Gulf County Florida Gulf County Florida Local Mitigation Strategy 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................................. IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... V 1.0 THE PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 HAZARD MITIGATION OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 CURRENT UPDATE AND PLAN ADOPTION ..................................................................................................... 6 1.4 OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ................................................................................................... 7 1.5 LMS MEMBERSHIP ...................................................................................................................................... 7 1.6 LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY COMMITTEE PLANNING MEETINGS .............................................................. 8 1.7 SUPPORTING PLANNING INFORMATION ........................................................................................................ 8 1.8 PLANNING FOR NFIP REPETITIVE LOSS STRUCTURES ................................................................................. 9 1.9 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNING PROCESS ............................................................................................... 12 2.0 JURISDICTION PROFILES ................................................................................................................. 13 2.1 LAND USES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS ..................................................................................................... 18 3.0 HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 21 3.1 HAZARD RATINGS ............................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.1 Hazards Not Included in the LMS .................................................................................................. 22 3.2 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................................... 23 3.3 HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS ........................................................................................................... 23 3.4 SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS ................................................................................................................................... 30 3.4.1 Tornado .............................................................................................................................................. 30 3.4.2 Thunderstorms Events .................................................................................................................... 34 3.5 ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS [HAIL, FREEZE, DROUGHT/HEAT WAVE] .............................................................. 38 3.5.1 Hail Events ........................................................................................................................................ 38 3.5.2 Winter Storms/Freeze Events ......................................................................................................... 40 3.5.3 Drought/Heat Wave.......................................................................................................................... 41 3.6 WILDFIRES ................................................................................................................................................. 46 3.7 FLOODING ................................................................................................................................................. 50 3.8 COASTAL EROSION ................................................................................................................................... 61 3.9 TECHNOLOGICAL EVENTS .......................................................................................................................... 64 3.10 BIOLOGICAL EVENTS ................................................................................................................................. 67 3.10.1 Southern Pine Beetle ....................................................................................................................... 68 3.10.2 Red Tide ............................................................................................................................................ 69 3.10.3 West Nile Virus ..................................................................................................................................... 70 3.11 TERRORISM................................................................................................................................................ 71 4.0. MITIGATION GOALS AND POLICIES ............................................................................................... 72 THIS SECTION OF THE LMS DESCRIBES THE GOALS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE CURRENT PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND PLANS THAT SUPPORT MITIGATION. IN ADDITION, A CATALOG OF ORGANIZATIONS WITH MITIGATION FUNCTIONS IS PROVIDED. ................................ 72 4.1. GOALS FOR THE MITIGATION PLAN ........................................................................................................... 72 4.2. ORGANIZATIONS WITH MITIGATION FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................... 76 5.0 COMPILATION OF MITIGATION INITIATIVES ................................................................................ 81 5.1. MITIGATION PROJECTS .............................................................................................................................. 81 5.2 FUNDING SOURCES ................................................................................................................................... 82 Gulf County Local Mitigation Strategy - 2020 Page ii 5.2.1 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) ................................................................................... 82 5.2.2 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM) ............................................................................. 82 5.3 JURISDICTIONAL ACTION ITEMS ................................................................................................................. 83 5.4 MONITORING, MAINTENANCE AND UPDATING THE LMS ............................................................................ 83 5.4.1 Future Maintenance ......................................................................................................................... 83 5.4.2 Incorporation with Other Planning Mechanisms .......................................................................... 84 5.5 CONTINUED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .......................................................................................................... 85 5.6. STATUS OF PLAN PROMULGATION ............................................................................................................ 86 APPENDIX A: GULF COUNTY LMS COMMITTEE BYLAWS ................................................................ 87 APPENDIX B: DOCUMENTATION OF THE PLANNING PROCESS ..................................................... 90 APPENDIX C: COMMITTEE OPERATING PROCEDURES ....................................................................................... 97 APPENDIX D: EVALUATION OF MITIGATION POLICIES .................................................................. 104 APPENDIX E: PROJECT LIST FOR 2020 ......................................................................................................... 113 LMS PROJECT LIST 2020 ..................................................................................................................................... 115 APPENDIX F: LMS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ......................................................................................................... 126 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 126 APPENDIX G: LMS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP ROSTER ................................................................................ 128 APPENDIX H: GULF COUNTY CRITICAL FACILITIES ......................................................................................... 131 APPENDIX I: ADOPTION RESOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................. 139 [GULF COUNTY RESOLUTION – TBA] ............................................................................................................................. 139 [PORT ST. JOE RESOLUTION – TBA] .............................................................................................................................. 139 [WEWAHITCHKA RESOLUTION – TBA] ........................................................................................................................... 139 Gulf County