Government : Benton County 2016 Hazard Mitigation Pan Available for Review and Comment

A draft of the completed revised 2016 Benton County Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is available for public review at the websitehttp://www.stevemeyerconsulting.com.

The plan is completely indexed and has 7 sections:

Section 1: Introduction and Profile

Section 2: Resolutions

Section 3: Planning Process

Section 4: Hazard Analysis

Section 5: Risk Assessment

Section 6: Mitigation Strategy

Section 7: Plan Maintenance

The plan is 551 pages long without appendices. Work on revision to the plan, which was originally developed in 2011 by emergency management consultant Steve Meyer began in January of 2015. FEMA requires the plan to be revised every five years. The Benton County Board of Supervisors contracted with Consultant Meyer to revise the plan. Benton County Emergency Management Coordinator Scott Hansen served as the project lead. Throughout the nine month revision process, more than 50 Benton County citizens and every community and school district in the county participated. The committee developed 69 mitigation measures that can be used to address the 15 potential disasters that can impact Benton County.

Comments on the plan may be e-mailed to Steve Meyer Consulting at any of the numbers and addresses found at the website. A digital copy of the plan is also being provided to every city and school district in the county.

The public will also have the opportunity to comment on the plan at two public meetings that are being held as follows:

Newhall City Hall 7:00 pm on November 17, 2015

Keystone City Hall 7:00 pm on November 18, 2015