TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Assistant Public Works Director
THROUGH: Suzanne Fisher, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: November 19, 2019
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH PROVIDING ITS SUPPORT FOR APPROVING AND ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 190-19 THE 2020 REVISED PALM BEACH COUNTY LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN (LMS2020)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve Resolution No. 190-19 in support of LMS2020 Program. This resolution supports the adoption of the 2020 Revised Local Mitigation Strategy for reducing a community’s vulnerability to identified natural, technological, and human caused hazards in order to be eligible for any mitigation funding in the future.
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Background:
The City of Delray Beach (City) participates in the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) steering committee consisting of all 38 municipalities within Palm Beach County that develops, and executes an ongoing methodology for reducing a community’s vulnerability. The LMS is the basis for countywide hazards, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategy activities. It is the intent of the LMS to provide a structure for identifying hazards and vulnerabilities, assisting municipalities and the County in planning for those hazards and vulnerabilities, and mitigating those hazards through the use of local, state, and federal funding sources, making our county more resilient.
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, was enacted to establish a national disaster hazard mitigation program to reduce the loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from disasters, and to assist state, local, and tribal governments in implementing effective hazard mitigation measures to ensure the continuation of critical services and facilities after a natural disaster, and as a condition for qualifying for and receiving future Federal mitigation assistance funding as well as reimbursement for Presidentially Declared Disasters, requires such governments to have Federal Emergency Management Agency approved hazard mitigation plans in place that identify the hazards that could impact their jurisdictions, identify actions and activities to mitigate the effects of those hazards, and establish a coordinated process to implement plans in coordination with governmental and non- governmental stakeholders having an interest in reducing the impact of disasters, and with input from the private sector and other members of the public, developed and revised the Palm Beach County Local Mitigation Strategy.
The LMS steering committee has updated the LMS 2020 document to include updated information on storm surge and sea level rise and climate change into our hazards, mitigation measures, mapping and project list, increase the number of planning stakeholders we are working with for assessments, Analyses of local flooding conditions as it relates to PBC communities, Updates in severities of Pandemic/Communicable Diseases (mosquito borne diseases), Improved project tracking system through creation of a WebEOC internet based board, and encouraged participants to track projects to illustrate all of the mitigation work being done in Palm Beach County.
Adoption of LMS2020 is paramount to the City remaining a viable stakeholder in mitigation research, identification, and prioritization. The City utilizes the LMS to include mitigation in their development, and redevelopment projects through inclusion in their Master Plans and Capital Improvement plans. The City is proactively including mitigation projects into their internal funding, and capital improvement budgets. The following capital improvement projects were recently submitted for funding requests and funding is contingent upon approval of the LMS2020 and scoring of the LMS committee to available funds;
• LMS-580495 Tidal Check Valve Improvement Project - Phases 1-4
• LMS-105604 Marine Way Seawall Improvements
• LMS-828881 Seawall Improvements - NE 1st CT, NE 5th ST, Bucida and Spanish Cir
• LMS-839233 Atlantic Dunes Park Seawall Improvements
• LMS-880318 Thomas Street Pump Station
City Attorney Review:
Approved as to form and legal sufficiency.
Funding Source/Financial Impact:
N/A
Timing of Request:
This is a time sensitive item. Failure to adopt LMS2020 may negate potential hazard mitigation plans as a condition for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster assistance, including funding for future mitigation projects.
Resolution No. 190-19 affirms the City’s support of the funding commitment for the local share of the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS2020).