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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />4. Risk and Vulnerability <br />4.6.3 Geographic Boundaries <br />The geographic extent for this assessment was the area within both Cities' urban <br />growth boundary. Due to the regional nature of some systems and hazards, several of <br />the summaries briefly discuss areas beyond this boundary. <br />4.6.4 High Level Findings <br />Below is a list of high-level findings from the 2014 Assessment. This does not <br />represent all lessons learned or all relevant information collected during the assessment. <br />It is a short collection of the common themes from across multiple sectors.86 <br />Overall <br />A. There exists a unique culture of collaboration and information sharing within <br />our community. Overall, this increases our adaptive capacity in several areas. <br />Information sharing is particularly visible within the health, public safety, <br />electricity, and transportation sectors. There is a noticeable willingness to share <br />information within other sectors as well, including both food and <br />communications. <br />B. Participants voiced the value in hazard planning and exercises. Multiple <br />participants in multiple sectors indicated they valued the assessment, and many <br />stated their support for continuing this discussion and engaging in multi -sector <br />planning and exercises. <br />C. Many sectors are heavily dependent on resources and decisions made outside of <br />the Eugene -Springfield area, most notably the food, electricity, and fossil fuel <br />sectors. <br />D. There are three sectors fundamental to the operation, maintenance, and <br />restoration of all other sectors; those are electricity, fossil fuels, and <br />transportation. <br />E. For several sector managers, finding and keeping qualified staff is an important <br />concern over the next decade with few obvious solutions. <br />F. There is a high level of interdependence among sectors. Nearly every sector <br />relies on several other sectors to function, with stormwater and natural systems <br />being the least dependent on other sectors. <br />86 United States. City of Eugene. Emergency Management. Climate and Hazards Vulnerability <br />Assessment December 2014. Accessed April 2019. https://www.eugene- <br />or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/20644/2014-Eugene Springfield-Climate-and-Hazards-Vulnerability- <br />Assessment?bidId=. <br />4-9 January 2020 <br />