2020 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

Appendix E – 2005 Irvine Hazard Mitigation Plan - Mitigation Action Items Summary

Natural Hazard

Action Item

Coordinating Organization(s)

Timeline Ideas for Implementation (Summary)

Incorporated into 2020 LHMP Mitigation Actions The City’s Emergency Management Program actively partners and engages with public and private organizations throughout the City. The City’s Emergency Management Program focuses on education programs to reduce risk to citizens, public agencies, businesses, and schools. Developments within Irvine have included compliance with the latest codes and requirements reducing future hazards and disasters. This has been included in Mitigation Action 10.06.

#2a

Coordinate Natural Hazard Mitigation programs with other public and quasi-governmental entities, such as the Orange County Flood Control District, school districts, and utilities. Develop, enhance, and implement education programs aimed at mitigating natural hazards, and reducing the risk to citizens, public agencies, businesses, and schools. Include Natural Hazard Mitigation planning in all future growth and development of the City, including the Orange County Great Park. Develop more accurate projections of the impact of disasters in Irvine by more fully utilizing HAZUS, the standardized methodology developed by FEMA, to better identify vulnerabilities and mitigate potential losses.

Emergency Management

Ongoing Ensure that other governmental entities within the City's boundaries

are aware of and include natural hazard mitigation programs in their activities.

Emergency Management, Public Information

Ongoing Make the City of Irvine Natural

#3

Hazard Mitigation Plan accessible to public on website; report findings and repeat citizen survey annually; develop outreach materials and workshops.

Community Development, Orange County Great Park Corporation

Ongoing Consistent with the Seismic and

#4

Safety Elements of the General Plan, identify potential hazards in developing areas; continue to require development to conform to applicable Uniform Building Code subdivision and zoning standards.

Community Development (GIS), Natural Hazard

Ongoing Research latest City profile information (soil maps, critical facilities, building inventory, etc.),

#5

inventory assets, and estimate potential losses to improve the HAZUS modeling

Mitigation Committee

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