Central Point Addendum - Jackson County Multi-Jurisdictional NHMP

Central Point is updating its Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP). This work is being performed in cooperation with Jackson County as part of a County-wide multi-jurisdictional plan and with the University of Oregon’s Institute for Policy Research and Engagement - Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience and the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, utilizing funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. With re-adoption of the plan, Central Point will maintain its eligibility to apply for federal funding towards natural hazard mitigation projects.

Plan Overview

Hazard mitigation planning is essential to identifying and implementing actions to to reduce damages from future disasters. However, the Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is not an operational response plan and it does not describe how the City will respond to natural disasters.  The NHMP is a framework that guides decision-making and policy development around the reduction or elimination of risk to life and property resulting from air quality, drought, earthquake, emerging infectious diseases, flood, heat, landslide, wildfire, windstorm, and winter storm events. This NHMP update will engage state and local partners to understand risks from natural hazards and develop long-term strategies to reduce the impacts of disasters on people, property, and the environment

Public Comment Notice

As a citizen and/or business owner, you are invited to participate in the 5-year update of Central Point Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan.  If you have any questions regarding the Central Point NHMP addendum or the update process in general, please contact: Justin Gindlesperger, Community Planner III/Floodplain Administrator at (541) 664.3321, x 245 or justin.gindlesperger@centralpointoregon.gov; or Michael Howard, Director for the Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience at mrhoward@uoregon.edu.

 

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