City of Irvine Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Survey
The City of Irvine recently started work on a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), a five-year strategy to identify and reduce the threats from natural and human-caused disasters to our community. This plan is being prepared by City staff, with support from key stakeholders, and technical consultants. It’s vital to us that our LHMP reflects the opinions, concerns, and goals of our community members, which is why we want your input. We’ve posted an online survey for all community members, which will help us better understand the issues important to you, how prepared we are as a community, and what actions we should take to be better prepared in the future. The survey should only take five to ten minutes of your time, and all responses are completely anonymous. Take the survey at [Link to survey] and encourage your family and friends in Irvine to do the same.
To learn more about the Irvine LHMP, visit our project website at [WEBSITE] or contact [CONTACT PERSON] at [CONTACT INFORMATION].
Public plan release
Since 2019, we’ve been working on a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), a five-year strategy to identify and reduce the threats from natural and human-caused disasters to our community. This plan is being prepared by City staff, with support from key stakeholders, and technical consultants. Feedback and comments from other Irvine community members have helped to ensure that the plan reflects the opinions, concerns, and goals of our residents and businesses.
A first draft of the completed plan is now available, and we want your input. Tell us what you think about the plan and ways we can improve it. We want to hear all your ideas.
We’ll integrate public comments into the plan prior to transmittal to state and Federal agencies. You can share your comments until [DATE]. You can read the plan here, [LINK]; and send your comments to [ADDRESS]. You can also come to our public meeting at [TIME] on [DATE] at [LOCATION] to talk to City staff and share your thoughts directly with the City Council. SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE The City of Irvine has begun preparation of a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), a five-year strategic plan to improve local resilience to hazard events. Development of the plan, is being funded through a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The plan is being prepared by City staff, with support from key stakeholders, and technical consultants. It will also incorporate regular feedback from key Irvine community members. The City plans to release a draft of the plan for public review in 2020, with final adoption planned for fall of 2020 following approval from the California Office of Emergency Services and FEMA. The Irvine LHMP will summarize the natural and human-caused hazards that pose a threat to the community, including drought, flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires. As a part of this process, the plan will identify how climate change is expected to affect future hazards in Irvine. The LHMP will analyze how community members, buildings, and infrastructure are vulnerable to the threats posed by these hazards. It will outline a Hazard Mitigation Strategy that will provide specific policy and action recommendations to City staff and community partners to improve overall resiliency to hazard events. The plan will also include
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