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I I I The ultimate goal of the Mitigation Planning Committee is to prepare a Hays County Mitigation Plan that is all encompassing to satisfy the planning requirements of three Federal Programs; the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (44 CFR Parts 201 and 206), the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program, and FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS) Program. For preparing of the Hays County Mitigation Plan, the Planning Committee selected FEMA' s ten (10) step planning procedures outlined in the Community Rating System (CRS) Program. The ten step planning process for the Hays County Mitigation Plan is as follows: (1) Organize to prepare the Plan (CRS Activity 511.1) (2) Involve the Public (CRS Activity 511.2) (3) Coordinate with other agencies (CRS Activity 511.3) (4) Assess the Hazard (CRS Activity 511.4) (5) Assess the Problem (CRS Activity 511.5) (6) Set goals (CRS Activity 511.6) (7) Review possible activities (CRS Activity 511.7) (8) Draft an action plan and prepare FEMA "Crosswalk" Checklist(CRS Activity 511.8) (9) Adopt the plan and submit to TxDEM (CRS Activity 511.9) (10) Establish procedures to implement, evaluate, and revise the Plan (CRS Activity 511.10) Copies of mitigation committee meeting agendas, minutes, and attendance records are on file in the Hays County Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The Hays County Mitigation Plan has a "plan life" of five (5) years following formal adoption followed by annual reviews and plan update at Year 5. 1.2. Mitigation Plan Schedule, Involve the Public, and Coordinate with Other Agencies (CRS Activity 511.1, 511.2, and 511.3) [TxDEM P-39] The overall schedule of Plan activities for the development, implementation, adoption, evaluation, and annual review and maintenance of the Hays County Mitigation Plan following the planning elements outlined in FEMA's Community Rating System, identified as CRS Activity 511.1 though 511.10, is as follows: Minutes from each Meeting are maintained in the Hays County OEM Files. April 24, 2003 Committee Meeting #1 to Organize to Prepare the Plan. Committee members representing Hays County and each community were identified and briefed on the proposed scope and schedule for the Hays County Mitigation Plan including future committee meetings to discuss: > How to involve the public > Develop and distribute a questionnaire > Involve 'Other Agencies' > Assess the hazard (Risk Assessment) Hays County, Texas Mitigation Plan 18