HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2022-43RESOLUTION NO. 2022-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE 2022 NATURAL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE ROBERT T. STAFFORD
DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT.
WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act requires all cities, counties, and
special districts to adopt a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to receive disaster mitigation
funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar desires to remain eligible for State and
Federal disaster relief funds in the event of a declared disaster in the City; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan's Public Safety Element requires the City to adopt,
implement, and update the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to address potential hazards,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar is committed to increasing the disaster
resistance of infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services, education,
environment, and land use systems in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar is subjected to various weather -related and
earthquake -related disasters, such as severe weather conditions, liquefaction and floods;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar has identified and justified a number of
proposed projects and programs needed to mitigate the vulnerabilities of the City of
Diamond Bar to the impacts of future disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar seeks to maintain and enhance both a
disaster -resistant Diamond Bar by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage,
and environmental degradation from natural disasters, while accelerating economic
recovery from those disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar recognizes that disasters do not recognize
City, County or Special District boundaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Diamond
Bar as follows:
Section 1. The 2022 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) for the City of Diamond
Bar planning area was developed in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
(DMA 2000) and followed FEMA's 2011 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan guidance. The
LHMP incorporates a process where hazards are identified and profiled, the people and
facilities at risk are analyzed, and mitigation actions are developed to reduce or eliminate
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hazard risk. The implementation of these mitigation actions, which include both short and
long-term strategies, involve planning, policy changes, programs, projects, and other
activities.
Section 2. Pursuant to the General Plan's Public Safety Element, the City
Council hereby adopts the 2022 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and incorporates it into the
General Plan's Public Safety Element.
Section 3. The City Council directs staff to annually review the Plan and
propose revisions when new data and information become available, as mitigation
measures are achieved, and as mitigation strategies evolve.
Section 4. That after each five-year cycle, the hazard analysis, vulnerability
assessment and local capability sections on the Plan should be reviewed, revised, and
resubmitted to California Office of Emergency Services and Federal Emergency
Management Agency for approval.
Section 5. Public Resources Code § 21065 defines "project" as "an activity
which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment." The LHMP does not have the
potential to result in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, as the LHMP does not call for
any change in the existing environmental conditions within the City. The proposed LHMP
merely commits the City to continue implementing existing practices and undertaking new
practices to better prepare the City to avoid or reduce the consequences of hazards that
are likely to occur over time. Accordingly, the LHMP is not a "project" subject to CEQA.
(Public Resources Code § 21065; CEQA Guidelines § 15378(a).)
Section 6. That administrative changes, word corrections, or insubstantial
changes do not require additional action by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar.
However, changes that may have a significant impact or significant expenditure of non -
budgeted funds may require action by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19t"day of July, 2022.
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
And
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Pro Tem
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I, Kristina Santana, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was passed, approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 19t" day of July, 2022, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Liu, Lyons, Tye, MPT/Chou
None
M/Low
None
Kristina Santana, City Clerk
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