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LHMP Purpose and Requirements
What is Hazard Mitigation?
Any sustained action taken to reduce or
eliminate long-term risk to people and
property from natural hazards and their
effects
Updated FEMA
Guidance 2023
Seal Beach LHMP
Update 2025
Seal Beach LHMP
Update 2019
Project Background
Deliverable:Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Update 2025 – 2030
City of Seal Beach Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Requirements
✓ Provide and document opportunities for stakeholder and
public involvement
✓ Review and incorporate existing plans, studies, reports,
and technical information
✓ Document how the plan was prepared and who was
involved
✓ Identify how the plan will be monitored, evaluated, and
updated within a five-year cycle
Establishes eligibility for FEMA Hazard
Mitigation Grant Funding; maximum grant
awards $50 million
End Product:
Final LHMP, approved by Cal OES and FEMA
City of Seal Beach Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
LHMP Development
•Type, location,
extent
•Previous
occurrences
•Probability of
future events
•SVP Impacts
Hazard Profiles Vulnerability
Assessment
Mitigation
Strategies
•Impacts of
hazard
•Vulnerability to
each hazard
•SVP Vulnerability
•Repetitive loss
•Potential dollar
losses
•Overarching
goals
•Specific actions
•SVP actions
•Prioritize actions
•Who, what,
when, how
much
City of Seal Beach Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Hazards Identification
LHMP Hazards List
•Coastal Hazards
•Flood
•Coastal Storms/Flood
•Sea Level Rise and Erosion
•Tsunami
•Dam/Reservoir Failure
•Extreme Weather Hazards
•Drought
•Extreme Heat
•Heavy Rain
•Santa Ana Wind and Tornado
•Power Outage
•Landslide Hazards
•Seismic Hazards
•Fault Rupture
•Ground Shaking
•Liquefaction
•Wildfire and Urban Fire Hazards
•Human-Caused Hazards
•Hazardous Materials Spill
•Terrorism/Cyberattacks
•Civil Disturbance/Civil Unrest
•Pandemic
Illustrative hazard
maps show critical
facilities within
mapped hazard
zones.
The vulnerability
assessment
identifies
development and
populations within
mapped hazard
zones.
Mitigation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
•Comprehensive range of
mitigation actions and projects
•Emphasize existing and new
infrastructure
•Types of Mitigation Actions
•Local plans and regulations
•Structural and infrastructure projects
•Natural systems protection
•Education and awareness programs
19
Natural and Human-Caused
Hazards included in LHMP
54
Mitigation Actions to
address hazard vulnerability
7
Completed Mitigation
Actions from 2019 LHMP
Hazard
Mitigation Action
Matrix
•Mitigation
Action
•Hazards
Assessed
•Responsible
Department
•Funding
Sources
•Timeline
•Priority
Mitigation Strategy
Vulnerable Populations
•Seniors aged 65 and older
•Children under age 18
•Unemployed or below federal poverty threshold
•Persons with disabilities
•Persons with high pollution burden
•Tourists or visitors
Access and Functional Needs
Individuals who require additional assistance
before, during, and after an emergency for
temporary or permanent conditions.
Mitigation Strategy Funding Sources
California Proposition 4
•$10 billion for safe
drinking water, wildfire
protection, climate
projects
Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (FEMA)
•$800 million in hazard
mitigation post-LA
wildfires
Source: Public Policy Institute of California
Community Outreach
33
7
Stakeholder Meetings
Internal and External
Stakeholders
14
Day Public Comment Period
4
Community Outreach Meetings
Community Outreach Summary:
City of Seal Beach Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Sgt. Brian Gray presenting at Seal
Beach Chamber of Commerce
Leisure World Workshop
Car Show Pop-Up Booth
City of Seal Beach Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
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Responses
Gathered!
LHMP Adoption
LHMP Adoption
•City Council adopts the LHMP.
•Documentation of adoption provided
to FEMA.
•FEMA issues approval letter.
•Eligibility established for FEMA grant
funding.
•City staff moves toward plan and
mitigation action implementation.
Thank You!