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The Recovery Task Force shall assign staff to work with FEMA, SBA, HUD, COE, the State Emergency Management Division and other appropriate governmental and private entities to identify special programs by which provisions can be made for temporary or permanent replacement housing which will help avoid undue displacement of people and businesses. Such programs may include deployment of mobile homes and mobile home parks under the temporary use permit procedures provided in Section 37.07 of this chapter, use of SBA loans and available Section 8 and Community Development Block Grant funds to offset repair and replacement housing costs, and other initiatives appropriate to the conditions found after a major disaster.
Prior to a major disaster, the Emergency Management Commission/Recovery Organization shall establish a comprehensive hazard mitigation program, which includes both long-term and short-term components:
1. Hazard Mitigation Plan. The long-term component shall be prepared and adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and the respective City Councils as the Hazard Mitigation of the County-wide Multi-hazard Plan, for the purpose of enhancing long-term mitigation against future disasters. The hazard mitigation plan shall identify and map the presence, location, extent and severity of natural, man-made, or civil hazards, such as:
A. Severe flooding;
B. Wildland and urban fires;
C. Seismic hazards such as ground shaking and deformation, fault rupture, liquefaction, and dam failure;
D. Slope instability, mudslides, landslides and subsidence;
E. Tornadoes and other high winds;
F. Technological hazards, such as oil spills, natural gas leakage and fires, hazardous and toxic materials contamination, nuclear power plant and radiological accidents, other industrial accidents, and ground, air, and rail transportation accidents;
G. Civil incidents such as riots, terrorist actions, and crowd control issues.
H. The safety element shall determine and assess the community's vulnerability to such known hazards and shall propose measures to be taken both before and after a major disaster to mitigate such hazards.
2. Short-Term Action Program. A short-term hazard mitigation program shall be included in the Recovery Plan. It shall be comprised of hazard mitigation program elements of highest priority for action, including preparation and adoption of separate ordinances dealing with specific hazard mitigation and abatement measures, as necessary. Such ordinances may require special site planning, land use and development restrictions or structural measures in areas affected by flooding, urban/wildland fire, wind, seismic or other natural hazards, or remediation of known technological hazards such as toxic contamination.
3. Post-Disaster Actions. Following a major disaster, the Recovery Task Force shall participate in the Multi-Agency Hazard Mitigation Team with FEMA and other entities, as called for in Section 409 of the Stafford Act and related federal regulations. As appropriate, the Recovery Task Force may recommend to the Board of Supervisors and the affected City Councils that the County and affected Cities participate in the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, authorized in Section 404 of the Stafford Act in order to partially offset costs of recommended hazard mitigation measures.
4. New Information. As new information is obtained regarding the presence, location, extent, and severity of natural or technological hazards, or regarding new mitigation techniques, such information shall be made available to the public, and shall be incorporated as soon as practical possible within the Linn County Multi-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan and the Recovery Plan through amendment.
At the earliest practicable time following the declaration of local emergency in a major disaster, the Recovery Task Force shall prepare a strategic program for recovery and reconstruction.
1. Functions. To be known as the Recovery Strategy, the proposed strategic program shall identify and prioritize major actions contemplated or under way regarding such essential functions as business resumption, economic reinvestment, industrial recovery, housing replacement, infrastructure restoration, and potential sources of financing to support these functions.
2. Review. The Recovery Strategy shall be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors and the affected City Councils for review and approval following consultation with FEMA, other governmental agencies, and business and citizen representatives. The Recovery Strategy shall provide detailed information regarding proposed and ongoing implementation of initiatives necessary to the expeditious fulfillment of critical priorities and will identify amendment of any other plans, codes or ordinances that might otherwise contradict or otherwise block strategic action. The Recovery Task Force shall periodically report to the Board of Supervisors and the affected City Councils regarding progress toward implementation of the Recovery Strategy, together with any adjustments which may be called for by changing circumstances and conditions.