Glendale (PDF) - Hazard Mitigation Web Portal - State of California

Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanCity of Glendale, CaliforniaSection 4 – Multi-Hazard Goals and Action Items• Integrate the City's Mitigation Plan into current capital improvement plans to ensurethat development does not encroach on known hazardous areas.• Partner with other organizations and agencies at the State level with similar goals topromote Building and Safety Codes that are more disaster resistant.Coordinating Organization: Hazard Mitigation Advisory CommitteeBuilding and Safety, Planning, FireTimeline:OngoingPlan Goals Addressed: Protect Life and Property, Partnerships andImplementationConstraints: Pending funding and available personnel; vestedproperty rights.Short-Term Activity – Multi-Hazard #2:Action Item: Identify and pursue funding opportunities to develop and implement local andcitywide mitigation activities.Ideas for Implementation:♦♦Develop a program for monitoring and enforcing mitigation measures or conditions ofapproval applied to projects.Support a full-time or part-time position to monitor the availability of Federal, State andlocal funds that can be tapped into to implement specific action items of the Plan, andto write grant requests for funding of specific programs.♦ As action items are identified for potential grant funding, conduct a more detailedBenefit Cost Analysis (BCA) using the STAPLEE process than that used in this generationof the plan to assess the cost-effectiveness of the proposed measure.Ideas for Future Implementation:♦ Develop incentives for local agencies, residents, and businesses to pursue hazardmitigation projects.Coordinating Organization: Management Services in coordination with thedepartment(s) requesting the funding or sponsoring themitigation projectTimeline:OngoingPlan Goals Addressed:Partnerships and Implementation,Public AwarenessConstraints:Pending funding and available personnelShort-Term Activity – Multi-Hazard #3:Action Item: Establish a formal role for the City of Glendale’s Hazards Mitigation AdvisoryCommittee to develop a sustainable process for implementing, monitoring, and evaluatingcitywide mitigation activities.2006 PAGE 4 - 6