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Resolution to Approve City of Ann Arbor 2017 Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
Memorandum
This resolution requests City Council adopt the State of Michigan approved 2017 update to the City's Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Hazard Mitigation Plan Update received a favorably review by FEMA for compliance with the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act and related regulations.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: Adoption of the Hazard Mitigation Plan has no direct impact on the City's budget. The 2017 Plan Update includes identified mitigation priorities and action plan, the components of which may be submitted to Council later for funding and implementation.
Ann Arbor has been engaged in planning since the passage of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. Prior to 2012, the city participated in the Washtenaw County's Hazard Mitigation Plan as a participating jurisdiction. In 2012, the city developed a stand-alone citywide plan to address city-specific issues and vulnerability and meet associated grant deadlines. This 2012 version of the hazard mitigation plan, integrated the city's 2007 Flood Mitigation Plan (FMP). The FMP included a much more detailed flood analysis than had been included in the Washtenaw County hazard mitigation plan and was heavily focused on implementation. The FMP's strategies addressed the following areas: Mapping & Technology, Education and Outreach, Planning and Zoning, Regulation and Development Standards, Corrective Actions, Infrastructure, and Emergency Services. In 2017, the city received a planning grant, which permitted contractor assistance for development of the 2017 Ann Arbor Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.
The preparation of the Plan required a series of meetings and workshops for facilitating discussion, gaining consensus and initiating data collection efforts with local government staff, community officials, and other identified stakeholders (including neighboring jurisdictions, the public, and those involved in hazard mitigation a...
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