A Guide to Hazard Mitigation Planning for Wisconsin Coastal Communities
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GGUUIIDDEE TTOO HHAAZZAARRDD MMIITTIIGGAATTIIOONN LANNING FOR PPLANNING FOR WWIISSCCOONNSSIINN COOAASSTTAALL C CCOOMMMMUUNNIITTIIEESS Prepared by: Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission June 2007 GGUUIIDDEE TTOO HHAAZZAARRDD MMIITTIIGGAATTIIOONN PPLLAANNNNIINNGG FFOORR WWIISSCCOONNSSIINN CCOOAASSTTAALL CCOOMMMMUUNNIITTIIEESS Prepared by: Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission 441 South Jackson Street Green Bay, WI 54301 (920) 448-2820 WCMP Agreement #AD9014-007.42 BLRPC Contract #0601209 Principal Author: Angela M. Pierce, Natural Resources Planner II Acknowledgement Funded by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant #NA06NOS4190183. ABOUT THE BAY-LAKE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION The Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission was created in April 1972 under section 66.945 of the Wisconsin Statutes as the official area-wide planning agency for northeastern Wisconsin. At the request of seven county boards within the region, Governor Lucey established the Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission by Executive Order 35. In December 1973, Florence County joined the Commission, bringing the total number of counties within the region to eight. The Commission serves a region in northeastern Wisconsin consisting of the counties of Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, and Sheboygan. The Bay-Lake Region is comprised of 185 units of government: 8 counties, 17 cities, 39 villages, 120 towns, and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. The total area of the region is 5,433 square miles or 9.7 percent of the area of the State of Wisconsin. The region has over 400 miles of coastal shoreline along Lake Michigan and Green Bay and contains 12 major watershed areas that drain into the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. The official Wisconsin Department of Administration 2006 population estimate of the region is 574,623 persons or 10.4 percent of the State of Wisconsin’s estimated population of 5,532,955 persons. The Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission has been assisting communities within its region with hazard mitigation planning since 2003. Bay-Lake Region Map 1 Bay-Lake Region FLORENCE MARINETTE OCONTO DOOR KEWAUNEE BROWN MANITOWOC SHEBOYGAN Source: Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission. 2006. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ...............................................................................................................................................................1 CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................................1 PURPOSE....................................................................................................................................................................2 FUNDING ...................................................................................................................................................................2 WISCONSIN GREAT LAKES COASTAL ZONE...............................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................5 HISTORICAL CONTEXT – DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000 .................................................................................5 HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING ..............................................................................................................................5 FUNDING HAZARD MITIGATION ................................................................................................................................6 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ..........................................................................................................................................6 CHAPTER 1: ORGANIZING RESOURCES.......................................................................................................7 PLANNING AREA .......................................................................................................................................................7 COMMUNITY SUPPORT...............................................................................................................................................7 READINESS TO PLAN..................................................................................................................................................8 Knowledge............................................................................................................................................................8 Support.................................................................................................................................................................8 Resources .............................................................................................................................................................8 REMOVING OBSTACLES .............................................................................................................................................8 PLANNING TEAM .....................................................................................................................................................11 Steering Committee............................................................................................................................................11 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ............................................................................................................................................11 CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING RISKS ................................................................................13 IDENTIFY HAZARDS (NATURAL AND MAN-MADE/TECHNOLOGICAL).....................................................................13 PROFILE HAZARD EVENTS.......................................................................................................................................13 Description and History.....................................................................................................................................13 Vulnerability ......................................................................................................................................................14 Probability of Occurrence..................................................................................................................................15 Impacts...............................................................................................................................................................15 Critical Facilities............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Areas at Greatest Risk........................................................................................................................................16 Potential Losses Estimate ..................................................................................................................................16 Cumulative Effects .............................................................................................................................................17 Inventory of Plans and Programs ......................................................................................................................17 Gaps and Deficiencies .......................................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPING THE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN .............................................................19 MITIGATION GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND ACTIONS....................................................................................................19 PRIORITIZING MITIGATION ACTIONS .......................................................................................................................21 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................................22 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY..................................................................................................................................22 Document the Implementation Strategy .............................................................................................................23 Benefit-Cost Review of Mitigation Actions.................................................................................................................... 24 CHAPTER 4: PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING PROGRESS, AND UPDATING ..................25 PLAN REVIEW..........................................................................................................................................................25 PLAN ADOPTION......................................................................................................................................................25 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ..........................................................................................................................................25 MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE PLAN .............................................................................................................26