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Commission weighs adding landslide/debris‑flow mapping to hazard‑mitigation work
Summary
County planners told the commission they have nearly all municipal resolutions for the hazard mitigation update and proposed adding landslide/debris‑flow assessment and pre‑disaster recovery elements; staff will seek scoping and cost info from their consultant and consider funding options.
Staff updated commissioners that the hazard‑mitigation plan update is nearing completion and that nearly all municipalities have returned resolutions supporting the update. Commissioners discussed adding a landslide/debris‑flow assessment and a pre‑disaster recovery scope — items they said could be included in the county’s PEMA grant work if the consultant can rework the contract.
One commissioner described the landslide concern along the Blue Mountain and Valley Ridge areas and suggested running a GIS‑based spatial analysis using lidar and other local data to identify likely landslide sites. Staff said they would contact consultant Adam at MCM for scoping and cost estimates and that federal pre‑disaster recovery funding may be a potential source to cover additional work so funds are not returned to the feds.
Commissioners noted potential collaboration with neighboring Dauphin County on similar landslide mapping to reduce costs and leverage shared geology.
