CITY OF HERCULES SAFETY ELEMENT Administrative Draft November 2020 Draft 2020 | HERCULES SAFETY ELEMENT VI-1 VI-2 Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW ............................................................................ 9 PLANNING PROCESS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH .......................................................................................................... 9 COMMUNITY PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................11 SENATE BILL 535 – DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES .......................................................................................................... 12 SENATE BILL 1000 – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE................................................................................................................... 12 GENERAL PLAN POLICIES ........................................................................................................................................15 RELATIONSHIP TO GENERAL PLAN ..........................................................................................................................15 LAND USE ELEMENT (ADOPTED 1998) ................................................................................................................................ 15 OPEN SPACE & CONSERVATION ELEMENT (ADOPTED 1998) ............................................................................................... 16 HOUSING ELEMENT (ADOPTED 2015) ................................................................................................................................. 18 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (ADOPTED 1990) .............................................................................................. 19 GROWTH MANAGEMENT (ADOPTED 2013) ........................................................................................................................ 19 CIRCULATION ELEMENT (Adopted 2018)............................................................................................................................. 20 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CITY PLANS ....................................................................................................................21 REFUGIO CREEK WATERSHED VISION PLAN ........................................................................................................................ 21 CITY OF HERCULES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN (2014) ................................................................................................ 21 CITY OF HERCULES THREAT ASSESSMENT / EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN (2008) .................................................................... 21 CITY OF HERCULES LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (2020) ............................................................................................ 22 WATERFRONT DISTRICT MASTER PLAN (2012) .................................................................................................................... 22 CITY OF HERCULES CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 22 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS ............................................................................................................................22 COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN (2015)................................................................................................ 22 SAN FRANCISCO BAY PLAN ................................................................................................................................................. 23 ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES: CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION PROJECT (MARCH 2017) ............... 23 PLAN BAY AREA (2019) ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS - RESILIENCE PROGRAM ................................................................................. 23 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN (2019) ...................................................................... 24 2. EXISTING CONDITIONS & HAZARDS ................................................................. 28 GEOLOGY ...............................................................................................................................................................28 SEISMIC HAZARDS ..................................................................................................................................................28 FAULTS............................................................................................................................................................................... 29 EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS .........................................................................................................................................29 GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS ..........................................................................................................................................36 FIRE HAZARDS ........................................................................................................................................................39 FIRE SERVICE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 40 EVACUATION ROUTES ............................................................................................................................................45 Draft 2020 | HERCULES SAFETY ELEMENT VI-3 FLOOD HAZARDS ....................................................................................................................................................48 HIGH TIDES, SEA-LEVEL RISE, AND STORM WAVES .............................................................................................................. 48 CREEK OVERFLOWS ............................................................................................................................................................ 53 STANDING WATER FROM EXCESS RAINFALL........................................................................................................................ 53 NON-NATURAL HAZARDS .......................................................................................................................................56 RAIL TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS .................................................................................................................... 56 POWER SHUTOFFS ............................................................................................................................................................. 56 EPIDEMICS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 57 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS .................................................................................................................................................... 57 ACTIVE SHOOTER ............................................................................................................................................................... 57 EVACUATION ROUTES AND ALTERNATIVES ......................................................................................................................... 58 CHALLENGES FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS .............................................................................................................................. 58 3. GOALS & POLICIES ........................................................................................... 63 GOAL 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................64 POLICY 1.A: INTEGRATE & ENFORCE SAFETY POLICES .......................................................................................................... 64 GOAL 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................66 POLICY A.2: SEISMIC EVALUATION & CRITICAL FACILIIES ..................................................................................................... 66 POLICY 2.B: SEISMIC EVALUATION & CRITICAL FACILIIES ..................................................................................................... 66 POLICY 2.C: PREPAREDNESS & EMERGENCY RESPONSE ....................................................................................................... 67 POLICY 2.D GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATIONS.......................................................................................................................... 67 GOAL 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................69 POLICY 3.A: FIRE SERVICE ................................................................................................................................................... 69 POLICY 3.B: FIRE HAZARD MITIGATION ............................................................................................................................... 69 GOAL 4 ...................................................................................................................................................................70