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Consideration of Eno-Haw Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 Update
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider adoption of the community's newly updated hazard mitigation plan. Adoption of a plan on five year cycle is required in order for the Town to maintain its eligibility for hazard mitigation grant funds.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning, Fire-Rescue, Public Works/Stormwater Utility
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org; Dave Schmidt - 919-918-7438, dschmidt@townofcarrboro.org; Heather Holley - 919-918-7426, hholley@townofcarrboro.org ,
INFORMATION: The current Eno-Haw Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan was adopted by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on June 22, 2015, and formally approved by FEMA on August 2, 2015. Planning for the current update was initiated in early 2019, as indicated on the project website at http://www.enohawhmp.com/. The maintenance of a current plan is a requirement for local governments should they need to seek mitigation grant funding. Details of the legal basis for this action, and specifically the use of a risk-based approach to assessing and reducing risks related to natural hazards is the Robert T. Stafford Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288), as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
Beginning in 2004, the Town of Carrboro partnered with Orange County jurisdictions on the development and adoption of a hazard mitigation plans, which was amended and updated in 2010. In 2014, an expanded multi-jurisdictional planning region was identified, made up of Alamance, Durham, and Orange counties and thirteen towns, cities, and one village, in those counties.
In this update, Person County and the City of Roxboro expand the region to include four counties and 14 municipalities. Section 2.2, beginning on page 6 describes how the plan has changed from the 2015 version, including addressing the following requirements:...
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