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MC-23-1: Develop a Vulnerable Communities Index specific to Marin County (aggregating economic, gender, age, linguistic, ethnic, and racial characteristics; geographic locations; hazard impact; and adaptive capacity)  

MC-23-2: Develop a climate change preparedness outreach program for higher risk populations 

MC-23-3: Provide grants for alternative housing to community members at risk of climate change impacts

MC-23-4: Mitigate by planning in advance for climate change impacts and incorporating lessons learned in neighboring counties 

MC-23-5: Develop a Property Rating System 

MC-23-6: Develop Resilience Hubs 

MC-23-7: Focus improvements on the transportation network for risk reduction, especially informed by new and emerging climate risk 

MC-23-8: Conduct study to identify natural methods to limit coastal erosion 

MC-23-9: Conduct research on best natural methods to mitigate erosion on highways and roads and implement planning and strategy stage

MC-23-10: Conduct research on best natural methods to mitigate erosion in and around rivers and streams and implement planning and strategy stage

MC-23-11: Addition of vegetation in soil eroded areas

MC-23-12: Increase conventional storage that is filled during high-flow periods

MC-23-13: Provide multilingual outreach on mitigation tactics to well-dependent residents

MC-23-14: Conduct outreach and acquire grants to pass to rural communities for installing rainwater harvesting systems

MC-23-15: Identify alternative water supplies for times of drought; mutual aid agreements with alternative suppliers

MC-23-16: Remove non-native plants and trees from all County and City and Town facilities; replace with drought tolerant, native plants

MC-23-17: Turn soil to increase infiltration rate and pore space to absorb more water

MC-23-18: Encourage soil turning on private land

MC-23-19: Install new HVAC systems at schools and critical infrastructure facilities

MC-23-20: Implement non-AC solutions to cool buildings (i.e., green roof and nature-based infrastructure systems)

MC-23-21: Paint roofs with pigments to reduce heat inside buildings

MC-23-22: Outreach to communities at high risk of heat impacts

MC-23-23: Establish policy for cooler homes / Earthship homes

MC-23-24: Provide grants for high-risk residents to improve and acquire cooling mechanism in home

MC-23-25: Provide alternative locations and equitable response actions for residents to seek cooler environments (e.g., movie theaters) via regional heat response plans

MC-23-26: Establish additional and expand functionality of heating, cooling centers and resiliency hubs

MC-23-27: Replace concrete sidewalks with DG

MC-23-28: Implement green streets initiatives in identified areas

MC-23-29: Install green roofs on public buildings supported by non-potable water

MC-23-30: Conduct a whole county study on what areas could benefit from more shaded areas; a green streets program

MC-23-31: Conduct study on how much concrete can be removed 

MC-23-32: Implement county-wide flood monitoring system to inform mitigation future projects

MC-23-33: Conduct research on widening storm channels and aged infrastructure which has not been climate change adapted and is in need of enhancements

MC-23-34: Widen storm channels in high-density areas and urban settings

MC-23-35: Develop policy to remove concrete parking lots

MC-23-36: Expand culverts in areas classified as 100- or 500-year flood plain

MC-23-37: Assess County and Town owned parking lots to implement catch basins

MC-23-38: Design creek restoration projects on East and West Creek to improve flood conveyance capacity

MC-23-39: Marin City Stormwater improvement project to limit standing water and flooding 

MC-23-40: Research, design, and construct the Santa Venetia Floodwall Project

MC-23-41: Novato Bypass improvement project to reduce flooding

MC-23-42: Corte Madera Creek Flood Risk Management Project Phase 1, Access Ramp and Granton Park Pump Station

MC-23-43: Develop Integrated Flood Modeling System to New Weather Radars

MC-23-44: Apply below grade waterproofing and implement other water-intrusion mitigation measures to protect facilities that are experiencing increased levels of hydrostatic pressure

MC-23-117: Marin County Structure Elevation Program 

MC-23-45: Cardinal Rd Levee Upgrade: Seepage Mitigation for a segment of Coyote Creek Levee (~1,000 LF)

MC-23-46: Conduct sea level rise vulnerability analysis of County Flood Control District-owned and operated flood control assets

MC-23-47: Harden the North San Pedro Road Improvement at China Camp to preserve the transportation corridor through China Camp State Park; preserve the corridor for emergency evacuations route and future sea level rise

MC-23-48: Construct coarse-grained beach marsh and shoreline edge restoration to inhibit marsh and bay coastal shoreline edge erosion due to wind-wave erosion and SLR

MC-23-49: Construct Corte Madera Creek Flood Risk Management Project Phase 1, Lower COM Restoration

MC-23-50: Reduce impacts from sea level rise and protect natural storm barriers by researching and restoring Tiscornia Marsh and other wetlands and marsh areas

MC-23-51: Create offshore wetlands in low lying areas susceptible to climate driven sea level rise

MC-23-52: Implement vegetation in coastal areas to limit sea level rise and storm surge

MC-23-53: Enhance public awareness of evolving flood risk hazards due to sea level rise, both on county's coast and bay side

MC-23-54: Novato Baylands Resilience Projects (including levee improvements, setback levee construction, pump station construction and tidal restoration)

MC-23-55: Geomorphic dredging of Tidal Flood Control Channels and Thin-Lift Marsh Augmentation for SLR Resiliency

MC-23-56: Southern Marin Levee Improvements and New Levee Construction with Associated Pumping for Direct Coastal Flooding Impacts 

MC-23-57: Complete designs and implement wetland restoration project to protect Bothin Marsh Open Space Preserve and Bay Trail

MC-23-58: Develop designs and implement wetland resilience improvements along shoreline of Bolinas Lagoon

MC-23-59: Develop designs and implement McInnis Marsh and Bucks Landing wetland resilience features 

MC-23-60: Develop plan to prioritize high value areas of potential wetland expansion 

MC-23-61: Research, plan, and construct tsunami evacuation structures near high-risk areas vulnerable to tsunami inundation

MC-23-62: Enhance public awareness of mitigation approaches for tsunami, including on bay side of county

MC-23-63: Provide incentives to guide development away from high-risk areas

MC-23-64: Plan for tsunami evacuation routes 

MC-23-65: Put signage in place for evacuation routes

MC-23-66: Research, analyze, and harden schools in tsunami inundation zones

MC-23-67: Harden piers and boat ramps to withstand tsunami forces

MC-23-68: Create barriers around public safety water resources to mitigate tsunami forces

MC-23-69: Harden and lift critical infrastructure in 1 and 3 feet for sea level rise areas

MC-23-70: Strengthen roads to withstand natural hazards like fires and water inundation. Reduce regulatory impediments to road construction, widening, and other improvements by amending relevant sections of Marin County Code Titles 22, 23, and 24 to eliminate discretionary permit requirements and replace them with ministerial review to ensure that both public and private roads comply with codified engineering standards.

MC-23-71: Review permit processes to ensure that all applications for new development comply with fire safety and building code standards, including but not limited to ensuring the provision of adequate water supply for fire suppression and fire flow requirements.

MC-23-72: Electric signage for in VHFD and HFD areas alerting residents on red flag days

MC-23-73: Amend Wildlands Urban Interface (WUI) Regulations. Work with Marin Fire agencies to prepare and adopt WUI regulations for new development and substantial remodels to reduce fire hazards. Track and update standards as the areas of high and extreme fire hazard areas are defined. 

MC-23-74: Identify areas with insufficient evacuation opportunities 

MC-23-75: Remove hazardous trees and vegetation, including non-native species throughout the High and Very High Fire Danger Areas

MC-23-76: County-wide assessment of hazardous trees and vegetation

MC-23-77: Deploy additional AI cameras for fire ignition and detection

MC-23-78: Conduct research on impact of wildfire smoke on southeastern portion of the county

MC-23-79: Create green breaks in county in VHFD and HFD Areas

MC-23-80: Expand fuel management by collaborating with land management agencies

MC-23-81: Encourage vegetation modification at private residences

MC-23-82: Conduct a county wide fuels study to understand how different vegetation would behave when ignited 

MC-23-83: Conduct a vegetation study in high and very high fire hazard areas

MC-23-84: Implement culturally informed (especially native tribal culture) wildfire mitigation projects

MC-23-85: Encourage fire resistant construction and landscaping

MC-23-86: Exceed codes and standards for fire resistant construction

MC-23-87: Harden fire roads to withstand impacts from natural hazards

MC-23-88: Conduct brush clearance around fire roads

MC-23-89: Provide grants to harden existing structures against fires

MC-23-90: Plant native fire-resistant vegetation

MC-23-91: Conduct brush clearance around evacuation routes

MC-23-92: Deploy livestock to remove vegetation 

MC-23-93: Collaborate with land management agencies to manage vegetation in open space and common space areas

MC-23-94: Provide direct assistance to property owners in need of vegetation management to improve defensible space

MC-23-95: Retrofit any current roads, highways and bridges to endure high magnitude earthquakes in areas with 0.55 or higher shaking intensity

MC-23-96: Establish policy for soft story homes

MC-23-97: Research and assess current roads, highways, and bridges probability to endure a high magnitude earthquake

MC-23-98: Replace or enhance water and sewage pipes and joints within areas vulnerable to liquefaction with flex pipes or alternate infrastructure

MC-23-99: Retrofit all County and City and Town facilities to withstand large earthquakes

MC-23-100: Identify pre-1933 school buildings and critical infrastructure

MC-23-101: Retrofit all critical infrastructure to resist severe earthquake shaking above 0.55 intensity 

MC-23-102: Expand community outreach to Great Shakeout Drill – Use Shaker trailer

MC-23-103: Outreach to hospitals and other critical care facilities on infrastructure risk

MC-23-104: Conduct Research on impacts of San Andreas Fault in West Marin

MC-23-105: Provide outreach and education on San Andreas Fault in West Marin

MC-23-108: Study dam spillways and emergency spillways, specifically for seepage and to reassess geological assumptions

MC-23-109: Widen dam spillways in areas where dams may receive additional water due to climate change

MC-23-110: Harden dam spillway infrastructure to prevent spillway failures during controlled/emergency releases

MC-23-111: Ground critical infrastructure vulnerable to lightning strikes

MC-23-112: Research effective methods to strengthen wind load for existing utilities and critical infrastructure

MC-23-113: Conduct geotechnical survey of slope stability county-wide

MC-23-114: Seed and transplant fire resistant and native plants and trees on vulnerable sloped areas

MC-23-115: Outreach and education to areas at risk of debris flow

MC-23-116: Acquire land and or design new codes for areas in high-risk landslide areas and minimize new construction via policy recommendations 

• 2 Seismic Retrofit of County-owned buildings not current to code
  • 2.4 Seismic Retrofit of County-owned buildings not current to code.  120 N. Redwood: Seismic Assessment Earthquake.
  • 2.5 Seismic Retrofit of County-owned buildings not current to code.  Marin Center: Seismic Assessment of the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium & Exhibit Hall Earthquake
• 3 San Anselmo Flood Risk Reduction Project
• 4 Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio Riverine (Corte Madera Creek) Flood Risk Management Project
• 5 Azalea Ave Bridge Replacement
• 6 Nokomis Ave Bridge Replacement
• 7 Madrone Ave Bridge Replacement
• 8 Winship Bridge Replacement
• 9 Sycamore Ave Bridge Replacement
• 10 Lower Corte Madera Creek Improvements
• 11 Continue supporting the Sonoma County Water Agency led Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information effort.
• 12 Pacheco Pond Project: flood flow diversion to wetlands to improve water quality and habitat. Upgrade title gages.
• 13 Deer Island Basin Project to setback levees, restore tidal wetlands, and increase tidal prism to reduce sedimentation and flood risk
• 14 Rush Creek Drainage Improvements
• 16 The upgrade Farmers, Cheda, and Lynwood pump stations
• 18 City of Novato Drainage Improvement
• 19 Encourage property owners in SFHAs to purchase flood insurance
• 20 Easkoot Creek Flood Flow Bypass Project. (National Park Service/ FHWA project being scoped currently as part of parking lot work)
• 21 Santa Venetia Floodwall Project (Formerly the Santa Venetia Timber-Reinforced Berm Improvement Project)
• 22 Meadow Drive Interceptor and Ditch Upgrades
• 23 Santa Venetia Pump Station No. 4 Upgrades — on hold
• 24 Pump Station No. 2 Upgrade, and interconnection to Pump Station No. 1 is currently on hold
• 25 Pump Station No. 5 Upgrade
• 27 Santa Venetia and Rafael Meadows Street Drain Upgrades
• 28 Gallinas Creek Geomorphic Dredge
• 29 McInnis Park Wetland Restoration Project
• 30 Levee Setback and Upgrade Project
• 31 Pump Station No. 1 Upgrade
• 32 Estancia Ditch and Pump Station improvement project
• 34 Tiburon Street Drainage Improvements Plan
• 35 Karen Way Ditch Improvements
• 36 Strawberry Levee Improvements (SLR)
• 37 West Creek Flood Wall Alternative Restoration Project
• 38 East Creek Outfall Modifications Project
• 40 Coyote Creek Levee Improvements
• 41 Marin City Drainage Improvements Project
• 42 Richardson Bay Shoreline Protection work is to be integrated into future sea level rise adaptation planning
• 43 Bothin Marsh Restoration project
• 44 Manzanita Modifications Project. To support/supplement a Caltrans project
• 45 Lower Ryan Creek Pump Station Study and Upgrades
• 46 Crest Marin, Cardinal, and Shoreline Pump Station Upgrades.
• 48 Flood Preparedness Pilot Program
• 49 Consider sea level rise adaptation from Collaboration: Sea-level Marin Adaption Response Team (C-SMART).
• 50 Initiate Community Plans for Adapting to Coastal Hazards
• 51 Develop Renters and Homeowners Guides to Flood Preparedness project
• 54 Protect and restore natural buffers
• 55 Assess bulkheads surrounding Tomales Bay 

• B-1 All Hazards: Lane Design & Engineering: Lanes are critical egress and evacuation routes for all types of hazards or a disaster
• B-2 All Hazards: Lane Maintenance, Minor Repairs: Lanes are critical egress and evacuation routes for all types of hazard, disaster
• B-3 All Hazards: Park Lane Stairs Alternate Pedestrian Evacuation Route
• B-4 All Hazards: Hawthorne Lane Stairs Alternate Pedestrian Evacuation Route
• B-5 All Hazards: Retaining Walls Evaluation Route
• B-6 Flooding; Sea Level Rise; Tsunami; Levee Failure: Corrugated Metal Pipe Replacement for flood control
• B-7 Flooding; Sea Level Rise; Tsunami; Levee Failure: Emergency Drainage Repairs Flooding
• B-8 Flooding; Sea Level Rise; Tsunami; Levee Failure: Levee evaluation – EIR completion
• B-9 Severe Weather; Heat, All Hazards: Enhance Community facilities to support the socially vulnerable population during extreme weather events
• B-10 Wildfire, Drought, Severe Weather; Heat & Wind: Vegetation Management around at risk PG&E power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects by PG&E
• B-11 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Debris Flow, Tsunami: Shoreline adaptation project to protect against flooding, sea level rise and earthquake; strengthen existing levees and raise vulnerable above-ground critical infrastructure out of the flood zone
• B-12 Earthquake: Earthquake natural gas valves are required in new construction or during substantial remodel work
• B-13 Levee Failure: Increase height and retrofit existing levees in town
• B-14 All Hazards: Enhance and promote community and individual emergency preparedness
• B-15 All Hazards: Update Safety Element of the General Plan
• B-16 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building codes for seismic, flood, fire and other disaster. Adopt and Enforce Building Codes.
• B-17 Wildfire, Severe Weather; Wind, Drought, Debris Flow: Vegetation Management Plan to include the removal of exotic, invasive, and hazardous species
• B-18 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Tsunami: Updating or enhancing flood control pump stations, storm force mains, and gravity storm lines around city. This will also include maintaining and dredging existing flood control open channels, canals, and lagoons.
• B-19 All Hazards: Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades

• BC-1 All Hazards: Encourage participation in Alert Marin and other community alert & warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential emergencies or risk
• BC-2 All Hazards: Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Update
• BC-3 All Hazards: Emergency Generators
• BC-4 Dam Failure: Inspect Woodrat 1 and Woodrat 2 reservoir impoundments and install any recommended improvements to structure(s) or spillway(s)
• BC-5 Debris Flow, Erosion, Landslide, Post-Fire Debris Flow: Relocate gravity sewer main off of Terrace Avenue at Surfer’s Overlook
• BC-6 Landslide, Erosion: Repair County-owned seawall under Terrace Avenue at Surfer’s Overlook to stabilize it and prevent land subsidence
• BC-7 Debris Flow, Erosion, Landslide, Post-Fire Debris Flow: Retrofit or replace the existing concrete impoundment structure at the district’s upper diversion point on the Arroyo Hondo Creek
• BC-8 Drought: Inspect and install recommended improvements to the existing radial gate (or replace radial gate) at the district’s lower diversion point on the Arroyo Hondo Creek
• BC-9 Drought: Engage consultant to evaluate feasibility of desalination, water recycling or additional groundwater sources as supplemental sources of water supply
• BC-10 Earthquake: Seismic retrofit of the district’s West Tank (potable water storage tank, 440,000 gallons)
• BC-11 Earthquake: Replace existing district office building
• BC-12 Earthquake: Replace existing A/C water and / or sewer mains with C900
• BC-13 Flooding: Conduct feasibility analysis and upgrade sewer treatment facility to perform during extreme rainfall (50 year+) events
• BC-14 Sea Level Rise: Convert Wharf Road Lift Station to a submersible pump station and install protective coating and associated improvement to wet well   
• BC-15 Land Subsidence: Repair County-owned seawall under Wharf Road to stabilize it and prevent land subsidence.
• BC-16 Land Subsidence: Wharf Road Slip-line
  • BC-17 Levee Failure: Inspect sewage treatment and storage pond levees and install any recommended improvements
• BC-18 Severe Weather – Wind, Tornado: Remove trees on district properties that pose a threat to public safety during severe wind events
• BC-15 Wildfire; Severe Weather – Heat: Consult with fire authorities and licensed arborists/registered foresters and implement recommended projects to remove trees on district property and replace them with safer vegetation

Town of Corte Madera

• CM-1 All Hazards: Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades. MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities
• CM-2 All Hazards: Town is studying replacement for the  Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) system as it reaches the end of its service life
• CM-3 All Hazards: Update public safety components of the General Plan. MU-4 Adopt Development Regulations in Hazard Areas
• CM-4 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building and Fire codes. MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes
• CM-5 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building codes for seismic, flood, fire and other disaster. MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes
• CM-6 All Hazards: As new development occurs, roadways and driveways are required to be of minimal 12 to 20 foot width and with approved turnarounds and/or turnouts
• CM-9 Dam Failure: Encourage participation in Alert Marin and other community alert and warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential emergencies
• CM-8 All Hazards: Enhance and promote community and individual emergency preparedness.
• MU-15 Develop and Conduct a Household Disaster Preparedness Program. ET-2 Increase awareness of extreme temperatures risk and safety.
• CM-9 Severe Weather: Enhance Community facilities to support the socially vulnerable population during extreme weather events.  ET-3 Assist Vulnerable Population
• CM-10 Earthquake, Debris Flow, Wildfire, Land Subsidence: Fire code amendments to reduce the damage to structures from earthquake, landslide and fire. Including automatic natural gas shut-off valves and fire sprinklers for new and substantially remodeled structures.
• CM-11 Wildfire: Vegetation Management Plans (VMP) for development in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program
• CM-12 Wildfire, Drought, Severe Weather: Vegetation Management Plan to include the removal of exotic, invasive, and hazardous species and replacing them with native, safer vegetation. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program, ET-1 Reduce Urban Heat.
• CM-13 Wildfire, Drought, Severe Weather: Vegetation Management around at risk PG&E power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects by PG&E
• CM-14 Wildfire: Hillside neighborhoods adaptation projects to protect against wildfire risk including widening narrow roads and adding road pullouts, increasing number of emergency egress roads from neighborhoods, continue vegetation management in highest risk areas, and other projects listed in the assessment.
• CM-15 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee Failure, Tsunami: Shoreline adaptation projects to protect against flooding and sea level rise including improved, replaced, or new levees, raising structures out of the flood zone, raising road elevations, and other projects listed in the assessment.
• CM-16 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Central Corte Madera adaptation projects to protect against flooding including maintaining, replacing, or new flood control pump stations, maintaining and dredging existing lagoons and canals, maintain and improve storm drainage throughout neighborhoods, and other projects listed in the assessment.
• CM-17 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee Failure, Dam Failure, Tsunami: Updating or enhancing flood control pump stations, storm force mains, and gravity storm lines around town. This will also include maintaining and dredging existing flood control open channels, canals, and lagoons.
• CM-18 Earthquake: Earthquake natural gas valves are required in new construction or during substantial remodel work.
• CM-19 Dam Failure: Encourage participation in Alert Marin and other community alert & warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential Dam related emergencies or risk.
• CM-20 Landslide: Map and Assess Vulnerability to Landslides
• CM-21 Drought: Require Water Conservation During Drought Conditions and Enhance Landscaping and Design Measures
• CM-22 Flooding: Establish Local Funding Mechanisms for Flood Mitigation
• CM-23 Flooding:  Elevate or Retrofit Structures and Utilities
• CM-24 Sea Level Rise: Protect and Restore Natural Buffers
• CM-25 Sea Level Rise: Increase Awareness of Sea Level Rise
• CM-26 Severe Weather: Reduce Urban Heat Island Effect
• CM-27 Land Subsidence: Map and Assess Vulnerability to Subsidence
• CM-28 Levee Failure: Increase height and retrofit existing levees in town
• CM-29 Wildfire: Require or Encourage Fire-Resistant Construction Techniques 

Sanitary District #2

• SD-1 Flooding, Sea Level Rise: Updating or enhancing sanitary pump stations, force mains, and gravity storm lines around town
• SD-2 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Install bypass force mains where none currently exist from the Paradise Pump Station to the joint force main connection on the north side of Corte Madera Creek
• SD-3 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Improve the Paradise Pump Station wet well capacity to help prevent sewer overflows during storms

• F-1 All Hazards: Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades.
• MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities
• F-2 All Hazards: Implement the Goals, Policies, and Actions listed in Table 20 of the General Plan Safety Element.
• F-3 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building and Fire codes
• MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes
• F-4 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building codes for seismic, flood, fire, and other disaster.
• MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes
• F-5 Flooding: Fairfax Creek Flood Plain/trash capture
• F-6 Sinkholes, Landslide: Creek Retaining Walls Evaluation and Repair
• F-7 Landslide: Bolinas Road Repaving and Restabilization
• F-8 Sinkholes, Landslide: Sir Francis Drake Blvd Repaving and Restabilization
• F-9 All Hazards: Resiliency Hub at Town Facilities
• F-10 Earthquake: Seismic retrofit of Pavilion Facility
• F-11 Flooding: Conduct Periodic Testing of emergency sirens and early warning systems including Nixle
• F-12 Earthquake: Seismically retrofit/Renovate Town owned Women’s Club (Council Chambers)
• F-13 Wildfire: Seek Grant Funding for vegetation removal along roadways and roadside collection/chipping of hazardous vegetation within the Wildlife Urban Interface (WUI)
• F-14 Flooding: Prepare GIS storm water map of the watershed to determine the water flow and design a culvert system appropriate to the volume and flow of peak runoff. Complete the identification of existing culverts and the need for new ones.

• L-1 All Hazards: Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades
• MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities
• L-2 All Hazards: Update public safety components of the General Plan
• MU-4 Adopt Development Regulations in Hazard Areas
• L-3 All Hazards, Dam Failure: Encourage participation in Alert Marin and other community alert & warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential emergencies
• L-4 All Hazards: Regularly review and update the City's Emergency Management Plan
• L-5 All Hazards: Enhance and promote community and individual emergency preparedness
• L-6 Wildfire, Debris Flow, Drought, Severe Weather – Heat & Wind: Vegetation Management Plan to include the removal of exotic, invasive, and hazardous species and replacing them with native, safer vegetation
• WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program, ET-1 Reduce Urban Heat
• L-7 Wildfire, Drought, Severe Weather – Heat & Wind: Vegetation Management around at risk PG&E power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects by PG&E
• L-8 Earthquake: City Hall Seismic Upgrade EQ-1
• L-9 Earthquake: Fire Station Seismic Upgrade Eq2, WF-1
• L-10 Earthquake: Fire Station Expansion EQ-3, WF-2
• L-11 Flooding, Tsunami, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Dam Failure: Upgrade Storm Drain System FL-1, SW-1
• L-12 Flooding, Tsunami, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Dam Failure: Flood Mitigation Plan FL-9
• L-13 Wildfire: High Fire Zone Assessment Program WF-2
• L-14 Debris Flow, Land Subsidence Assess: Vulnerability to Landslides and Land Subsidence

• LGV-1 All Hazards: Encourage participation in AlertMarin and other community alert and warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential emergencies or risk
• LGV-2 Flooding, Sea Level Rise: Flood Protection Plan/Sea Level Rise Mitigation Program Planning. Develop Flood Management Plan to improve flood protection and resilience of biosolids disposal area, reclamation, pump stations, and all critical treatment facilities.
• LGV-3 Wildfire: Standby Generators for Minor Pump Stations. Installation of permanent generators to provide emergency power backup to select wastewater pump stations during PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff outages.
• LGV-4 Flooding, Sea Level Rise; Earthquake; Severe Weather: John Duckett Pump Station Improvements. Improve sea level rise resiliency; pipeline structural integrity during earthquakes; and increase pumping capacity during major storm events.
• LGV-5 Earthquake, Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Severe Weather, Wildfire: Administration and Operations Control Building Construction. Design and construction of a state-of-the-art operations control center incorporating advanced communication and alarm system for pump stations and other facilities during service disruptions, such as major storm events, earthquakes, and other disasters, The control center shall comply with current Building Code requirements for seismic, flood, and fire.
• LGV-6 Debris Flow, Landslide, Erosion: Miller Creek Vegetation Maintenance. Maintain vegetated sloped areas because of previous dredging of Lower Miller Creek on LGVSD property to control gravel and debris flow downstream and control landslide and erosion of existing levees.
• LGV-7 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Severe Weather: Miller Creek Dredging Project. Dredging Lower Miller Creek on LGVSD property to remove accumulated sediment and increase creek capacity to convey runoff during major storm events.
• LGV-8 Drought: Recycled Water Expansion. Expanded capacity of Title 22 recycled water production for distribution by NMWD and MMWD.
• LGV-9 Flooding, Severe Weather: Sewer Main Rehabilitation. Maintain and improve the wastewater collection system to minimize inflow and infiltration during peak wet weather events.
• LGV-10 All Hazards: Integrated Wastewater Master Plan. Address current issues and develop long-term strategies for the wastewater treatment plant, pump stations, force mains, and gravity sewers and reclamation facilities.

• MV-1: Climate Action Plan: Adopt Mill Valley Climate Action Plan 2030 and implement strategies identified in the plan
• MV-2: Safety Element. Update Safety Element of the General Plan. [FEMA Project MU-4 Adopt Development Regulations in Hazard Areas]
• MV-3: Building and Fire Code. Review and adopt current California Building and Fire codes.  Amend Fire Code to reduce damage to structures from hazard risk specific to Mill Valley. [FEMA Project MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes]
• MV-4: NFIP. Continue to maintain good standing and compliance under National Flood Insurance Program through implementing floodplain management programs. [FEMA Project F-8 Join or Improve Compliance with NFIP]   
• Private Development
• MV-5: Soft-Story Buildings. Assessment and retrofit of soft-story buildings (non-City owned). [FEMA Project EQ-2 Incorporate Earthquake Mitigation into Local Planning]   
• MV-6: Building Safety. Reduce hazard vulnerabilities for buildings throughout Mill Valley. Enforce as properties come in for retrofits. [FEMA Project EQ-1: Adopt and Enforce Buildings Codes]
• MV-7: Roadway and driveway safety. As new development occurs, roadways and driveways are required to be of minimal 12 to 20 foot width and with approved turnarounds and/or turnouts. [FEMA Project WF-3: Reduce Risk through Land Use Planning]
• MV-8: Vegetation Management. Reduce fire risk in existing and new private development in the Wildland Urban Interface through Vegetation Management Plans.  [FEMA Project WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program]
• City Facilities and Infrastructure
• MV-9: MERA. Conduct Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]
• MV-10: City Building Assessment and Upgrade. Perform appropriate seismic and fire safety analysis based on current and future use for all City-owned facilities and structures.  Strengthen and/or replace city-owned buildings in the identified prioritized order as funding is available. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]   
• MV-11: Community Refuge Centers. Enhance Community facilities to support the socially vulnerable population during extreme heat and other extreme weather events.  [FEMA Project ET-3 Assist Vulnerable Population]
• MV-12: Energy Resilience. Enhance resilience of power supply for city facilities during emergencies. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]
• MV-13. Corporation Yard Master Plan. Evaluate flooding potential and develop master plan to improve facilities. Construct a 1,300 linear foot perimeter flood wall and install   flood gate system to protect Mill Valley DPW assets and SASM WWTP. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]
• MV-14: Severe Storms. Reduce Mill Valley’s vulnerability to severe storms and associated hazards. [FEMA Project SW-4 Protect Power Lines and Infrastructure]
• MV-15: Storm Water System. Rehabilitate and improve the capacity of the City’s storm water system to reduce local flooding caused by inadequate storm drainage. [FEMA Project F-13 Improve Stormwater Drainage System Capacity]
• MV-16: Flood Control Pumps. Update or enhance flood control pump stations and gravity storm lines around town. This will also include maintaining and dredging existing flood control open channels and canals. [FEMA Project F-14 Conduct Regular Maintenance for Drainage Systems and Flood Control Structures]
• MV-17: Sewer System. Implement Annual Sewer Rehabilitation Program. [FEMA Project F-18 Protect Critical Facilities]
• MV-18: Sanitation Pumps. Implement Sanitation Pump Station Improvement Program. [FEMA Project F-18 Protect Critical Facilities]
• MV-19: Sea Level Rise. Adaptation projects to protect against flooding and sea level rise including raising structures out of the flood zone, raising road elevations, and other projects implementing and building on the 2017 Marin Shoreline Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment. [FEMA Project F-15 Elevate or Retrofit Structures and Utilities]
• MV-20: Water Supply. Work with MMWD to ensure an adequate water supply during emergencies and for disaster recovery. [FEMA Project D-3 Monitor Water Supply]
• MV-21: Fire Engine Access Improvements.  Hillside neighborhoods adaptation projects to protect against wildfire risk including widening narrow roads and adding road pullouts, increasing number of emergency egress roads from neighborhoods, continue vegetation management in highest risk areas, and other projects listed in the assessment.    
• MV-22: Annual Vegetation Maintenance Program. Conduct maintenance to reduce fuel sources and maintain evacuation routes on City ROW and on City owned lands. [FEMA Project WF-10 Implement a Fuels Management Program]
• MV-23: Power Line Vegetation Maintenance. Coordinate with PG&E to conduct vegetation management around at risk power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects. [FEMA Project WF-7 Create Defensible Space Around Structures and Infrastructure]
• MV-24: Steps, Lanes and Paths. Maintain and improve SLP pedestrian evacuation network through the SLP Annual Maintenance Program and SLP Design and Construction Program.    
• MV-25: Landslide Repair. Implement the City’s Annual Slide Repair Program to repair landslides in the public ROW and on City properties and lower risk of future slides. [FEMA Project ER-5 Stabilize Erosion Hazard Areas]
• MV-26: Hazard Information. Collect, analyze and share information with the Mill Valley community about Mill Valley hazards and associated risk reduction activities. [FEMA Project MU-14 Increase Hazard Education and Risk Awareness]     
• MV-27: Community Groups. Continue to encourage neighborhoods and community members to participate in programs such as Firewise Communities, Neighborhood Response Groups, CERT, and other community organizations.
• MV-28: Build Internal Capacity. Recognize and address gaps in capacity for emergency preparedness.     
• MV-29: Partnerships. Ensure that City provides leadership and coordinate with the private sector, public institutions, and other public agencies in disaster mitigation.   
• MV-30: Water Security. Collaborate with local, state, regional and federal partners to increase the security and capacity of Mill Valley’s water supply from climate change impacts.    
• MV-31: Cybersecurity. Enhance resiliency of city systems to cyberattacks to improve resiliency in an emergency. 

• N-1 All Hazards: Continue the code enforcement inspection program for apartments of 3 or more units in the City to find seismic safety, flood and health and safety compliance issues and to identify buildings at risk to specific hazards.
• N-2 All Hazards: Update the City's Emergency Operations Plan, as needed and update the plan when the County of Marin update their Emergency Operations Plan
• N-3 Flooding: Participate in the completion of the County's Watershed Stewardship Plan. The plan's projects will address preventative measures to mitigate flood impacts.
• N-4 Dam Failure, Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Meet annually with all agencies involved in Marin County Flood Control projects to ensure that structural projects are considered and continue to cooperate with Marin jurisdictions in pursuing all available sources of funding to finance improvements to storm drainage facilities.
• N-6 Wildfire: Implement action items identified for Novato in the current Marin County Wide Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
• N-7 Wildfire: Articulate and promote the concept of land use planning related to fire risk and individual landowner objectives and responsibilities
• N-8 Wildfire: Coordinate with county and local government staff to integrate Firewise approaches into planning documents and ordinances
• N-9 Wildfire: Consider the creation of transition zones (areas between developed residential areas and open space areas) where additional defensible space clearance is needed
• N-10 Wildfire: Continue efforts to partner with neighborhoods located in WUI areas to educate them on becoming fire adapted or Firewise communities
• N-11 Wildfire: Continue implementation of the countywide fuel break and fire plan implementation
• N-12 Wildfire: Work to reduce regulatory barriers that limit hazardous fuels reduction activities (e.g., tree removal process)
• N-13 Wildfire, Drought, Severe Weather – Heat and Wind: Implement a Vegetation Management Plan to include the removal of exotic, invasive, and hazardous species and replacing them with native, safer vegetation
• N-14 Wildfire: Participate in County Wide Evacuation Route Assessment and Mapping Study. Study will be complete this year and will provide the basis for prioritizing addition fuels reduction work along evacuation routes.
• N-15 Wildfire: Conduct Structure Assessments of all homes and businesses with the NFD jurisdiction for home hardening and defensible space evaluations. Completed 100% of our WUI areas and approximately 2/3 total parcels in Novato.
• N-16 Wildfire: Provide matching grant funding for home hardening projects replacing existing combustible construction features with ignition resistant construction features that are California Building code Ch. 7A compliant.
• N-17 Wildfire: Provide matching grant funding for defensible space creation by removing fire prone vegetation within 100ft of structures
• N-18 Wildfire: Create Escape Route vegetation reduction within 10ft of evacuation routes in WUI areas
• N-19 Wildfire: Conduct ongoing all hazards evacuation drills in high fire hazard neighborhoods
• N-20 Wildfire: Participate in the creation and ongoing support of Annual Ember Stop Event to promote wildfire prevention and mitigation efforts county wide (>5000 public attended)
• N-21 Wildfire: Conduct Sound Study for installation of long-range acoustical devices in neighborhoods to facilitate evacuation notification—Once study is completed we will begin installing several LRADs in high fire risk neighborhoods on a voluntary basis; as funding permits.

• NMWD-1 All Hazards: Encourage participation in AlertMarin and other community alert and warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential emergencies or risk
• NMWD-2 All Hazards: Stafford Dam (Novato Creek Dam) Mitigation – Upstream Face Armoring
• NMWD-3 All Hazards: West Marin Water Supply Resiliency Project
• NMWD-4 All Hazards: Novato Water System Enhanced Master Plan
• NMWD-5 All Hazards: West Marin Water System Enhanced Master Plan
• NMWD-6 All Hazards: Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Update
• NMWD-7 All Hazards: Community and Individual Emergency Preparedness
• NMWD-8 All Hazards: Emergency Generator(s)
• NMWD-9 Dam Failure: Stafford Dam Mitigation – Remote Instrumentation including piezometers, inclinometers and accelerometers, weather station
• NMWD-10 Drought: Educate Residents on Water Saving Techniques
• NMWD-11 Flooding: Oceana Marin Force Main Replacement and Main Pump Station Upgrade/Relocation
• NMWD-12 Flooding: Olema Domestic Water Pump Station Flood Protection
• NMWD-13 Flooding: Eastern Marin County Creek Crossing Upgrades (Rush, Novato, Leveroni, Vineyard)
• NMWD-14 Flooding: Western Marin County Creek Crossing Upgrades (Olema, Lagunitas, Fish Hatchery, Haggerty Gulch, Silver Hills, Tomasini, and Bear Valley)
• NMWD-15 Flooding: Stafford Dam Mitigation – Spillway Hardening
• NMWD-16 Flooding: Stafford Dam Enhancements – Spillway Adjustable Weir Gate
• NMWD-17 Flooding: North Marin Water District Headquarters and Corporation Yard Flood Mitigation Project
• NMWD-18 Wildfire: Wooden Tank Replacement – Paradise Ranch Estates Tanks No. 1 & 2
• NMWD-19 Severe Weather – Wind, Tornado: Western Marin County Creek Crossing Upgrades
• NMWD-20 Severe Weather – Wind, Tornado: Western Marin County Creek Crossing Upgrades

• R-1 All Hazards: Prepare and submit an annual Hazard Mitigation plan implementation progress report to the local elected body
• R-2 All Hazards: Enhance and promote community and individual emergency preparedness
• MU-15 Develop and Conduct a Household Disaster Preparedness Program
• ET-2 Increase awareness of extreme temperatures risk and safety
• R-3 All Hazards: Encourage participation in Alert Marin and other community alert & warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential Dam related emergencies or risk.
• R-4 Dam Failure: Coordinate with MMWD to develop a Dam-Safety hazard mitigation plan for Ross, including a new section dedicated to climate change, and a discussion of atmospheric rivers and their accelerating potential threats to dam and reservoir safety.
• R-5 Debris Flow: Develop and implement an erosion management plan including strict enforcement of 25’ creek setback along CMC and Ross Creek for new and substantial remodel permit approval.
• R-6 Drought: Develop a drought communication plan and early warning system to facilitate timely communication of relevant information to officials, decision makers, emergency managers, and the general public.
• R-7 Earthquake: Using GIS to map hazard areas, at-risk structures, and associated hazards (e.g., liquefaction and landslides) to assess high-risk areas
• R-8 Flooding: Requiring that all critical facilities including emergency operations centers (EOC), police stations, and fire department facilities be located outside of flood-prone areas
• R-9 Flooding: Requiring all critical facilities to meet requirements of Executive Order 11988 and be built 1 foot above the 500-year flood elevation
• R-10 Land Subsidence: Install datalogger in Ross Common well to monitor areas at risk to subsidence by remaining aware of changes in groundwater levels
• R-11 Sea Level Rise: Monitor Sea Level Rise impacts to hydraulic grade line in Ross
• R-12 Severe Weather – Extreme Heat: Educate citizens regarding the dangers of extreme heat and the steps they can take to protect themselves when extreme temperatures occur
• R-13 Severe Weather – Wind, Hail, Lightning: Identifying specific at-risk populations that may be exceptionally vulnerable in the event of long-term power outages
• R-14 Wildfire: Inform the public about proper evacuation procedures
• R-15 Wildfire: Vegetation Management Plans (VMP) for development in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program
• R-16 Wildfire: Vegetation Management Plan to include the removal of exotic, invasive, and hazardous species and replacing them with native, safer vegetation
• R-17 Tsunami: Coordinate with Marin OEM and educate Ross citizens regarding the dangers of tsunami and inform them of emergency procedures and routes to use should a tsunami warning be issued

• SA-1 All Hazards:  Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades. MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities
• SA-2 All Hazards: Implement the Goals, Policies, and Actions listed in Table 20 of the General Plan Safety Element
• SA-3 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building and Fire codes. MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes
• SA-4 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building codes for seismic, flood, fire, and other disaster. MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes
• SA-5 All Hazards: As new development occurs; roadways and driveways are required to be of minimal 12 to 20 foot width and with approved turnarounds and/or turnouts
• SA-6 Severe Weather: Enhance Community facilities to support the socially vulnerable population during extreme weather events. Design and Build a Resilience Hub. ET-3 Assist Vulnerable Population
• SA-7 Earthquake, Debris Flow, Wildfire, Land Subsidence: Fire code amendments to reduce the damage to structures from earthquakes, landslides, and fires. Including automatic natural gas shut-off valves and fire sprinklers for new and substantially remodeled structures.
• SA-8 Wildfire: Vegetation Management Plans (VMP) for development in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program
• SA-9 Wildfire, Severe Weather: Vegetation Management Plan to include the removal of exotic, invasive, and hazardous species and replacing them with native, safer vegetation. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program, ET-1 Reduce Urban Heat.
• SA-10 Wildfire: Vegetation Management around at risk PG&E power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects by PG&E.   
• SA-11 Wildfire: Local, Open Space, and Defensible Space fire fuel reduction and removal of non-native plants and trees.   
• SA-12 Flooding: Flood risk reduction projects including bridge replacements, building removal and other flood projects.
• SA-13 Flooding: Community Rating System provide information to residential and commercial properties to reduce flood risk. Code to require and inspect flood gates in commercial areas on an annual basis.
• SA-14 Drought: Groundwater use and monitoring program to reduce use of the domestic water supply.  Install new irrigation systems, plan install piping for future greywater systems -D-1,2,3,4,5
• SA-15 Earthquake: Soft Story Program to identify and require retrofitting per adopted ordinance
• SA-16 All Hazards: Objective Design and Development Standards. The ODDS provide clear and objective zoning standards and streamlined review and approval processes for multifamily and mixed-use residential development to ensure that local housing production goals are met in accordance with State law.
• SA-17 All Hazards: Housing Element. The Housing Element is a part of the General Plan for the Town that assesses and lays out policies to meet the existing and projected housing needs of all economic segments of the community.
• SA-18 Flooding: Stormwater State General Plan. Remove trash from stormwater system, prevent erosion, and improve overall stormwater system
• SA-19 All Hazards: Firewise Community . NFPA's Firewise USA® program teaches people how to adapt to living with wildfire and encourages neighbors to work together and take action now to prevent wildfires.

• SR-1. All Hazards: Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades. MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities.
• SR-2 All Hazards: Update and implement safety and resilience elements of the General Plan. MU-4 Adopt Development Regulations in Hazard Areas.
• SR-3 All Hazards: Review and complete a study on the effectiveness of current California Building codes for seismic, flood, fire, and other disasters. MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes.
• SR-4 All Hazards: Enhance and promote community and individual emergency preparedness. MU-15 Develop and Conduct a Household Disaster Preparedness Program. ET-2 Increase awareness of extreme temperature risk and safety.
• SR-5 All Hazards: Identify the locations and then subsequently equip, stock, and train staff to establish emergency evacuation shelters used to temporarily house people during major emergencies. MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities.
• SR-6 All Hazards: Evaluate and Implement signal timing for first responders including EMTRAC on 17 fire vehicles. MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities.
• SR-7 Wildfire: Implementation of SRMC code for new construction and substantial renovation projects to implement 7a standards. Codes restricting wood shake roofs. WF-5 Require or Encourage Fire-Resistant Construction Techniques.
• SR-8 Wildfire: Receive and review Vegetation Management Plans (VMP) for development in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program. WF-8 Conduct Maintenance to Reduce Risk.
• SR-9 Wildfire: Removal and/or reduction of hazardous fuels located within COSR jurisdictional boundaries. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program, ET-1 Reduce Urban Heat.
• SR-10 Wildfire: Hillside neighborhood’s adaptation projects to protect against wildfire risk including narrow-street parking restrictions, continuing vegetation management in highest-risk areas, and other projects listed in the CWPP. WF-3 Reduce Risk through Land Use Planning. WF-8 Conduct Maintenance to Reduce Risk.
• SR-11 Wildfire: Consider the development of transitional zones where additional fuel management will be conducted. WF-7 Create Defensible Space Around Structures and Infrastructure. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program.
• SR-12 Wildfire: Continue efforts to partner with Neighborhood response groups and Firewise communities to improve wildfire adaptation. WF-10 Participate in Firewise Program.
• SR-13 Wildfire: Participate in Countywide evacuation route assessment and mapping study(s). WF-1 Map and Assess Vulnerability to wildfire.
• SR-14 Wildfire: Conduct fuel reduction of hazardous vegetation along evacuation routes. WF-8 Conduct Maintenance to Reduce Risk.
• SR-15 Wildfire: Staff Defensible space program to educate the public and support code enforcement efforts to improve city-wide structure ignition potential. WF-7 Create defensible space around structures and infrastructure.
• SR-16 Wildfire: Develop and Implement a Fuels Management Program. WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program.
• SR-17 Wildfire: Conduct a city-wide survey of hazardous trees and vegetation. WF-1 Map and Assess Vulnerability to Wildfire.
• SR-18 Wildfire: Develop tools, equipment, and programs to implement a mobile public education and outreach program for emergency preparedness, hazard education, and community mitigation input. WF-11 Increases Wildfire Risk Awareness. WF-12 Educate Property Owners about Wildfire Mitigation Techniques.
• SR-19 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Tsunami: San Rafael adaptation projects to protect against flooding including maintaining, replacing, or new flood control pump stations, maintaining and dredging existing lagoons and canals, maintaining, and improving storm drainage throughout neighborhoods, and other projects listed in the assessment. F-1 Incorporate Flood Mitigation in Local Planning. F-9 Manage the Floodplain Beyond Minimum Requirements. F-15 Elevate or Retrofit Structures and Utilities.
• SR-20 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Tsunami: Updating or enhancing flood control pump stations, storm force mains, and gravity storm lines around town. This will also include maintaining and dredging existing flood control open channels, canals, and lagoons. F-14 Conduct Regular Maintenance for Drainage Systems and Flood Control Structures. F-17 Protect Infrastructure.
• SR-21 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Tsunami: San Rafael Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Implementation. SLR-3 Protect buildings and infrastructure. F-19 Construct flood control measures. F-13 Improve storm drain capacity.
• SR-22 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Levee, Tsunami: Develop a “Homeowners Guide to Flood and Tsunami Hazards” to help property owners identify mitigation techniques, preparation practices, and funding opportunities to adapt to sea level rise. TSU-6 Increase Public Awareness of Tsunami Hazards. F-23 Educate property owners about Flood Mitigation Techniques.
• SR-23 Severe Weather: Enhance Community facilities to support energy resiliency and socially vulnerable populations during extreme weather events. ET-3 Assist Vulnerable Population.
• SR-24 Severe Weather: Educate the public about severe weather safety, power outages, and powerline safety. SW-7 Increase Severe Weather Risk Awareness.
• SR-25 Severe Weather: Coordinate with local government and private organizations to prepare and implement staff shelters during predicted severe weather conditions. SW-6 Retrofit Public Buildings and Critical Facilities.
• SR-26 Earthquake: Fire and Building code amendments and adoption to reduce the damage to structures from earthquakes, landslides, and fire. fire sprinklers for new and substantially remodeled structures. EQ-1 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes. SU-3 Consider Subsidence in Building Design.
• SR-27 Earthquake: Train homeowners to locate and shut off gas valves if they smell or hear gas leaking. Prepare citywide education. EQ-7 Increase Earthquake Risk Awareness.
• SR-28 Drought: Remove non-native plants and trees from all County and City and Town facilities, and replace them with drought-tolerant, native plants. D-8 Enhance Landscaping and Design Measures.
• SR-29 Drought: Survey and explore the potential of enhancing reclaimed water systems.
• SR-30 Landslide: Landslide Identification and Management Program – LS-1 Map and assess vulnerability to landslides.

• SAU-1 All Hazards: Climate Action Plan. Implement a detailed Climate Action Plan and implementation strategies.
• SAU-2 All Hazards, Wildfire: Building and Fire Code. Review and adopt current California Building and Fire codes. Amend Fire Code to reduce damage to structures from hazard risk specific to Sausalito. [FEMA Project MU-8 Adopt and Enforce Building Codes]
• SAU-3 All Hazards: Energy Reach Code. Explore amending Building Code to adopt reach code requiring all-electric for new buildings.   
• SAU-4 Flooding, Sea Level Rise: NFIP. Continue to maintain good standing and compliance under National Flood Insurance Program through implementing floodplain management programs. [FEMA Project F-8 Join or Improve Compliance with NFIP]   
• SAU-5 Landslide, Earthquake:  Geologic Instability Standards.  Develop a policies and procedures to restrict development on know geologic instabilities.
• SAU-6 Erosion, Debris Flow, Landslides, Earthquakes: Erosion Policies and Procedures.  Develop an internal policy and procedure to development and improvements that effect erosion with Sausalito watersheds.
• SAU-7 Earthquakes: Soft-Story Buildings. Assessment and retrofit of soft-story buildings (non-City owned). [FEMA Project EQ-2 Incorporate Earthquake Mitigation into Local Planning]
• SAU-8 All Hazards: Building Safety. Reduce hazard vulnerabilities for buildings throughout Sausalito. Enforce as properties come in for retrofits. [FEMA Project EQ-1: Adopt and Enforce Buildings Codes]
• SAU-9 Wildfire: Vegetation Management. Reduce fire risk in existing and new private development in the Wildland Urban Interface through Vegetation Management Plans.  [FEMA Project WF-9 Implement a Fuels Management Program]
• SAU-10 Landslide, Earthquake: Geologic Hazard Remediation:  improvements on private property to address known soil instabilities identified with the geologic hazard study.
• SAU-11 Landslide, Earthquake: Properties located within drainage basis that are subject to significant erosion shall be required to install improvement to address hazards caused by that erosion
• SAU-12 All Hazards: MERA. Conduct Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) Upgrades. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]
• SAU-13 Earthquake, Wildfire, All Hazards: City Facility Assessment Study and Implement Improvements. Perform appropriate facility assessment study which identifies deficiencies in seismic and fire safety and mechanical devices on current and future use for all City-owned facilities and structures.  Strengthen and/or replace city-owned buildings in the identified prioritized order as funding is available. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]
• SAU-14 Severe Weather – Extreme Heat, All Hazards: Community Refuge Centers. Enhance Community facilities to support the socially vulnerable population during extreme heat and other extreme weather events.  [FEMA Project ET-3 Assist Vulnerable Population]
• SAU-15 All Hazards: Energy Resilience. Enhance resilience of power supply for city facilities during emergencies. [FEMA Project MU-13 Protect Infrastructure and Critical Facilities]
• SAU-16 Debris Flow, Landslides, Erosion: Roadway Instabilities.  Reduce Sausalito’s vulnerability to severe landslides by addressing both downhill and uphill road instabilities [FEMA LS-3 Prevent Impacts to Roadways]
• SAU-17 Land Subsidence: Subsidence Study. Analyze and monitor subsidence in low elevation areas of Sausalito [FEMA Project SU-4]
• SAU-18 Tsunami, Flooding, Sea Level Rise: Tsunami Analysis and Improvements: Develop an analysis, recommendations and improvements to address Tsunami impacts and Sea Level Rise along Sausalito’s Shoreline [FEMA Project TSU-5, F-19]
• SAU-19 Severe Weather – Wind, Tornado: Severe Storms. Reduce Sausalito’s vulnerability to severe storms and associated hazards. [FEMA Project SW-4 Protect Power Lines and Infrastructure]
• SAU-20 Flooding, Severe Weather – Wind, Hail, Lightning, Sea Level Rise: Storm Water System. Rehabilitate, increase capacity of the City’s storm water system to reduce local flooding caused by inadequate storm drainage. [FEMA Project F-13 Improve Stormwater Drainage System Capacity]
• SAU-21 Flooding, Sea Level Rise: Flood Control Pumps. Analyze and install flood pump systems in the Gate 5 Area to address localized flooding This will also include maintaining this infrastructure. [FEMA Project F-14 Conduct Regular Maintenance for Drainage Systems and Flood Control Structures]
• SAU-22 Flooding: Sewer System. Implement Annual Sewer Rehabilitation Program. [FEMA Project F-18 Protect Critical Facilities]
• SAU-23 Flooding: Sanitation Pumps. Implement Sanitation Pump Station Improvement Program. [FEMA Project F-18 Protect Critical Facilities]
• SAU-24 Flooding, Sea Level Rise: Sea Level Rise. Adaptation projects to protect against flooding and sea level rise including raising structures out of the flood zone, raising road elevations, and other projects implementing and building on the Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment which is currently underway for Sausalito. [FEMA Project F-15 Elevate or Retrofit Structures and Utilities]
• SAU-25 All Hazards: Water Supply. Work with MMWD to ensure an adequate water supply during emergencies and for disaster recovery. [FEMA Project D-3 Monitor Water Supply]
• SAU-26 Drought: Sausalito Spring/Storm Waters Capture System.  Analysis, design and development of a water collection system to be utilized as a alternative water source for the City’s parks and medians. [ FEMA Project D-2, D-3 monitor water supply]
• SAUS-27 Drought: Recycled Water Program: Investigate and implement improvements to utilize recycled water supplies to assist with watering medians and public facilities. [FEMA Program ET-1 reduce Urban Heat Island Effect]
• SAU-28 Wildfire: Fire Engine Access Improvements.  Hillside neighborhoods adaptation projects to protect against wildfire risk including widening narrow roads and adding road pullouts, increasing number of emergency egress roads from neighborhoods, continue vegetation management in highest risk areas, and other projects listed in the assessment.   
• SAU-29 Wildfire: Annual Vegetation Maintenance Program. Conduct maintenance to reduce fuel sources and maintain evacuation routes on City ROW and on City owned lands. [FEMA Project WF-10 Implement a Fuels Management Program]
• SAU-30 Wildfire: Power Line Vegetation Maintenance. Vegetation Management around at risk PG&E power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects by PG&E. [FEMA Project WF-7 Create Defensible Space Around Structures and Infrastructure]
• SAU-31 All Hazards: Steps, Lanes and Paths. Maintain and improve SLP pedestrian evacuation network through the SLP Annual Maintenance Program and SLP Design and Construction Program.   
• SAU-32 Wildfire, Flooding, Severe Weather: Develop and Maintain Evacuation Routes:  Maintain access routes in and out of the city to ensure evacuation of all residents. [FEMA Project LS-3, F-17, WF-8]
• SAU-33 All Hazards: Graphic Information System Integration: Develop a City Specific Graphic information system that includes information in hazards for the public to utilize as well as city officials to coordinate emergency response.  [FEMA Project MU-14]
• SAU-34 All Hazards: Hazard Information. Collect, analyze and share information with the Sausalito community about Sausalito hazards and associated risk reduction activities. [FEMA Project MU-14 Increase Hazard Education and Risk Awareness]
• SAU-35 All Hazards: Partnerships. Ensure that City provides leadership and coordinate with the private sector, public institutions, and other public agencies in disaster mitigation.
• SAU-36 Drought: Water Security. Collaborate with local, state, regional and federal partners to increase the security and capacity of Sausalito’s water supply from climate change impacts.   
• SAU-37 All Hazards: Cybersecurity. Enhance resiliency of city systems to cyberattacks to improve resiliency in an emergency.

• SMFD-1 All Hazards: Create Local Funding Mechanisms for Hazard Mitigation. (MU-9)
• SMFD-2 All Hazards: Fire Code. Review and adopt current California Fire codes.  Amend Fire Code to reduce damage to structures from hazard risk specific to Southern Marin Fire Protection District. (MU-8)
• SMFD-3 All Hazards: Develop emergency supply cache storages for providing disaster relief and logistic aid to local municipalities and public volunteers.
• SMFD-4 All Hazards: Develop a multilingual and culturally appropriate business outreach program, in concert with existing business organizations and planning partners, to educate businesses on risk and risk reduction and to identify policies and programs to help businesses become more resilient.
• SMFD-5 All Hazards: Integrate Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Safety Element of General Plan.
• SMFD-6 All Hazards: Develop model policy templates to assist with coordinated development and implementation of resiliency policies, such as the Safety Elements.
• SMFD-7 All Hazards: Develop a list of vulnerable populations that could benefit from an emerging emergency notification technology or system
• SMFD-8 All Hazards: Integrate emerging emergency notification technologies or systems to serve vulnerable populations
• SMFD-9 Debris Flow: Map Community Risk
• SMFD-10 Drought: Educate the public and local nurseries on drought tolerant plants. Develop an educational program to allow for fire safety planting and drought safe landscapes to occur.
• SMFD-11 Earthquake: Expand public emergency outreach/education including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness, CERT, evacuation planning and earthquake threat. (EQ-4, EQ-7, EQ-9)
• SMFD-12 Earthquake: Develop a program for local officials to receive building inspection training and establish lists of trained inspectors. (EQ-8)
• SMFD-13 Subsidence: Subsidence Study. Analyze and monitor subsidence in low elevation areas of Sausalito. [FEMA Project SU-4]
• SMFD-14 Tsunami, Flooding, Sea Level Rise: Tsunami Analysis and Improvements: Develop an analysis, recommendations, and improvements to address Tsunami impacts and Sea Level Rise along Sausalito’s Shoreline. [FEMA Project TSU-5, F-19]
• SMFD-15 Severe Weather-Wind, Tornado Severe Storms: Reduce Sausalito’s vulnerability to severe storms and associated hazards. [FEMA Project SW-4 Protect Power Lines and Infrastructure]
• SMFD-16 Sea Level Rise: Develop localized flood risk mapping for use in preparing the community with educational tactics and additional flood barrier resources. (SLR-1,SRL-4)
• SMFD-17 Severe Weather-Heat: Establish local procedures to educate the public on health risks associated with severe weather and provide community resource programs to ensure the public is prepared based on the event. (ET-2,ET-3,ET-4)
• SMFD-18 Wildfire: Fire Engine Access Improvements.  Hillside neighborhoods adaptation projects to protect against wildfire risk including widening narrow roads and adding road pullouts, increasing number of emergency egress roads from neighborhoods, continue vegetation management in highest risk areas, and other projects listed in the assessment.
• SMFD-19 Wildfire: Community All Hazards Safety Evacuation Route Mitigation.
• SMFD-20 Wildfire: Expand and upgrade the resiliency of the water supply system by adding additional fire hydrant and infrastructure. (D-7)
• SMFD-21 Wildfire: Steps, Lanes and Paths. Maintain and improve SLP pedestrian evacuation network through the SLP Annual Maintenance Program and SLP Design and Construction Program.
• SMFD-22 Tsunami: Develop a community outreach program for education around early warning systems and notification. (TSU-1, TSU2)
• SMFD-23 Tsunami: Develop a community outreach program for vulnerable communities that focuses on reducing the risk of wildfire around all residential structures and vessels. (TSU-3)

• T-1 All Hazards: Get Ready 94920 Disaster Preparedness Program
• T-2 All Hazards: Encourage participation in Alert Marin and other community alert & warning systems to ensure the public is aware of any potential emergencies
• T-3 All Hazards: Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
• T-4 All Hazards: Climate Action Plan
• T-5 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building and Fire codes
• T-6 All Hazards: Review and adopt current California Building codes for seismic, flood, fire and other disaster.
• T-7 All Hazards: Open Space Management
• T-8 Debris Flow, Land Subsidence: Assess Vulnerability to Landslides and Land Subsidence
• T-9 Debris Flow, Flooding: Elevate or Retrofit Structures and Utilities
• T-10 Sea Level Rise: Increase Awareness of Sea Level Rise
• T-11 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Storm Drain Maintenance & Rehabilitation
• T-12 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Main Street Seawall Repairs
• T-13 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: ORT Culvert Rehabilitation
• T-14 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Beach Road Drainage Improvements
• T-15 Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Tsunami: Main Street Sea Level Rise
• T-16 Wildfire: Fire Road Maintenance
• T-17 Wildfire: Vegetation Management Plans (VMP) for development in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas
• T-18 Drought: Follow MMWD and State guidelines on water conservation during droughts
• T-19 Severe Weather – Heat: Enhance Community facilities to support the socially vulnerable population during extreme weather events
• T-20 Wildfire, Drought, Severe Weather – Heat & Wind: Vegetation Management around at risk PG&E power lines and electrical line undergrounding projects by PG&E
• T-21 Earthquake: Earthquake natural gas valves are required in new construction or during substantial remodel work.
• T-22 Levee Failure: Increase height and retrofit existing levees in town
• SMFD-23 Tsunami: Develop a community outreach program for vulnerable communities that focuses on reducing the risk of wildfire around all residential structures and vessels. (TSU-3)