HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 15346 (Marin County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan)RESOLUTION NO. 15346
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
ADOPTING THE 2024 MARIN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LOCAL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN AND THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL ANNEX
WHEREAS, natural hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, and wildfires, pose a significant
threat to the residents and visitors of Marin County and San Rafael; and
WHEREAS, disasters start and end at the local level, and it is the inherent responsibility
of government to lead hazard mitigation and the reduction of risk and vulnerability to hazards; and
WHEREAS, an adopted Local Hazard Mitigation Plan is required as a condition of future
funding for mitigation projects under multiple FEMA pre-and post-disaster mitigation grant
programs; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan in 2017 through Resolution
No. 14418; and
WHEREAS, the San Rafael 2040 General Plan includes a Safety and Resilience Element
which expresses the City’s commitment to maintaining an LHMP and minimizing San Rafael’s
vulnerabilities and, in accordance with AB 2140, acknowledges the importance of coordinating
the most recent LHMP and Safety Element by incorporating the 2017 LHMP and any future
amendments to the LHMP by reference, as allowed by California Government Code Section
65302(g); and
WHEREAS, the Marin County 2024 Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
(MJHMP) amends the 2017 LHMP by fully updating and replacing it; and
WHEREAS, the Marin County 2024 Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
(MJHMP) complies with all requirements set forth under Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) 2000 and
includes information also relevant to the Safety Element. The MJHMP presents environmental
hazard analysis, describes important transportation and utility infrastructure at risk from
environmental hazards, describes emergency evacuation systems, and mitigation actions to
protect Marin County populations and infrastructure from environmental hazards; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of the 2024 MJLHMP is not a project under California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(a) because it has no potential to
result in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment; and even if the adoption of the 2024 MJLHMP were a project,
it would be exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines Section 15262 as a planning studies for
possible future actions which has no legally binding effect on later activities, and also under the
common sense exemption as described in CEQA Guidelines Section 16061(b)(3) because there
would be no potential for a significant effect on the environment; and
WHEREAS, adoption by the governing body for the City of San Rafael, demonstrates the
jurisdiction’s commitment to fulfilling the mitigation goals and objectives outlined in this Local
Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the plan authorizes responsible agencies to carry out their
responsibilities under the plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Rafael
hereby adopts the 2024 Marin County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and the City of
San Rafael Annex and adopts the updated 2024 MJLHMP by reference into the Safety and
Resilience Element of the San Rafael 2040 General Plan.
I, Lindsay Lara, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify foregoing resolution was
duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting on the City Council of said City
held on Monday, the 7th day of October 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Hill, Kertz & Mayor Kate
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey & Llorens Gulati
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk