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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />1. Mitigation Planning <br />1.8 Plan Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance <br />The Eugene -Springfield Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan originally adopted in 2009 <br />and later updated in 2014 and 2020 will be due for revision and subsequent adoption <br />in 2025. State, tribal, and local governments engage in hazard mitigation planning to <br />identify risks and vulnerabilities associated with natural disasters and develop long- <br />term strategies for protecting people and property from future hazard events. <br />This section details the formal process to ensure the Eugene -Springfield NHMP <br />remains an active and relevant document. The plan implementation and <br />maintenance processes include a schedule for monitoring and evaluating the plan <br />annually, as well as producing an update every five years. Finally, this section <br />describes how Eugene and Springfield will integrate public participation throughout <br />the plan's maintenance and implementation process. <br />1.8.1 Plan Review, Update, and Adoption 2020 <br />The process for plan review, update, and adoption was conducted in the following <br />order. <br />Step 1 - Emergency Management planners assigned to the NHMP and appropriate <br />community partners, updated and re-evaluated this latest version of the <br />NHMP based on current knowledge, accuracy, and relevance of the natural <br />hazards in our area. Planners developed, from the existing plan, a new and <br />updated edition called the NHMP 2020. Adhering to Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) requirements, planners included local <br />outreach activities to engage the community in determining needs and <br />concerns, as well as captured their input for further plan revisions. <br />Step 2 - The draft Eugene -Springfield Area Multi -Jurisdictional NHMP 2020 was <br />reviewed by both Emergency Managers. Updates and corrections were made <br />as needed. <br />Step 3 - On or before September 20, 2019 the Cities jointly submitted the draft to the <br />State Hazard Mitigation Officer at the Oregon Military Department, Office <br />of Emergency Management (OEM). <br />Step 4 - OEM reviewed the plan and provided comment, requested revisions, and or <br />retractions by the cities or their sub -plan holders. <br />Step 5 — Upon the Cities completing the requested edits, OEM determined the plan <br />complete and ready for FEMA's review and subsequent approval. OEM <br />then submitted the NHMP 2020 to FEMA Region 10. The Cities also <br />1-13 January 2020 <br />