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Madison County, Iowa Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Madison County, Iowa Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2021-2026 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT APRIL 2021 Note: Green Highlighted text will be addressed in final draft Developed by Madison County and participating jurisdictions with professional assistance from Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Executive Summary TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... i Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... iI Prerequisites .............................................................................................................................................. iii 1 Introduction and Planning Process .................................................................................................... 1.1 2 Planning Area Profile and Capabilities ............................................................................................... 2.1 3 Risk Assessment .................................................................................................................................. 3.1 4 Mitigation Strategy ................................................................................................................................ 4.1 5 Plan Maintenance Process ................................................................................................................... 5.1 Appendix A: References Appendix B: Planning Process Appendix C: Adoption Resolutions Madison County, Iowa | 2021-2026 Page i Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of hazard mitigation is to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards. Madison County and participating jurisdictions developed this multi-jurisdictional local hazard mitigation plan update to reduce future losses to the County and its communities resulting from hazard events. The plan was prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and to achieve eligibility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs. The Madison County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan is a multi-jurisdictional plan that covers the following jurisdictions that participated in the planning process: • Unincorporated Madison County • City of Bevington • City of Earlham • City of East Peru • City of Macksburg • City of Patterson • City of St. Charles • City of Truro • City of Winterset • Earlham Public School District • I-35 Public School District • Winterset Community School District Madison County and the incorporated areas that participated in this plan update developed a Multi- jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan that was previously approved by FEMA in July 2015. A planning effort in 2020-2021 serves to update the previous plan to make it effective for implementation during 2021-2026. The plan update process followed a methodology recommended by FEMA guidance, which began with organizing the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC), comprised of representatives from Madison County and participating jurisdictions. The HMPC updated the risk assessment that identified and profiled hazards that pose a risk to the Madison County planning area, assessed the vulnerability to these hazards, and examined the capabilities in place to mitigate them. The planning area is vulnerable to several hazards that are identified, profiled, and analyzed in this plan. Riverine and flash flooding, winter storms, tornadoes and windstorms are among the hazards that can have a significant impact. Based upon the risk assessment, the HMPC updated goals for reducing risk from hazards. The goals are listed below: • Educate the public about hazards that can impact the planning area as well as mitigation activities that can be taken to reduce/eliminate damages. • Minimize injuries and loss of life due to hazards that can impact the planning area. • Minimize property damages, economic losses, and environmental impacts due to hazards that can impact the planning area. • Improve Continuity of Operations Capabilities in the planning area. To meet the identified goals, the recommended mitigation action details are in Chapter 4. The HMPC developed an implementation plan for each action, which identifies priority level, background information, responsible agency, timeline, cost estimate, potential funding sources, and more. Madison County, Iowa | 2021-2026 Page ii Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Executive Summary PREREQUISITES 44 CFR Requirement §201.6(c)(5): The local hazard mitigation plan shall include documentation that the plan has been formally adopted by the governing body of the jurisdiction requesting approval of the plan. For multi-jurisdictional plans, each jurisdiction requesting approval of the plan must document that it has been formally adopted. The following jurisdictions participated in the development of this plan and have adopted the multi- jurisdictional plan. Resolutions of Adoptions are included in Appendix C. • Unincorporated Madison County • City of Bevington • City of Earlham • City of East Peru • City of Macksburg • City of Patterson • City of St. Charles • City of Truro • City of Winterset • Earlham Public School District • I-35 Public School District • Winterset Community School District Madison County, Iowa | 2021-2026 Page iii Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Introduction and Planning Process 1 INTRODUCTION AND PLANNING PROCESS 1.1 Purpose Madison County and the participating cities, and public school districts prepared this Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update to guide hazard mitigation planning to better protect the people and property of the planning area from the effects of hazard events. This plan demonstrates the jurisdictions’ commitments to reducing risks from hazards and serves as a tool to help decision makers direct mitigation activities and resources. This plan was also developed to make Madison County and the participating jurisdictions eligible for certain federal grant programs; specifically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants such as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC), and Flood Mitigation Assistance Program. 1.2 Background and Scope Each year in the United States, disasters take the lives of hundreds of people and injure thousands more. Nationwide, taxpayers pay billions of dollars annually to help communities, organizations, businesses, and individuals recover from disasters. These monies only partially reflect the true cost of disasters, because additional expenses to insurance companies and nongovernmental organizations are not reimbursed by tax dollars. Many disasters are predictable, and much of the damage caused by these events can be alleviated or even eliminated. Hazard mitigation is defined by FEMA as “any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to human life and property from a hazard event.” The results of a three-year, congressionally mandated independent study to assess future savings from mitigation activities provides evidence that mitigation activities are highly cost-effective. On average, each dollar spent on mitigation saves society an average of $6 in avoided future losses in addition to saving lives and preventing injuries (Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report). Hazard mitigation planning is the process through which hazards that threaten communities are identified, likely impacts of those hazards are determined, mitigation goals are set, and appropriate strategies to lessen impacts are determined, prioritized, and implemented. Madison County and the incorporated areas that participated in this plan update developed a Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan that was approved by FEMA on May 19, 2015 (hereafter referred to as the 2015 Madison County Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan). Therefore, the 2020-2021 planning effort serves to update the previous plan. This plan documents the hazard mitigation planning process undertaken by the Madison County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC). It identifies relevant hazards and vulnerabilities in the planning area and sets forth an updated mitigation strategy to decrease vulnerability and increase resiliency and sustainability in Madison County. The Madison County Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is a multi-jurisdictional plan that geographically covers the participating jurisdictions within Madison County’s boundaries (hereinafter referred to as the planning area). The following jurisdictions officially participated in the planning process: • Unincorporated Madison County • City of Bevington • City of Earlham Madison County, Iowa | 2021-2026 Page 1-1 Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Introduction and Planning Process • City of East Peru • City of Macksburg • City of Patterson • City of St. Charles • City of Truro • City of Winterset • Earlham Public School District • I-35 Public School District • Winterset Community School District There are two cities within Madison County that have portions of their city limits in adjacent counties. These cities are treated in one of two ways for purposes of participation in this plan: 1) City of Bevington—portions in Warren
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