The Community Development Agency (CDA) and Sheriff Office of Emergency Services (OES) joined together to orchestrate the update to the current 2006 Marin County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJ-LHMP). We work to protect Marin County's natural and built environment, and the public's health, welfare and safety with a shared mission to understand, develop and conduct mitigation strategies that will maintain and enhance a disaster-resistant county by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and environmental degradation from natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery from those disasters. Marin County has joined with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to be a part of its multi-jurisdictional San Francisco Bay Area Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJ-LHMP). It serves as a catalyst for a dialog on public policies needed to mitigate the natural hazards that affect the County of Marin as well as the San Francisco Bay Area. This multi-jurisdictional effort should not only maintain and enhance the disaster resistance of the region, but also fulfill the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 for all local governments to develop and adopt this type of plan.

Opportunities for Public Comment and Participation

Marin county residents are requested to review, provide comment and comment on the 2010 Update Plan and the eight mitigation strategies (see below) established by ABAG, five Marin County Departments, Chief Administrator Office, Public Works, CDA, Health & Human Services, OES and the Marin County Office of Education.

A presentation on the MJ-LHMP will be made at the Board of Supervisor's meeting on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at which time you may also provide public comment. Marin county residents are requested to review and comment on the 2010 Update Plan and the eight mitigation strategies (see below) established by ABAG, five Marin County Departments, Chief Administrator Office, Public Works, CDA, Health & Human Services, OES and the Marin County Office of Education.

Written comments should should be submitted to OES@marincounty.org or to the Marin Sheriff OES, Attn: 2010 LHMP, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 266, San Rafael, CA, 94903 by September 30, 2010.

Draft MJ-LHMP Mitigation Strategies

The 2010 Update Plan describes the mitigation actions that can be taken to mitigate hazards and ensure these eight commitments, together with the regional priorities on taking those actions agreed upon by those local governments.

Committments: Together, the counties, cities and towns, and special districts of the San Francisco Bay Area, are committed to increasing the disaster resistance of the infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services, education, environment, and land use systems in the region.

1. Infrastructure: Bay Area transportation and utility facilities and networks are vital lifelines during and following disasters, as well as in the functioning of our region and its economy. Click Here

2. Health: Bay Area facilities, networks, and systems providing care of sick and those with special needs need to be resilient after disasters for these systems will need to care for additional injured at the same time as those currently cared for are stressed. Click Here

3. Housing: Bay Area residents need to have safe and disaster-resistant housing that is architecturally diverse and serves a variety of household sizes and incomes. Click Here

4. Economy: Safe, disaster-resilient, and architecturally diverse downtown commercial areas, business and industrial complexes, and office buildings are essential to the overall economy of the Bay Area. Click Here

5. Government Services: Bay Area city and county governments, as well as community services agencies, provide essential services during and immediately following disasters, as well as critical functions during recovery, that need to be resistant to disasters. Click Here

6. Education: Safe and disaster-resistant school, education, and childcare-related facilities are critical to the safety of our children, as well as to the quality of life of Bay Area families. Click Here

7. Environment: Disaster resistance needs to further environmental sustainability, reduce pollution, strengthen agriculture resiliency, and avoid hazardous material releases in the Bay Area. Click Here

8. Land Use: Land use change needs to be accompanied by a respect for hazardous areas and facilities, as well as recognize the interconnected nature of the Bay Area. Click Here

Additional Information

Contact (415) 473-6584 for additional information

The ABAG 2005 San Francisco Bay Area Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and additional information used to develop this Update 2010 MJ-LHMP, including interactive hazard mapping and risk assessment, see quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation