Res 2018-025/adopting the 2018 Hays County, Texas Hazard Mitigation Plan as the official plan of the City; authorizing the inclusion of the City of San Marcos Hazard Mitigation Plan as an appendix; designating the City Manager as the official authorized

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Community Extreme Heat Vulnerability Summaries City of Niederwald Niederwald does not have a formal cooling station plan for the community but could possibly utilize City Hall in order to cool people. A drawback to the use of City Hall is the lack of generator back-up to provide cooling if there is an electrical outage. A partnership could be pursued with Hays CISD for use of the elementary school within the City limits. In the event of disaster-level extreme heat that could impact the 176 residents classified within the “Community Vulnerable Populations” (see table 2.7). Risk Assessment San Marcos does not have a cooling station plan for the community but does City of San Marcos have locations available in order to cool people. They have also held fan drives that provide box fans to the senior adult population in need. This project is a volunteer-run effort that utilizes some of the emergency services district stations as donation drop-off points. There are 15,711 residents classified within the “Community Vulnerable Populations” (see Table 2.7) in San Marcos. These members of the community are financially impacted by the increased cost of energy for cooling homes during long periods of extreme heat and can also be impacted In addition, San Marcos has a small homeless population that sleep outside, under bridges, and in parks and wooded areas. This population would be especially impacted by the dangerous temperatures of extreme heat events. Uhland does not have a cooling station plan for the community but does have City of Uhland locations available, such as City Hall and the Uhland Community Center in order to implement one in the future. The structures do not have back-up generator power to continue providing cooling if electrical services are interrupted by the strain of Extreme Heat. In addition, there are 4 churches in the community that could possibly coordinate to provide emergency cooling stations for the residents, especially the 202 residents classified as “Community Vulnerable Populations” (see Table 2.7). There are 1311 residents classified as part of the “Community Vulnerable City of Wimberley Populations” (see Table 2.7). Wimberley currently has emergency shelter plans for cooling stations, however if these shelters are without an alternate power source, the local government would be unable to provide cool air in the event of an outage. The community center is in need of a generator as it could provide shelter for many of the community members without access to air conditioning. According to community testimony, some schools may need generators as well. Twin Mountain Manor provides low income housing to seniors and has issues with residents not having access to air conditioning during the summer months. Additionally, tourists that attend Wimberley’s Market Days and parks are sometimes victims of Extreme Heat. Woodcreek does not have a cooling station plan for the community. There is a City of Woodcreek City Hall facility available which could be used as part of a future cooling station plan. City Hall does not currently have a backup generator. This could lead to difficulty in providing assistance to any of the 894 residents classified as part of the “Community Vulnerable Populations” (see Table 2.7) who may need refuge during a prolonged extreme heat event. 37