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Page 3 of 5 • Reduces short-term and long-term recovery and reconstruction costs • Increases cooperation and community within the community through the planning process • Increases potential for state and federal funding for recovery and reconstruction. With an adopted plan, the City will be eligible to apply for and receive grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reduce the vulnerability of affected residents to local hazards. Reducing vulnerability to disasters helps to break the cycle of disaster-recovery and ensures a more sustainable future for the next generation. The goals of the Tri-Valley LHMP (Attachment 1) are to: 1. Ensure that hazards are identified and considered in land use decisions 2. Improve local emergency management capability 3. Promote community awareness, understanding, and interest in hazard mitigation policies and programs 4. Incorporate hazard mitigation as an integrated public policy and standard practice 5. Reduce community exposure and vulnerability to hazards where the greatest risk exists 6. Increase resilience of infrastructure and critical facilities 7. Promote an adaptive and resilient planning area that responds proactively to future conditions 8. Develop and implement mitigation strategies that identify the best alternative to protect natural resources, promote equity, and use public funds in an efficient and cost-effective manner 9. Prioritize and direct resources to increase disaster resiliency among historically underserved populations, for individuals with access and functional needs, and in communities disproportionately impacted by disasters. Table 3-13 in Volume 2 (Attachment 2) summarizes the actions that were recommended in the previous 2017 Tri-Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan for Pleasanton and their implementation status for this update. Table 3-14 in Volume 2 lists the actions that make up the proposed update to the hazard mitigation action plan for Pleasanton. Most of the previous actions are carried over to this LMHP update; however, there are some new actions: • Action PLE-6—Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure that lack adequate backup power. • Action PLE-11—Provide information to the community about natural hazards, their impacts, and measures both the city and community members may take to mitigate the impacts. Outreach may include notices on the city website, social media channels, print media, and other forms of education and awareness. • Action PLE-12—Substantial Damage Response/Management Plan—Explore the feasibility of developing the plan. Develop the plan if deemed feasible. • Action PLE-13—Encourage replacing aboveground electric and phone wires and other structures with underground facilities and use the planning-approval process to ensure that, on a case-by-case basis, all new phone and electrical lines are installed underground. • Action PLE-14— Explore the feasibility of identifying socially vulnerable populations at the census block level. If deemed feasible, develop the dataset for future planning Page 63 of 228