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4,0 Plan Goals, Mitigation Strategies and Action items <br /> <br />4.1 Mitigation Plan Objectives <br /> <br />The overal~ purpose of the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area Hazard Mitigation Plan is to <br />reduce the negative impacts of future natural or anthropogenic disasters on the <br />community. That is, the purpose is to minimize the potential for deaths, injuries, <br />damages, and economic ~osses and disruption. Completely eliminating the risk of <br />future disasters in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area is neither technologically <br />possible nor economically feasible. However, substantially reducing the negative <br />impacts of future disasters is achievable with the implementation of a pragmatic <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan. <br /> <br />The primary objectives of this Hazard Mitigation Plan are: <br /> <br /> 1. Save lives and reduce injuries <br /> 2~ Minimize damage to buildings and infrastructure, especially to critical <br /> facilities, <br /> 3. Minimize economic losses, <br /> 4. Decrease disruption of public services, businesses, schools, and families, <br /> 5. Protect the environment, <br /> 6. Foster public/private partnerships, and <br /> 7. Strengthen the social fabric and economic welFbein9 of the <br /> Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. <br /> <br />The Eugene/Springfield Metro Area has prepared this Hazard Mitigation Plan with <br />these important benefits in mind. Community involvement in both planning and <br />implementing Hazard Mitigation steps in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area is <br />essential for the success of this long term effort. This Mitigation Plan is intended to be <br />a catalyst to motivate the public sector, the business community, and the public into <br />giving of their time, energy and resources to implement the mitigation actions deemed <br />most important for the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. <br /> <br /> In addition, adoption of this Hazard Mitigation Plan will help the Eugene/Springfield <br /> Metro Area meet regulatory requirements, including: <br /> <br /> 8. FEMA's (Federal Emergency Management Agency) mitigation planning <br /> requirements so that the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area remains eligible for <br /> pre- and post-disaster mitigation funding from FEMA, <br /> 9. FEMA's Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System guidelines, <br /> to help minimize future flood insurance rates in the Eugene/Springfield <br /> Metro Area, <br /> 10. Oregon Emergency Management's mitigation planning evaluation criteria, <br /> and <br /> 11. Oregon's Goal 7 natural hazard planning guidelines. <br /> <br /> Meeting these regulatory requirements is an essential step to facilitate implementation <br /> of mitigation measures and in making progress towards achieving the primary <br /> objectives summarized above. <br /> <br /> Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 4-1 <br /> <br /> <br />