The Cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City, and the Alameda County Water District and Union Sanitary Districts are partnering to develop a Tri-City Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). Floods, earthquake, fire, and severe weather are just a few of the hazards of concern to our communities. While natural hazards such as these cannot be prevented, an LHMP forms the foundation for a community's long-term strategy to reduce disaster losses by breaking the repeated cycle of disaster damage and reconstruction. Communities with a FEMA-approved LHMP are eligible to apply for both pre- and post-disaster mitigation grant funding and are better positioned to respond and recover when disasters occur. The new LHMP will also provide a framework for each cities’ floodplain management program, which may result in lower flood insurance premiums for area residents and businesses under FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS).
Nationwide, taxpayers pay billions of dollars annually helping communities, organizations, businesses, and individuals recover from disasters. Some disasters are predictable and, in many cases, much of the damage can be reduced or even eliminated through hazard mitigation planning.
You are invited – to both the Planning Committee Meeting #2 and the Mid-Term Public Meeting– the risk assessment meetings.
During the meetings, we will be reviewing the risk assessment data developed to date and are looking for your feedback in refining and adding to the in-process risk assessment. We encourage attendance and participation from the general public at either of our upcoming meetings; please select the time that works best for you:
Planning Committee Meeting
August 17, 2023 (Thursday)
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Newark Library
37055 Newark Blvd.
Newark, CA 94560
Public Meeting
August 17, 2023 (Thursday)
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Kennedy Youth Center
1333 Decoto Rd.
Union City, CA 94587
Visit the project webpage for more information.
For questions, please contact Alec Tune, Emergency Services Manager, Fremont Fire Department at (510) 494-4256 or via email.