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Council adopts local hazard mitigation plan into city safety element to preserve FEMA cost‑share benefits
Summary
The council voted unanimously to amend the 1991 safety element of the general plan by incorporating the city's 2021 local hazard mitigation plan, a step staff said preserves state eligibility that can waive a typical 6 percent local cost share on certain disaster recovery FEMA grants.
The Half Moon Bay City Council on May 6 voted unanimously to amend the city’s 1991 General Plan safety element to incorporate the city’s 2021 local hazard mitigation plan, a procedural step staff said is important to preserve state incentives that reduce local cost shares on federal disaster recovery grants.
Planning‑division staff explained the update responds to recent state legislation and guidance intended to encourage local…
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