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Commissioners note Blue Lake's public-safety element dates to 1975; hazard-mitigation adoption needed for FEMA grants
Summary
Members found the city's public-safety element appears to be a 1975 document and discussed updating the emergency operations plan; a commissioner told the group adopting a hazard mitigation plan is required to be eligible for FEMA grant funding.
Commissioner (S3) said she reviewed the city's public-safety element and discovered the city's version dates to July 1975. She recommended extracting a concise, practical operations handbook from the larger document and coordinating with the city manager to produce a usable emergency operations plan for staff.
Committee member (S4) told commissioners the council will consider adopting a hazard mitigation plan on July 14 and said, "we need to adopt a hazard mitigation plan in order to be eligible to apply for grants," noting adoption is a first step before applying to FEMA for project funding. Commissioners discussed that staff work and possible auditing of prior fiscal years are prerequisites for grant eligibility.
