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GOOD EVENING.[Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Community Stakeholder Meeting on May 28, 2026.]
YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.I'M THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, KICKING OFF OUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
UH, THE CITY RECEIVED A GRANT, UH, THROUGH THE CAL OES, THAT'S THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THIS PLAN.
AND IN, UH, MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, UH, TO PREPARE THIS PLAN FOR US.
AND WE'LL JOIN THIS EVENING BY, UH, NOEL ANDERSON AND JAKE POLLAND FROM THE FIRM WHO, UH, ARE OUR TEAM FOR, UH, THIS PLAN PREPARATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND EXPAND ON THE INTRODUCTIONS QUICKLY.
NOW, WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES TO THOSE IN THE ROOM, BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US ON THE LIVE STREAM OR WATCHING REMOTELY AFTERWARDS, MY NAME IS NOELLE ANDERSON.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS WORK EFFORT WITH MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL.
I AM THE RESILIENCE PLANNER WORKING UNDER NOELLE, UH, FOR THIS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL DIVE INTO IT, AND SINCE WE ARE A SMALLER GROUP, WE CAN, UM, FEEL FREE TO JUST JUMP IN WITH QUESTIONS, RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP IT INFORMAL.
WE'RE HAPPY TO, UM, HAPPY TO CHAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP DURING THE PRESENTATION.
BUT OTHERWISE, WE'LL GO THROUGH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AS TO WHAT HAZARD MITIGATION IS, SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND WORK WE'VE DONE FOR, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR WEST COVINA, AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOLKS TO GIVE FEEDBACK BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON.
UM, BUT TO BEGIN, ALWAYS GOOD TO START WITH THE ACTUAL DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH STRAIGHT FROM FEMA ITSELF.
WHAT IS HAZARD MITIGATION? IT IS THE SUSTAINED ACTION TAKEN TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE LONG-TERM RISK TO PEOPLE AND PROPERTY FROM NATURAL HAZARDS AND THEIR EFFECTS.
SO THE KEY BENEFIT OF HAZARD MITIGATION IS GETTING IN FRONT OF THE HAZARD BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND MITIGATING AGAINST A HAZARD, AND THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM WILDFIRE, FLOOD, EARTHQUAKE, ANY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST IN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF THAT HAZARD ACROSS THE BOARD NATIONWIDE, IT SAVES $6 IN FUTURE DISASTER LOSSES.
SO THE COST OF RESPONDING AND THE COST OF REBUILDING.
SO THAT IS WHY HAZARD MITIGATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FROM NOT ONLY A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, BUT A COST PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
AND THEN WHY A PLAN ITSELF? SO A FEMA APPROVED PLAN IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING.
SO BEFORE, UM, CAL OES OR FEMA GIVES YOU GRANT FUNDING DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT OR, UM, IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE, UM, CITY AS A WHOLE IN A COMPREHENSIVE FASHION TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE EVALUATED ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN MITIGATE, AND THAT YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DEPLOY THAT GRANT FUNDING ONCE YOU RECEIVE IT.
SO THAT IS THE LONG AND SHORT OF OUR, UM, OF OUR REASONING WHY WE ARE DOING A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WITH THE SPECIFIC PROJECT BACKGROUND ITSELF.
SO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DID HAVE A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN BACK WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED.
UM, THERE WAS A, A LAW IN THE YEAR 2000 THAT ESTABLISHED THE REQUIREMENT FOR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AND MANY JURISDICTIONS UPDATED THEIRS AND PREPARED THEIR OWN AT THE TIME.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME POLICY CHANGES AND, UM, SOME POLICY CHANGES AND SOME RECENT GUIDANCE UPDATES AS TO THE PROCESS OF HOW WE PREPARED THESE HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS.
THERE WAS ONE IN 2023 AND ONE IN 2025.
SO NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR WEST COVINA TO PREPARE THIS UPDATE.
WE'RE ON THE FRONT OF THE LATEST AND GREATEST REGULATORY GUIDANCE.
SO THIS PLAN, AS WE PREPARE IT HERE TODAY, IT WILL STAND FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT'S THE PLANNING HORIZON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL.
AND THEN AS KELLY MENTIONED UP AT THE FRONT, THIS PROJECT ITSELF IS ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH A HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT.
SO, UH, JAKE AND MYSELF, WE ARE CONTRACTORS AND THE GRANT WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY FOR, UM, FOR US TO DO THIS PROJECT ON YOUR BEHALF AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP YOUR PLAN.
UM, SO ONCE THAT THIS PLAN IS, IS DONE AND ADOPTED, THAT'S WHAT ESTABLISHES THE ELIGIBILITY FOR FUTURE GRANT PROJECTS USING THE SAME PROGRAM.
SO THE ONLY GRANT YOU CAN GET BEFORE YOU HAVE A PLAN IS THE GRANT TO DO THE PLAN ESSENTIALLY.
AND WITH THE POLICY GUIDANCE THAT I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, FEMA DOES SET FORTH A SERIES OF PRESCRIBED STEPS TO UPDATE THIS HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
LARGELY, UM, PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
WE'RE REVIEWING AND INCORPORATING YOUR EXISTING PLANS AND PROGRAMS, DOCUMENTING WHAT THE CITY AND YOUR JURISDICTIONS, UM, OR YOUR, YOUR PARTNER JURISDICTIONS ARE ALREADY DOING
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TO REDUCE RISK TO VULNERABILITY IN NATURAL DISASTERS.WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO, UM, IDENTIFY HOW THE PLAN WILL BE MONITORED AND, UM, UPDATED, EVALUATED WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
SO THAT'LL JUST BE AN ANNUAL CHECK-IN WHERE THE CITY GATHERS AGAIN, TO SEE WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AGAINST THE ACTIONS AND SET YOU UP FOR YOUR FUTURE PLAN UPDATES LATER DOWN THE LINE.
UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED TOO, SO THIS PLAN DOES ESTABLISH THE ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY FOR FEMA GRANT MITIGATION FUNDING.
IT IS, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT MAXES OUT AT $50 MILLION.
SO IT, IT CAN BE SIZABLE, UM, SIZABLE FUNDING THAT IS RECEIVED THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THAT, THAT PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE POLICY, UM, POLICY GUIDANCE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH TODAY.
ESSENTIALLY, ONE COMPONENT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IS DICTATING WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ENGAGE WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT REGULATE HAZARD MITIGATION.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, ACADEMIA, NONPROFITS, NGOS.
SO AS A WHOLE, THIS ORGAN OR, UH, THIS, THIS MEETING ITSELF AND ALL OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE STRIVING TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS WHO MEET THE, UM, MEET THE CRITERIA HERE, ALONG WITH THE ELEMENT A THREE WHERE WE'RE ENGAGING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO AS THIS MEETING WILL STAND LIVE, UM, ANYONE CAN ENGAGE WITH IT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE.
UM, SO THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS AS, UM, AS FEMA REQ, UH, FEMA REQUIRES.
AND THIS IS WHERE I TRANSITIONED TO YOU
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE COMPONENTS OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND, UM, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AND SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH WE'VE CONDUCTED FOR WEST COVINA.
UH, SO YES, NOW WE'RE GONNA, NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT IS HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, THE GENERAL FEEL OF THE TYPE OF PLAN WE'RE ABOUT TO PREPARE, WE WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN TO A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL OF WHAT EXACTLY IS INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN.
UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE HAZARDS WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, SOME OF THESE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS BEFORE WE PAUSE FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, SO ON THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE, OUTSIDE CFL, THERE WE GO.
UH, SO THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS REALLY BROKEN UP INTO FOUR PHASES.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, THEY ARE PLANNING PROCESS, CONDUCTING A RISK ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A PHASE WE'RE ON NOW, UH, DEVELOPING A MITIGATION STRATEGY AND PLAN ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION.
SO AT PRESENT, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MOMENT, WE ARE IDENTIFYING AND PROFILING THE, UH, HAZARDS THAT POSE A RISK TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, GATHERING INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN TERMS OF HAVE THE HAZARDS WE'VE IDENTIFIED, DO THEY CAPTURE THE RISK THAT YOU SEE ON THE GROUND HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE LATER STEPS AFTER WE GET THROUGH PROFILING THE HAZARDS AND SUMMARIZING THE VULNERABILITY.
WE WILL TALK THROUGH DEVELOPING A MITIGATION STRATEGY AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION, UH, THAT WILL MAKE YOUR PLAN, UM, APPROVED AND ELIGIBLE OR ACTIVE FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO THIS IS KIND OF A GENERAL OVERVIEW AND WE'RE GONNA BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, TALKING ABOUT THOSE HAZARDS THAT WE'VE PROFILED DURING THIS AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
SO THE HAS MITIGATION PLAN IS GOING TO BE BROKEN UP INTO TWO SEGMENTS REGARDING HAZARDS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS FIRST SCREEN HERE IS GOING OVER THE NATURAL HAZARDS THAT WE'VE SO FAR IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THIS PLAN UPDATE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE ARE THE SAME HAZARDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE 2004 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, AND THE WAY THAT, UH, NATURAL HAZARDS ARE REALLY CLASSIFIED OR IDENTIFIED IS THROUGH FEMA'S NATIONAL RISK INDEX.
AND ESSENTIALLY WE GO THROUGH THERE TO DETERMINE WHICH POSE A RISK, UH, TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS SCREEN IN JUST A MOMENT.
THESE ARE OUR NATURAL HAZARDS, SO I'LL JUST LIST THEM OFF FOR YOU REAL QUICK.
DAM FAILURE, DROUGHT, SEISMIC HAZARDS, FLOOD, EXTREME HEAT, LANDSLIDE, HEAVY RAINS, SANTA ANA WINDS OR WINDSTORMS. AND THEN FINALLY, WILDFIRE AND URBAN FIRE.
ALONG WITH THESE NATURAL HAZARDS, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BEGINNING STEPS OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED A FEW HUMAN CAUSED HAZARDS THAT WE'RE, UM, CONSIDERING FOR INCLUSION IN THE HMP UPDATE.
SO THOSE INCLUDE PANDEMIC, TERRORISM AND CYBER ATTACK, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AND POWER OUTAGE.
UH, SO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS A DISCUSSION SLIDE.
I'LL PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT TO HAVE YOU ALL LOOK OVER, UH, THESE HAZARDS ON THE SCREEN.
LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANY HAZARDS YOU FEEL WE HAVE NOT YET CAPTURED THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER, UM, OR ANY OTHER
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INPUT WE YOU HAVE.UH, GO BACK TO THE NATURAL HAZARDS HERE, AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO, TO SPEAK, JUST SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US ON THE LIVE LIVE STREAM CAN HEAR, I CAN BRING THE MIC RIGHT OVER TO YOU TOO,
SO WE HAVE THE NATURAL HAZARDS HERE.
I'LL FLIP OVER TO THE HUMAN CAUSED.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE WILL INCLUDE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, SO FOR THOSE JOINING US BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE, IF YOU HAD ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS, UH, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US AND WE WILL BE SURE TO DOCUMENT THAT INPUT.
I THINK THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT WE DID DISCUSS WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID MEET LAST, UM, I BELIEVE I BELIEVE POLICE AND FIRE BROUGHT UP TOO, NOT ONLY IS IT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILL, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, SPILLS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION, ON OUR ROADWAYS, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, PIPELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AN OVERARCHING SECTION ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT HAZARDS MATERIAL SPILLS COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT WEST COVINA.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE NEXT ITEM WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ARE THE GOALS THAT ARE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UH, PROCESS.
SO AS PART OF THE 2004 HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 13 GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
UM, ALL OF THESE GOALS HERE ON THE SCREEN, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO READ THEM IMMEDIATELY.
UM, THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AFTER THE PRESENTATION AS WELL, SO YOU CAN WALK THROUGH THOSE GOALS AND KIND OF DI DIGEST THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, BUT OUR PURPOSE FOR LISTING ALL OF THE GOALS ON THE SLIDE PRESENTATION IS TO DEMONSTRATE, SO THERE WERE 13 GOALS FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN.
OUR RECOMMENDATION, SINCE THESE HAZARD MITIGATION GOALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE KIND OF BROAD BRUSH STROKES, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS? AND FROM THERE, ONCE WE ESTABLISH OUR GOALS, WE ALSO CREATE WHAT ARE CALLED HAZARD MITIGATION ACTIONS.
SO THOSE ACTIONS ARE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY OR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES ARE ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN TO, UM, REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO THE CITY.
AND ALSO AS PART OF THIS, UH, PLANNING PROCESS, WE CAN COME UP WITH NEW, UH, MITIGATION ACTIONS OR PROJECTS TO INITIATE TO HELP REDUCE RISK TO THE CITY.
AGAIN, YOU CAN REVIEW THEM AT A LATER TIME.
UM, BUT THIS LIST HERE IS REALLY WHAT WE WANNA GET YOUR INPUT ON, UM, TODAY.
SO THESE ARE OUR SUGGESTED GOALS FOR 2026.
I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK, KIND OF TAKE THEM IN AND, UH, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU FEEL THAT THESE, UH, CAPTURE KIND OF, UH, THE GOALS WE WOULD LOOK TO ACCOMPLISH AS PART OF OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
UM, SO I'LL PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK.
SIMILAR APPROACH THE LAST TIME TOO.
IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK AND YOU WANT YOUR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS TO BE HEARD BY THE LIVE STREAM, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND I CAN BRING THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU TO CONTRIBUTE.
I, I THINK THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN CHANGE BETWEEN THESE GOALS AND WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN YOUR PREVIOUS PLAN IS REALLY JUST REPRESENTING AS THE POLICIES CHANGED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
UM, AT THE TIME THAT THE FIRST PLAN WAS WRITTEN, HAZARD MITIGATION WAS BRAND NEW, AND EVERYONE WAS KIND OF ON THE SAME BOAT AS PREPARING A BRAND NEW PLAN WITH NO GUIDANCE, NO EXAMPLES, AND EVERYONE IN THE SAME BOAT THERE.
SO WHAT WE DID REALLY WAS TAKE THESE GOALS, UM, IT USES INSPIRATION FROM YOUR PREVIOUS EFFORTS, UM, MODERNIZE A BIT AND INCLUDE, UM, INCLUDE FOCUS ON HAZARD MITIGATION INSTEAD OF, UM, INTEGRATING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KIND OF AT THE FRONT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY HAZARD MITIGATION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ARE CLOSELY TIED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ONE-TO-ONE.
UM, AND WE ALSO INCLUDED THE COMPONENT OF ADVANCING EQUITABLE HAZARD MITIGATION AS THAT IS, UM, THE 2023 GUIDANCE A COM.
UH, A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THOSE WITH ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS, AND THOSE WHO MAY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THE, THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
ONE LAST DATA POINT ON THESE GOALS BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
UM, IN DEVELOPING THESE GOALS, REALLY OUR, UH, MODEL THAT WE TRY TO FOLLOW IS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS THEIR OWN HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UH, WHERE THEY IDENTIFY GOALS, UH, THOSE BROAD BRUSH STROKES FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE REALLY USE THAT KIND OF AS OUR STARTING POINT ALONG WITH, UH, THE PREVIOUS PLAN GOALS TO, UH, COME UP WITH THESE.
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ONE MOMENT.APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON FOR, FROM THOSE GOALS TO OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE, SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE HERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA MAY BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE IN THE EVENT OF ANY OF THE, UH, HAZARDS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ON THOSE PREVIOUS SLIDES.
SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, DATA GATHERED HERE IS FROM US CENSUS QUICK FACTS.
SO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, JUST OVER 107,000 PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, SOME PERCENTAGES RELATED TO POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE HERE SOME OF THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES ARE THOSE THAT SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME.
SO THAT'S NEARLY, UH, 60% HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, THESE CAN COULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, LINGUISTICALLY ISOLATED POPULATIONS.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ALERT AND WARNING IN THE EVENT OF A WILDFIRE, ANY ASSOCIATED EVENT, IF THE, UH, ALERT IS SENT OUT IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ONE THAT SOMEONE, UH, UNDERSTANDS OR IS FLUENT IN, THAT CAN PRESENT CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALLY MAKE THEM MORE VULNERABLE AS IT WOULD TAKE THEM MORE TIME TO GET INFORMATION ON, UH, WHEN TO EVACUATE, WHERE TO EVACUATE TO, ET CETERA.
UH, THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18, UH, ELDERLY POPULATIONS, PERSONS 65 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER, AND THEN FINALLY, PERSONS IN POVERTY.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT JUST THROUGH A DATA SEARCH WE HAVE FOUND MAY MAKE CERTAIN POPULATIONS MORE VULNERABLE IN WEST COVINA.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION IS, YOU'LL SEE THIS NEXT SLIDE IS OUR LAST DISCUSSION SLIDE IN THIS SECTION.
SO I'LL KEEP IT ON THIS SCREEN HERE AND ALSO OPEN IT UP, UH, FOR ANY INPUT ON ARE THERE ANY OTHER POPULATIONS HERE IN WEST COVINA THAT WE SHOULD GIVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO, WHO MAY BE, UH, EXCEPTIONALLY VULNERABLE IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER.
SO WE'LL KEEP THESE UP FOR A MOMENT AND LET YOU THINK BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
BUT POTENTIALLY, UM, YOUR HOSPICE, IDENTIFYING YOUR HOSPICE, UM, COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT COMES WITH THEN A MEDICAL NEED AND THEN ANY SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES AS WELL.
BUT, UM, IS THAT JUST UMBRELLA UNDER THIS AS WELL? NO, DEFINITELY RELEVANT.
SO WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY DO IS TAKE THAT ENTIRE GROUP AND PROBABLY, UH, DISABLED OR, UM, OR THOSE WITH ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS, UM, THAT IS, IS DISABILITY STATUS OF, I GUESS DISABILITY STATUS IS NOT A FORMAL ITEM ON THE, UM, SOCIAL VULNERABILITY.
SO THIS IS THE CDC D'S DEFINITION, BUT WE CAN INCORPORATE, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR DISABLED FOLKS AS WELL.
I THINK DISABILITY SHOULD, I MEAN, WHAT WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED TOO IS SOMETIMES WITH YOUR, YOUR SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, WHAT MAKES THAT AGE GROUP A BIT MORE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE TOO, IS THE INCIDENTS OF DISABILITY, LIKE LOCATED WITH AGE COMBINED
AND THEN
WE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WE DID HAVE AN ITEM.
SO OUR WE'RE, UM, AS PART OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UH, NONPROFITS AND NGOS PROVIDE THAT, UH, CRUCIAL FEEDBACK FOR LIKE WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED HERE, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE DEPLOYING DURING DISASTERS AND KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, WE, WHILE NOT A FORMAL CDC DEFINITION, WE WILL INCLUDE DISABLED FOLKS, UM, AS PART OF OUR, UM,
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OUR DISA OR OUR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES SLASH UM, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INPUT.
UM, SPEAKING OF THESE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AS WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THERE'S A NUMBER OF HAZARDS WE'RE GONNA IDENTIFY AS PART OF THIS PLAN WITHIN EACH HAZARD PROFILE.
THAT'S A SPECIAL SECTION RELATED TO SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND EXACTLY HOW EACH HAZARD WILL AFFECT SAID POPULATION OR CAN BE EXPECTED TO.
SO PERFECT PLACE TO PUT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND WE THEN, AFTERWARDS WE LINK IT TO, SO AFTER WE UNDERSTAND THE VULNERABILITY OF THESE GROUPS, THEN WE LINK IT TO MITIGATION ACTIONS.
SO IF THERE'S, UM, TRAINING OR COORDINATION OR, UM, SUPPLY SUPPLIES YOU WANNA STORE IN ADVANCE, UM, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF A CERTAIN POPULATION, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOST CERTAINLY DOCUMENT IN THE PLAN
UH, FINISH UP THE LAST COUPLE SLIDES OF THIS, UH, SECTION BEFORE WE HAND IT BACK OVER TO AL.
WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE SAME SECTION.
YEAH, SO DEFINITELY, I MEAN, THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR HOME, THE HOMELESS POPULATION, IN ADDITION TO THOSE WHO ARE LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LINE, KNOW THAT THAT GROUP WOULD INTERSECT, UM, BUT GENERALLY WOULD NEED MORE SUPPORT IN COMMUNICATION, LIKE EVACUATION NOTICES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THEY OFTEN WOULD NEED MORE SUPPORT AFTER DISASTER TOO.
UM, SO WE CAN MOST CERTAINLY, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT AS A GROUP THAT WOULD, WOULD BE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE IN, IN WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, FINALLY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, SPEAKING OF THE HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED POPULATION, UH, WE HAVE INCLUDED A COUPLE MEMBERS, UH, FROM THAT KIND OF SECTOR WITHIN OUR, UH, STAKEHOLDER LIST.
SO IN THE FUTURE, UM, IF YOU'RE JOINING US ONLINE, UH, AND YOU HAVE KIND OF INFORMATION OR CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE UNHOUSED OR HOMELESS POPULATION, UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW OR, UH, JOIN US FOR OUR FUTURE MEETINGS AND WE CAN TALK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU.
UM, SO LAST TWO, TWO SLIDES HERE.
SO THIS, UH, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO ABSORB THIS INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS KIND OF A PREVIEW OF THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE, UH, HAZARDS, UH, SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AS WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
FOR OUR NEXT STEP, AND IN FUTURE MEETINGS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE MITIGATION ACTIONS.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO REDUCE RISK? THIS TABLE HERE IS JUST, UH, SERVING THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING YOU, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION CAN SPAN OVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT, OR A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE LOCAL PLANS AND REGULATIONS, UH, STRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT MAY BE KIND OF CONVENTIONALLY WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF A SIZE SEISMIC RETROFITS, ET CETERA.
UH, NATURAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION, AND FINALLY, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS KIND OF A PREVIEW.
UM, AT A LATER POINT IN THE PROCESS, WE WILL SIT DOWN WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND HEAR FROM YOU RELATED TO SOME, UH, ONGOING OR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UH, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A SNEAK PEEK, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT STEP.
UM, LET'S SEE IF WE, THERE WE GO.
I CAN ACTUALLY TALK THROUGH THIS AS NOELLE'S, GETTING THAT BACK UP ONLINE.
UH, SO ADOPTION OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
ULTIMATELY, ONCE WE ASSEMBLE ALL OF THE PIECES, MEET WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND HAVE ALL OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS TOGETHER, WE WILL ASSEMBLE THE PLAN AND SUBMIT IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AS KELLY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THE INITIAL REVIEW BEFORE, IT IS SENT TO, UH, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA FOR FINAL REVIEW.
ONCE, UH, THE PLAN IS APPROVED BY FEMA, WE WILL RECEIVE APPROVAL PENDING ADOPTION OR A PA, UH, IT WILL THEN BE, UH, APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE HOUSE MITIGATION PLAN IS ACTIVE AND FULLY APPROVED.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ROADMAP ON WHERE IS THIS PLAN GOING ONCE IT IS COMPLETED.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THAT IS WHEN THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING.
WHILE JAKE GETS THE, UM, TECH SITUATED, I CAN RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING AND, UM, THE GRANT FUNDING THAT OUR GOAL IS TO CONNECT THE, UM, CONNECT THE WEST COVINA HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WITH, UM, SO ESSENTIALLY THE, THE BENEFIT OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED UP AT THE FRONT IS THAT IT IS AN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING FROM FEMA AS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH CAL OES.
SO WITHOUT A PLAN, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THAT GRANT FUNDING RESOURCE.
UM, KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND CHANGE ACROSS, UM, THE HAZARD MITIGATION FUNDING WORLD, JUST WITH THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF GRANT PROGRAMS
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THAT WERE CLOSED LAST YEAR THAT HAVE BEEN REOPENED THIS YEAR.UM, NAMELY THE BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.
SOMETIMES YOU'LL HEAR THAT REFERENCED AS BRICK FOR SHORT.
THAT IS A, UM, THAT IS A NATIONWIDE GRANT PROGRAM THAT BEFORE A DISASTER, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING AND ACHIEVE THAT, UM, THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, UM, FUNDING TO HELP, UH, PAY FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY CALIFORNIA IS REALLY COMPETITIVE ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS IN WINNING GRANT FUNDS AND, UM, SUCCESSFULLY, SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOYING THEM IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, THEY ARE POST-DISASTER.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WHILE THEY ARE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAMS, HMGP IS, UM, ONLY DEPLOYED AFTER DISASTER HAS OCCURRED.
SO ESSENTIALLY WITH THE LA WILDFIRES RECENTLY, UM, THAT DID RELEASE A SERIES OF GRANT FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS RELEASED DUE TO WILDFIRE, UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN PROJECTS UNDER IT HAVE TO RESPOND TO WILDFIRE.
SO, UM, THAT IS JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
IT IS A LITTLE UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT GRANT FUNDING ONLY BECOMES AVAILABLE AFTER A DISASTER HAS HAPPENED.
BUT, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR, OUR KIND OF CYCLE WHERE THESE THINGS TEND TO HAPPEN, UM, QUITE FREQUENTLY IN CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE, UM, HMGP AVAILABLE, UM, GRANT AVAILABILITY OPPORTUNITIES USUALLY THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, SO THAT IS ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.
UM, THE OTHER GOOD THING IS IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE THE PROPOSITION FOR FUNDING THAT JUST WAS APPROVED IN 2024 AND IS STARTING TO BE, UM, WAS, WAS INITIAL DEPLOYMENTS WERE 2025, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT FUNDING COME ONLINE THIS YEAR.
UM, THAT PROPOSITION APPROVED A $10 BILLION GRANT, UH, $10 BILLION, UM, BOND, EXCUSE ME,
UM, WE DID RECENTLY SEE THE CAL FIRE GRANT OPPORTUNITY OPEN UP.
SO SOME OF THAT PROPOSITION FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO STATE AGENCIES.
UM, THE COMPETITIVE ONE, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS OPEN THROUGH CAL FIRE, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN $70 MILLION, UM, AVAILABLE FOR FUEL MOD AND WILDFIRE PLANNING PROTECTION.
UM, BUT AS THAT PROPOSITION HAS OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES THAT WILL BE DELEGATED TO OTHER STATE AGENCIES, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR, UM, FOR GRANT FUNDING TO BE LINKED IN YOUR PLAN.
UM, AS WE IDENTIFY MITIGATION ACTIONS THAT WOULD HELP IMPROVE, UM, RESILIENCE IN WEST COVINA, WE WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LINKED TO AN APPROPRIATE FUNDING RESOURCE.
UM, NOT TRYING TO, NOT TRYING TO DOCUMENT ANY UNFUNDED MANDATES IN THIS PLAN, BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE BUSY ENOUGH AND, UM, DON'T NEED
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, THE GRANT FUNDING SIDE WHILE WE, WHILE WE GET THE TECH GOING? AGAIN, WE CAN FLIP THROUGH THE SLIDES SUPER QUICKLY TOO, JUST TO GIVE THE ILLUSTRATIVE COMPONENTS.
WE WOULD FIGURE THAT OUT AS THIS PLANNING PROCESS GOES ALONG.
SO THAT WOULD BE, ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL IS ONE, TO EVALUATE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AND ALSO TO, UM, LOOK AT CRITICAL FACILITIES AND OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE'S HEIGHTENED RISK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR ANY PLANS, ANYTHING THAT THE CITY WOULD WANNA DEPLOY TO REDUCE THAT RISK
UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING, SO THAT WOULD BE THE TOPIC FOR OUR CONVERSATION, OUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS.
SO APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT WITH THE MITIGATION STRATEGY.
SO THIS, UM, THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF, UM, FUNDING WHERE, WHERE GRANT DOLLARS WILL BE AVAILABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE WILDFIRE COMPONENT THAT I WAS MENTIONING, THERE'S EXTREME HEAT PROGRAMS TO FUND, UM, URBAN FORESTS.
THERE ARE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, UM, WATER SUPPLIES, FLOOD MITIGATION ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE STATE STEP UP AND PROVIDE THIS FUNDING RESOURCE WHILE, UM, WHILE SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING PROGRAMS ARE, UM, KIND OF EVOLVING AS WE, AS WE SPEAK.
UM, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE GRANT?
AND THEN LAST ITEM FOR ME TO DISCUSS, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO SOME Q AND A.
UM, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE OP UH, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE INPUT AND CHAT WITH US AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, THAT WILL BE OUR MEETING TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WE'VE GOT FLAGGED ON THE SCREEN IN JUNE.
WE'D LIKE TO RECONVENE AND TALK ABOUT RISK AND VULNERABILITY, UM, JUST SHOWING THE AREAS OF WEST COVINA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SPECIFIC HAZARDS OVER OTHERS.
UM, SO WE'LL GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY ON WILDFIRE, EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD, YOU
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NAME IT.UM, THAT ALSO BEING SAID, KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN SET ASIDE THE TIME TO COME TO A FORMAL WORKSHOP LIKE WE HAVE TODAY.
WE WILL ALSO BE DOING TWO POP-UP BOOPS, UM, ONE BEING ON SATURDAY.
SO IF ANYONE IS GOING TO BE AT BOBA FEST, UM, PLEASE STOP BY AND SAY HI TO MYSELF AND JAKE.
WE WILL HAVE A BOOTH THAT WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THE SAME ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
UM, JUST HOPING TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT, UM, WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO A FORMAL WORKSHOP, BUT AS THEY'RE HAVING FUN AT BOBA FEST, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A FLYER FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND, UM, ASK THEIR OPINIONS ON PREVIOUS HAZARDS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON, UM, HOW WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THOSE HAZARDS.
UM, WE'LL DO ANOTHER POPUP MEETING SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
UM, OUR LAST COMMUNITY WORKSHOP WHERE WE'LL GET BACK TOGETHER IN A FORMAL WAY LIKE THIS.
WE WILL PRESENT THE DRAFT PLAN AND GET, UM, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK THERE TOO.
UM, ALONG WITH OUR, WE HAVE ONE MORE INTERNAL MEETING IN JUNE.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL SCHEDULE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS DRAFT PLAN TO BE AVAILABLE IN AUGUST.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATING, YOU HAVE A DIRECT HAND IN GIVING US, UH, FEEDBACK THAT GOES DIRECTLY IN THE PLAN.
SO ONCE WE GIVE YOU THAT, THAT DRAFT PLAN, THERE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISES.
IT WILL LARGELY BE ALL OF THIS CONTENT THAT WE SPENT TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE, UM, HELPFULLY GIVEN TO US.
UM, AND THEN THIS SCHEDULE GETS US ON TRACK FOR A SUBMITTAL THIS FALL.
UM, ESSENTIALLY CALAS AND FEMA BOTH REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PLAN BEFORE WE BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
SO LOOKING TO GET THE PLAN APPROVED, I, I'D SAY END OF THIS YEAR IS, UM, IS REASONABLE.
IT MIGHT GO INTO JANUARY 20, 27, BUT, BUT, UH, WE'LL SEE.
HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, SO I'LL PAUSE THERE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR AND DON'T WANNA TALK THE WHOLE TIME.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, OR COMMENTS, UH, HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW.
AND IF NOT, IF WE'VE ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS,
UM, ALRIGHT, SO HEARING NONE, UM, WHAT WE WILL GO THROUGH, UH, JAKE WILL GIVE THE, THE, UM, THE RUNDOWN ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE JOINING US ONLINE, AND THEN HOW TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE JOINING US IN PERSON.
UH, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU JOINING US ONLINE FROM THE LIVE STREAM, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME WAY THAT THOSE IN PERSON WILL BE PARTICIPATING ON OUR BOARDS.
UH, SO YOU'LL SEE HERE WE HAVE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE MENTI, A LIVE POLLING SOFTWARE.
SO IF YOU USE THE QR CODE ALONG WITH THE, UH, PROVIDED CODE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON HAZARD PRIORITIZATION, WHERE IN THE CITY YOU'VE EXPERIENCED VARIOUS NATURAL HAZARDS AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS. SO THIS MENTI POLL WILL BE ACTIVE UNTIL JUNE 10TH, 2026.
SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO WEEK PERIOD, UH, FOR YOU TO GIVE US, UH, YOUR INPUT THERE.
IN TERMS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO JOIN US IN PERSON, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR YOU.
UH, SO WE'LL BE SETTING THESE BOARDS UP HERE MOMENTARILY AND WE CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THEM WITH YOU.
THE FIRST ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE THE HAZARD RANKING.
SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU FIVE DOT STICKERS AND WE'LL HAVE YOU PUT PLACE A DOT UNDER THE TOP FIVE HAZARDS YOU'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HERE IN WEST COVINA.
THE, UH, SECOND ACTIVITY IS OUR MAPPING DATA GATHERING.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE YOU DOT STICKERS FOR YOU TO PLACE A DOT WHERE IN THE CITY YOU OR YOUR FAMILY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A NATURAL HAZARD.
YOUR NEXT BOARD IS GONNA BE RELATED TO THOSE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OR CHARACTERISTICS WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
UH, SO WE WILL, AGAIN, GIVE YOU FIVE DOT STICKERS TO SELECT THOSE CHARACTERISTICS YOU FEEL MAKE, UH, THE CITY RESIDENTS, UH, SOCIALLY VULNERABLE OR MORE VULNERABLE TO THE HAZARDS WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
THE LAST TWO QUOTE UNQUOTE ACTIVITIES ARE, UH, WE HAVE A SURVEY.
SO IT'S A, A HANDOUT WITH TWO QR CODES, ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN SPANISH, UH, FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PUBLIC SURVEY THAT WE'VE SET UP AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND ANYONE JOINING US ONLINE CAN ALSO USE, UH, THESE QR CODES TO, UH, GIVE US YOUR INPUT THROUGH THAT SURVEY.
AND FINALLY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE HAVE NOT COVERED TODAY, JUST GENERAL INPUT THAT YOU HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE COMMENT CARDS FOR YOU TO WRITE DOWN YOUR THOUGHTS AND WE WILL GATHER THAT INPUT, UH, AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE ACTIVITIES WE HAVE FOR THOSE JOINING US IN PERSON TODAY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU, UH, FOR JOINING US HERE IN PERSON AND ONLINE AND, UH, FOR LISTENING TO OUR PRESENTATION.
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SO WHAT WE'LL DO FOR OUR, THOSE FOLKS ON THE ONLINE IS WE CAN KEEP THIS, UM, MENTEE PULSE STANDING WHILE WE SET UP OUR, UM, SET UP OUR BOARDS QUICKLY.UH, SINCE WE'RE A SMALL GROUP, WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP IT CASUAL AND CHIT CHAT.
IF YOU PREFER TO TALK WITH US DIRECTLY AND GIVE US YOUR INPUT, WE CAN JOT IT DOWN THAT WAY TOO.
UM, HOWEVER IS BEST FOR, UM, BEST FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU DIDN'T SIGN IN, UH, WHEN YOU GOT IN, WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU THE SIGN IN SHEET SO WE, WE CAN JUST DOCUMENT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY TOO.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY GO OFF THE MIC UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, ANYTHING ELSE WE, WE SHOULD COORDINATE ON? NO.
YEAH, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY SEND OUT THE SLIDES AND THEN THE LIVE STREAM TOO.
WE'LL, UM, BE STANDING ON THE CITY'S YOUTUBE PAGE, SO IF YOU WANTED TO CATCH THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THE SLIDES AFTERWARDS TOO,
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I TURN OFF THE MIC? NO.
WELL, THANK YOU TO THOSE JOINING US ONLINE,