Marin County Hazard Planners Seek Community Input

SAN RAFAEL, CA — Communities across Marin County are teaming up to create a new regional hazard mitigation plan, and officials are hoping to hear directly from neighbors to help guide the process. That input will help ensure that proposed projects and approaches are a close match with what community members value most.

"Hazard mitigation is the effort to reduce the loss of life and damage to property and the environment by lessening the impact of natural hazards on the community," officials said Tuesday. "By understanding what natural hazards we face in Marin County, and how those hazards may impact our communities either by injuring people, damaging or destroying property, or impacting the environment; we reference this document to seek ways to protect people, property, and the environment from the impact of these hazards."

Part of the feedback process includes a new online survey, which asks neighbors to rank their level of concern for various natural hazards and share about personal actions they have taken to prepare for natural disasters. The updated plan will address several potential natural hazards, including dam failures, earthquakes, flooding, droughts, levee failures and rising sea levels.

Community members will also have two chances this month to participate in related town hall meetings, which can be joined in person, or over Zoom, and viewed live on Facebook:

• Thursday, April 13, 2023, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
  • In-person:
    • Marin County Board of Supervisors Chambers
    • Marin County Civic Center
    • 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room #330
    • San Rafael, CA 94903
  • Virtually:
    • Zoom link
    • Meeting ID: 886 2383 1897 Passcode: 015749

• Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
  • In-person:
    • Marin County Health and Wellness Center
    • 3240 Kerner Ave. Rooms #109 and #110
    • San Rafael, CA. 94903
  • Virtually:
    • Zoom link
    • Meeting ID: 818 2436 0040 Passcode: 432999

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