floodplains and watersheds to be better realized. These natural and beneficial floodplain functions include the following:
➢ storage of floodwaters
➢ absorption of flood energy
➢ reduction in flood scour
➢ infiltration that absorbs overland flood flow
➢ groundwater recharge
➢ removal/filtering of excess nutrients, pollutants, and sediments from floodwaters ➢ habitat for flora and fauna
➢ recreational and aesthetic opportunities
Methods of protecting natural resources include:
➢ Wetlands Protection
➢ Riparian Area/Habitat Protection/Threatened-Endangered Species ➢ Erosion & Sediment Control
➢ Best Management Practices
Best management practices (“BMPs”) are measures that reduce nonpoint source pollutants that enter the waterways. Nonpoint source pollutants come from non-specific locations. Examples of nonpoint source pollutants are lawn fertilizers, pesticides, and other farm chemicals, animal wastes, oils from street surfaces and industrial areas and sediment from agriculture, construction, mining and forestry. These pollutants are washed off the ground’s surface by stormwater and flushed into receiving storm sewers, ditches and streams. BMPs can be implemented during construction and as part of a project’s design to permanently address nonpoint source pollutants. There are three general categories of BMPs:
1. Avoidance: setting construction projects back from the stream.
2. Reduction: Preventing runoff that conveys sediment and other water-borne pollutants, such as planting proper vegetation and conservation tillage.
3. Cleanse: Stopping pollutants after they are en route to a stream, such as using grass drainageways that filter the water and retention and detention basins that let pollutants settle to the bottom before they are drained:
➢ Dumping Regulations
➢ Set-back regulations/buffers
➢ Fuels Management
➢ Water Use Restrictions
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➢ Landscape Management
➢ Weather Modification
STRUCTURAL: Projects that have traditionally been used by communities to control flows and water surface elevations. Structural projects keep flood waters away from an area. They are usually designed by engineers and managed or maintained by public works staff. These measures are popular with many because they “stop” flooding problems. However, structural projects have several important shortcomings that need to be kept in mind when considering them for flood hazard mitigation:
➢ They are expensive, sometimes requiring capital bond issues and/or cost sharing with Federal agencies, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Natural Resources Conservation Service. ➢ They disturb the land and disrupt natural water flows, often destroying habitats or requiring Environmental Assessments.
➢ They are built to a certain flood protection level that can be exceeded by a larger flood, causing extensive damage.
➢ They can create a false sense of security when people protected by a structure believe that no flood can ever reach them.
➢ They require regular maintenance to ensure that they continue to provide their design protection level.
Structural measures include:
➢ Detention/Retention structures
➢ Erosion and Sediment Control
➢ Basins/Low-head Weirs
➢ Channel Modifications
➢ Culvert resizing/replacement/Maintenance
➢ Levees and Floodwalls
➢ Anchoring, grading, debris basins (for landslides)
➢ Fencing (for snow, sand, wind)
➢ Drainage System Maintenance
➢ Reservoirs (for flood control, water storage, recreation, agriculture) ➢ Diversions
➢ Storm Sewers
PUBLIC INFORMATION: A successful hazard mitigation program involves both the public and private sectors. Public information activities advise property owners, renters, businesses, and local officials about hazards and ways to protect people and property from these hazards. These activities can motivate people to take protection:
➢ Hazard Maps and Data
➢ Outreach Projects (mailings, media, web, speakers, displays) ➢ Library Resources
➢ Real Estate Disclosure
➢ Environmental Education
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Mitigation Actions/Projects from 2020 Amador County LHMP (This is what we are updating)
Action Title Complete Ongoing
Not Yet
Started
In 2025
Update*
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All Hazard Actions
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan
Action 2. Enhance Public Education and Awareness of Natural Hazards and Public Understanding of Disaster Preparedness
Action 3. Evaluate All Major and Minor Structures Along Evacuation Routes within Amador County Right of Way
Action 4. Evaluate All Roadways Used as Evacuation Routes within Amador County Right of Way
Action 5. Harden and Enhance Cell service: Additional Cell/Repeater Towers/Mobile Repeaters, Generator Backup, Etc.
Action 6. Amador County Evacuation planning for all Hazards; Include Establishment of Sheltering in Place and Refuge areas.
Action 7. Reverse 911 Enhancements
Action 8. Enhance Agency Communications
Action 9. PRC 4290 Compliant Street and Address Signage for Rural Areas
Action 10. Fixed Generators to Essential County Facilities Action 11. Implement modern GIS capabilities in Amador County Avalanche Actions
Action 12. Annual Review of Kirkwood Ski Area Avalanche Mitigation Program
Agricultural Hazards Actions
Action 13. Invasive Insect Pests
Action 14. Invasive Weed Pests
Climate Change Actions
Action 15. Energy Action Plan
Dam Failure, Flood, Localized Flood, Landslide, and Levee Failure Actions Action 16. Improve Storm Water Management Along Road Segments Exhibiting Repetitive Losses From Localized Flooding and Landslides Action 17. Review and Amend Flood Ordinance as Appropriate Action 18. Evaluate All Areas With Localized Flooding Along Amador County Maintained Roadways
Action 19. Monitor Shakeridge Road (upcountry) for Landslide or Road Movement
Action 20. Evaluate Each Roadways That is Subject to Local Land Movement and Minimize Debris Removal within Amador County Right of Way
Earthquake Actions
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Amador County Appendix C-35
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Action Title Complete Ongoing
Not Yet
Started
In 2025
Update*
Action 21. Identify Un-Reinforced Masonry (URM) and other seismically vulnerable buildings in the County
Wildfire and Drought and Water Shortage Actions
Action 22. Evaluate Evacuation Routes for Wildfire That Serve Critical Infrastructure
Action 23. Community Ingress/Egress – Phase I: Fire Safe Programs and Public Education Activities*
Action 24. Community Ingress/Egress – Phase II: Brush Clearing and Fuels Reduction*
Action 25. Construction of Mitchell Mine Fuelbreak*
Action 26. Outreach and Public Information Immobile Citizen Evacuation*
Action 27. Development of Firewise Communities in Amador County* Action 28. Pine Acres Vegetation Management Program (2526 Acres) Action 29. Shake Fiddletown Vegetation Management Program (2526 Acres)
City of Amador City Actions
Localized Flood Actions
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan
Action 2. Enhance Public Education and Awareness of Natural Hazards and Public Understanding of Disaster Preparedness
Action 3. Wastewater Plant Emergency Power
Action 4. Midtown Sewer Crossing
Action 5. Vegetation Management
Action 6. Landslide and Slope Failure Mitigation
City of Ione Actions
Multi-Hazard Actions
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan
Action 2. Enhance Public Education and Awareness of Natural Hazards and Public Understanding of Disaster Preparedness
Action 3. Harden and Enhance Cell Service: Additional Call/repeater towers/mobile repeaters generator back up
Action 4. Shelter Upgrades to Evalyn Bishop Hall (E.B. Hall) Action 5. Backup generators
Flood, Localized Flood, and Levee Failure Actions
Action 6. Flood Ordinance Review and Update
Action 7. Develop and Implement Storm Water Master Plan Action 8. Develop Watershed Based Flood Reduction Programs Action 9. Stream Maintenance and Debris/Sediment Removal Action 10. Replace Five Mile Bridge
1491
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Amador County Appendix C-36
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Action Title Complete Ongoing
Not Yet
Started
In 2025
Update*
Action 11. Pursue certification of the Levee along Sutter Creek Wildfire Actions
Action 12. Ordinance Review – Wildland Urban
City of Jackson Actions
Multi-Hazard Actions
Action 1.Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan
Action 2.Enhance Public Education and Awareness of Natural Hazards and Public Understanding of Disaster Preparedness
Action 3.Station 131 generator
Dam Failure, Flood, Localized Flood Actions
Action 4.Buena Vista Flood Mitigation Project
Action 5.Busi Parking Lot Slope Drainage
Action 6.Annual Creek Cleaning
Wildfire Actions
Action 7.Starks Lane Bridge
Action 8.Defensible Space
Action 9.Picardo Bridge
City of Plymouth Actions
Multi-Hazard Actions
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan
Action 2. Enhance Public Education and Awareness of Natural Hazards and Public Understanding of Disaster Preparedness
Action 3. Secure City Hall as Critical Infrastructure with Commercial Generator
Action 4. Indian Creek Stream Restoration & Culvert Improvement in Flood Hazard Zone
Action 5. Maintain and Enhance Water Canal by Converting Earthen Arroyo Ditch to Fixed Pipeline or Gunite Lined Canal
Action 6. Develop a Community Wildfire Prevention Plan
City of Sutter Creek Actions
Multi-Hazard Actions
Action 1. Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan
Action 2. Enhance Public Education and Awareness of Natural Hazards and Public Understanding of Disaster Preparedness
Action 3. Development of Walking Paths, Native Tree Protection & Native Tree Species Planting
Action 4. Installation of Generator at City Hall and Community Center Action 5. Upgrade Ditches and Culverts
1492
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Amador County Appendix C-37
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Action Title Complete Ongoing
Not Yet
Started
In 2025
Update*
Action 6. Develop a Stormwater Management Plan
Floods and Localized Flood Actions
Action 7. Sutter Creek City Hall Flooding
Action 8. Sutter Creek Bank Stabilization
Wildfire Actions
Action 9. Perimeter Wildfire Protection Fuel Break
Amador Water Agency Actions
Multi-Hazard Actions
Action 1. AWP Standby Generators
Ag Hazards and Aquatic Invasive Species Actions
Action 2. Amador and Ione Water Systems Taste and Odor Mitigation Climate Change Actions
Action 3. Lower Bear Reservoir Expansion Study
Drought and Water Shortage and Wildfire Actions
Action 4. Replacement of Two Hypalon Lined and Covered Tanks with New Tanks
Action 5. Mt. Crossman Main Area Tank for Upper CAWP System Action 6. Upgrade Fire Pumps
Flood and Localized Flood Actions
Action 7.Mace Meadows Pump Station Flooding
Action 8.Eggiman Lane Flooding
Jackson Valley Irrigation District Actions
Ag Hazards Actions
Action 1. Outreach to Farmers regarding Agricultural Hazards in the Area Aquatic Invasive Species Actions
Action 2. Lake Amador Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Climate Change Actions
Action 3. Long Term Water Solutions Analysis Due to Climate Change Dam Failure Actions
Action 4. Jackson Creek Dam Immediate Inundation Area Public Outreach – Dam Failure
Action 5. Jackson Creek Dam Spillway Apron Extension Project Drought and Water Shortage and Wildfire Actions
Action 6. JVID Water Meter Maintenance Program
Action 7. JVID Water Procurement and Additional Water Storage Study Action 8. Lake Amador Spillway Rubber Dam Project
Earthquake Actions
Action 9. Jackson Creek Dam Seismic Evaluation and Liquefaction Study Flood Actions
1493
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Amador County Appendix C-38
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Action Title Complete Ongoing
Not Yet
Started
In 2025
Update*
Action 10. Lake Amador Drive Box Culvert Expansion Project Levee Failure Actions
Action 11. Jackson Creek Levee Maintenance Project
Severe Weather Actions
Action 12. JVID Office Backup Generator
Action 13. JVID Freeze Protection Project
Wildfire Actions
Action 14. JVID Fire Hydrant Expansion Project
* Actions not carried forward were determined by the jurisdictions to be no longer feasible, relevant, lacked funding and local resources to implement, and/or no longer considered a priority 1494
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-39
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Mitigation Strategy: Action (Implementation) Plan
The mitigation action plan describes how the mitigation actions will be implemented, including how those actions will be prioritized, administered, and incorporated into the community’s existing planning mechanism. Each participating jurisdiction must have a mitigation action(s) and an action plan specific to that jurisdiction and its priority hazards and vulnerabilities.
Mitigation Criteria
For use in selecting and prioritizing Proposed Mitigation Measures
1. STAPLEE
Social: Does the measure treat people fairly? (different groups, different generations) ➢ Community Acceptance
➢ Effect on Segment of Population
➢ Social Benefits
Technical: Will it work? (Does it solve the problem? Is it feasible?) ➢ Technical Feasibility
➢ Reduce Community Risk
➢ Long Term Solution/Sustainable
➢ Secondary Impacts
Administrative: Do you have the capacity to implement & manage project? ➢ Staffing
➢ Funding Allocated
➢ Maintenance/Operations
Political: Who are the stakeholders? Did they get to participate? Is there public support? Is political leadership willing to support?
➢ Political Support
➢ Local Champion
➢ Public Support
➢ Achieves Multiple Objectives
➢ Supported by a broad array of Stakeholders
Legal: Does your organization have the authority to implement? Is it legal? Are there liability implications?
➢ Existing Local Authority
➢ State Authority
➢ Potential Legal Challenges
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Amador County Appendix C-40
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Economic: Is it cost-beneficial? Is there funding? Does it contribute to the local economy or economic development?
➢ Benefit of Action
➢ Cost of Action
➢ Cost Effective/Economic Benefits
➢ Economically Viable
➢ Outside Funding Required
Environmental: Does it comply with Environmental regulations? ➢ Effect on Land/Water
➢ Effect on Endangered Species
➢ Effect on Cultural Resources
➢ Effect on Hazmat sites
➢ Consistent with Community Environmental Goals
➢ Consistent with Environmental Laws
➢ Environmental Benefits
2. SUSTAINABLE DISASTER RECOVERY
➢ Quality of Life
➢ Social Equity
➢ Hazard Mitigation
➢ Economic Development
➢ Environmental Protection/Enhancement
➢ Community Participation
3. SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES
➢ Infill versus Sprawl
➢ Efficient Use of Land Resources
➢ Full Use of Urban Resources
➢ Mixed Uses of Land
➢ Transportation Options
➢ Detailed, Human-Scale Design
4. OTHER
➢ Does measure address area with highest risk?
➢ Does measure protect …
✓ The largest # of people exposed to risk?
✓ The largest # of buildings?
✓ The largest # of jobs?
✓ The largest tax income?
✓ The largest average annual loss
potential?
✓ The area impacted most frequently?
✓ Critical Infrastructure (access, power,
water, gas, telecommunications)
➢ Timing of Available funding
➢ Visibility of Project
➢ Community Credibility
1496
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Amador County Appendix C-41
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025 1497
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-42
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Mitigation Action Prioritization Instructions
The HMPC’s brainstormed list of mitigation actions and projects are organized by hazard and posted on flip-chart paper around the room.
You each have 3 sets of colored dots:
➢ 3 red dots
➢ 3 blue dots
➢ 3 green dots
The red dots are for high priority (5 points each)
The blue dots are for medium priority (3 points each)
The green dots are for low priority (1 point each)
Place your dots on any mitigation action/project, using the different colors to indicate your priority. You may use as many of your dots, of any color, on any mitigation action/project --- or you may spread them out using as few of your dots as you wish. The scored dots will indicate the consensus of the HMPC.
Use the list of mitigation selection criteria (above) to help you make your determinations.
Your votes will indicate the consensus of the team.
After the totals are counted, we will discuss them further to confirm or modify any of the results as necessary to best meet the goals of this LHMP Update.
1498
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Amador County Appendix C-43
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Amador County
Mitigation Action Worksheet
Mitigation
Action/Project Title:
Hazards Addressed:
Issue/Background
(Problem Statement):
Project Description:
Other Alternatives:
Existing Planning
Mechanism(s)
through which Action
Will Be Implemented:
Responsible
Office/Partners:
Benefits (Losses
Avoided):
Potential Funding
(Local Budgets, Grant
Funds, etc.):
Timeline:
Project Priority (High,
Medium, Low):
Worksheet completed
by:
Name and Title:
Phone:
1499
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Amador County Appendix C-44
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Mitigation Strategy Meetings – Action Prioritization
Actions Sorted by Hazards
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
All 1. Enhance Public Education and Outreach program for all hazards (priority and non-priority); e.g., Go Bags, ARC support, social media, etc.
Multi-Hazard 12
All 2. Backup power projects for critical facilities and infrastructure (e.g.., generators, batteries, solar, etc.) Multi-Hazard 11
County 3. Fund GIS position in county – Full Time Multi-Hazard 57
4. Perimeter Evacuation Map Program Updates.
Coordination and collaboration with County partners
Multi-Hazard 0
5. Ongoing evacuation planning, education, training, and exercises
-establish SOPs
-increase community education and awareness including
routes and signage
Multi-Hazard 3
6. Improve transportation infrastructure to ensure roads are open and readily passable for evacuation and
emergency response needs
Multi-Hazard N/A
7. Shelter planning to establish accessible shelters in key County locations, with signage and public education
Multi-Hazard N/A
8. Drone Program Multi-Hazard 0
9. Harden and enhance cell service: Additional
Cell/Repeater towers/Mobile Repeaters, Generator
Backup, etc. (2020 #5)
Multi-Hazard 0
10. Expand fuel storage for treatment plants in the event of evacuation
Multi-Hazard N/A
AWA 11. Ione Reservoir site treatment Multi-Hazard N/A
AWA 12. Comanche WWTP treatment, disposal, and effluent storage upgrades
Multi-Hazard/
Flood
2 AWA 13. AWA standby generators Multi-Hazard N/A
County 14. Replace and update radio infrastructure Multi-Hazard 0
15. Develop plan for redundant fiber optic to ensure
reliability of state and inter-state voice and data
Multi-Hazard N/A
16. Develop plan for redundant, backup power sources for homes/businesses to ensure voice/data functionality
during power outages
Multi-Hazard N/A
17. Develop plan to extend high speed voice and data
services to emergency control camps
Multi-Hazard N/A
1500
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-45
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
County 18. MOU development w/ facilities and partners for sheltering/cooling and warming centers
Multi-hazard/
Severe Weather
0 County 19. Undergrounding utilities Multi-hazard/
Severe Weather/
Wildfire
32 20. Alert and Warning project, w/technology enhancements Multi-Hazard N/A
21. Technology enhancements to support hazard mitigation planning and project implementation and for use in
disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts
(e.g., GIS application enhancements)
Multi-Hazard N/A
County Ag 22. Invasive Species Removal Agricultural
Hazards
5 County Ag 23. Fire prevention measures to reduce impacts to wine production and other crops
Agricultural
Hazards
5 County Ag 24. Golden and quagga mussel monitoring and surveillance Agricultural Hazards
3 AWA 25. Cyanobacteria monitoring and prevention Agricultural Hazards
0 AWA 26. Amador and Ione Water Systems taste and odor
mitigation
Agricultural
Hazards
N/A
County 27. Continued Coordination, Dam EAP review, planning and exercises w/ Dam owners
Dam Failure 0
County 28. Inundation map coordination with alert and warning system enhancements
Dam Failure 0
Sutter
Creek
29. Henderson Dam underdrain project Dam Failure 5
County 30. Drought Contingency Plan Drought & Water
Shortage
1 County 31. DWR grant program for SB 522 Drought Task Force and resiliency planning
Drought & Water
Shortage
0 Sutter
Creek/
Others?
32. Recycled water projects Drought & Water
Shortage
0 County/
All
33. Tree Mortality monitoring, removal, and mitigation
projects
Drought & Water
Shortage
0 34. CAWP Tiger Creek Afterbay Alternate Supply in the event of loss of Flume owned by PG&E
Drought & Water
Shortage
N/A
AWA 35. Tanner Clearwell replacement Drought & Water
Shortage
30 AWA 36. Tanner WTP flow control and reliability improvements Drought & Water Shortage
0 1501
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-46
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
AWA 37. Tanner backwash drying beds Drought & Water
Shortage
0 AWA 38. Ione backwash handling improvements Drought & Water Shortage
0 AWA 39. Ione reliability capacity expansion and site security Drought & Water Shortage
10 AWA 40. CAWP Transmission Main improvements and Tank D replacement
Drought & Water
Shortage
0 AWA/
Others
41. Well projects Comanche Drought & Water
Shortage
0 County 42. Emergency water storage and hauling project (State Program)
Drought & Water
Shortage
1 All 43. Evaluate private well viability project Drought & Water Shortage
0 All 44. Assessment and hardening/seismic retrofits of critical facilities and infrastructure to EQ
Earthquake 11
AWA 45. AWA tank flexibility connectors Earthquake 5
All 46. Identify Un-Reinforced Masonry (URM) and other
seismically vulnerable buildings (2020#21)
Earthquake 3
47. Earthquake sheltering/housing plan for those
populations fleeing major earthquakes from other areas
Earthquake 0
48. Early EQ Warning Program (Cal OES) Earthquake 0
County 49. Latrobe Road at Old Sacramento improvements Flood: All 7 Jackson/
Sutter
Creek/
Others
50. Creek excavation and annual clearing projects Flood: All 0 County/
Cities
51. Culvert clearing projects Flood: All 2
County/
Cities
52. Stormwater master plan development and
implementation
Flood: All 3
Jackson 53. Jackson Pitt Street Bridge replacement project Flood: All 6 Jackson 54. Jackson Fire Station #131 replacement project Multi hazard/ Flood/
Earthquake
13 Jackson 55. Mattley Street erosion project Flood 3
AWA 56. Martell regional lift station and collection system improvements
Flood 0
57. Road drainage projects Flood 0
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Amador County Appendix C-47
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
58. Flood protection projects for debris flows, bridge scour, etc.
Flood: All N/A
Sutter
Creek
59. Landslide mitigation project – Karsan Road Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
5 60. Landslide drainage/ diversion projects Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 County 61. Shakeridge Road monitoring (upcountry) for landslide and road movement (2020 #19)
Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
3 Cal Trans 62. Continue Cal Trans slope inspections of landslide vulnerable areas
Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 County 63. Post Fire Debris Flow awareness/ surveillance Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 County 64. Electra Road post Ffre debris flow monitoring Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
11 AWA 65. Buckhorn water supply project Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 66. Cooling/warming center/transportation contingency planning
Severe Weather 2
67. Hazardous tree removal Drought/ Severe
Weather/
Wildfire
29 AWA 68. Tank replacement/ Tank repair/ Tree Removal Drought/ Wildfire 0 AWA 69. Replacement of two Hypalon lined and covered tanks with new tanks
Drought/ Wildfire 7
AWA 70. Mt. Crossman main area tank for upper CAWP system Drought/ Wildfire N/A
71. Snow Removal planning/ primary and access roads Severe Weather 4 Ag 72. Mitigation/management of crop damage Severe Weather N/A AWA 73. CAWP Tiger Creek Afterbay Alternate Supply Multi Hazard/ Wildfire
11 AWA 74. Upgrade fire pumps Wildfire N/A
AWA 75. Raw water bypass for firefighting purposes Wildfire 5 AWA 76. Hardening of critical infrastructure Wildfire 4 County/
FSC
77. Countywide wildfire resiliency coordination GIS
mapping project to support fuels reduction efforts
Wildfire 15
1503
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-48
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
County/
FSC/ All
78. Vegetation Management projects – initial treatment
efforts
Wildfire 8
County/
FSC/ All
79. Vegetation Management projects – monitoring and
maintenance efforts
Wildfire 14
County/
FSC
80. Forest Health projects Wildfire 6
County/
FSC/ All
81. Ingress/egress fuels management projects/including
200 ft phase II work
Wildfire 8
County/
FSC/ All
82. Fuel break projects Wildfire 0
County/
FSC/ All
83. Defensible space projects/ property vegetation
management
Wildfire 5
County/
FSC/ All
84. Defensible space public education Wildfire 13
County/
FSC
85. Develop Amador County CWPP and implementation of
identified projects
Wildfire 16
County/
FSC/ All
86. Firewise Program promotion and public education Wildfire 7 County/
FSC/ All
87. Home hardening education program/ Go bags, ARC Wildfire 0 County/
FSC/ All
88. Identify vulnerable communities and residents open to home hardening and d-space projects
Wildfire N/A
*Actions identified after action prioritization process 1504
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-49
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Actions Sorted by Prioritization (Voting) Results
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
County 1. Fund GIS position in county – Full Time Multi-Hazard 57 County 2. Undergrounding utilities Multi-hazard/
Severe Weather/
Wildfire
32 AWA 3. Tanner Clearwell replacement Drought & Water
Shortage
30 4. Hazardous tree removal Drought/ Severe
Weather/
Wildfire
29 County/
FSC
5. Develop Amador County CWPP and implementation of
identified projects
Wildfire 16
County/
FSC
6. Countywide wildfire resiliency coordination GIS
mapping project to support fuels reduction efforts
Wildfire 15
County/
FSC/ All
7. Vegetation Management projects – monitoring and
maintenance efforts
Wildfire 14
County/
FSC/ All
8. Defensible space public education Wildfire 13
Jackson 9. Jackson Fire Station #131 replacement project Multi hazard/ Flood/
Earthquake
13 All 10. Enhance Public Education and Outreach program for all hazards (priority and non-priority); e.g., Go Bags, ARC support, social media, etc.
Multi-Hazard 12
All 11. Backup power projects for critical facilities and infrastructure (e.g.., generators, batteries, solar, etc.) Multi-Hazard 11
AWA 12. CAWP Tiger Creek Afterbay Alternate Supply Multi Hazard/ Wildfire
11 County 13. Electra Road post Ffre debris flow monitoring Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
11 All 14. Assessment and hardening/seismic retrofits of critical facilities and infrastructure to EQ
Earthquake 11
AWA 15. Ione reliability capacity expansion and site security Drought & Water Shortage
10 County/
FSC/ All
16. Vegetation Management projects – initial treatment
efforts
Wildfire 8
County/
FSC/ All
17. Ingress/egress fuels management projects/including
200 ft phase II work
Wildfire 8
1505
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-50
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
County/
FSC/ All
18. Firewise Program promotion and public education Wildfire 7 County 19. Latrobe Road at Old Sacramento improvements Flood: All 7 AWA 20. Replacement of two Hypalon lined and covered tanks with new tanks
Drought/ Wildfire 7
County/
FSC
21. Forest Health projects Wildfire 6
Jackson 22. Jackson Pitt Street Bridge replacement project Flood: All 6 AWA 23. Raw water bypass for firefighting purposes Wildfire 5 County/
FSC/ All
24. Defensible space projects/ property vegetation
management
Wildfire 5
Sutter
Creek
25. Landslide mitigation project – Karsan Road Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
5 AWA 26. AWA tank flexibility connectors Earthquake 5
Sutter
Creek
27. Henderson Dam underdrain project Dam Failure 5
County Ag 28. Invasive Species Removal Agricultural
Hazards
5 County Ag 29. Fire prevention measures to reduce impacts to wine production and other crops
Agricultural
Hazards
5 AWA 30. Hardening of critical infrastructure Wildfire 4
31. Snow Removal planning/ primary and access roads Severe Weather 4
32. Ongoing evacuation planning, education, training, and exercises
-establish SOPs
-increase community education and awareness including
routes and signage
Multi-Hazard 3
County 33. Shakeridge Road monitoring (upcountry) for landslide and road movement (2020 #19)
Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
3 County/
Cities
34. Stormwater master plan development and
implementation
Flood: All 3
Jackson 35. Mattley Street erosion project Flood 3
All 36. Identify Un-Reinforced Masonry (URM) and other
seismically vulnerable buildings (2020#21)
Earthquake 3
County Ag 37. Golden and quagga mussel monitoring and surveillance Agricultural Hazards
3 1506
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Amador County Appendix C-51
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
38. Cooling/warming center/transportation contingency
planning
Severe Weather 2
AWA 39. Comanche WWTP treatment, disposal, and effluent storage upgrades
Multi-Hazard/
Flood
2 County/
Cities
40. Culvert clearing projects Flood: All 2
County 41. Drought Contingency Plan Drought & Water
Shortage
1 County 42. Emergency water storage and hauling project (State Program)
Drought & Water
Shortage
1 County/
FSC/ All
43. Fuel break projects Wildfire 0
County/
FSC/ All
44. Home hardening education program/ Go bags, ARC Wildfire 0 County 45. MOU development w/ facilities and partners for sheltering/cooling and warming centers
Multi-hazard/
Severe Weather
0 46. Perimeter Evacuation Map Program Updates.
Coordination and collaboration with County partners
Multi-Hazard 0
47. Drone Program Multi-Hazard 0
48. Harden and enhance cell service: Additional
Cell/Repeater towers/Mobile Repeaters, Generator
Backup, etc. (2020 #5)
Multi-Hazard 0
County 49. Replace and update radio infrastructure Multi-Hazard 0
50. Landslide drainage/ diversion projects Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 Cal Trans 51. Continue Cal Trans slope inspections of landslide vulnerable areas
Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 County 52. Post Fire Debris Flow awareness/ surveillance Landslide, Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 AWA 53. Buckhorn water supply project Landslide,
Mudslide, Debris
Flow
0 Jackson/
Sutter
Creek/
Others
54. Creek excavation and annual clearing projects Flood: All 0 AWA 55. Martell regional lift station and collection system improvements
Flood 0
1507
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Amador County Appendix C-52
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
56. Road drainage projects Flood 0
57. Earthquake sheltering/housing plan for those
populations fleeing major earthquakes from other areas
Earthquake 0
58. Early EQ Warning Program (Cal OES) Earthquake 0
AWA 59. Tank replacement/ Tank repair/ Tree Removal Drought/ Wildfire 0 County 60. DWR grant program for SB 522 Drought Task Force and resiliency planning
Drought & Water
Shortage
0 Sutter
Creek/
Others?
61. Recycled water projects Drought & Water
Shortage
0 County/
All
62. Tree Mortality monitoring, removal, and mitigation
projects
Drought & Water
Shortage
0 AWA 63. Tanner WTP flow control and reliability improvements Drought & Water Shortage
0 AWA 64. Tanner backwash drying beds Drought & Water
Shortage
0 AWA 65. Ione backwash handling improvements Drought & Water Shortage
0 AWA 66. CAWP Transmission Main improvements and Tank D replacement
Drought & Water
Shortage
0 AWA/
Others
67. Well projects Comanche Drought & Water
Shortage
0 All 68. Evaluate private well viability project Drought & Water Shortage
0 County 69. Continued Coordination, Dam EAP review, planning and exercises w/ Dam owners
Dam Failure 0
County 70. Inundation map coordination with alert and warning system enhancements
Dam Failure 0
AWA 71. Cyanobacteria monitoring and prevention Agricultural Hazards
0 AWA 72. Upgrade fire pumps Wildfire N/A
County/
FSC/ All
73. Identify vulnerable communities and residents open to home hardening and d-space projects
Wildfire N/A
Ag 74. Mitigation/management of crop damage Severe Weather N/A
75. Improve transportation infrastructure to ensure roads are open and readily passable for evacuation and
emergency response needs
Multi-Hazard N/A
76. Shelter planning to establish accessible shelters in key County locations, with signage and public education
Multi-Hazard N/A
1508
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix C-53
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Agency/
Department Mitigation Action Title
Hazards
Addressed
Votes
(Points)
77. Expand fuel storage for treatment plants in the event of evacuation
Multi-Hazard N/A
AWA 78. Ione Reservoir site treatment Multi-Hazard N/A
AWA 79. AWA standby generators Multi-Hazard N/A
80. Develop plan for redundant fiber optic to ensure
reliability of state and inter-state voice and data
Multi-Hazard N/A
81. Develop plan for redundant, backup power sources for homes/businesses to ensure voice/data functionality
during power outages
Multi-Hazard N/A
82. Develop plan to extend high speed voice and data
services to emergency control camps
Multi-Hazard N/A
83. Alert and Warning project, w/technology enhancements Multi-Hazard N/A
84. Technology enhancements to support hazard mitigation planning and project implementation and for use in
disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts
(e.g., GIS application enhancements)
Multi-Hazard N/A
85. Flood protection projects for debris flows, bridge scour, etc.
Flood: All N/A
AWA 86. Mt. Crossman main area tank for upper CAWP system Drought/ Wildfire N/A
87. CAWP Tiger Creek Afterbay Alternate Supply in the
event of loss of Flume owned by PG&E
Drought & Water
Shortage
N/A
AWA 88. Amador and Ione Water Systems taste and odor
mitigation
Agricultural
Hazards
N/A
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Appendix D Adoption Resolution
Note to Reviewers: When this plan has been reviewed and approved pending adoption by FEMA Region IX, the adoption resolutions will be signed by each participating jurisdiction and added to this appendix.
Two model resolutions are provided below. For the County and incorporated communities this adoption resolution also includes compliance with AB 2140 requiring adoption by reference or incorporation into the Safety Element of the General Plan.
Two resolutions were created – one for the County and incorporated communities and one for the Special Districts.
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Sample Incorporated Community Adoption Resolution
(LOCAL GOVERNMENT: City)
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF (LOCAL GOVERNMENT) ADOPTING THE (TITLE AND DATE OF MITIGATION PLAN).
WHEREAS the (local governing body) recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and property within (local government); and
WHEREAS the (local government) has prepared a multi-hazard mitigation plan, hereby known as (title and date of mitigation plan) in accordance with federal laws, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended; and the National Dam Safety Program Act, as amended; and WHEREAS (title and date of mitigation plan) identifies mitigation goals and actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property in (local government) from the impacts of future hazards and disasters; and
WHEREAS adoption by the (local governing body) demonstrates its commitment to hazard mitigation and achieving the goals outlined in the (title and date of mitigation plan).
WHEREAS the (local governing body) seeking FEMA approval of hazard mitigation plan desires to comply with the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act and to augment its emergency planning efforts by formally adopting the (title and date of mitigation plan) by reference into the Safety Element of the General Plan in accordance with the requirements of AB 2140; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE (LOCAL GOVERNMENT), (STATE), THAT:
In accordance with (local rule for adopting resolutions), the (local governing body) adopts the (title and date of mitigation plan). While content related to (local government) may require revisions to meet the plan approval requirements, changes occurring after adoption will not require (local government) to readopt any further iterations of the plan. Subsequent plan updates following the approval period for this plan will require separate adoption resolutions.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the (Name of Government/District/Organization seeking FEMA approval of hazard mitigation plan) adopts the (title and date of mitigation plan) by reference into the safety element of their general plan in accordance with the requirements of AB 2140; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the (local governing body) will submit this adoption resolution to the California Office of Emergency Services and FEMA Region IX officials to enable the plan’s final approval in accordance with the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and to establish conformance with the requirement of AB 2140.
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ADOPTED by a vote of ____ in favor and ____ against, and ____ abstaining, this _____ day of ___________, ______.
By: _________________________________ (print name)
ATTEST: By: _________________________________ (print name) APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: _________________________________ (print name) 1512
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Sample Special District Adoption Resolution
(LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Special Districts)
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF (LOCAL GOVERNMENT) ADOPTING THE (TITLE AND DATE OF MITIGATION PLAN).
WHEREAS the (local governing body) recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and property within (local government); and
WHEREAS the (local government) has prepared a multi-hazard mitigation plan, hereby known as (title and date of mitigation plan) in accordance with federal laws, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended; and the National Dam Safety Program Act, as amended; and WHEREAS (title and date of mitigation plan) identifies mitigation goals and actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property in (local government) from the impacts of future hazards and disasters; and
WHEREAS adoption by the (local governing body) demonstrates its commitment to hazard mitigation and achieving the goals outlined in the (title and date of mitigation plan).
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE (LOCAL GOVERNMENT), (STATE), THAT:
In accordance with (local rule for adopting resolutions), the (local governing body) adopts the (title and date of mitigation plan). While content related to (local government) may require revisions to meet the plan approval requirements, changes occurring after adoption will not require (local government) to readopt any further iterations of the plan. Subsequent plan updates following the approval period for this plan will require separate adoption resolutions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the (local governing body) will submit this adoption resolution to the California Office of Emergency Services and FEMA Region IX officials to enable the plan’s final approval in accordance with the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
ADOPTED by a vote of ____ in favor and ____ against, and ____ abstaining, this _____ day of ___________, ______.
By: _________________________________ (print name)
ATTEST: By: _________________________________ (print name) APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: _________________________________ (print name) 1513
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Amador County Appendix E-1
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Appendix E Threatened and Endangered Species
Table E-1 Special Status Species in Amador County
Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status CDFW Status
CA Rare
Plant Rank
Animals - Amphibians
Ambystoma californiense pop. 1 California tiger salamander - central California DPS
Threatened Threatened WL –
Ambystoma californiense pop. 2 California tiger salamander - Santa Barbara County DPS
Endangered Threatened WL –
Batrachoseps diabolicus Hell Hollow slender
salamander
None None - –
Spea hammondii western spadefoot Proposed
Threatened
None SSC –
Ambystoma californiense pop. 1 California tiger salamander - central California DPS
Threatened Threatened WL –
Animals - Birds
Accipiter cooperii Coopers hawk None None WL –
Aquila chrysaetos golden eagle None None FP |
WL
–
Buteo regalis ferruginous hawk None None WL –
Buteo swainsoni Swainsons hawk None Threatened – –
Circus hudsonius northern harrier None None SSC –
Elanus leucurus white-tailed kite None None FP –
Haliaeetus leucocephalus bald eagle Delisted Endangered FP – Eremophila alpestris actia California horned lark None None WL – Branta hutchinsii leucopareia cackling (=Aleutian Canada) goose
Delisted None WL –
Chaetura vauxi Vauxs swift None None SSC –
Ardea alba great egret None None – –
Ardea herodias great blue heron None None – –
Botaurus lentiginosus American bittern None None – –
Egretta thula snowy egret None None – –
Ixobrychus exilis least bittern None None SSC –
Nycticorax nycticorax black-crowned night heron None None – – Charadrius montanus mountain plover None None SSC –
Pica nuttalli yellow-billed magpie None None – –
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Amador County Appendix E-2
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October 2025
Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status CDFW Status
CA Rare
Plant Rank
Coccyzus americanus occidentalis western yellow-billed cuckoo Threatened Endangered – – Falco columbarius merlin None None WL –
Falco mexicanus prairie falcon None None WL –
Falco peregrinus anatum American peregrine falcon Delisted Delisted – – Spinus lawrencei Lawrences goldfinch None None – –
Antigone canadensis canadensis lesser sandhill crane None None SSC – Antigone canadensis tabida greater sandhill crane None Threatened FP – Progne subis purple martin None None SSC –
Riparia riparia bank swallow None Threatened – –
Agelaius tricolor tricolored blackbird None Threatened SSC – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus yellow-headed blackbird None None SSC – Icteria virens yellow-breasted chat None None SSC –
Lanius ludovicianus loggerhead shrike None None SSC –
Chlidonias niger black tern None None SSC –
Sternula antillarum browni California least tern Endangered Endangered FP – Pandion haliaetus osprey None None WL –
Geothlypis trichas sinuosa saltmarsh common
yellowthroat
None None SSC –
Setophaga petechia yellow warbler None None SSC –
Ammodramus savannarum grasshopper sparrow None None SSC – Melospiza melodia maxillaris Suisun song sparrow None None SSC – Melospiza melodia pop. 1 song sparrow (Modesto
population)
None None SSC –
Spizella breweri Brewers sparrow None None – –
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American white pelican None None SSC – Nannopterum auritum double-crested cormorant None None WL – Melanerpes lewis Lewis woodpecker None None – –
Laterallus jamaicensis
coturniculus
California black rail None Threatened FP –
Numenius americanus long-billed curlew None None WL –
Asio flammeus short-eared owl None None SSC –
Asio otus long-eared owl None None SSC –
Athene cunicularia burrowing owl None Candidate
Endangered
SSC –
Plegadis chihi white-faced ibis None None WL –
Selasphorus rufus rufous hummingbird None None – –
Empidonax traillii willow flycatcher None Endangered – – Vireo bellii pusillus least Bells vireo Endangered Endangered – – 1515
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Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status CDFW Status
CA Rare
Plant Rank
Accipiter cooperii Coopers hawk None None WL –
Aquila chrysaetos golden eagle None None FP |
WL
–
Buteo regalis ferruginous hawk None None WL –
Buteo swainsoni Swainsons hawk None Threatened – –
Animals – Crustaceans
Branchinecta lynchi vernal pool fairy shrimp Threatened None – – Branchinecta mesovallensis midvalley fairy shrimp None None – – Linderiella occidentalis California linderiella None None – – Dumontia oregonensis hairy water flea None None – –
Lepidurus packardi vernal pool tadpole shrimp Endangered None – – Animals - Fish
Acipenser medirostris pop. 1 green sturgeon - southern
DPS
Threatened None SSC –
Acipenser transmontanus white sturgeon None Candidate
Threatened
SSC –
Archoplites interruptus Sacramento perch None None SSC – Cottus gulosus riffle sculpin None None SSC –
Lavinia exilicauda exilicauda Sacramento hitch None None SSC – Mylopharodon conocephalus hardhead None None SSC –
Pogonichthys macrolepidotus Sacramento splittail None None SSC – Hysterocarpus traskii traskii Sacramento-San Joaquin tule perch
None None – –
Hypomesus transpacificus Delta smelt Threatened Endangered – – Spirinchus thaleichthys longfin smelt None Threatened – – Spirinchus thaleichthys pop. 2 longfin smelt - San Francisco Bay-Delta DPS
Endangered Threatened – –
Entosphenus tridentatus Pacific lamprey None None SSC – Lampetra ayresii western river lamprey None None SSC –
Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus
pop. 11
steelhead - Central Valley DPS Threatened None SSC –
Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus
pop. 8
steelhead - central California
coast DPS
Threatened None SSC –
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop.
11 chinook salmon - Central
Valley spring-run ESU
Threatened Threatened – –
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop.
13 chinook salmon - Central
Valley fall / late fall-run ESU
None None SSC –
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 7 chinook salmon - Sacramento River winter-run ESU
Endangered Endangered – –
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October 2025
Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status CDFW Status
CA Rare
Plant Rank
Animals – Insects
Andrena blennospermatis Blennosperma vernal pool
andrenid bee
None None – –
Andrena subapasta An andrenid bee None None – –
Anthicus sacramento Sacramento anthicid beetle None None – – Bombus crotchii Crotchs bumble bee None Candidate
Endangered
– –
Bombus pensylvanicus American bumble bee None None – –
Metapogon hurdi Hurds metapogon robberfly None None – – Cicindela hirticollis abrupta Sacramento Valley tiger beetle None None – – Desmocerus californicus
dimorphus
valley elderberry longhorn
beetle
Threatened None – –
Hydrochara rickseckeri Rickseckers water scavenger
beetle
None None – –
Danaus plexippus plexippus pop.
1 monarch - California
overwintering population
Proposed
Threatened
None – –
Animals - Mammals
Vulpes vulpes patwin Sacramento Valley red fox None None – – Reithrodontomys raviventris salt-marsh harvest mouse Endangered Endangered FP – Dipodomys heermanni heermanni Heermanns kangaroo rat None None – – Taxidea taxus American badger None None SSC –
Bassariscus astutus raptor northern California ringtail None None FP – Antrozous pallidus pallid bat None None SSC –
Lasionycteris noctivagans silver-haired bat None None – – Lasiurus cinereus hoary bat None None – –
Lasiurus frantzii western red bat None None SSC –
Myotis ciliolabrum western small-footed myotis None None – – Animals - Mollusks
Margaritifera falcata western pearlshell None None – –
Gonidea angulata western ridged mussel None None – –
Animals - Reptiles
Actinemys marmorata northwestern pond turtle Proposed
Threatened
None SSC –
Thamnophis gigas giant gartersnake Threatened Threatened – – Phrynosoma blainvillii coast horned lizard None None SSC – Community - Terrestrial
– Coastal and Valley Freshwater
Marsh
None None – –
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Amador County Appendix E-5
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status CDFW Status
CA Rare
Plant Rank
– Coastal Brackish Marsh None None – –
– Elderberry Savanna None None – –
– Great Valley Mixed Riparian
Forest
None None – –
– Great Valley Valley Oak
Riparian Forest
None None – –
– Northern Claypan Vernal Pool None None – –
– Northern Hardpan Vernal
Pool
None None – –
– Valley Needlegrass Grassland None None – –
– Valley Oak Woodland None None – –
Plants – Vascular
Sagittaria sanfordii Sanfords arrowhead None None – 1B.2 Cicuta maculata var. bolanderi Bolanders water-hemlock None None – 2B.1 Eryngium pinnatisectum Tuolumne button-celery None None – 1B.2 Lilaeopsis masonii Masons lilaeopsis None Rare – 1B.1
Calycadenia spicata spicate calycadenia None None – 1B.3 Centromadia parryi ssp. rudis Parrys rough tarplant None None – 4.2 Hesperevax caulescens hogwallow starfish None None – 4.2 Lasthenia chrysantha alkali-sink goldfields None None – 1B.1 Lasthenia ferrisiae Ferris goldfields None None – 4.2
Senecio hydrophiloides sweet marsh ragwort None None – 4.2 Symphyotrichum lentum Suisun Marsh aster None None – 1B.2 Cryptantha hooveri Hoovers cryptantha None None – 1A
Lepidium latipes var. heckardii Heckards pepper-grass None None – 1B.2 Brasenia schreberi watershield None None – 2B.3
Downingia pusilla dwarf downingia None None – 2B.2
Legenere limosa legenere None None – 1B.1
Extriplex joaquinana San Joaquin spearscale None None – 1B.2 Cuscuta obtusiflora var.
glandulosa
Peruvian dodder None None – 2B.2
Carex comosa bristly sedge None None – 2B.1
Lathyrus jepsonii var. jepsonii Delta tule pea None None – 1B.2 Trifolium hydrophilum saline clover None None – 1B.2
Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii Aharts dwarf rush None None – 1B.2 Scutellaria galericulata marsh skullcap None None – 2B.2 Scutellaria lateriflora side-flowering skullcap None None – 2B.2 Fritillaria agrestis stinkbells None None – 4.2
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Amador County Appendix E-6
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status CDFW Status
CA Rare
Plant Rank
Hibiscus lasiocarpos var.
occidentalis
woolly rose-mallow None None – 1B.2
Clarkia biloba ssp. brandegeeae Brandegees clarkia None None – 4.2 Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii Antioch Dunes eveningprimroseEndangered Endangered – 1B.1 Chloropyron molle ssp. molle soft salty birds-beak Endangered Rare – 1B.2 Gratiola heterosepala Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop None Endangered – 1B.2 Orcuttia tenuis slender Orcutt grass Threatened Endangered – 1B.1 Orcuttia viscida Sacramento Orcutt grass Endangered Endangered – 1B.1 Navarretia eriocephala hoary navarretia None None – 4.3 Navarretia myersii ssp. myersii pincushion navarretia None None – 1B.1 Ranunculus lobbii Lobbs aquatic buttercup None None – 4.2 Limosella australis Delta mudwort None None – 2B.1
Brodiaea rosea ssp. vallicola valley brodiaea None None – 4.2 Sources: California Natural Diversity Database BIOS Viewer Tool Federal Status
Endangered: The classification provided to an animal or plant in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Threatened: The classification provided to an animal or plant which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Proposed Endangered: The classification provided to an animal or plant that is proposed for federal listing as Endangered in the Federal Register under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.
Proposed Threatened: The classification provided to an animal or plant that is proposed for federal listing as Threatened in the Federal Register under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.
Candidate: The classification provided to an animal or plant that has been studied by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Service has concluded that it should be proposed for addition to the Federal Endangered and Threatened species list.
None: The plant or animal has no federal status.
Delisted: The plant or animal was previously listed as Endangered or Threatened, but is no longer listed on the Federal Endangered and Threatened species list.
CDFW Status
FP: Fully Protected: This classification was the State of California's initial effort to identify and provide additional protection to those animals that were rare or faced possible extinction.
SSC: Species of Special Concern: To this end, the Department has designated certain vertebrate species as "Species of Special Concern" because declining population levels, limited ranges, and/or continuing threats have made them vulnerable to extinction.
The goal of designating species as "Species of Special Concern" is to halt or reverse their decline by calling attention to their plight and addressing the issues of concern early enough to secure their long-term viability.
WL: Watch List: Species that were previously designated as "Species of Special Concern" but no longer merit that status, or which do not yet meet SSC criteria, but for which there is concern and a need for additional information to clarify status.
CA Rare Plant Rank
1A: Plants presumed extinct in California and rare/extinct elsewhere 1B.1: Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere; seriously threatened in California 1B.2: Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere; fairly threatened in California 1B.3: Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere; not very threatened in California 2A: Plants presumed extirpated in California, but more common elsewhere 2B.1: Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere; seriously threatened in California 2B.2: Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere; fairly threatened in California 2B.3: Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere; not very threatened in California 1519
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3.1: Plants about which we need more information; seriously threatened in California
3.2: Plants about which we need more information; fairly threatened in California
3.3: Plants about which we need more information; not very threatened in California
4.1: Plants of limited distribution; seriously threatened in California
4.2: Plants of limited distribution; fairly threatened in California
4.3: Plants of limited distribution; not very threatened in California 1520
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Amador County Appendix F-1
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Appendix F Critical Facilities
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Innovative Renal
Care Jackson
Dialysis Center
Clinic At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Community
Compass Disability
Services & Support
Community Center At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Operation Care Other At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Kit Carson
Convalescent
Residential Care
Facility
At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Amador Residential
Care Facility
Residential Care
Facility
At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III High N N
Jackson Hills
Assisted Living
Residential Care
Facility
At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
United Home Care Residential Care
Facility
At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Gold Quartz Inn
Retirement Home
Residential Care
Facility
At Risk
Population
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Ione Junior High
School (6-8)
School At Risk
Population
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Ione Elementary
School (K-5)
School At Risk
Population
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Mountain Oaks
Charter School ( )
School At Risk
Population
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Foothill Indian Ed.
Alliance AfterSch
(K-6)
School At Risk
Population
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Jackson Elementary
School (K-5)
School At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Jackson Junior
High School (6-8)
School At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III Non-Wildland N N
Argonaut High
School (9-12)
School At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
North Star
Independent Study
(K-12)
School At Risk
Population
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Independence
Continuation High
(9-12)
School At Risk
Population
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sutter Creek
Primary School (K3)
School At Risk
Population
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Amador High
School (9-12)
School At Risk
Population
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
Sutter Creek
Elementary School
(4-6)
School At Risk
Population
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
Community
Christian School
(P-8)
School At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Pine Grove
Elementary School
(K-6)
School At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Pioneer Montessori
Pre-School (P)
School At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Pioneer Elementary
School (K-6)
School At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Plymouth
Elementary School
(K-6)
School At Risk
Population
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Amador County
Juvenile
Hall/Community
(K-12)
School At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
ATCAA - Head
Start Center
School At Risk
Population
Ione 0.2% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
ATCAA - Head
Start Center
School At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
VII Moderate N N
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October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Head Start ECS
State Preschool
(ATCAA - Head
Start Center)
School At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
VI Moderate N N
Victory Village Veterans Services At Risk
Population
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Victory Village Veterans Services At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
ATCAA - Veteran's
Housing Unit
Veterans Services At Risk
Population
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Amador County
Animal Control
Animal Shelter Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0007:
BUENA VISTA
RD
(MOKELUMNE
R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
Bridge 26C-0003:
BUENA VISTA
RD (JACKSON
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
Bridge 26C-0012:
CAMANCHE RD
(JACKSON CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
1524
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-5
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Bridge 30C-0016:
MIDDLE BAR
RD
(MOKELUMNE
R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
Bridge 26C-0038:
STONY CREEK
RD (JACKSON
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N Y
Bridge 26C-0011:
COOK RD (DRY
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N Y
Bridge 26C-0002:
FIVE MILE DR
(SUTTER CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N Y
Bridge 26C-0032:
FIVE MILE DR
(FIVE MILE
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Moderate VII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N Y
Bridge 26C-0010:
PREVITALI RD
(JACKSON CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0041:
SUTTER CREEK
RD (SUTTER
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0017:
CARBONDALE
RD (WILLOW
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1525
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-6
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Bridge 26C-0015:
WILLOW CREEK
RD (WILLOW
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0042:
OLD AMADOR
RD (RANCHERIA
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0043:
BUNKER HILL
RD (RANCHERIA
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0040:
PINE GROVE
VOLCANO RD
(SUTTER CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0031:
CARBONDALE
RD (WILLOW
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0030:
CARBONDALE
RD (WILLOW
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0009:
LATROBE RD
(LITTLE INDIAN
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1526
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-7
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Bridge 26C-0018:
OLD
SACRAMENTO
RD (LITTLE
INDIAN CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0019:
OLD
SACRAMENTO
RD (LITTLE
INDIAN CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas High 0 High N N
Bridge 26C-0033:
SPRING VALLEY
RD (LITTLE
INDIAN CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0022:
SHENANDOAH
RD (BIG INDIAN
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0021:
FIDDLETOWN
RD (NORTH
FORK DRY CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0020:
FIDDLETOWN
RD (NORTH
FORK DRY CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0039:
JIBBOOM ST
(NORTH FORK
DRY CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1527
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-8
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Bridge 26C-0001:
LATROBE RD
(CONSUMNES R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y N
Bridge 26C-0029:
TYLER RD
(SOUTH FORK
COSUMNES R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0013:
BELL RD
(PIGEON CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0026:
BELL RD (BIG
INDIAN CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y N
Bridge 26C-0027:
BELL RD (EAST
FORK INDIAN
CRK)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y N
Bridge 26C-0014:
SHENANDOAH
RD (SOUTH
FORK
CONSUMNES R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0028:
LAWRENCE RD
(SOUTH FORK
CONSUMNES R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Bridge 26C-0016:
UPTON RD
(SOUTH FORK
CONSUMNES R)
Bridge Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1528
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-9
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Jackson Civic
Center
Civic Center Essential
Services
Jackson 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III Moderate N Y
Sutter Amador
Health Pediatric
Center
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sutter Amador
Women's Service
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
MACT Clinic Clinic Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Heritage Medical Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sutter Family
Medicine
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sutter Family
Practice
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sierra Wind
Wellness and
Recovery Center
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Amador Family
Physicians
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson 0.2% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III High N N
Amador County
Behavioral Health
Clinic Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1529
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-10
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
WellSpace Health Clinic Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Jackson Rancheria
Health Complex
Clinic Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
MACT Health
Board
Clinic Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Sutter Amador
Health Pioneer
Clinic Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Sutter Amador
Health Plymouth
Clinic Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Sutter Amador
Outpatient Services
& Imaging
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sutter Amador
Surgery Center
Clinic Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
AT&T
Infrastructure
Building
Communications Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
The HUB Youth
and Community
Center
Community Center Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Amador Senior
Center
Community Center Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
1530
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-11
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
The Arc of
Amador and
Calaveras
Community Center Essential
Services
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sutter Creek
Auditorium
Community Center Essential
Services
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Pine Grove Town
Hall
Community Center Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Pioneer
Community
Veterans Hall
Community Center Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Armory Hall Community Center Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Fiddletown
Community Center
Community Center Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
River Pines Town
Hall
Community Center Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador Superior
Court
Court House Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
California
Department of
Motor Vehicles
DMV Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
American Legion
Post 108; Station 6
EMS Station Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
1531
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-12
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
American Legion
Post 108; Station 1
EMS Station Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
V Non-Wildland N N
American Legion
Post 108; Station 2
EMS Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
American Legion
Post 108; Station 3
EMS Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
American Legion
Post 108; Station 5
EMS Station Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Amador County
Sheriff's
Department
EOC Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Howard Park Evacuation Shelter Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Amador County
Fairgrounds
Evacuation Shelter Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Sierra Baptist
Church
Evacuation Shelter Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador Senior
Center
Evacuation Shelter Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Up Country Pool
Center
Evacuation Shelter Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
1532
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-13
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
JVFPD 171 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CDF 181 (Buena
Vista) - Calfire
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
JVFPD 172 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N Y
IFD 161 - City Fire Station Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
JFD 131 - City Fire Station Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
JFD 132 - City Fire Station Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
MCSPFD - Calfire Fire Station Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
V Very High N N
CDF 60 (Sutter
Hill) - Calfire
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
SCFPD 142 - City Fire Station Essential
Services
Sutter Creek 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
SCFPD 141 - City Fire Station Essential
Services
Sutter Creek 0.2% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
1533
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-14
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
AFPD 114 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CDF 80 (Zion) -
Calfire
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
SCFPD 143 - City Fire Station Essential
Services
Amador City Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
AFPD 112 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
AFPD 121 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
USFS Amador
Ranger - USFS
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
AFPD 111 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
LFPD 152 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
AFPD 122 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
LFPD 151 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1534
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-15
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
AFPD 123 -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CDF 10 (Dew
Drop) - Calfire
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CDF 30 (Pine
Lodge) - Calfire
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
KFD KwdMdws -
County
Fire Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Alpine County
Other Areas High VII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador County
District Attorney's
Office
Government
Administration
Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
First 5 Amador Healthcare/School
Services
Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N Y
Sutter Amador
Hospital
Hospital Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Amador County
Jail
Jail Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Ione Library Library Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Jackson Library Library Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
1535
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-16
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Pine Grove Library Library Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Pioneer Library Library Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Plymouth Library Library Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Kirkwood
Meadows PUC -
Bulk Propane
Storage
Other Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High VII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador County
Public Works
Corporation Yard
Other Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador County
Airport
Other Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
ATCAA - Service
Center
Other Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Cal-Trans
Maintenance
Station - Pine
Grove
Other Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Cal-Trans
Maintenance
Station - Ione
Other Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
1536
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-17
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
California Highway
Patrol (State)
Police Station Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Jackson Police
Department (City)
Police Station Essential
Services
Jackson 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III Moderate N Y
Ione Police
Department (City)
Police Station Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Amador County
Sheriff's
Department
(County)
Police Station Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Sutter Creek Police
Department (City)
Police Station Essential
Services
Sutter Creek 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Ione Post Office Post Office Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Jackson Post Office Post Office Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Sutter Creek Post
Office
Post Office Essential
Services
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III Very High N N
Pine Grove Post
Office
Post Office Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador City Post
Office
Post Office Essential
Services
Amador City Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
III Very High N N
1537
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-18
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Pioneer Post Office Post Office Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Volcano Post
Office
Post Office Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Plymouth Post
Office
Post Office Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Fiddletown Post
Office
Post Office Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Electra Rd
Powerhouse
Power Plant Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
Tiger Creek
Powerhouse
Power Plant Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
Salt Springs
Powerhouse
Power Plant Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y N
Electra Rd
Substation
Power Substation Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y N
Clay Substation Power Substation Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Martell Substation Power Substation Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1538
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-19
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Ione Substation Power Substation Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
Pine Grove
Substation
Power Substation Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Oleta Substation Power Substation Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Mule Creek State
Prison
Prison Essential
Services
Ione Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Jackson City Hall Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Jackson 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
VI Moderate N Y
Ione City Hall Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Ione 1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Amador County
Administration
Center
Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
Amador County
General Services
Administration
Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Sutter Creek City
Hall
Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Sutter Creek Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
Amador City City
Hall
Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Amador City Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
1539
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-20
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Plymouth City Hall Public
Administration
Building
Essential
Services
Plymouth Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Moderate N N
CAMANCHE
HILLS HUNT
CLUB - WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y N
LAKE AMADOR
- TREATED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
LAKE AMADOR
- RAW
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
MP ASSOCIATES
- WELL 01 -
TREATED -
ARSENIC
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
MP ASSOCIATES
- WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
SUNSET WEST -
WELL 01 -
TREATED -
IRON
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
SUNSET WEST -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
MELODY OAKS
- WELL 02 -
ABANDONED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1540
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-21
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
MELODY OAKS
- WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
MELODY OAKS
- WELL 01 -
TREATED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
TABEAU MHP -
WELL 02
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
TABEAU MHP -
WELL 01 -
DESTROYED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
MALLO GOLD
MINE PLAZA -
WELL 02
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
MALLO GOLD
MINE PLAZA -
WELL 01 -
INACTIVE
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
DRYTOWN -
AWA
PURCHASED
SOURCE
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
VOLCANO CSD -
WELL 01 -
STANDBY
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
VOLCANO CSD -
CLEVELAND
TUNNEL -
TREATED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1541
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-22
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
VOLCANO CSD -
CLEVELAND
TUNNEL - RAW
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High IX Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
TIGER CREEK
POWERHOUSE -
TREATED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
TIGER CREEK
POWERHOUSE -
AFTEBAY - RAW
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
Y Y
AMADOR
CHRISTIAN
CENTER - WELL
01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
ALLAN ROAD
HOA - SPRING
01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
GOLDEN
VALLEY CAMP -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
GOLDEN
VALLEY CAMP -
WELL 02
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
HOPE
FOUNDATION -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
DEER RIDGE
INN - WELL #3 -
DESTROYED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
HOPE
FOUNDATION -
WELL 02
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1542
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-23
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
DEER RIDGE
INN - WELL #2
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
DEER RIDGE
INN - WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
OK CORRAL -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
RANCHO DEL
ORO - WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
WELL 01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
BLACK S
STATION -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
FIDDLETOWN
CSD - WELL 02 -
TREATED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
FIDDLETOWN -
WELL 01 -
DESTROYED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
ORO MADRE
MOOSE - WELL
01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
COOK S
STATION -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1543
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-24
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
COOK S
STATION -
WELL 02
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
SPINETTA
VINEYARD -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
BEAR RIVER
SOUTH SHORE -
SPRING 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
BEAR RIVER
GROUP CAMP -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
AMADOR
HARVEST INN -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
1% Annual
Chance Flood
Hazard
Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
BEAR RIVER
SUMMER HOME
TRACT - WELL
01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CAMP WINTON -
SPRING 01 -
ABANDONED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CAMP WINTON -
SPRING 02 -
ABANDONED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CAMP WINTON -
SPRING 03 -
ABANDONED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CAMP WINTON -
SPRING 04 -
ABANDONED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High VI Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1544
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-25
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
HAM'S STATION
- WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CAMP WINTON -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
RANCHO
CICADA - WELL
01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
BEAR RIVER
LAKE RESORT -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
CAMP RITCHIE Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
STOCKTON
MUN FAMILY
CAMP - PLASSE'S
SPRING 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
PLASSES
CABIN'S -
PLASSE'S
SPRING 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
S. SILVER LAKE
HOA - SPRING
01 Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate III Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
E. SILVER LAKE
HOA - MEADOW
SPRING
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1545
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-26
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
E. SILVER LAKE
HOA - CREEK
SPRING
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
E. SILVER LAKE
HOA - MUD
SPRING -
ABANDONED
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate VIII Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
KAY'S RESORT -
WELL 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
E. SILVER LAKE
HOA -
TIMBERLINE
SPRING
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate IX Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
KIT CARSON
LODGE - POLAR
BEAR WELL
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
KIT CARSON
LODGE -
LODGE WELL -
STANDBY
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
SILVER LAKE
CAMPGROUND -
SPRING 01
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate IX Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Kirkwood
Meadows PUD -
Dangburg 250,000
gallon tank
Public Water System Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate V Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Amador USFS
Ranger Station
Ranger Station Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Very High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
1546
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix F-27
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025
Critical Facility
Name
Critical Facility
Type
Critical
Facility
Category
Jurisdiction DFIRM
Flood Zone
FRA/SRA
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Deep
Seated
Landslide
Class
LRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Extremely
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
High
Hazard
Dam
Inundation
Amador County
Unified School
District Office
School District
Office
Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Non-Wildland N N
Amador County
Veterans Services
Veterans Services Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas Moderate 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Scottsville Sewer
Lift Station
Wastewater Facility Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 Very High N N
West View Sewer
Lift Station
Wastewater Facility Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
0 High N N
High School Sewer
Lift Station
Wastewater Facility Essential
Services
Unincorporated
Amador
County
Other Areas High 0 Outside of LRA
Responsibility
Area
N N
Jackson
Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Essential
Services
Jackson Other Areas Outside of
FRA/SRA
Area
VI Very High N Y
1547
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-1
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
October 2025
Appendix G FEMA National Risk Index Report
1548
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-2
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1549
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-3
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1550
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-4
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1551
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-5
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1552
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-6
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1553
Section 7, Item B.
Amador County Appendix G-7
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Udpate
October 2025 1554
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Appendix H Hazus Earthquake Reports
The following pages contain the Hazus earthquake reports from the following three scenarios:
➢ Carson Range 7.23 Deterministic Scenario
➢ Great Valley 6.53 Deterministic Scenario
➢ Hayward + Rogers Creek 7.58 Deterministic Scenario
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Foster Morrison Consulting
6095 Zang Way
Arvada, CO 80004
303.717.7171
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-0639 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL 6, 2026
FROM: PAM CARONONGAN, CITY CLERK
DEREK COLE, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: WAIVE THE SECOND / FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE, AND ADOPT
ORDINANCE NO. 25-26-xx - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUTTER CREEK AMENDING SECTIONS 15.04.010 AND 15.04.030 OF THE SUTTER CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING
STANDARDS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE,
2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA
MECHANICAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE,
2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN
INTERFACE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING
CODE,
2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING
BUILDING CODE, 2025 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
CODE, 1997 UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS
BUILDINGS, 1997 UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 2024 UNIFORM
BUILDING SECURITY CODE, AND 2024 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL,
SPA, AND HOT TUB CODE
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Receive report from City staff; and
2. Open the public hearing; and
3. Receive public comment; and
4. Close the public hearing; and
5. Continue discussions should City Council desires to do so; and
6. Waive the second / final reading by substitution of the title and adopt Ordinance No. 25-26-xx, thereby adopting by reference the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code and other Uniform Codes with local amendments and thus amending Sections 15.04.010 and 15.04.030 of the Sutter Creek Municipal Code.
If adopted, the temporary Ordinance No. 25-26-xx reflected above will be assigned a permanent ordinance number. Additionally, if adopted, Ordinance No. 25-26-xx will be effective 30 days after the second / final reading of the ordinance.
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
At its March 2, 2026 regular meeting, the City Council waived the first reading by substitution of the title and introduced Ordinance No. 25-26-xx. To complete the ordinance process, the above recommended action must be taken.
Ordinance No. 25-26-xx, if adopted, will adopt by reference the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code along with the other Codes noted above with local amendments added.
BUDGET IMPACT
None.
ATTACHMENT
1) Draft Ordinance No. 25-26-xx
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1 ORDINANCE NO. 25-26-xx
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUTTER CREEK AMENDING SECTIONS 15.04.010 AND 15.04.030 OF THE SUTTER CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, 2025
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE, 2025 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, 1997 UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, 1997 UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 2024 UNIFORM BUILDING SECURITY CODE, AND 2024 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA, AND
HOT TUB CODE
The City Council of the City of Sutter Creek, California does ordain as follows:
Section 1
Section 15.04.010 of the Sutter Creek Municipal Code is amended as follows:
15.04.010 - Adoption of codes and related appendices.
A. The 2025 California Building Standards Administrative Code contained in Part 1 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations is hereby adopted by reference as the Building Standards Administrative Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
B. The 2025 California Building Code contained in Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, including Appendix C (Group U—Agricultural Building), Appendix H (Signs), Appendix I (Patio Covers) and Appendix J (Grading) is hereby adopted by reference as the Building Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
C. The 2025 California Residential Building Code contained in Part 2.5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, is hereby adopted by reference as the Residential Building Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
D. The 2025 California Electrical Code contained in Part 3 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, including Article 89, is hereby adopted by reference as the Electrical Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
E. The 2025 California Mechanical Code contained in Part 4 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, is hereby adopted by reference as the Mechanical Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
F. The 2025 California Plumbing Code contained in Part 5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Sutter Creek. 1567
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2 G. The 2025 California Energy Code contained in Part 6 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, including Appendix 1-A is hereby adopted by reference as the Energy Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
H. The 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code contained in Part 7 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, including Appendix 1-A is hereby adopted by reference as the Wildland-Urban Interface Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
I. The 2025 California Historical Building Code contained in Part 8 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations is hereby adopted by reference as the Historical Building Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
J The 2025 California Fire Code contained in Part 9 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
K. The 2025 California Existing Building Code contained in Part 10 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, is hereby adopted by reference as the Existing Building Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
L. The 2025 California Green Building Standards Code contained in Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations is hereby adopted by reference as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
M. The 2025 California Referenced Standards Code contained in Part 12 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations is hereby adopted by reference as the Referenced Standards Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
N. The 2025 International Property Maintenance Code as published by the International Code Council and referenced in Title 24, Part 2, of the California Building Code is hereby adopted by reference as the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
O. The 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted by reference as the Dangerous Buildings Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
P. The 1997 Uniform Housing Code (UHC) by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted by reference as the Uniform Housing Code (UHC) of the City of Sutter Creek.
Q. The 2024 Uniform Building Security Code by the International Code Council (ICC), is hereby adopted by reference as the Uniform Building Security Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
R. The 2024 Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code (USPSHTC) by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), is hereby adopted by reference as the Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code of the City of Sutter Creek.
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3 "Building Codes") are adopted for the purpose of prescribing regulations for the erection, construction, modification, repair, maintenance, demolition, use and occupancy of buildings and structures. One copy of each of the Building Codes shall be maintained for use and examination of the public in the office of the building official.
Section 2
The City Council finds as follows:
A. California Health and Safety Code, Section 13869.7, 17958.7, and 18941.5, allow for amendments reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geographical or topographical conditions.
B. The topography of the City of Sutter Creek presents several factors which impede response times: steep and narrow roadways, the city divided by a major waterway, Sutter Creek, and areas with insufficient water supplies.
C. The City of Sutter Creek is surrounded by State Resource Area (SRA) high hazard areas which gives potential for wildland fires moving into the city. With terrain and steep canyons creating challenging access, changes in the code allow for more self-sustaining defensible fire protection.
D. The City of Sutter Creek presents problems for a timely response due to climatic conditions, from fog to occasional snow.
E. Based on the afore-cited topographical and climatic findings the City of Sutter Creek finds it necessary to amend the Code to provide additional fire safety measures in an attempt to reduce the severity of fire and potential loss of life and property.
F. In addition, the City of Sutter Creek is at elevation 1,188 feet, and therefore receives snow at such intervals as require that the roof of structures be constructed to accommodate snow loads of a minimum of 20 pounds per square feet. Due to this topographical and climactic condition, the adoption of a local snow-load requirement is necessary to protect the potential loss of life and property.
Section 3
In light of the findings in the preceding section, Section 15.04.030 of the Sutter Creek Municipal Code is amended as follows:
15.04.030 - Amendments to California Building Code.
The provisions of this section 15.04.030 shall constitute local amendments to the crossreferenced provisions of the 2022 California Building Code, Title 24, Part 2 and shall be deemed to amend the cross-referenced section in said Code with the respective provisions set forth in this section
15.04.030.
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4 A. Section 903.2 of the California Building Code is amended by adding, at the end of the text of that section, a new subsection to read as follows:
22. NEW STRUCTURES. An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed in occupancies 5,000 square feet and larger exclusive of area separations as defined in the California Building Code.
This requirement may be waived by the Building Official if the building is divided into areas of less than 5,000 square feet. Such division shall be made by the construction of fire wall(s) which meet the requirement of Chapter 3 and Chapter 7 of the California Building Code.
The integrity of the said fire wall shall be maintained as defined in the California Building Code. In the event such integrity is not maintained, the building shall be equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system.
B. Section 903.2 of the California Building Code is amended by adding, at the end of the text of that section, a new subsection to read as follows: 23. EXISTING STRUCTURES. An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be provided in existing structures when there is a change of character of the occupancy or use of any building which may, in the opinion of the Building Official, increase or may cause to increase the hazard of fire or threat to life and safety.
C. Section 1608A.1 of the California Building Code is amended to add the following sentence at the end of the subsection as follows: (1) The snow load for the City of Sutter Creek shall be 20 pounds per square foot.
Section 4
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5
The City Council determines that the provisions of this Ordinance are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act because the instant ordinance involves continuing administrative activities and thus is not a project, as the Act defines, pursuant to Section 15378(b)(2) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines. To the extent the adoption of this Ordinance constitutes a project, the City Council finds pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3) that the project is exempt from environmental review because it can be seen with certainty that the adoption of the ordinance would not have any significant impact on the environment.
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5 Introduced at a meeting of the City Council of Sutter Creek on (date of introduction) and enacted by the City Council of the City of Sutter Creek at a regular meeting held on (date of adoption).
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Sutter Creek City Council, held on this 6TH day of APRIL 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CITY OF SUTTER CREEK
______________________________
Claire Gunselman, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Pam Caronongan, MMC, City Clerk
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STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MEETING DATE: APRIL 6, 2026
FROM: TOM DUBOIS, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: CONSIDER SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
POLICY
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Receive this report regarding the implementation of "intelligent" surveillance cameras and Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR).
2. Consider adoption of a Surveillance and Privacy Protection Ordinance similar to the attached example, establishing a transparent framework for the approval and oversight of surveillance technologies. This item will be brought back before the City Council for introduction at a later regular meeting date.
3. Direct staff to prepare a specific "Surveillance Impact Report" and "Surveillance Use Policy" for ALPR technology prior to the final execution of any vendor contracts.
BACKGROUND
The City of Sutter Creek is currently exploring the modernization of its public safety infrastructure. Specifically, the Police Department has identified "intelligent" cameras and Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) as critical tools for deterring crime and solving investigations.
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Recent Developments and Lessons Learned
In drafting this policy, staff closely monitored recent developments in other California municipalities regarding ALPR vendors, specifically Flock Safety. Several cities have recently moved to cancel or suspend their contracts due to privacy violations, highlighting the absolute necessity of the strict guardrails proposed in this report. ● Santa Cruz (Jan 2026): The City Council voted 6-1 to terminate its contract with Flock Safety after discovering that license plate data collected locally had been accessed by outof-state agencies and federal entities (including ICE), in violation of the California Values Act (SB 54).
● Mountain View (Feb 2026): The Police Chief suspended the use of all 30 ALPR cameras after an internal audit revealed that a "nationwide sharing" setting had been enabled without the department's knowledge. This allowed federal agencies, including the ATF, to access local resident data for over a year. ● Mountlake Terrace, WA: The City Council unanimously canceled their contract citing "community division" and the discovery that federal agencies like U.S. Border Patrol had gained access to data without local consent.
While the above municipalities are important and noteworthy, to date, over 4,800 agencies currently utilize FLOCK as public safety partners.
Implication for Sutter Creek
These incidents underscore that relying on vendor promises is insufficient. The City can adopt a binding municipal ordinance that mandates strict, independent auditing and prohibits the "default on" data-sharing settings that led to these breaches elsewhere.
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES
1. What are Intelligent Cameras and ALPRs?
● Intelligent Cameras: Video cameras equipped with software that can classify objects (e.g., distinguishing a person from a car) and allow for rapid searching of footage. ● ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers): High-speed computer-controlled camera systems that capture license plate numbers and compare them against "hotlists" (stolen vehicles, Amber Alerts, felony warrants).
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2. Benefits vs. Risks
Pros (Public Safety Benefits) Cons (Privacy & Risk Factors) Objective Evidence: Provides
unbiased investigative leads for crimes
like hit-and-runs or burglaries where no
eyewitnesses are present.
"Dragnet" Surveillance: Continuous
monitoring creates a database of
movements for law-abiding citizens, not
just criminals.
Patrol Enhancement : Acts as a
"virtual officer," monitoring key
entry/exit points 24/7 without the
recurring salary costs of patrol units.
Unauthorized Data Sharing: As seen in
Mountain View and Santa Cruz, vendors
may inadvertently grant access to federal
agencies without local consent.
Real-Time Alerts: Officers receive
immediate notifications for stolen
vehicles or Amber Alerts and other
critical alerts, allowing for rapid
interception.
False Positives: ALPR systems can
misread plates, leading to potential
unwarranted stops if officers do not visually
verify the plate first.
3. Other Technologies
As technology continues to evolve, other tools beyond cameras could be used for surveillance.
Surveillance technology is any device or system primarily designed and actually used or intended to be used to collect and retain audio, electronic, visual, location, or similar information constituting personally identifiable information associated with any specific individual or group of specific individuals, for the purpose of tracking, monitoring or analysis associated with that individual or group of individuals.
Examples of surveillance technology include drones with cameras or monitoring capabilities, automated license plate readers, closed-circuit cameras/televisions, cell-site simulators, biometrics-identification technology and facial- recognition technology.
If Council adopts a surveillance ordinance, it should be written to be broad enough to apply to all surveillance technologies.
Reference Model: City of Palo Alto Ordinance
Staff recommends adopting an ordinance based on Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 2.30.
This ordinance shifts the power of approval from administrative staff to the City Council and ensures ongoing public oversight. See the Attachment.
Detailed Policy Requirements
Under this proposed framework, the following steps must be taken before the City acquires any new surveillance technology:
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1. Pre-Acquisition Reports
The Police Department must submit two documents to the City Council for a public vote:
● Surveillance Impact Report (SIR): A public risk assessment detailing capabilities, fiscal impact, and potential impacts on civil liberties. ● Surveillance Use Policy: A legally binding rulebook specifying authorized use, data retention, access rights, and third-party sharing limits.
2. Council Approval Findings
The City Council may only approve the technology if they vote to find that:
1. The technology is effective for the stated purpose.
2. The benefits to the community outweigh the costs (financial and civil liberties).
3. There are no feasible alternatives with fewer privacy impacts.
3. Ongoing Oversight (Annual Report)
The Police Department must present an Annual Surveillance Report to the Council detailing:
● Usage Stats: How often the technology was used (e.g., number of scans vs. hits). ● Audit Results: Verification that data retention schedules were followed and a summary of all data shared with outside agencies.
● Complaints: Summary of any community complaints received.
Proposed Policy Guardrails for the City of Sutter Creek In light of the recent cancellations in other cities, staff recommends the following specific and non-negotiable rules be written into the Sutter Creek Surveillance Use Policy:
A. Strict Prohibition on Federal & Out-of-State Sharing ● Policy: The system shall be configured to block all data sharing with federal agencies (ICE, CBP, ATF) and out-of-state agencies by default.
● Verification: The Police Department must physically verify these settings are disabled on a quarterly basis and report this in the Annual Surveillance Report.
B. Data Retention Limit: 60 Days
● Policy: Non-evidentiary ALPR data (scans of innocent vehicles) shall be automatically deleted after 60 days.
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● Reasoning: This balances the need for investigation with the privacy right to not have one's movements permanently cataloged.
C. "Verify Before You Stop" Rule
● Policy: An ALPR alert is an investigative lead, not probable cause for a stop. Officers must visually verify the plate matches the alert before initiating a detention to prevent errors caused by machine misreading.
BUDGET IMPACT
The adoption of the oversight ordinance itself has no direct fiscal cost. Future costs will be associated with the acquisition of hardware and software subscriptions. By adopting this policy first, the Council ensures that any future vendor contracts are negotiated with these privacy requirements as binding terms, protecting the City from the legal liabilities and contract cancellations seen in Santa Cruz and Mountain View.
CONCLUSION
The implementation of intelligent cameras and ALPRs represents a significant step forward for public safety in Sutter Creek. However, as recent news confirms, technology providers cannot always be trusted to self-regulate. By adopting the strict oversight, transparency, and retention requirements, Sutter Creek can effectively utilize modern policing tools while maintaining the highest standards of constitutional protection for its residents.
ATTACHMENT
1. Sample Surveillance Technology Ordinance
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Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 2.30
PART 6A — SURVEILLANCE AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS
2.30.620 Title.
This Part 6A shall be known as the Surveillance and Privacy Protection Ordinance. (Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.630 Council approval required for contracts, agreements, grant applications and donations involving surveillance technology.
The Council shall approve each of the following:
(a) Applications for grants, acceptance of state or federal funds, or acceptance of inkind or other donations of surveillance technology; (b) Notwithstanding any delegation of authority to award contracts in this chapter, contracts of any type and any amount that include acquisition of new surveillance technology;
(c) Use of Council-approved surveillance technology for a purpose, in a manner, or in a location outside the scope of prior Council approval; or (d) Agreements with a non-city entity to acquire, share, or otherwise use surveillance technology or the information it provides.
(Ord. 5494 § 31, 2020: Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.640 Council approval of surveillance use policy.
The Council shall approve a surveillance use policy addressing each activity that it approves that is listed in Section 2.30.630. If no current surveillance use policy covers an approved activity, Council shall adopt a new policy or amend an existing policy to address the new activity.
(Ord. 5494 § 32, 2020: Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.650 Information required.
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(Ord. 5494 § 33, 2020: Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.660 Determination by Council that benefits outweigh costs and concerns.
Before approving any new activity listed in Section 2.30.630, the Council shall assess whether the benefits of the surveillance technology outweigh its costs. The Council should consider all relevant factors, including financial and operational impacts, enhancements to services and programs, and impacts on privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights.
(Ord. 5494 § 34, 2020: Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.670 Oversight following Council approval.
Beginning after the close of fiscal year 2019 and annually thereafter, the city shall produce and make available to the public an annual surveillance report. The annual surveillance report should be noticed as an informational report to the Council. The Council may calendar the annual surveillance report or any specific technology included in the report for further discussion or action, and may direct that (a) use of the surveillance technology be modified or ended; (b) the surveillance use policy be modified; or (c) other steps be taken to address Council and community concerns. (Ord. 5494 § 35, 2020: Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.680 Definitions.
The following definitions apply to this section:
(a) "Annual surveillance report" means a written report, submitted after the close of the fiscal year and that includes the following information with respect to the prior fiscal year:
(1) A description of how each Council-approved surveillance technology was used, including whether it captured images, sound, or information regarding members of the public who are not suspected of engaging in unlawful conduct; (2) Whether and how often data acquired through the use of the surveillance technology was shared with outside entities, the name of any recipient entity, the types of data disclosed, and the reason for the disclosure;
(3) A summary of any community complaints or concerns about the surveillance technology;
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(4) Non-privileged and non- confidential information regarding the results of any internal audits, information about violations of the surveillance use policy, and any actions taken in response;
(5) Whether the surveillance technology has been effective at achieving its identified purpose;
(6) The number and nature of Public Records Act requests relating to the surveillance technology;
(7) Annual costs for the surveillance technology and for compliance with this surveillance and privacy protection ordinance, including personnel and other ongoing costs, and sources of funding; and
(8) Other relevant information as determined by the City Manager.
The annual surveillance report will not include information that may compromise the integrity or limit the effectiveness of a law enforcement investigation. (b) "Surveillance evaluation" means written information, including as part of a staff report, including:
(1) A description of the surveillance technology, including how it works and what information it captures;
(2) Information on the proposed purpose, use and benefits of the surveillance technology;
(3) The location or locations where the surveillance technology may be used; (4) Existing federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to the surveillance technology and the information it captures; the potential impacts on civil liberties and privacy; and proposals to mitigate and manage any impacts; (5) The costs for the surveillance technology, including acquisition, maintenance, personnel and other costs, and current or potential sources of funding. (c) "Surveillance technology" means any device or system primarily designed and actually used or intended to be used to collect and retain audio, electronic, visual, location, or similar information constituting personally identifiable information associated with any specific individual or group of specific individuals, for the purpose of tracking, monitoring or analysis associated with that individual or group of individuals. Examples of surveillance technology include drones with cameras or monitoring capabilities, automated license plate readers, closed-circuit cameras/televisions, cell-site simulators, biometrics-identification technology and facial- recognition technology. For the purposes of this chapter, "surveillance technology" does not include:
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(1) Any technology that collects information exclusively on or regarding city employees or contractors;
(2) Standard word-processing software; publicly available databases; and standard message tools and equipment, such as voicemail, email, and text message tools; (3) Information security tools such as web filtering, virus detection software; (4) Audio and visual recording equipment used exclusively at open and public events, or with the consent of members of the public;
(5) Medical devices and equipment used to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease or injury;
(6) Any technology used as part of the Foothills Fire Early Warning System to detect fires within the following area:
West Side: Skyline Blvd (Hwy 35) from Route 84 (Woodside Rd/La Honda Rd.) to Hwy 9
North Side: Route 84 from Skyline to Alameda de las Pulgas East Side: Alameda de las Pulgas to Santa Cruz Ave to Junipero Serra Rd. to Foothill Expwy.
South Side: Draw a line from the intersection of Hwy 9 at Hwy 35 to the intersection of Foothill Expwy at Magdalena.
(d) "Surveillance use policy" means a stand-alone policy or a section in a comprehensive policy that is approved by Council and contains:
(1) The intended purpose of the surveillance technology. (2) Uses that are authorized, any conditions on uses, and uses that are prohibited. (3) The information that can be collected by the surveillance technology. (4) The safeguards that protect information from unauthorized access, including, but not limited to, encryption, access-control, and access oversight mechanisms. (5) The time period for which information collected by the surveillance technology will be routinely retained; the process by which the information is regularly deleted after that period lapses; and conditions and procedures for retaining information beyond that period.
(6) If and how non-city entities can access or use the information, including conditions and rationales for sharing information, and any obligations imposed on the recipient of the information.
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(7) A description of compliance procedures, including functions and roles of city officials, internal recordkeeping, measures to monitor for errors or misuse, and corrective procedures that may apply.
(Ord. 5555 § 2, 2022: Ord. 5494 § 36, 2020: Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
2.30.690 No private right of action.
This surveillance and privacy protection ordinance is not intended and shall not be interpreted to create a private right of action for damages or equitable relief on behalf of any person or entity against the city or any of its officers or employees. (Ord. 5450 § 2 (part), 2018)
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer ______________________________________________________________________________
STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL 6, 2026
FROM: CITY MANAGER DUBOIS
SUBJECT: LAW ENFORECEMENT UPDATE AND PROPOSED AGREEMENT
WITH AMADOR CITY
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive this update on recent Finance ad-hoc meetings, a proposal from the County and meetings with the Amador City police ad-hoc committee, and approve a motion to extend a formal offer to Amador City to provide Law Enforcement services according to the Terms presented in this report.
BACKGROUND:
During 2025, Council formed an ad-hoc group to look at the long term viability of the Sutter Creek Police department, given the city's anemic revenue growth and expenses that have been increasing faster than inflation. Costs for labor, fuel, equipment, training, certification, and particularly dispatch and animal control continue to increase faster than revenues into the City. Over the last three years, total costs have increased an average 23% with Dispatch increasing 80.62% and animal control increasing 265.38% over that same time period.
In a series of meetings, and collecting information on other, similar rural cities in California, the ad-hoc determined that Sutter Creek PD’s expenses are extremely well managed with little opportunity to cut costs, without impacting our ability to provide law enforcement 24 x 7. When the ad-hoc updated the entire Council, the Council asked staff to look at all options, including getting a proposal from the County on their providing services to Sutter Creek and to focus on additional revenue sources in order to fund law enforcement, particularly to approach Amador City given their size and location next to Sutter Creek.
In other separate efforts, City Staff have also been seeking new revenue through economic development opportunities via a variety of means including discussions with regional partners in Amador and nearby Counties, exploring a satellite campus with Columbia College, utilizing a grant to encourage the creation of new companies, and most recently considering a possible proposal from a cannabis dispensary.
Over the last several months, the City has had conversations with both Amador City and Amador County Sheriff’s department as directed by the Council.
We received a formal proposal from the County to provide law enforcement services to us, replacing our own police department. In parallel, we have reached an outline of a potential agreement with Amador City to provide them with law enforcement services to help preserve our police department. 1582
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COUNTY PROPOSAL
The County developed a proposal attached to this report “County Proposal for Law Enforcement and Dispatch”. They provided cost proposals for Year 1 and Year 2 for two different levels of service. In each scenario, the first year is more expensive because of hiring and equipment.
The first proposal we refer to as the “unincorporated model” and is the level of policing the Sheriff currently provides in the county. Officers are responsible for large patrol areas.
Additional officers (3.5 FTE) would be hired and responsible for both Amador County and the City of Sutter Creek (not just Sutter Creek). Events would incur additional charges.
The second proposal would be to provide a level of service similar to what we have now, hiring six officers (6 FTE) to provide a dedicated officer to Sutter Creek. We refer to this as the “community policing model”. It does not include support for events, which would incur additional costs. The Sutter Creek Police Department has 3 Reserve Officers who contribute on a regular basis to shift coverage and special events. There is no guarantee that these officers would want to stay on with the Sheriff’s Department and that they would be selected by the Sheriff in their selection and vetting process. Additionally, the Sutter Creek Police Department has a robust and active Police Volunteer Program. At present six volunteers regularly volunteer and handle administrative and general assistance duties. There is no guarantee that they would want to stay or if they would be absorbed into the Sheriff Volunteer Program.
The proposal also notes that labor negotiations are under way and the proposal could likely increase in cost once those negotiations conclude. The County stated they would not use any of our equipment, so none of our current assets are used to defray costs. The proposals are summarized below:
Expense
Proposal 1
"Unincorproated
Model"
Proposal 2
"Community Policing
Model"
Labor $658,112 $1,128,192
Recruiting $165,000 $330,000
Vehicles $66,000 $99,000
Equipment $40,500 $81,000
Dispatch $175,072 $175,072
Year 1 $1,104,684 $1,813,264
Year 2 (without Year 1 recruiting cost and Year 1
outfitting cost) $944,143 $1,472,377
Note-there were some math errors in the written
proposal
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer For comparison, our current police budget is $1,107,469.
Comparing our costs to the proposal, the unincorporated model would cost more in year 1, be slightly less in year 2 and would likely “catch up” to our current costs in a number of years based on labor cost increases and additional charges for our major events. Proposal 2 is far more expensive to achieve a level of service similar to what we have now.
Why are the County costs significantly higher? There are several structural reasons that the County’s costs are higher, as highlighted in their proposal:
1. Specialized departments that require training, including specialties such as SWAT, Sniper Team, K9, and Water Rescue. These special certifications all drive higher labor rates, even when those services aren’t being used.
2. Much higher overhead with a large administrative and executive management team.
These are highly paid positions to provide oversight and policy guidance. Our department puts most of its funds into officers on the street, with minimal overhead.
3. Higher fleet (patrol car) and equipment costs, County policy refreshes their vehicles with new purchases on a 3 year depreciation cycle. Sutter Creek purchases used vehicles and operates them for as long as they hold up.
4. Executive management team distanced from Labor negotiations. The Sheriff does not negotiate on behalf of the department, the County does, which may contribute to a situation that provides less of a damper on upward benefit and labor costs over the years.
The proposal states to expect 5% increases in costs each year going forward, regardless of the economy.
On a cost basis, contracting police services from the County would cost the city more, increase faster over the years, and give the City no real say in how/when services are provided. Without a detailed agreement in a contract to accept direction from the City Council, Council decisions could be at odds with the elected Sheriff’s positions. The indication is they would not agree to such a request in any case. They have also indicated that not all of the current Sutter Creek officers would be hired by the Sheriff.
If council rejects these proposals, as staff recommends, dispatch costs will continue to be a primary concern. They have increased 80.62% in the last 3 years. Dispatch is the largest driver of cost increases in our department. Council members should work with the County Supervisor to rein in these annual costs increases.
ACTUAL ACTUAL % ACTUAL % BUDGET %
FY 2022-
23 FY 2023-
24 INCREASE
FY 2024-
25 INCREASE
FY 2025-
26 INCREASE
Dispatch Costs $96,891 $136,674 41.06% $165,000 20.73% $175,000 6.06% Increase since
FY22-23 80.62%
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AMADOR CITY PROPOSAL
As the Council is aware, we have also been exploring increasing revenue by providing services to Amador City. Attached are initial outreach to Amador City and staff reports to the Sutter Creek council and the Amador City council.
After expressing interest in discussing a possible agreement, the Amador City Council formed an ad-hoc committee that has met twice with our ad-hoc committee to discuss terms of an agreement.
During these discussions, we reached broad agreement on the terms as outlined in the prior staff reports. One clarification from our prior council meeting is that currently Amador City is paying $100,000 which includes both law enforcement and dispatch. Dispatch, based on their population, is $15,000 in FY25-26, with the remaining $85,000 paying for law enforcement.
Amador City is a safe community and either agency will do a good job for residents. The primary differentiators between the County and Sutter Creek PD is the policing philosophy and the approach to cost containment. The county model provides expertise when needed and no more. Sutter Creek would provide a community policing model. All agencies provide mutual aid, so Amador City would continue to have access to all the county specialties if needed.
Sutter Creek can provide services for this same price and provide a higher level of community policing. We are able to offer this because Amador City is adjacent to Sutter Creek and we can do this with our existing staff. Amador City would see a dramatic improvement in service, including 2 or 3 drive-throughs per day (over 1,000 per year compared to 242 annually for the County). Sutter Creek Police Officers would walk the main street, visit the park and other areas, develop relationships with business owners and residents, and be available at events and council meetings when needed. Sutter Creek puts its funds towards direct costs - officers on the street— not toward overhead or management costs, which will also benefit Amador City.
Timeline
Amador City must give 12 months notice to the County of their intent to switch providers. That said, the timeline is still short to effect change with the start of the fiscal year in 2027. Both councils will meet in April and decide if they agree to the “term sheet” below. If approved, then a contract will be prepared in May and able to be adopted in June. Amador City can give notice and the contract would go into effect in July 2027.
Proposed Term Sheet
Scope of Services:
● Patrol Presence: SCPD provides periodic daily patrols with a specific mandate for foot patrols in the downtown area. SCPD would provide investigative services. ● Commitment to Service: Sutter Creek commits to provide the same level of service to both cities. Calls will be prioritized based on urgency of need and safety concerns of the residents, with no regard to location.
● Response Protocols: In the event of simultaneous calls, SCPD shall respond to calls for service dependent upon the priority of the call. As an example, a low priority call (e.g. 1585
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● Staffing and Resources: When staffed to today’s current personnel allocation, SCPD will generally have one officer on duty, with an additional officer on duty during peak hours.
● Equipment: During the first two years of the contract, SCPD will provide patrol vehicles and maintenance of the assigned vehicles. In the third year, Amador City will provide a percentage of the actual costs of a new outfitted patrol vehicle every other year, based on population size (currently 6% of the combined total population).. ● Reporting: SCPD Chief of Police or designee shall appear at Amador City Council meetings when so requested for matters related to police services in Amador City. The Sutter Creek Chief of Police would be the lead law enforcement official in Amador City and would interact with the Amador City city manager and city council in the same manner as with Sutter Creek.
● Municipal Code: Amador City agrees to provide Sutter Creek with updated municipal codes. Amador CIty agrees to handle general code enforcement matters with the exception of complaints that require immediate response related to health and safety. ● Records Management: SCPD shall maintain records related to law enforcement activity in Amador City starting at the commencement of the agreement. SCPD will respond to public records requests related to police services in Amador City during the periods of time in which SCPD provided such police services. Absent an agreement to the contrary, the records retention policy of the Sutter Creek Police Department will be the guiding policy.
Personnel Status & Pension Liability
● SCPD will remain employees of Sutter Creek only. Amador City assumes no liability for salaries, pensions (CalPERS), or civil service rights.
● Sutter Creek will negotiate all labor agreements, personnel rules, regulations and procedures with its employees.
● Amador City may at any time report to Sutter Creek its concerns about personnel performing services and Sutter Creek will investigate.
Dispute Resolution
● Recommend a structured process of Mediation followed by Binding Arbitration to resolve billing or performance disputes, similar to your contract with the County.
Termination Rights & "Exit Strategy"
● Five year term with an automatic one year renewal process after that. ● Formal annual performance and cost review process.what does this look like? ● If Amador City’s COPS Funding were to cease, Amador City would be able to immediately terminate the agreement.
● During the first year, Amador City/Sutter Creek may terminate with three months notice. ● After the first year, either party may terminate without cause with one year’s notice. 1586
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Liability & Risk Management:
● Indemnification: proposed language from Sutter Creek’s Risk Management Association - Amador City shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City of Sutter Creek, its officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from any and all claims, losses, liabilities, or damages, demands and actions, including payment of reasonable attorney fees, arising out of or resulting from the City of Sutter Creek’s provision of policing services in and for Amador City pursuant to this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of Amador City shall not apply when (1) the injury, loss of life, damage to property, or violation of law arises solely from gross negligence or willful or active gross misconduct of the City of Sutter Creek or its officers, employees, agents, or volunteers; and (2) the actions of Amador City or its employees, subcontractors, or agents have contributed in no part to the injury, loss of life, damage to property, or violation of law. ● Parties agree to provide one another prompt notice of any claims or lawsuits arising out of performance of services under this contract.
Financial Terms:
While the Sheriff has said there would not be any foreseeable cost increases in future years to Amador City, given the county's financial position, it is not clear how long that will continue. At some point Amador City is likely to face “catch up” charges, similar to what happened with Plymouth.
We are proposing that we have transparent cost sharing from the beginning with small cost increases each year that keeps Amador City current and avoids any future surprises. It is pragmatic for both cities to acknowledge cost increases.
Amador City has a police fund reserve, whose funds can ONLY be used for law enforcement.
While our proposal may appear more expensive than the county, we believe it is both pragmatic, fair, and affordable, given the available reserves.
● Amador City will be responsible for paying for its share of Dispatch Services, either paying the county directly or Sutter Creek will pass-through the actual County expense (TBD).
● Pro-rata cost adjustments (refunds) will be made if Sutter Creek is unable to provide services due to strikes, boycotts, or force majeure events. ● The cost in the first year will total $100,000.
● Law enforcement charges would increase by the annual labor cost increase in the POA labor agreement with the City of Sutter Creek, starting in Year 2. ● With a population of under 200 people compared to Sutter Creek’s population of 2700, Amador City is about 6% the size. Starting in Year 3, Amador City would contribute its proportionate share (Currently 6%) of a fully outfitted police vehicle every other year to defray capital costs.
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer Proforma Estimate: Assuming agreement goes into effect in FY27-28, and looking at historic trends, costs should be similar to below. Actual costs will be dependent on County dispatch costs and future labor negotiations.
FY25-26 FY26-27 FY27-28 FY28-29 FY29-30 FY30-31
Law Enforcement $85,000 $85,000 $85,000 $88,400 $91,936 $95,613 Vehicles $4,800
Dispatch $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,750 $16,538 $17,364 Total $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $104,150 $113,274 $112,978 Why do this? While the numbers here are not large, the economics work for us. Increasing our scale, even for 200 residents, enables us to better utilize our existing investments in people and equipment. If we incurred a step increase; i.e. needing to hire additional staff, this would not be viable, but because of the specifics here it makes sense. The additional funding from Amador City will help secure community policing for both communities so it is a win-win. We will continue to see other sources of funding over time as well - this is not the ultimate solution, but incremental solutions add-up.
BUDGET IMPACT:
With an Amador City agreement, the police budget would receive ~$85,000 in revenue to cover costs, starting in FY27-28. This amount would grow with inflation over time.
Additional costs would be minimal since we already have the staff, equipment, and officers travelling throughout the day, so there are no real direct incremental costs.
ATTACHMENT:
1. County Proposal for Sutter Creek Law Enforcement
2. Letter to Amador City Council
3. Staff Report Authorizing Proposing Policing for Amador City
4. Staff Report on Police Services for Amador City Council 1588
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Date: December 11, 2025
To: The City Council City of Amador City
From: Tom DuBois, City Manager, City of Sutter Creek
RE: Exploratory Discussion Regarding Shared Police Services Dear Members of the Amador City City Council,
I am writing to you today to initiate a neighborly conversation regarding the potential for the City of Sutter Creek to provide contracted police services to Amador City.
At this stage, this is not a formal proposal. Rather, it is an invitation to explore a partnership that we believe could result in a distinct "win-win" for both of our communities. Before investing administrative time in drafting a formal proposal, we wish to gauge the Council’s interest and understand any specific priorities, questions, or concerns you or your residents may have.
The Motivation for Sutter Creek Sutter Creek deeply values maintaining its own independent Police Department. We believe that local control allows for a higher level of community-oriented policing that aligns with our city’s character. However, like many municipalities, we are focused on long-term fiscal responsibility. We are currently exploring ways to create a more sustainable budget by increasing the scale of our operations. By extending our service area, we can maintain high-quality staffing and resources more efficiently than we can alone.
The Potential Benefit to Amador City We believe this partnership makes sense primarily due to our geography. Given the immediate proximity of our two cities, a Sutter Creek police officer is often just minutes—or even seconds—away from Amador City. We believe we can offer:
● High Responsiveness: Rapid response times due to our shared border. ● Community Alignment: Our departments share similar values regarding small-town, community-focused law enforcement.
● Cost Efficiency: A shared model can often provide higher service levels at a competitive cost compared to other alternatives.
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2 The Sutter Creek Police Department has a philosophy of continued community engagement and a history of high visibility walking downtown and relationship building with our residents, business owners and guests. We believe that this organic and established pattern of community engagement and presence would prove beneficial to Amador City.
Next Steps We are interested in knowing if the Amador City Council is open to exploring this concept. Specifically, we would welcome the opportunity to:
1. Hear your initial thoughts on the feasibility of such an arrangement.
2. Understand what specific concerns or service requirements would need to be addressed in a formal proposal.
I’d ask that the Council discuss this item during an upcoming council meeting. We look forward to the possibility of working together to keep both our communities safe and fiscally sound.
Sincerely,
Tom DuBois
City Manager City of Sutter Creek
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STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JAN 20, 2025
FROM: TOM DUBOIS, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET SUSTAINABILITY AND AUTHORITY TO
NEGOTIATE WITH AMADOR CITY
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the City Manager to negotiate with Amador City to provide police services.
BACKGROUND:
As the Council is aware, the finance ad-hoc committee has been looking at the police budget in detail for the last several months. Expenses are well managed and Sutter Creek is one of the most efficient agencies in the state in terms of costs per resident. The ad-hoc committee has suggested looking at additional sources of revenue and our contracted costs with the county. Council directed the City Manager to get written estimates from the county on what they would charge to provide police services to Sutter Creek, and to explore other options for revenue generation or cost containment.
I met with Sheriff Redman in Dec 2025. The County Sheriff committed to providing a written proposal to quantify what Sutter Creek would be charged for police services. Verbally, he indicated that policing at our current level of service would be significantly more expensive. I will share that information with the Council when it is received. I also asked the Sheriff to consider providing a three year budget for dispatch services so that the cities can plan cost increases better over time. Dispatch costs have risen much faster than inflation and represent a larger and larger share of our public safety budget.
Additionally, I began discussions with Amador City to gauge their interest in Sutter Creek PD providing police services. The attached letter was presented to their council and they discussed the possibility at their December Council meeting. After the meeting, I was requested to provide a formal proposal to Amador City.
Currently Amador City receives a COPS grant from the state which it uses to pay the County for policing services. They are paying $100,000 annually.
DISCUSSION:
Before moving ahead with a formal proposal, Council should reaffirm their interest in exploring this option and authorize the staff to engage in negotiations. We are seeking your direction tonight to propose detailed terms to Amador City for their review at their February council meeting.
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2 As outlined in the letter to the Amador City Council, it could be a real win-win for Sutter Creek PD to add Amador City to its beat. For Amador City, benefits are an increased police presence, true community policing, and faster response times. For Sutter Creek, the additional revenue would greatly ease burdens on our budget. We could provide coverage without hiring additional staff or adding additional equipment.
I notified Sheriff Redman we intended to propose this change and he indicated that the County will try to retain Amador City as a customer. The $100,000 Amador City pays represents about
0.5% of the Sheriff’s budget and represents 10% of our police budget. That is it will have a relatively minor impact on the County and a major impact for Sutter Creek. That said, our proposal needs to be attractive to Amador City.
The Sheriff indicated that the County may start charging for additional services. We will have to deal with that in the future if it came to pass, but all cities in the county should be treated equally and fairly.
With Council’s authorization, the City Manager and Police Chief will develop a detailed proposal for Amador City. Our goal is to offer them the same price, at least for the next several years and agree to a fair framework that accounts for inflation and capital costs for police equipment.
With a population of under 200 people compared to Sutter Creek’s population of 2700, they are about 6% of our size. Our intention would be to price fairly based on the relative size.
We are researching how to address other issues, particularly liability under our RMA which provides insurance and legal defence for police activities. We are anticipating proposing a 3 - 5 year initial term. We are asking that Council give us authority to engage in negotiations.
BUDGET IMPACT:
Would generate up to an additional $100,000 in the general fund dedicated to public safety per year. The work can be absorbed into our existing capacity without incurring additional expense.
ATTACHMENT:
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STAFF REPORT FOR AMADOR CITY COUNCIL
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: FEB 10, 2026
FROM: TOM DUBOIS, CITY MANAGER, CITY OF SUTTER CREEK
SUBJECT: CONTRACT PROPOSAL FOR PROVIDING POLICE SERVICES TO
AMADOR CITY
RECOMMENDATION:
We respectfully suggest the Amador Council take the following steps:
1. Review the proposed terms for a Law Enforcement Services Agreement with the City of Sutter Creek
2. If interested in proceeding, form an ad-hoc group to negotiate proposed terms of an agreement
3. Set a schedule for bringing an agreement back to council in time for annual budgeting process
4. Agreement must also be reviewed and approved by the Sutter Creek City Council BACKGROUND:
The City of Sutter Creek formed a finance ad-hoc committee last year and examined its own police budget as well as small rural police agencies across the State of California. The committee found that expenses are extremely well managed; Sutter Creek is one of the most efficient agencies in the state in terms of costs per resident.
However, expenses continue to go up, particularly contracted services with the County. The ad-hoc committee suggested looking at additional sources of revenue to help fund the police department. Council directed the City Manager to explore options for revenue generation.
In December, Sutter Creek sent a letter to the Amador City Council to gauge interest in having Sutter Creek provide police services. The response was positive, and this is the next step to get to a formal agreement (the December letter is attached).
As outlined in the letter, we feel this is a real win-win opportunity for both communities. For Amador City, benefits are an increased police presence, true community policing, and faster response times. For Sutter Creek, the additional revenue would greatly ease burdens on our budget. We could provide coverage without hiring additional staff or adding additional equipment.
18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer 1600
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2 DISCUSSION:
Sutter Creek proposes a dedicated municipal partnership model with specific provisions for downtown foot patrols, investigative services, and a fixed base cost structure. This proposal offers a service model distinct from the current County agreement, emphasizing local municipal policing over county-level deputy assignment.
Scope of Services:
● Patrol Presence: Unlike the County agreement, which allocated 1.1 Deputy FTE, SCPD proposes periodic daily patrols with a specific mandate for foot patrols in the downtown area.
SCPD would provide investigative services.
● Response Protocols: In the event of simultaneous calls, SCPD shall respond to calls for service dependent upon the priority of the call. As an example, a low priority call (e.g. barking dog) in one city would be handled after a more serious call (e.g. assault) for service in the other city. ● Staffing and Resources: When staffed to today’s current personnel allocation, SCPD will generally have one officer on duty, with an additional officer on duty during peak hours. ● Equipment: During the first two years of the contract, SCPD will provide patrol vehicles and maintenance of the assigned vehicles. In the third year, Amador City will provide a percentage of the actual costs of a new outfitted patrol vehicle every other year, based on population size (currently 6% of the combined total population)..
● Reporting: SCPD Chief of Police or designee shall appear at Amador City Council meetings when so requested for matters related to police services in Amador City. ● Municipal Code: Amador City agrees to provide Sutter Creek with updated municipal codes.
Amador CIty agrees to handle general code enforcement matters with the exception of complaints that require immediate response related to health and safety. ● Records Management: SCPD shall maintain records related to law enforcement activity in Amador City starting at the commencement of the agreement. SCPD will respond to public records requests related to police services in Amador City during the periods of time in which SCPD provided such police services.
Personnel Status & Pension Liability
● SCPD will remain employees of Sutter Creek only. Amador City assumes no liability for salaries, pensions (CalPERS), or civil service rights.
● Sutter Creek will negotiate all labor agreements, personnel rules, regulations and procedures with its employees.
● Amador City may at any time report to Sutter Creek its concerns about personnel performing services and Sutter Creek will investigate.
Dispute Resolution
● Recommend a structured process of Mediation followed by Binding Arbitration to resolve billing or performance disputes, similar to your contract with the County. 1601
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Termination Rights & "Exit Strategy"
● Term is TBD based on mutual agreement, Sutter Creek is envisioning an initial 3 - 5 year term, with a renewal process in the agreement.
● Formal annual performance and cost review process.
● If Amador City’s COPS Funding were to cease, Amador City would be able to immediately terminate the agreement.
● Either party may terminate without cause with one year’s notice.
Liability & Risk Management:
● Indemnification: proposed language from Sutter Creek’s Risk Management Association - Amador City shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City of Sutter Creek, its officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from any and all claims, losses, liabilities, or damages, demands and actions, including payment of reasonable attorney fees, arising out of or resulting from the City of Sutter Creek’s provision of policing services in and for Amador City pursuant to this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of Amador City shall not apply when (1) the injury, loss of life, damage to property, or violation of law arises solely from gross negligence or willful or active misconduct of the City of Sutter Creek or its officers, employees, agents, or volunteers; and (2) the actions of Amador City or its employees, subcontractors, or agents have contributed in no part to the injury, loss of life, damage to property, or violation of law. ● Parties agree to provide one another prompt notice of any claims or lawsuits arising out of performance of services under this contract.
Financial Terms:
● Amador City will be responsible for paying for its share of Dispatch Services from its COPS funding, in addition to the financial terms of this agreement relative to police services.. Sutter Creek will pass-through the actual County expense.
● Pro-rata cost adjustments (refunds) will be made if Sutter Creek is unable to provide services due to strikes, boycotts, or force majeure events.
● Propose maintaining current pricing for the first two years for police services. ● Year 3, 4 and 5, police services would increase by the annual labor cost increase in the POA labor agreement with the City of Sutter Creek.
● With a population of under 200 people compared to Sutter Creek’s population of 2700, Amador City is about 6% the size. Starting in Year 3, Amador City would contribute its proportionate share (Currently 6%) of a fully outfitted police vehicle every other year to defray capital costs. ● All of this is subject to discussion and negotiation.
CONCLUSION
The proposal from Sutter Creek offers the benefit of a closer, municipal-focused police partnership that may be well-suited to Amador City's community character.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Letter to Amador City Council, RE: Exploratory Discussion Regarding Shared Police Services
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STAFF REPORT
TO: CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: APRIL 6, 2026
FROM: MASON PETERS, FINANCE SUPERVISOR
SUBJECT: MID YEAR EXPENSES REVIEW & BUDGET AMENDMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to accept the mid-year review report and approve the budget amendments BACKGROUND:
Each year, the Finance Supervisor and the City Manager bring a mid-year fiscal “check-in” report to provide more focused discussion on how budget performance is looking for the year so far. If we identify any areas that are not performing to our expectations or we have received additional information about certain revenues/expenditures that differ from information that we had when we adopted the original draft budget, we will discuss those areas and make budget adjustments that better reflect how we think the rest of the fiscal year will progress.
In February, we reviewed and discussed the revenue performance of the “Big Three” categories of Property Tax, TOT, and Sales Tax (including TUT as a separate discussion). Staff chose to split revenue and expense discussions so we can have more meaningful, targeted discussions about each major category of the budget, how it is performing, and if any action needs to be taken to ensure that we are operating within our means for fiscal year 2025-2026.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of this staff report is to review the expense performance through December 31, 2025 of each major operating fund: General Fund (Fund 001), Streets & Roads Fund (Fund 003), Wastewater Enterprise Fund (010), and Effluent Disposal Fund (080). If any particular fund(s) or account(s) within those fund(s) are underperforming, or if less spending occurs in one account and more in another due to shifting priorities during the year, we will propose Budget Amendments to shift budgeted funds from one account to another.
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General Fund
The City’s General Fund (001) is the primary source of funds for general city operations outside of special revenue funds (e.g. Enterprise/Wastewater funds). It is funded by general tax revenues such as Sales Tax and Property Tax, and we use those funds to pay for city staff, council stipends, Parks & Recreation operations, Police operations, and much more.
Each fiscal year, our General Fund is stretched to cover all of our annual expenditures that allow us to serve our citizens to the best of our ability. Revenue growth opportunities are limited. Many expenditures grow at a faster rate than revenues, and we struggle to maintain our current levels of service.. We are always looking for efficiencies and ways to improve processes to provide as much representation and quality service with the limited resources we have available.
On an overall fund basis, here is the breakdown:
On a monthly average basis, we are 1.8% overspent in the General Fund as of December 31, 2025. 1.8% of the total General Fund budget ($2,807,096) is $50,528. However, we are on budget because there are a few expense items that are large, one-time expenses.
For example, we opt to prepay our CalPERS UAL(to save interest costs); we budgeted $303,211 for the fiscal year, and spent $302,744 as of July 31, 2025 for our annual UAL payment. If we paid this monthly instead of annually, we would have only spent $151,606 as of December 31, 2026. Based on this, in terms of actual expenditures against budgeted expenses, we paid the other $151,605 in advance which makes our annual actuals vs annual budget appear to be overspent at this point in time. Keep in mind that UAL is not the only major one-time expense we have in the fiscal year - we also pay a significant portion of our 1604
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer Liability and Property Insurance premiums to CSJVRMA in August each year. We are in fact, on track if not slightly positive for the fiscal year in terms of the General Fund.
We monitor expenses on a granular level, and some of those accounts may exceed their budgeted portion due to unexpected factors, such as sudden price increases (e.g. fuel costs) or increased activity in one category that we had originally not planned for (e.g. legal costs due to a lawsuit). When events like this occur, we review the activity and bring Budget Amendments to Council to best mitigate those unexpected expenses by shifting budgeted funds around to best capture our actual expense actuals for the fiscal year.
We pull budget from accounts that we know we have control over or will have a year-end excess.
We are proposing the following Budget Amendments for the General Fund:
Budget Amendment #1: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Police Salaries ($20,000) $485,700 $465,700
Police Overtime $20,000 $40,000 $60,000
We had an open police officer position for some time. During that time, we saved on salaries and benefits but had to pay more overtime. This amendment captures that impact.
Budget Amendment #2: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Animal Control ($1,000) $38,000 $37,000
Parks & Rec General
Supplies
$1,000 $580 $1,580
PD has done a good job minimizing our use of Animal Control and resident activity has been slower this year compared to last year. This amendment shifts some of the savings from that account to the general supplies budget for Parks & Recreation, where we are anticipating a need for more funds. If the trend continues, we will have excess funds in the Animal Control budget for the year.
Budget Amendment #3: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Animal Control ($3,000) $37,000 $34,000
Network Services -
Finance
$3,000 $20,083 $23,083
As we transitioned to the new financial SW, we paid for new SW licenses while maintaining 1 license to the old system (MOMS). This put us over budget on the Network Services for the Finance Department.
This amendment shifts funds from Animal Control to cover for the software. 1605
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Budget Amendment #4: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Parks & Rec - Small
Equipment
($2,500) $2,500 $0
Parks & Rec - Vehicle
Maintenance
($2,500) $4,000 $1,500
Parks & Rec - Network
Services
($1,000) $2,000 $1,000
Parks & Rec - Janitorial ($2,000) $6,500 $4,500
Parks & Rec -
Beautification
($2,000) $6,000 $4,000
Parks & Rec - Repairs &
Maintenance
$10,000 $27,000 $37,000
We have had some surprise facility repairs that needed to be completed this year, such as the central heat & air unit in the Community Building and vandalism in the downtown park bathroom, but Dispatch fees have been coming in lower than we anticipated. This amendment is a shift of funds to the Repairs & Maintenance account from other accounts in the Parks & Rec department.
Budget Amendment #5: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Police - Safety
Equipment
($1,000) $5,000 $4,000
Police - Training $1,000 $5,000 $6,000
Police have expressed interest in sending staff to further trainings before the end of the fiscal year, and the current equipment will function as intended until June 30, 2026 and additional budgeted funds are not needed. This proposal shifts funds from equipment to training to support additional professional development opportunities to our Police Department.
Streets & Roads Fund
Our Streets & Roads Fund (Fund 003) is responsible for maintaining and repairing our roadways, sidewalks, storm drains, and any other transportation pathways. This fund receives revenue primarily from the State via Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation apportionments, as well as Highway User Tax apportionments. We also get grants from local agencies to assist us with road rehabilitation (e.g. ACTC).
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer Here is the overall fund performance for the Streets & Roads Fund (003):
As it stands as of December 31, 2025, we are under budget by 15.5%, or $42,383.98. We are obligated to pay some of the paving expense to Amador Water Agency as they continue to work on replacing the water lines on several roads around town, however payments have been delayed due to issues AWA is working out with their contractor; it’s possible a lot of this work will be redone.
We budgeted $42,500 for the fiscal year for this, so once we incur that cost and when we consider all current activity continues, we will be on pace for budget performance. If the AWA work rolls over into the next fiscal year, we will do the same with these funds.
We are proposing the following Budget Amendments for the Streets & Roads Fund:
Budget Amendment #6: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Street/Drain Repairs ($500) $20,000 $19,500
Network Services -
Finance
$500 $3,423 $3,923
We allocate the software costs across multiple funds - we will have a surplus of funds in the Street/Drain Repairs since we have not done any work in this account, so we are shifting a small amount over to cover the software costs for the Finance Department.
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Wastewater Operational Fund (Enterprise)
The Wastewater Enterprise Operational Fund (010) is the primary financial activity center for expenses related to wastewater-allocated payroll, wastewater treatment plant operations, wastewater collections systems operations, capital improvements, and asset acquisition for wastewater-related functions. Our primary funding source for this fund is the monthly sewer bills and a few connection fees. Some of the largest expenditures for this fund are salaries and benefits, capital expenditures, insurance, wastewater treatment plant chemicals, and engineering services.
Over the last couple of fiscal years, we used this fund to make necessary repairs and improvements to our wastewater collections system in preparation for our design of a new wastewater treatment plant. These repairs are costly but needed on our old collection system and, in the long run, if we can reduce our flows into the new wastewater treatment plant, it could reduce the overall cost of the new plant and actually save us money. These capital expenditures are one-time costs for the fiscal year and can create the illusion that we are overspending at a given point in time when compared to the annual budget, but once the work is complete, no more spending is expected for that item in the current fiscal year.
Here is the overall fund performance for the Wastewater Enterprise Operational Fund (010):
We have been busy in the Wastewater Fund; we appear to be 18.6% over budget on an annualized average basis. However, because of anticipated one time expenses we are on budget.
The 18.6% equates to $453,478 over what we would expect, on an average basis, to be activity-wise for the fiscal year. However, we completed some major capital projects and one-time expenses during the first half of the year, as planned. Some major one-time expenses for this fund in particular are the Miscellaneous Sewer Main Replacement Project that was completed in December 2025, our wastewater 1608
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer portion of the CalPERS UAL costs, and the upfront premiums for our Liability and Property insurance from CSJVRMA.
The Miscellaneous Sewer Main Replacement Project had a total budget of $776,631, of which we spent $737,611 as of December 31, 2025. If we analyzed this as a monthly expense item that lasted all 12 months of the fiscal year, we would expect to have spent 50% of the total budgeted amount by the end of December, which is $388,316. Actual expenditures for the project at 50% of the year would have been $368,806. If we analyze this data with the frame of mind that we spent the full year’s budget at the 50% point of the year, the other 50% appears to be ‘overspent’, but it really isn’t since this type of activity must occur at a particular period of the year and most likely won’t span the full fiscal year from July to June. Based on this data, $407,825 of the total project appears to be spent in advance and makes the actual expense percentage look like we are blowing through our budget for the year, but now that the project is completed, it will not continue to add to our spending for the year.
Similarly, the CalPERS UAL is an annual payroll liability that we pay every July in full to prevent the interest expense that we incur if we choose to pay monthly. We budgeted the full fiscal year wastewater UAL at $132,846. At 50% of the year, if it was a monthly expense, we would have spent $66,423, and the other $66,423 would appear to be ‘overspent’ as of this point in time. However, since it is a one-time expense, we do not incur any additional cost from that item for the rest of the year.
Finally, for the CSJVRMA insurance premiums, the enterprise portion of our premiums was budgeted to be $160,500, of which we have spent $108,452 at this point in the year. At this point in the year, 50% would be $80,250, so the $28,202 that we have spent so far could be interpreted as ‘overspent’ but the timing of the premiums does not exactly coincide with the way we review budget activity.
If we take into account these three examples, the amounts that appear to be ‘overspent’ from the account examples but are actually one-time expenses that are complete and will have no further impact on actual activity total up to $502,450, which fully encompasses the amount that appears to be ‘overspent’ on an overall fund basis, so we are on budget. We will continue to be vigilant and monitor our Wastewater spending. Similarly to the General Fund, although on an overall fund-basis we are performing according to budget, there are some accounts that go over budget due to unexpected activity throughout the year that we need to make Budget Amendments for.
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We are proposing the following Budget Amendments for the Wastewater Enterprise Operational Fund:
Budget Amendment #7: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Sewer Collections
Improvements
($6,000) $776,631 $770,631
Travel/Trainings - Sewer
Treatment Plant
$1,000 $1,000 $2,000
Network Services -
Central Services
$3,000 $1,500 $4,500
Network Services -
Finance
$2,000 $22,365 $24,365
The wastewater team has gone to a couple of trainings this year and the expenses grew past our original budgeted amount, as well as some software costs that exceeded our original predictions as well. This amendment shifts some of the project savings from the Miscellaneous Sewer Main Replacement Project to those accounts.
Effluent Disposal Fund (Enterprise)
The Effluent Disposal Fund (Fund 080) is used to track ARSA-related expenses. Currently, the costs incurred by the City for ARSA services are reimbursed by ARSA on a monthly basis. Similarly to the Wastewater fund, the largest expenses for ARSA are capital expenditures, engineering costs, and payrollrelated expenses to maintain and operate the pipeline. On the City’s side as a participating agency in the JPA, the biggest expenses we have are the quarterly payments that we send to ARSA.
Here is the overall fund performance for the Effluent Disposal Fund (080):
On an overall fund basis, we are keeping expenses down while also spending quite a bit of time working on the repairs at Henderson Reservoir. The payroll costs and engineering costs are high but we anticipated 1610
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18 Main St., Sutter Creek, CA 95685 • Telephone: (209)267-5647 • Fax: (209)267-1655 • TTY: 711 The City of Sutter Creek is an equal opportunity service provider and employer that going into this fiscal year. As we get closer and closer to the new wastewater treatment plant construction phase, we hope to ramp down ARSA operations and minimize costs until we have a completed, tertiary treatment facility and we can officially abandon the pipeline since we will be discharging into the creek. Over the next few years, we will try to reflect that ‘winding down’ phase in the annual budgets.
ARSA activity is weather dependent. We are also monitoring fuel and related costs for impacts in the second half of the year.
Conclusion
Across all of the operational accounts, the expense performance on an overall fund basis looks to be performing as expected for this point in the fiscal year. The capital projects and major one-time expenses that we typically incur early on in the fiscal year does impact our frame of reference for certain performance metrics, but if we keep those special cases in mind and assign the expense to the months they were intended to be incurred, we are on budget. Typically, many of our largest one-time expenses are incurred in Q1 and Q2 of the fiscal year, and in Q3 and Q4 we receive some of our largest one-time revenue items to build back up our cash flow. We can see here that the story holds true for fiscal year 2025-26. Now that most, if not all, of the major capital projects for this fiscal year are completed, we will await our major Property Tax payments, franchise fee payments, as well as a few other sources of revenue.
We will continue to monitor revenue and expense activity throughout the year to make sure that anything strange or unexpected is identified quickly and we can take the proper course of action to mitigate any impacts those unexpected events may have.
BUDGET IMPACT:
Approved budget amendments will reassign funds to accounts to match our actual activity. There are no additional funds being requested through these budget amendments. Any excess funds will be discussed as part of the FY 2026-27 budget.
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RESOLUTION 25-26-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUTTER CREEK APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26, AUTHORIZING
A REALLOCATION OF BUDGETED FUNDS WITHIN GENERAL FUND, STREETS
FUND, AND WASTEWATER FUND TO COVER SHORTFALLS OF REVENUE AND WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Sutter Creek adopted the 2025-2026 Annual Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, said Budget allocated personnel costs, line-item expenses and anticipated revenues by each fund; and
WHEREAS, during the course of the fiscal year, unexpected expenses arise and can push past what was originally budgeted for; and
WHEREAS, simultaneously, some expenses do not reach the levels that were originally anticipated during budget development; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sutter Creek historically reallocates some budget from line items that are expected to come in under budget to line items that are expected to push past their budgeted amount; and
WHEREAS, the reallocations have no net budget impact as the total budgeted expenditures will remain the same after the adjustments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby authorize the following budget adjustments:
Budget Amendment #1: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Police Salaries ($20,000) $485,700 $465,700
Police Overtime $20,000 $40,000 $60,000
Budget Amendment #2: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Animal Control ($1,000) $38,000 $37,000
Parks & Rec General
Supplies
$1,000 $580 $1,580
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Budget Amendment #3: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Animal Control ($3,000) $37,000 $34,000
Network Services -
Finance
$3,000 $20,083 $23,083
Budget Amendment #4: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Parks & Rec - Small
Equipment
($2,500) $2,500 $0
Parks & Rec - Vehicle
Maintenance
($2,500) $4,000 $1,500
Parks & Rec - Network
Services
($1,000) $2,000 $1,000
Parks & Rec - Janitorial ($2,000) $6,500 $4,500
Parks & Rec -
Beautification
($2,000) $6,000 $4,000
Parks & Rec - Repairs &
Maintenance
$10,000 $27,000 $37,000
Budget Amendment #5: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Police - Safety
Equipment
($1,000) $5,000 $4,000
Police - Training $1,000 $5,000 $6,000
Budget Amendment #6: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Street/Drain Repairs ($500) $20,000 $19,500
Network Services -
Finance
$500 $3,423 $3,923
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Budget Amendment #7: Budget Adjustment Amount Original Budget Amount Revised Budget Amount Sewer Collections
Improvements
($6,000) $776,631 $770,631
Travel/Trainings - Sewer
Treatment Plant
$1,000 $1,000 $2,000
Network Services -
Central Services
$3,000 $1,500 $4,500
Network Services -
Finance
$2,000 $22,365 $24,365
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
THE CITY OF SUTTER CREEK
______________________________
Claire Gunselman, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Pam Caronongan, City Clerk
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TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
TOM DUBOIS, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: APRIL 6, 2026
FROM: TOM DuBOIS, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC
Please find attached all correspondence received from March 12, 2026 to March 30, 2026 for your review.
ATTACHMENT
1. All correspondence received from March 12, 2026 to March 30, 2026 (3:30 PM) 1615
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From: Josh Lewis <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Subject: Cannabis Data - Embarc Community Listening Session To: Tom Dubois <[email protected]>
Hi Tom,
Please find attached a packet of cannabis data to share with members of the City Council informed by our community listening session.
Please also feel free to share with members of the Council that we are happy to provide contact information for several public safety officers, elected officials, and community leaders who are willing to speak with members of the City Council about their experience with Embarc stores in their communities. For their privacy, I'm happy to provide their contact information upon request.
Thank you,
\
Josh Lewis
Government Relations Manager
209.256.6685 | [email protected]
www.goembarc.com | @embarcsupply
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Crime
● Freisthler et al. (2012) – “The Impact of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries on Crime” (American Journal of Public Health)
o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364319/ o Summary: Dispensary density was not associated with violent or property crime rates in Sacramento.
● Freisthler et al. (2016) – “A Micro-Temporal Geospatial Analysis of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime in Long Beach” (Addictive Behaviors) o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861677/ o Summary: No significant relationship between dispensary density and violent or property crime locally.
● Brinkman & Mok-Lamme (2019) – “Not in My Backyard? Not So Fast” (Regional Science and Urban Economics)
o https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01660462183029 3X
o Summary: Increased dispensary presence associated with statistically significant reductions in crime in Denver.
● Chang & Jacobson (2017) – “Going to Pot? The Impact of Dispensary Closures on Crime” (Journal of Urban Economics)
o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703207/ o Summary: Crime increased in areas where dispensaries were forced to close in Los Angeles.
● Hunt et al. (2018) – The Effect of Marijuana Dispensaries on Crime: Evidence from Los Angeles (Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
o https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3966811/
o Summary: No consistent evidence that dispensaries increase crime; effects vary by neighborhood but are generally neutral.
Youth Cannabis Use
● Anderson et al. (2024) – “Recreational Marijuana Laws and Youth Marijuana Use” (JAMA Pediatrics)
o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11044003/ o Summary: No association between recreational cannabis laws or retail sales and increased youth marijuana use.
● Shi et al. (2023) – “Licensed Cannabis Retailer Proximity and Adolescent Cannabis Use” (Preventive Medicine)
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o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10332794/ o Summary: No significant relationship between proximity to cannabis retailers and adolescent use.
Safety and Public Health
● Dilley et al. (2026) – Health Outcomes Study (American Journal of Public Health) o https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41535232/
o Summary: No increase in emergency visits or hospitalizations. ● Kang et al. (2024) – Cannabis Retail and Emergency Department Utilization (Health Services Research)
o https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842391/
o Summary: No consistent increase in emergency department utilization associated with cannabis retail expansion.
● Leung et al. (2023) – Cannabis Legalization and Healthcare Utilization (American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
o https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38486811/
o Summary: Legal cannabis access was not associated with sustained increases in healthcare system burden.
● Shi et al. (2022) – Cannabis Dispensaries and Calls for Service (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
o https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36112372/
o Summary: No significant increase in calls for service relative to comparable retail environments.
Property Values
● Cheng et al. (2018) – The Impact of Marijuana Dispensaries on Housing Prices (Contemporary Economic Policy)
o https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/coep.12286 o Summary: Housing prices increased in areas near cannabis dispensaries. ● Thomas & Tian (2021) – Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries and Property Values (Economic Inquiry)
o https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12556
o Summary: Legal dispensaries associated with modest increases in nearby property values.
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Pam Caronongan <[email protected]>
Webform submission from: Contact City Council
1 message
Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 9:46 AM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Tommiette
Last Name
Rey
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
Please stop the conversation regarding the Marijuana Dispensary Project in SC.
The reason I moved to Amador County 10 years ago was due to the favorable laws in the county related to no marijuana acceptable within this county.
This will cost the county and the community by using our limited resources on local government to protect our us and the negative influence to the children here.
3/13/26, 12:09 PM City of Sutter Creek Mail - Webform submission from: Contact City Council https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=6b415c3e38&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1859566143699247552&simpl=msg-f:1859566143699247552 1/1 1619
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Pam Caronongan <[email protected]>
Webform submission from: Contact City Council
1 message
Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Sat, 03/14/2026 - 12:48 PM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Barbi
Last Name
Boyle
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
Please no dispensary in Suttet Creek.
3/30/26, 3:19 PM City of Sutter Creek Mail - Webform submission from: Contact City Council https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=6b415c3e38&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1859668193085258081&simpl=msg-f:1859668193085258081 1/1 1620
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Pam Caronongan <[email protected]>
Webform submission from: Contact City Council
2 messages
Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 12:12 PM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Denise
Last Name
Schank
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
No Dispensary in Amador County !
I strongly oppose the Marijuana Dispensary Project in Sutter Creek ! Thank - you , Denise Schank - Sutter Creek
Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 3:48 PM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Ryan
Last Name
Hancock
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
As a resident of Amador County, I vote NO for the dispensary in Sutter Creek. 3/30/26, 3:21 PM City of Sutter Creek Mail - Webform submission from: Contact City Council https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=6b415c3e38&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1859847097625762189&simpl=msg-f:18598470976257621… 1/1 1621
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Pam Caronongan <[email protected]>
Webform submission from: Contact City Council
2 messages
Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 11:50 AM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Nancy
Last Name
Martinelli
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
Absolutely NO dispensary in Amador County!!! Do not ruin our beautiful county with this ridiculous idea! Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:20 PM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Teresa
Last Name
Ryan
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
Please give an update on the Danco Project located on Valley View and Bowers. Am seeing the addition of little red marker flags to the bare lot. Would appreciate a status report. Thank you, Teresa Ryan 3/30/26, 3:21 PM City of Sutter Creek Mail - Webform submission from: Contact City Council https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=6b415c3e38&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1859936341570737214&simpl=msg-f:18599363415707372… 1/1 1622
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Pam Caronongan <[email protected]>
Webform submission from: Contact City Council
1 message
Sutter Creek CA <[email protected]> Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 4:04 AM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Submitted on Sun, 03/29/2026 - 4:04 AM
Submitted by: Anonymous
Submitted values are:
First Name
Anne
Last Name
Puckett
Email
[email protected]
Question/Comment
No dispensary here please! Thank you.
3/30/26, 3:24 PM City of Sutter Creek Mail - Webform submission from: Contact City Council https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=6b415c3e38&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1860994146470223359&simpl=msg-f:1860994146470223359 1/1 1623
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