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Needles Council reviews draft 2025 hazard mitigation plan that could unlock FEMA grants
Summary
City staff and consultant Eric Vance presented the draft 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, identifying extreme heat, drought and flash flooding among the top local hazards and outlining a 30‑day public review period before submission to Cal OES and FEMA for approval and grant eligibility.
City staff and a consultant for Atlas Planning Solutions presented the draft 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), a five‑year document intended to identify local hazards and make the city eligible for federal mitigation funding. "This plan is really to open the door to some potential funding sources that are not currently available when we don't have this plan approved by FEMA," said Eric Vance, the consultant who led the presentation.
Vance summarized the draft's hazard priorities, saying the planning team ranked…
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