FEMA Region II Hazard Mitigation Plan Toolkit: Planning Process

Plan

Planning guidance

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How-To Guide #1: Getting Started: building support for mitigation planning (FEMA 386-1). See Step 2 for "Building the Planning Team."
www.fema.gov/plan/mitplanning/planning_resources.shtm

Multi-jurisdictional planning

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Multi-Jurisdictional Approaches to Mitigation Planning - excerpts from FEMA 386-8, May 2005 Draft document

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Multi-jurisdictional participation table - sample

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Proxy resolution for authorizing the plan author to act on behalf of local jurisdiction - sample from FEMA 386-8, May 2005 Draft document

Narrative description

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Work plan and schedule - sample (FEMA 386-1, pp. 2-15 and 16)

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Description of planning process - sample (Seven Springs, NC) ww.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/mitigation/Library/
SevenSprings_PlanningProcess.pdf

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Planning meetings sum table - sample (Chesapeake VA Plan, Table 2, Sect III, p2)

Planning team

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Build the planning team members checklist: (FEMA-386-1, p.2-17, Worksheet #1) 

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Potential planning team and roles table

Public involvement

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Public involvement - sample

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Public Notice - sample. 

Existing information

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Existing plans, studies, reports checklist - sample and blank form (Adapted from Draft FEMA 386-8, p. 17)

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NJ open space programs: table showing jurisdictions with open space programs, and estimated annual funds available for acquisition and other mitigation projects. Also shows number of NFIP repetitive loss properties (as of 10/12/05)

Existing information:
Risk assessment studies
(NFIP, HAZUS, SLOSH, etc.)

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Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs): at www.fema.gov, then on left panel, click on "FEMA Flood Map Store". After registering, click on "Map Search," and give local address, or map panel or community #. Use "Make a Firmette" to print desired section of map with north area, scale, panel #.

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Status of NFIP participating communities (updated daily): at www.fema.gov, search Community Status Book, then choose State or www.fema.gov/csb.shtm

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NJ - Map Mod projected availability table for Flood Insurance Studies maps and reports

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NY - Map Mod projected availability table for Flood Insurance Studies maps and reports

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Map Mod sample - effective floodplain mapping for Hudson County, NJ (digital version) 

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Map Mod sample - DFIRM map panel with floodplain boundary and orthoimagery (Arthur Kill)

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NFIP data: 2005 information in NJ by municipality - draft

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NJ Flood Mitigation Task Force info, including the Delaware River Flood Mitigation Report at njflood.org/

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New Jersey Hurricane Evacuation Study (HES) draft county maps of estimated Category 1-4 hurricane inundation areas using the SLOSH model. Includes a vulnerability table showing the number of housing units within inundation zones by municipality. See www.nap.usace.army.mil/HES/nj/index.html  

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New York Consortium for Earthquake Mitigation (NYCEM) HAZUS MH loss estimation studies for earthquakes and earthquake-induced landslides and sediment liquefaction have been conducted for the greater NYC area (including counties in New York and New Jersey). 50-page summary report for this study can be accessed through the Plan Toolkit or NYCEM's website for (nycem.org/default.asp) 

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NJ Geological Survey HAZUS earthquake loss estimation study for northern NJ. As of December 2005, this website has posted reports for Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, and Union counties.
www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/hazus.htm