Commission weighs adding landslide analysis to hazard‑mitigation and pre‑disaster recovery work
Commissioners discussed expanding the county's hazard‑mitigation update to include landslide/debris‑flow analysis and to use GIS/lidar modeling. Staff said the pre‑disaster recovery plan contractor could rework the scope to include landslide modeling if funded; commissioners asked for cost scoping and potential grant or intercounty collaboration.
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Perry County planning staff told the commission their hazard‑mitigation update is nearly complete and that most municipalities have returned resolutions. Commissioners discussed adding landslide and debris‑flow assessment as an explicit element of the mitigation plan and integrating lidar/GIS modeling to identify high‑risk slopes along Blue Mountain and other ridge features.
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