Res 2024-045 approving the 2024 City of San Marcos Hazards Mitigation Action Plan (“HMAP”)

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SECTION 2: PLANNING PROCESS the development of regulatory plans that are not currently in place. Appendix F Capability Assessment provides an overview of the City's existing planning and regulatory capabilities. These existing capabilities provide the mechanisms to implement the City's mitigation strategy. For example, the adoption of building codes and implementation of land use regulations have been demonstrated to help communities avoid losses from natural hazard events. In 2023, the City of San Marcos adopted the 2021 versions of the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Energy Code, and the International Fire Code. The ordinance through which these codes were adopted also states the City will update and make changes, if necessary, to these codes to meet the unique needs of the community. This ordinance went into effect on April 1, 2023. It should be noted for the purposes of the Plan Update that the 2018 HMAP has been used as a reference when reviewing and updating all plans and ordinances for the entire planning area. The Emergency Management Plan developed for the City of San Marcos is updated every five years and incorporates goals, objectives, and actions identified in the mitigation plan. FLAN REVIEW AND PLAN UPDATE As with the development of Plan Update, the City of San Marcos will oversee the review and update process for relevance and if necessary, make adjustments. At the beginning of each fiscal year, Planning Team Members will meet to evaluate the Plan and review other planning mechanisms to ensure consistency with long-range planning efforts. In addition, planning participants will also meet once a year, by conference call or presentation, to re-evaluate prioritization of the hazard mitigation actions. TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING MITIGATION ACTIONS Both the Executive Planning Team (Table A-1, Appendix A) and the Advisory Planning Team (Table A-2, Appendix A) will engage in discussions regarding a timeframe for how and when to implement each hazard mitigation action. Considerations include when the action will be started, how existing planning mechanisms' timelines affect implementation, and when the action should be fully implemented. Timeframes may be general, and there will be short-, medium-, and long- term goals for implementation based on prioritization of each action, as identified on individual Hazard Mitigation Action worksheets included in the Plan Update for the City of San Marcos. Both the Executive and Advisory Planning Team will evaluate and prioritize the most suitable hazard mitigation actions for the community to implement. The timeline for implementation of actions will partially be directed by the City's comprehensive planning process, budgetary constraints, and community needs. The City of San Marcos is committed to addressing and implementing hazard mitigation actions that may be aligned with and integrated into the Plan Update. Overall, the Planning Team is in agreement that goals and actions of the Plan Update shall be aligned with the timeframe for implementation of hazard mitigation actions with respect to annual review and updates of existing plans and policies. City of San Marcos I Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2024 1 Page 11