20-3154 Adopting 2020-2025 Local Mitigation Strategy

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Seminole County is threatened by a variety of natural, technological, and human -caused hazards. These hazards may endanger the health and safety of the community, jeopardize its economic vitality, and threaten the quality of its environment. The public and private sectors of Seminole County have joined together to create the Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group (LMS Working Group) to undertake a comprehensive planning process. This process analyzes all the hazards that affect Seminole County while developing effective mitigation measures to reduce the overall impact to the community. This document encompasses a multi -jurisdictional approach to hazard mitigation planning. The planning process was conducted through the coordinated and cooperative effort of several local governments including City of Altamonte Springs, City of Casselberry, City of Lake Mary, City of Longwood, City of Oviedo, City of Sanford, City of Winter Springs, and Seminole County. Seminole County's seven municipalities have formally adopted the current Seminole County Local Mitigation Strategy. Upon approval of this update to the Local Mitigation Strategy a new resolution will be formally adopted. The LMS Working Group has also conducted a significant amount of research to identify the hazards threatening Seminole County in order to estimate relative risk posed to the County by those hazards. For each hazard, an impact analysis was completed which evaluated impacts to the public, property, environment, and program operations. A consequence analysis was completed that examined the potential consequences in relationship to the economy, responder safety, continuity of operations, property/facilities/infrastructure, and public confidence in the jurisdictions' governance'. The information in this document has been used by the LMS Working Group to prioritize its planning efforts to assess the vulnerabilities of the facilities and neighborhoods of Seminole County to the impacts of future disasters. Proposed projects and programs aimed at reducing the impacts of future disasters are called "mitigation initiatives" in this document. Mitigation initiatives have been developed and will continue to be developed by the LMS Working Group as new hazard research is conducted, risk levels are increased, and as resources and opportunities become available. Implementation of this strategy is essential and will continue to help make participating communities more resistant to the effects of major disasters. This strategy will continue to be updated and expanded in the future to encompass changes in characteristics of hazards, experiences with disasters, and changing conditions of participating jurisdictions. The update process and future editions of this mitigation plan will be used to continue to inform and involve the public and other interested groups to improve the overall resilience of the whole community. 12016 EMAP Standard 4.1.1/4.1.2 3