Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan
Purpose of Plan
The purpose of this plan is to identify those hazards which affect YCWA and its constituents,identify the risks these hazards pose, and integrate hazard mitigation strategies into the activities and programs of the Yuba County Water Agency to the extent practical. The Plan will serve as a foundation and guide for the Yuba County Water Agency and Yuba County to address potential hazards and risks by minimizing the damaging effects of future disasters and maintaining eligibility for certain hazard mitigation funds.
This Plan is intended to serve other purposes, including the following:
- Enhance Public Awareness and Understanding – to provide information towards better understand the natural and human-made hazards that threaten public health, safety, and welfare; economic vitality; and safeguard YCWA’s resources.
- Create a Decision Tool for Management – to provide information that managers and leaders of local government, business and industry, community associations, and other key institutions and organizations need to take action to address vulnerabilities to future disasters.
- Promote Compliance with State and Federal Program Requirements – to ensure that Yuba County Water Agency complies with laws and regulations that encourage or mandate special districts to develop comprehensive mitigation plans.
- Enhance Local Policies for Hazard Mitigation Capability – to provide the policy basis for mitigation actions that should be promulgated by participating jurisdictions and districts to create a more disaster-resistant future.
- Achieve Regulatory Compliance – to qualify for the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program, local jurisdictions must have an approved mitigation plan to receive a project grant. Local jurisdictions must have approved plans by November 1, 2004 to be eligible for HMGP funding for Presidential declared disasters after this date. Plans approved at any time after November 1, 2004 will make communities eligible to receive PDM and HMGP project grants.