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File #: 2025-4355    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Final
File created: 6/13/2025 In control: ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
On agenda: 7/9/2025 Final action:
Title: ADOPTION OF THE 2025 ORANGE COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
Sponsors: Laura Maravilla
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. Proposed Resolution No. OC SAN 25-XX, 3. Orange County Sanitation District Hazard Mitigation Plan, 4. April 14, 2025 FEMA Approval Letter Adoption
Related files: 2019-613, 2019-547
FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Laura Maravilla, Director of Human Resources

SUBJECT:

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ADOPTION OF THE 2025 ORANGE COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION

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RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:

Adopt Resolution No. OC SAN 25-XX entitled: "A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District Adopting the 2025 Orange County Water and Wastewater Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan".
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BACKGROUND

Hazard Mitigation
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to establish a framework for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to engage in hazard mitigation planning as a prerequisite for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster funding assistance. The requirements and procedures for implementing hazard mitigation planning provisions are outlined in Title 44, Chapter 1, Part 201 (44 CFR Part 201) of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Since the passage of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, additional legislation has further shaped hazard mitigation policy, including:
? The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (SRIA) of 2013
? Amendments to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
? The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act of 2016

To be eligible for certain federal grant programs, an approved and adopted Hazard Mitigation Plan is required. Grant programs include:
? Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
? Public Assistance Grant Program (PA)
? Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
? Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program
? Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAG)
? Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dam Grant Program (HHPD)

2025 Orange County Water and Wastewater Multi-Jurisdiction Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) Update
In Janu...

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