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ATTACHMENT A 4.0 Plan Goals, Mitigation Strategies and Action Items 4.1 Mitigation Plan Objectives The overall purpose of the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area Hazard Mitigation Plan is to reduce the negative impacts of future natural or anthropogenic disasters on the community. That is, the purpose is to minimize the potential for deaths, injuries, damages, and economic losses and disruption. Completely eliminating the risk of future disasters in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area is neither technologically possible nor economically feasible. However, substantially reducing the negative impacts of future disasters is achievable with the implementation of a pragmatic Hazard Mitigation Plan. The primary objectives of this Hazard Mitigation Plan are: 1. Save lives and reduce injuries 2. Minimize damage to buildings and infrastructure, especially to critical facilities, 3. Minimize economic losses, 4. Decrease disruption of public services, businesses, schools, and families, 5. Protect the environment, 6. Foster public/private partnerships, and 7. Strengthen the social fabric and economic well-being of the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. The Eugene/Springfield Metro Area has prepared this Hazard Mitigation Plan with these important benefits in mind. Community involvement in both planning and implementing Hazard Mitigation steps in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area is essential for the success of this long term effort. This Mitigation Plan is intended to be a catalyst to motivate the public sector, the business community, and the public into giving of their time, energy and resources to implement the mitigation actions deemed most important for the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. In addition, adoption of this Hazard Mitigation Plan will help the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area meet regulatory requirements, including: 8. FEMA's (Federal Emergency Management Agency) mitigation planning requirements so that the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area remains eligible for pre- and post-disaster mitigation funding from FEMA, 9. FEMA's Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System guidelines, to help minimize future flood insurance rates in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area, 10. Oregon Emergency Management's mitigation planning evaluation criteria, and 11. Oregon's Goal 7 natural hazard planning guidelines. Meeting these regulatory requirements is an essential step to facilitate implementation of mitigation measures and in making progress towards achieving the primary objectives summarized above. 4.2 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Strategies and Action Items Public Review Draft: August 6, 2004 4-1