Res 2020-049/adopting the Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation (“CDBG-MIT”) Action Plan that provides for the allocation of the $24,012,000 from the United Stated Department of Housing and Urban Development

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CDBG-MITActiori Plari City of San Marcos, TX 1!111 111111 The most recent comprehensive hazard identification and risk assessment for mitigation planning was completed, along with the required plan update, in 2017. Upon a review ofthe full range of natural hazards suggested under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) planning guidance, the City of San Marcos identified 13 hazard types that could occur in the region. Of the hazards identified, 11 natural hazards and 1 quasi -technological hazard (dam failure) were identified as significant and therefore included in the City of San Marcos Hazard Mitigation Action Plan. This data is presented in Table 3. Using a Ha|0-exclusive risk assessment tool, community's hazards were ranked and given a value between 100 and 0 according to risk based on the quantified impacts to Health and Safety, Property Oonnege, Business Continuity/Resiliency, and Citizen Perception/Concern. Table 3Hazard 6dendficabion Ranking Ranking Order 1 Hazard Risk Floods Ranking Value 99,5 2 Drought 94.1 3 Dam/Levee Failure 91.3 4 Severe Winter Storms 72.9 5 Tornadoes 70.9 6 Extreme Heat 70.0 7 Wildfire 51.9 8 Wind Storms 51.0 9 Lightning 50.8 10 Hail Storms 44.7 11 Expansive Soils 43.2 12 Earthquakes 35.9 13 Hurricanes/Tropical 33.8 6ourceCity nfSan Marcos Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2017 The CDBG-Mitigation risk assessment addresses all hazards identified in the City of San Marcos Hazard Mitigation Plan. More detailed analyses are provided onhazards which have impacted San Marcos significantly in recent years. These are the risks that are considered to have the highest potential for consequences for the City ofSan Marcos. FEMA recently defined Community Lifelines for the purposes of incident response, allowing the federal government to better understand the inOpuoto of hazards and disasters in states and local jurisdictions. While the City of San Marcos Hazard Mitigation Plan does not currently evaluate hazards using these lifelines, future risk assessments and plans will include lifeline assessments to align with this federal initiative. The lifelines assessed, including their components are shown in Table 4.