Hazard Mitigation Planning III

1. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Tasks in Step Three: Assess Mitigation Capability 3.1 Review the various local departments, agencies and organizations that have some bearing on hazards and hazard mitigation. 3.2 Review existing policies, programs, and ordinances that may affect vulnerability 3.3 Review the community’s legal capability 3.4 Review the community’s fiscal capability 3.5 Review the community’s “political climate” Slide 39.1 Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course

2. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Task 3.1 Review Local Departments, Agencies, Organizations • Create a list of local departments, agencies and organization • with direct links to mitigation and/or natural hazards • Also list departments and agencies with a de facto • impact on mitigation or vulnerability levels • Describe the responsibilities of each agency. Slide 39.2 Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course

3. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Task 3.2 Review Existing Policies, Programs, Ordinances • Describe mitigation initiatives that the community has in place • Describe any unwritten policies or practices with a de facto effect • on vulnerability • Also consider federal and state policies and regulations Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 39.3

4. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Task 3.3 Review Legal Capability • List legal authority to engage in mitigation activities: • In most states, local governments are granted the authority to use • a wide variety of land use, regulatory authority and enforcement • mechanisms • The use of these tools for mitigation purposes is limited only by • the creativity of a local jurisdiction Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 39.4

5. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Task 3.4 Review Fiscal Capability • List all possible financial resources for mitigation initiatives • Consider reallocation or shifting priorities of existing funding sources • local annual operating budget • local capital budget programs • private, non-profit, and business donations • Investigate federal and state funding programs for mitigation or related • issues Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 39.5

6. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Task 3.5 Review the “Political Climate” • Necessary: Political Will • Problem: Mitigation Funding • Helpful: Demonstrating Cost-Savings • Critical: Education and Outreach Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 39.6

7. Hazard Mitigation Planning III What to Look For During the Capability Assessment • Zoning Ordinance • Subdivision Ordinance • Comprehensive/Land Use • Plan • Capital Improvement Plan • Floodplain Management Plan • Building Code/Permitting • Parks/Greenways/Open • Space • Stormwater Management Plan • Transportation Plan • Natural Resource Protection • Programs • Non-profit Conservation • Organization • Business & Industry • Regional Plans • Historic Preservation Plans Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 39.7

8. Hazard Mitigation Planning III Worksheet #3, Community Capability Assessment. Session Name: Hazard Mitigation Planning III Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 39.8