City of Happy Valley Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Addendum
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City of Happy Valley Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Addendum Prepared for City of Happy Valley 16000 SE Misty Drive Happy Valley, OR 97086 In cooperation with Clackamas County Emergency Management 2200 Kaen Road Oregon City, OR 97045 Adopted by City Council on March 2, 2010 RESOLUTiON NO.1 0-03 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF HAPPY VALLEY'S REPRESENTATION IN THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTION HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Happy Valley is vulnerable to the human and economic costs of natural, technological and societal disasters, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Happy Valley recognizes the importance of reducing or eliminating those vulnerabilities for the overall good and welfare of the community, and WHEREAS, the City of Happy Valley has participated in the development of the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdiction Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, which has established a comprehensive, coordinated planning process to eliminate or minimize these vUlnerabilities, and WHEREAS, the City of Happy Valley's representatives and staff have identified natural hazard risks and prioritized a number of proposed actions and programs needed to mitigate the vulnerabilities of the City of Happy Valley to the impacts of future disasters, and . WHEREAS, these proposed projects and programs have been incorporated into the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdiction Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan that has been prepared and promulgated for consideration and implementation by the cities of Clackamas County; NOW THEREFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAPPY VALLEY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: SecUon 1. The Common Council of the City of Happy Valley hereby accepts and approves of its section of the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan as a reasonable process to identify and plan for potential hazards in the City of Happy Valley and Clackamas County, Section 2. The agency personnel of the City of Happy Valley are requested and instructed to pursue available funding opportunities for implementation of the actions and proposals designated therein, Section 3. The City of Happy Valley will, upon receipt of such funding or other necessary resources, seek to implement the mitigation proposals identified by the Jurisdiction's Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee, and Section 4. The City of Happy Valley will continue to participate in the updating and expansion of the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan in the years ahead, and Section 5. The City of Happy Valley will further seek to encourage the businesses, industries and community groups operating within and/or for the benefit of the City of Happy Valley to also participate in the updating and expansion of the Clackamas County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan in the years ahead. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVE~~arCh 2,d 2010, Han. Robert Wheeler, Mayor 1 -- A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. City of Happy Valley Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Addendum Table of Contents OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 WHAT IS NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION? .......................................................................................................................... 1 WHY DEVELOP A MITIGATION PLAN? ................................................................................................................................ 1 POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR NATURAL HAZARDS IN OREGON ..................................................................................................... 3 SECTION 1: PLANNING PROCESS ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 HOW WAS THE ADDENDUM DEVELOPED? .............................................................................................................. 5 1.2 ADDENDUM MISSION AND GOALS ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.3 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE ......................................................................................................... 7 SECTION 2: COMMUNITY PROFILE ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................. 14 2.2 POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................................................ 14 2.3 LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................. 15 2.4 HOUSING ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 2.5 EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................ 20 2.6 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUTING PATTERNS ................................................................................................... 21 2.7 COMMUNITY ASSETS ....................................................................................................................................... 25 2.8 HISTORIC & CULTURAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................................... 29 2.9 GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE................................................................................................................................ 29 2.10 PUBLIC SERVICES ............................................................................................................................................. 30 2.11 EXISTING PLANS & POLICIES .............................................................................................................................. 31 SECTION 3: RISK ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................... 35 3.1 FLOOD .......................................................................................................................................................... 35 3.2 LANDSLIDE ..................................................................................................................................................... 44 3.3 WILDFIRE ...................................................................................................................................................... 49 3.4 SEVERE STORMS: WIND AND WINTER ................................................................................................................. 53 3.5 EARTHQUAKE ................................................................................................................................................. 55 3.6 VOLCANO ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 SECTION 4: ACTION ITEMS ................................................................................................................................ 65 4.1 ACTION ITEMS ................................................................................................................................................ 65 4.2 PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS ..................................................................................................................... 66 APPENDIX A: PLANNING AND PUBLIC PROCESS ................................................................................................ A1 APPENDIX B: ACTION ITEM WORKSHEETS ........................................................................................................ B1 APPENDIX C: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................. C1 Overview What is Natural Hazard Mitigation? Natural hazard mitigation is defined as permanently reducing or alleviating the losses of life, property and injuries resulting from natural hazards through long and short-term strategies. Example strategies include policy changes, such as updated ordinances; projects, such as seismic retrofits to critical facilities; education and outreach to targeted audiences, such as Spanish speaking residents, or the elderly. Mitigation is the responsibility of individuals, private businesses and industries, state and local governments, and the federal government. Engaging in mitigation activities provides jurisdictions with a number of benefits, including reduced loss of life, property, essential services, critical facilities and economic hardship; reduced short-term and long-term recovery and reconstruction costs; increased cooperation and communication within the community through the planning process; and increased potential for state and federal funding for recovery and reconstruction projects. Why Develop a Mitigation Plan? Happy Valley developed this addendum to the Clackamas County multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan in an effort to reduce future loss of life and damage to property resulting from natural hazards. It is impossible to predict exactly when disasters will occur, or the extent to which they will