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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
CITY CLERK
File #520-10
March 6, 2012
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
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Adoption of Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Prepared by Roger Bradley, Assistant to the City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider adopting a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, which outlines policies,
practices, programs, and actions that the City of Dublin will take to reduce the impact of various
hazard faced by the community before a disaster strikes.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Adoption of the Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan will allow the State to waive the
6.25% match requirement for Dublin associated Pubic Assistance damage reimbursement. In
addition, the City will become eligible for FEMA's Hazard Mitigation and Pre-Disaster Mitigation
Grant Programs.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution adopting the plan "Taming Natural
Disasters" as the City of Dublin's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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DESCRIPTION:
Hazard mitigation is any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to
human life and property hazards. Hazard mitigation is most effective when along-term plan is
developed before a disaster occurs. A hazard mitigation plan identifies the hazards a community
or region faces, assesses their vulnerability to the hazards, and identifies specific action that can
be taken to reduce the risk from the hazards.
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) seeks to "reduce the loss of life and
property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from
natural disasters; and to provide a source of pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures that are
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designed to ensure the continued functionality of critical services and facilities after a natural
disaster." DMA 2000 outlines a process that cities, counties, and special districts can follow to
develop a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). Development of a LHMP is a requirement for
certain benefits from the California Emergency Management Agency (CaIEMA) and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Furthermore, to be eligible to receive FEMA hazard
mitigation funds, cities, counties, and special districts are required to adopt a LHMP. DMA 2000
allows a jurisdiction to prepare and adopt its own LHMP, or participate in aMulti-Jurisdiction
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJ-LHMP), which could include several jurisdictions within a
region. Like many jurisdictions in the Bay Area, the City of Dublin is pursuing this second option.
To assist local governments in meeting this requirement, ABAG is the lead agency on the MJ-
LHMP for the San Francisco Bay Area. Cities and counties can adopt and use all or part of this
MJ-LHMP plan in lieu of preparing all or a part of a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan themselves.
However, need to have participated in the development of the MJ-LHMP plan to adopt it, and
the City of Dublin has participated in the plan development process. ABAG's plan was originally
adopted in 2005. ABAG adopted its 2010 Plan in February 2012 and local jurisdictions are in the
process of updating their annexes, or, like Dublin, adopting ABAG's Plan for the first time.
ABAG's MJ-LHMP involves local agencies throughout its nine-County jurisdiction. The overall
strategy is to use this multi-jurisdictional effort to not only maintain and enhance the disaster
response of our region, but also to fulfill the requirements of the DMA 2000. This MJ-LHMP
gives Bay Area communities an opportunity to work together to be better prepared for a disaster
and to become eligible for federal disaster assistance. Each jurisdiction is required to submit a
LHMP that contains hazard mitigation strategies as an Annex to the MJ-LHMP. Subsequently,
each jurisdiction is required to adopt ABAG's MJ-LHMP as an implementation appendix of its
General Plan. By doing this, each jurisdiction commits to continuing to take action, as
appropriate, and as identified in their Annex of the MJ-LHMP.
Many of the cities and counties in the Bay Area adopted the 2005 MJ-LHMP. Dublin was not a
participant in the 2005 plan. Cities that did not participate in 2005, such as Dublin, are eligible to
participate in ABAG's current regional process. In 2009, the City of Dublin committed itself to
this process. Cities such as Alameda, Albany, Fremont, Livermore, Oakland, Pleasanton, and
San Leandro participated in 2005 and are participating again in 2010. Hayward, like Dublin, is
participating for the first time.
The MJ-LHMP contains chapters that describe actions that can be taken to mitigate hazards in
order to increase disaster resistance or infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government
services, education, environment, and land use systems in the Bay Area. The Dublin Annex of
the MJ-LHMP identifies local hazards to City-owned infrastructure and strategies to mitigate
these hazards. Included are threats posed by earthquake shaking and liquefaction, landslides,
wildfire, dam inundation, floods, sea-level rise, and drought.
In 2009, City Staff prepared strategies to address potential threats and prioritized the mitigation
strategies. Following the acceptance of the strategies by ABAG, the City's Annex of the MJ-
LHMP was prepared and submitted for ABAG and FEMA review and approval. ABAG
anticipates FEMA approval later this year and has recommended that City Councils of
participating cities take action on the MJ-LHMP prior to March 24, 2012.
The purpose of the MJ-LHMP document, which contains strategies, is to serve as a catalyst for
dialogue on policies needed to mitigate the effects of natural hazards that affect the San
Francisco Bay Area. These strategies are incorporated into the MJ-LHMP, Dublin Annex
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(Exhibit A to Attachment 1). The Annex describes the regional planning process and the City's
compliance process, contains a risk assessment by type of hazard of the effects of City
infrastructure, discusses compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program, discusses
mitigation goals and objectives, sets hazard mitigation priorities and actions, and discusses
further and on-going mitigation strategy programs. Also included is a discussion of the Dublin
LHMP monitoring process, and an update process that requires annual review and update of
mitigation strategies directed by the City's Executive Team comprised of the City Manager,
Assistant City Manager, and Department Directors.
The City of Dublin is required to adopt ABAG's "Taming Natural Disaster" Multi-Jurisdictional
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan as its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and to adopt the City's Annex
document to ABAG's Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan as part of its General
Plan to assure that Dublin receives disaster mitigation and recovery funding. The Annex
document will be an implementation appendix to the Safety Element of the General Plan.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution adopting the plan "Taming Natural Disasters" as the City
of Dublin's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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RESOLUTION NO. XX - 12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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ADOPTING THE PLAN "TAMING NATURAL DISASTERS" AS THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various earthquake-related hazards such as
ground shaking, liquefaction, landsliding, fault surface rupture, and tsunamis; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area is subject to various weather-related hazards including
wildfires, floods, and landslides; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin recognizes that disasters do not recognize city, county, or
special district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to maintain and enhance both adisaster-resistant city and
region by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and environmental degradation
from natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery from those disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to increasing the disaster resistance of the
infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government services, education, environment, and
land use systems in the City, as well as in the Bay Area as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all cities, counties, and
special districts to adopt a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to receive disaster mitigation funding
from FEMA; and
WHEREAS, ABAG has approved and adopted the ABAG report Taming Natural
Disasters, created in collaboration with the participating jurisdictions, as the multi-jurisdictional
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby adopt, and adapt with its local annex, this multi-jurisdictional plan, Taming Natural
Disasters, attached hereto as Exhibit A, as its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Dublin commits to continuing to take those
actions and initiating further actions, as appropriate, as identified in the City of Dublin's Annex of
that multi-jurisdictional 2010 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan by adopting this list of mitigation
strategies as the Implementation Appendix of the Safety Element of its General Plan.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of March, 2012, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTACHMENT 1
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
ATTACHMENT 1
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COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Annex
2010 LOCAL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN
ANNEX
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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................. ... 2
The Regional Planning Process ................................................................................... ... 3
The Local Planning Process ......................................................................................... ... 3
Review and Incorporation of Existing Information ..................................................... ... 4
Process of Updating Plan Sections ........................................................................... ... 4
Public Meetings ........................................................................................................ ... 4
Hazards Assessment ................................................................................................... ... 4
Past Occurrences Of Disasters .................................................................................... ... 5
Risk Assessment .......................................................................................................... ... 6
Urban Land Exposure ............................................................................................... ...6
Infrastructure Exposure ............................................................................................ ... 7
Exposure of City-owned Buildings, Plus Critical Healthcare Facilities and Schools.. ... 8
Repetitive Loss Properties ........................................................................................ . 10
Other Risks ............................................................................................................... . 10
National Flood Insurance Program ............................................................................... . 10
Mitigation Goals ............................................................................................................ . 10
Mitigation Activities and Priorities ................................................................................. . 10
Evaluation of Progress from 2005 Plan .................................................................... . 10
Future Mitigation Actions and Priorities .................................................................... . 10
On-Going Mitigation Strategy Programs ................................................................... . 11
Incorporation into Existing Planning Mechanisms ........................................................ . 12
Plan Update Process .................................................................................................... . 12
Mitigation plan point of contact ..................................................................................... . 13
Exhibit A -City of Dublin Map ...................................................................................... . 14
Exhibit B -Public Meeting Announcements ................................................................. . 15
Exhibit C -City of Dublin Mitigation Strategies ............................................................ . 16
2010 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex
City of Dublin Annex
3/1 /2012
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From a population of approximately 14,300 in 1982, the City of Dublin has grown to a
resident population of 48,821 (per the California Department of Finance, 2010). The City
has consistently been one of the fastest growing cities in Alameda County for the past
several years, and the City is projected to have a total population of between 65,000
and 70,000 at build out. Dublin is a safe, well-educated, and high-profile family
community with an excellent quality of life. The City has a Fiscal Year 2010/2011
operating budget of $51,253,540 and allocates 200.45 fulltime equivalent positions, of
which 81.5 are City employees and 118.95 are contract employees. It owns and
operates a Civic Center, Library, Senior Center, Community Center, and Heritage
Center encompassing more than 120,000 square feet of space.
The City of Dublin is located within the Tri-Valley region at the intersection of Interstates
580 and 680. Since incorporation, the City's population has progressively increased as
both residents and businesses have found the benefits of calling Dublin home. Dublin,
incorporated in February 1982, is located approximately 350 miles north of Los Angeles
and 35 miles east of San Francisco. Dublin is 14.59 square miles in area, and a map of
the City is included as Exhibit A. The City of Dublin is generally bounded by the City of
San Ramon to the north, Castro Valley to the west, the City of Pleasanton to the south,
and the City of Livermore to the east.
Interstates 580 and 680 provide east-west and north-south access, respectively, with
the City receiving Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System service along the I-580
corridor. BART is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most vital transportation links,
providing access to the entire Bay Area. The eastern terminus for the blue line is at the
Dublin/Pleasanton Station with a future West Dublin/Pleasanton Station under
construction. WHEELS, a bus line operated by the Livermore Amador Valley Transit
Authority, operates local routes serving the Cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore.
The City of Dublin has experienced disasters and emergency situations of varying
natures over its lifetime of incorporation, which includes earthquakes, such as the Loma
Prieta Quake in 1989, hazardous materials spills, localized flooding, etc. A Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan provides the City with a framework within which it can work to assess
hazards and specific risks and ameliorate such vulnerabilities pre-disaster. Planning for
hazards and implementing mitigation measures prior to a disaster event reduces the
impact that the event will have on the community.
This Local Hazard Mitigation Plan has been prepared in coordination with the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) led effort to create Multi-Jurisdictional
Local Hazard Mitigation Plans for 2010.
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The City of Dublin participated in various ABAG workshops, conferences, and meetings,
to provide input, direction, and review of the regional planning process, including the
following meetings:
• ABAG Regional Planning Committee meetings (Aug. 6, 2008, Dec. 3, 2008, Apr.
1, 2009).
• One (1) County/City Workshop.
For more information on these meetings and for rosters of attendees, please see
Appendix A and H in the ABAG Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 2010
(MJ-LHMP). In addition, the City of Dublin has provided written and oral comments on
the multi-jurisdictional plan and provided information on facilities that are defined as
"critical" to ABAG. The City has also held a publicly noticed meeting on September 29,
2009 to solicit feedback on its mitigation strategies and solicited public input on these
strategies on the City's website.
Representatives from multiple City departments met to identify and prioritize appropriate
mitigation strategies. Personnel involved in these meetings included senior
management and staff from the City Manager's Office, Fire Department, Community
Development Department, and Public Works. The group was made up of the Building
Official, City Engineer, Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, and Fire Marshal, and was
formed at the direction of the City Manager.
For the hazard mitigation planning process, the City's Disaster Preparedness
Coordinator was tasked as project manager for the development of the 2010 Local
Hazard Mitigation Plan. The project coordinator reviewed the initial information from
ABAG and FEMA, identified key issues in the 2010 Strategies Matrix, and coordinated
departmental reviews of the Strategies Matrix.
At the project team's first meeting, general priorities and the appropriate department to
review were identified. Subsequent meetings identified mitigation strategies, prioritized
said strategies, and reviewed preliminary budgets and potential funding sources for
strategies designated as "High" priority for City-owned-and-operated facilities.
Department subject matter experts contributed their knowledge and expertise
throughout the process, which includes the following key Staff Members:
• Building Official. Reviewed basic plan and strategies pertaining to current and
future development efforts.
• Fire Marshal. Reviewed mitigation strategies pertaining to Fire Prevention
programs.
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• City Engineer. Provided current and future mitigation activities pertaining to
services provided by the Public Works Department.
The City's Executive Team (City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Administrative
Services Director, Community Development Director, Parks & Community Services
Director, Police Chief, and Public Works Director) also reviewed and provided input on
the recommended strategies a various points in the process and at project completion.
Review and Incorporation of Existing Information
The following documents were reviewed and incorporated into this annex in addition to
those documents referenced in Appendix A of the regional plan.
Existing plans, studies, reports, and Method of incorporation into the
technical information jurisdiction annex
Capital Improvement Program Mitigation strategies
Comprehensive Emergency Management Hazards Assessment
Plan
General Plan, Seismic Safety and Safety Mitigation Policies and Priorities
Element
Process of Updating Plan Sections
Dublin did not participate in the plan in 2005. This annex is not an update.
Public Meetings
Opportunity for public comments on the DRAFT mitigation strategies was provided at a
public meeting at the Dublin Civic Center on September 29, 2009 and advertised on the
City of Dublin website and a notice was placed in the Valley Times with information
about the meeting. The draft mitigation strategies were also published on the City of
Dublin website for public viewing. A copy of public hearing notice is included as Exhibit
B to the City of Dublin 2010 Annex.
The City Council will adopt the plan in a public meeting via an official Resolution upon
approval by FEMA. The mitigation strategies will become an implementation appendix
of the Safety Element of the City of Dublin General Plan.
The ABAG Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, to which this is an annex,
lists nine hazards that impact the Bay Area, five related to earthquakes (faulting,
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shaking, earthquake-induced landslides, liquefaction, and tsunamis) and four related to
weather (flooding, landslides, wildfires, and drought). Except for tsunamis, these
hazards also impact this community. Tsunamis do not impact the City of Dublin because
the City is more than 30 miles from the Pacific Ocean with an intervening mountain
range. Maps of these hazards and risks are shown on the ABAG website at
http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/.
The City of Dublin has reviewed the hazards identified and ranked the hazards based
on past disasters and expected future impacts. The conclusion is that earthquakes
(particularly shaking), flooding (including dam failure), landslides (including unstable
earth), and wildfires pose a significant risk for potential loss. The City of Dublin does not
face any natural disasters not listed in the ABAG multi-jurisdictional plan.
While the City of Dublin has undertaken a number of general hazard mapping activities
since the first Safety Element was prepared by the City of Dublin, all of these maps are
less detailed and are not as current as those shown on the ABAG website at
http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/.
The City of Dublin has experienced various local incidents over the past 25 plus years
of its incorporation, including earthquakes, floods, droughts, wildfires, and severe
storms. While other jurisdictions within the area have experienced more severe impacts
from these incidents, the City of Dublin has been relatively unscathed due to its
geographic location and age of its infrastructure. The Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989
is an example of the kind of large scale disaster which can strike the Bay Area and
affect the City of Dublin.
Information on State and Federally declared disasters in the City of Dublin can be found
at http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/ThePlan-D-2010.pdf
In addition to the declared disasters noted in Appendix D, locally significant incidents
that have also impacted the City of Dublin in the last several years include:
• Weather, Summer Heat, Winter Cold, and Winter Storms. During weather
extremes, Dublin monitors the situation and responds to mitigate the effects on
residents and public and private property. For example, during times of extreme
heat or cold, as has occurred regularly over the past few years, the City releases
information to its residents about cooling/warming centers that are available to
the public. In addition, the winter storms in Fiscal Year 2005-2006, resulted in
damages to the City with a FEMA declaration for the City and County.
• May 2009 -Vehicle vs. Tanker Truck. Gasoline spill in City of Dublin storm-drain
system. City had partial activation.
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Urban Land Exposure
The City of Dublin examined the hazard exposure of the City's urban land based on
information in ABAG's website at http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/landuse. The
"2005 Existing Land Use with 2009 Mapping" file was used for this evaluation.
In general, the hazard exposure of the City of Dublin is increasing over time as the
amount of urban land increases. (In the last 5 years, 1,685 acres of land has become
urban). The following table describes the exposure of urban land within the City of
Dublin to the various hazards.
Exposure (acres of urban land)
Hazard 2005 2010 Change
Total Acres of Urban Land 5, 237 6, 922 1, 685
Earthquake Faulting (within CGS zone) 412 384 (28)
Earthquake Shaking (within highest two
shaking categories)2 4,194 5,297 1,103
Earthquake-Induced Landslides (within
CGS study zone)3 Not
Evaluated 384 N/A
Liquefaction (within moderate, high, or very
high liquefaction susceptibility 2,546 3,477 931
Flooding (within 100 year floodplain) 196 230 34
Flooding (within 500 year floodplain) 323 588 265
Landslides (within areas of existing
landslides) 223 663 440
Wildfire (subject to high, very high, or
extreme wildfire threat) 694 1,666 972
Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Threat 2,455 3,278 823
Dam Inundation (within inundation zone) 728 752 24
Tsunamis (within inundation area) not applicable
Drought 5, 237 6, 922 1, 685
' Decrease due to better and more accurate mapping.
~ In large part because the Hai-~~~ard, Greenville, and Calaveras fault s~Tstems run through the Count~T.
The California Geological Surve~T continues to map Alameda Count~T and added the Livermore-
Altamont area in late 2009. Though some areas of the Count~T have not ~Tet been completel~T mapped, the
densel~T populated areas in Alameda Count~T are mostl~T done.
Dublin is not located near a coastal zone subject to Tsunamis.
The entire Cit~T of Dublin is subject to drought.
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Infrastructure Exposure
The City of Dublin also examined the hazard exposure of infrastructure within the
jurisdiction based on the information on ABAG's website at
http://guake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/pickdbh2.html. Of the 193 miles of roadway in the
City of Dublin, the following are exposed to the various hazards analyzed.
Exposure ( miles of infrastructure)
H
d Roadway Transit Rai l
azar 2005 2010 2005 2010 2005 2010
Total Miles of Infrastructure 157 193 0 0 0 0
Earthquake Shaking (within highest 136 163 0 0 0 0
two shaking categories)
Liquefaction Susceptibility (within 80 126 0 0 0 0
moderate, high, or very high
liquefaction susceptibility
Liquefaction Hazard (within CGS Not 114 0 0 0 0
study zone)' Evaluated
Earthquake-Induced Landslides Not 1 0 0 0 0
(within CGS study zone)2 Evaluated
Earthquake Faulting (within CGS 14 16 0 0 0 0
zone)
Flooding (within 100 year 5 16 0 0 0 0
floodplain)
Flooding (within 500 year 10 19 0 0 0 0
floodplain)
Landslides (within areas of existing 8 10 0 0 0 0
landslides)
Wildfires (subject to high, very high, 19 22 0 0 0 0
or extreme wildfire threat)
Wildland-Urban Interface Fire 81 96 0 0 0 0
Threat
Dam Inundation (within inundation 20 28 0 0 0 0
zone)
Tsunamis not applicable
Drought not applicable
' 78 miles of road~~~a~T are outside the area that has been evaluated b~T CGS for this hazard
~ 191 miles of road~~~a~T are outside the area that has been evaluated b~T CGS for this hazard
Dublin is not located near a coastal zone subject to tsunamis.
Drought is not a hazard for road~~~a~Ts.
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Exposure of City-owned Buildings, Plus Critical Healthcare Facilities and Schools
Finally, the City examined the hazard exposure of critical health care facilities and
schools located within the City of Dublin, and City-owned buildings based on the
information on ABAG's website at http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/cf2010. The City
of Dublin provided a list of the critical facilities it owns to ABAG. ABAG provided a
detailed assessment of the hazard exposure of each of its facilities. The following
number of facilities is exposed to the various hazards analyzed.
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Exposure (number of facility types)
Locally
Hospitals Schools owned Locally owned
Hazard bridges and critical facilities
interchanges
2005 2010 2005 2010 2005 2010 2005 2010
Total Number of 0 0 12 16 1 2 43 137
Facilities
Earthquake Shaking 0 0 12 14 1 2 40 122
(within highest two
shaking categories)
Liquefaction 0 0 8 11 0 2 11 102
Susceptibility (within
moderate, high, or very
high liquefaction
susceptibility
Liquefaction Hazard 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 87
(within CGS study
zone)
Earthquake-Induced 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Landslides (within CGS
study zone)'
Earthquake Faulting 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
(within CGS zone)
Flooding (within 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
year floodplain)
Flooding (within 500 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 26
year floodplain)
Landslides (within areas 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3
of existing landslides)
Wildfires (subject to 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 10
high, very high, or
extreme wildfire threat)
Wildland-Urban 0 0 9 8 1 2 27 97
Interface Fire Threat
Dam Inundation 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 20
Tsunamis (within - - - - - - - -
inundation area)
Drought - - - - - - - -
16 schools and 135 locall~T-o~~ned facilities are outside the area that has been evaluated b~T CGS for this
hazard.
~ Dublin is not located near a coastal zone subject to tsunamis.
Drought ~~~ll not affect locall~T o~~ned facilities directl~T.
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Repetitive Loss Properties
There are no repetitive loss properties in the City of Dublin based on the information at
http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/floodloss.
Other Risks
The City plans to work with ABAG to develop specific information about the kind and
level of damage to buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities which might result from
any of the hazards previously noted. The City does not anticipate identifying new risks
from natural hazards, however, and ABAG data confirms that Dublin will face limited
impacts from new concerns like sea level rise.
The City of Dublin has participated in the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983.
The City is not a current participant in the Community Rating System, but will evaluate
the benefits of participating in the program.
The goal of the ABAG MJ-LHMP is to maintain and enhance adisaster-resistant region
by reducing the potential for loss of life, property damage, and environmental
degradation from natural disasters, while accelerating economic recovery from those
disasters. This goal is unchanged from the ABAG MJ-LHMP 2005 plan and is the goal
of the City of Dublin in designing its mitigation program.
Evaluation of Progress from 2005 Plan
City of Dublin did not participate in 2005 Plan.
Future Mitigation Actions and Priorities
As a participant in the 2010 ABAG multi-jurisdictional planning process, City of Dublin
Staff helped in the development and review of the comprehensive list of mitigation
strategies in the overall multi-jurisdictional plan. The decision on priority was made
based on a variety of criteria, not simply on an economic cost-benefit analysis. These
criteria include being technically and administratively feasible, politically acceptable,
socially appropriate, legal, economically sound, and not harmful to the environment or
our heritage.
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The City's draft priorities (Exhibit C) were submitted to the City Council for review. The
draft priorities will be provided to the Dublin City Council for adoption pending approval
of this LHMP by FEMA.
The City's planning team also prioritized specific mitigation tasks for the next five years.
This list includes implementation process, funding strategy, and approximate time
frame. These strategies were identified during the review of the ABAG regional matrix
by City Staff (City Manager's Office, Building, Fire, and Public Works). The five specific
strategies the City expects to complete are as follows:
• The City will continue annual sponsorship of Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT) training (INFR-g-6, HSNG-k-6, ECON-j-5, GOVT-c-3, EDUC-c-3).
The Fire Department is the lead agency for this activity. The City will accomplish
this task with existing resources. This is an annual project.
o Hazards addressed: EQ, LS, WF, FL, DR, SEC
• The City will continue to recruit community volunteers on an annual basis to
remove litter and debris from the City's storm drain system (Econ-J-8). The City
Manager's Office is the lead agency for this project. The City will accomplish this
task with existing resources. This is an annual project.
o Hazards addressed: FL
• The City will install, where appropriate, trash capture devices at storm drain inlets
(INFR-d-7). The Public Works Department is the lead agency for this project. The
City will seek grant funding to offset the cost of installation. Possible grant
opportunities exist with ABAG also with the State of California's Used Oil
Recycling Program. This is a five-year project.
o Hazards addressed: FL
• The City will consider adoption of the 2010 California Building Code. The code
will become effective January 1, 2011 and will apply to all construction activity
within the City boundaries (HSNG-f-1, HSNG-g-6, ECON-e-3). The Community
Development Department is the lead agency for this project. The City will
accomplish this task with existing resources.
o Hazards addressed: EQ, WF
• The City Council will consider adoption of a Climate Action Plan, which includes
an inventory of community and municipal greenhouse gas emissions and sets a
greenhouse gas reduction target (ENVI-b-2). The City Manager's Office is the
lead agency for this project. The City will accomplish this task with existing
resources and will be completed by 2011.
o Hazards addressed: LS, WF, FL, DR
On-Going Mitigation Strategy Programs
The City has many on-going mitigation programs that help create a more disaster-
resistant region. The following list highlights some of the programs identified as Existing
Programs in the mitigation strategy spreadsheet. Others are on-going programs that are
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currently under-funded. It is the City's priority to find additional funding to sustain these
on-going programs over time.
• Comply with all applicable building and fire codes, as well as other regulations
(such as state requirements for fault, landslide, and liquefaction investigations in
particular mapped areas) when constructing or significantly remodeling
infrastructure facilities (INFR-b-8).
• Continue maintenance efforts to keep storm drains and creeks free of
obstructions, while retaining vegetation in the channel (as appropriate) to allow
for the free flow of water (INFR-d-7).
• Maintain and update the City's Standardized Emergency Management System
Plan (GOVT-c-12).
• Participation in general mutual-aid agreements and agreements with adjoining
jurisdictions for cooperative response to fires, floods, earthquakes, and other
disasters (GOVT-c-13).
• Participation in FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (GOVT-d-5);
• Sponsor the formation and training of Community Emergency Response Teams
(CERT) through partnerships with local businesses (GOVT-c-3, ECON-j-5,
HSNG-k-6).
• Incorporate FEMA guidelines and suggested activities into local government
plans and procedures for managing flood hazards (LAND-c-2).
The City has several planning mechanisms which include:
• General plan safety element
• Capital Improvements Plan
The City has a Safety Element in its General Plan that includes a discussion of fire,
earthquake, flooding, and landslide hazards. This plan will be adopted as an
implementation appendix to the Safety Element. In addition, the City enforces the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which, since 1988,
requires mitigation for identified natural hazards. The City has used these pre-existing
programs as a basis for identifying gaps that may lead to disaster vulnerabilities in order
to work on ways to address these risks through mitigation.
As required by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, the City of Dublin will update this
LHMP plan annex at least once every five years, by participating in amulti-agency effort
with ABAG and other agencies to develop amulti-jurisdictional plan.
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The City Manager's Office will ensure that monitoring of this Annex will occur. The plan
will be monitored on an on-going basis by the City's Disaster Preparedness
Coordinator. However, the major disasters affecting our City, legal changes, notices
from ABAG as the lead agency in this process, and other triggers will be used. Finally,
the Annex will be a discussion item on the agenda of the City's Executive Team at least
once a year in April. At that meeting, the Executive Team members will focus on
evaluating the Annex in light of technological and political changes during the past year
or other significant events. The City Manager in consultation with Executive Team
leaders will be responsible for determining if the plan should be updated.
The City is committed to reviewing and updating this plan annex at least once every five
years, as required by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. The City Manager's Office will
contact ABAG four years after this plan is approved to ensure that ABAG plans to
undertake the plan update process. If so, the City again plans to participate in the multi-
jurisdictional plan. If ABAG is unwilling or unable to act as the lead agency in the multi-
jurisdictional effort, other agencies will be contacted, including the County's Office of
Emergency Services. Jurisdictions should then work together to identify another
regional forum for developing amulti-jurisdictional plan.
The public will continue to be involved whenever the plan is updated and as appropriate
during the monitoring and evaluation process. Prior to adoption of updates, the City will
provide the opportunity for the public to comment on the updates. A public notice will be
posted prior to the meeting to announce the comment period and meeting logistics.
Name: Roger Bradley
Title: Assistant to the City Manager
Mailing Address: 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568
Telephone: 925-833-6650
Email: roger.bradley@dublin.ca.gov
Alternate Point of Contact
Name: Joni L. Pattillo
Title: City Manager
Mailing Address: 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568
Telephone: 925-833-6650
Email: city.manager@dublin.ca.gov
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Exhibit A -City of Dublin Map
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Exhibit B -Public Meeting Announcements
NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL MEETING
CITY OF DUBLIN
LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
Notice is hereby given that the City of Dublin will hold an informational meeting in the
Regional Meeting Room at 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, California at 7:30 p.m., September
29, 2009. This meeting will provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the
City's hazard mitigation strategies as part of its participation in the Association of Bay
Area Governments (ABAG) Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The list of mitigation
strategies can be accessed from the City's website at www.ci.dublin.ca.us for perusal
prior to the meeting. Further information on this meeting may be obtained in the City
Manager's Office in the Civic Center, or it can be obtained by telephone at (925) 833-
6650.
All interested parties are invited to attend said meeting and express opinions about the
City's Hazard Mitigation Strategies.
CITY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Please Contact:
NAME: Roger Bradley, Administrative Analyst
E-MAIL: roger.bradley@ci.dublin.ca.us
PHONE: (925) 833-6650
FAX: (925) 833-6651
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Exhibit C -City of Dublin Mitigation Strategies
Included on Multi-Jurisdictional Plan CD and at
http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/strategy. html
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