PALMDALE – The deadline to take the city of Palmdale’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) survey and win a $100 gift card has been extended to Monday, May 31.
Residents, business owners, and stakeholders are encouraged to take the survey at www.CityofPalmdale.org/hazardplan to help update the existing LHMP plan. A winner will be randomly selected at the conclusion of the survey.
Palmdale’s current LHMP was adopted in 2015 and is due to be updated this year for another five-year period. Working with partner agencies (schools, police, fire, military, medical, etc.), the city will ensure that potential hazards are properly identified, and that appropriate measures to protect the public are included in the plan.
“The LHMP covers a wide range of hazards affecting Palmdale, including earthquakes; floods, dam failure and inundation; wildfires and brush fires; transportation accidents and hazardous material spills; drought; severe weather; and power/utility failure,” said Palmdale Mayor Steve Hofbauer. “It’s important that our residents weigh in and provide feedback to ensure that the new plan has us prepared for a potential disaster.”
“Having an LHMP in place helps direct city resources appropriately and qualifies the city for federal disaster relief,” said Mayor Pro Tem Laura Bettencourt. “Updated plans are critical as Living in Southern California makes us vulnerable to a variety of potential disasters.”
Funding for updating the LHMP was provided in part by a $50,000 Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning Grant.
“We look forward to hearing from the public as our staff prepares to update our existing plan,” said Palmdale City Manager J.J. Murphy. “Gauging the priorities of our community is a priority in the process, and someone will win a $100 gift card just for taking the survey.”
For more information, please visit www.CityofPalmdale.org/hazardplan.
Stinger says
Obviously, a gaping hole existed in the LHMP regarding pandemics. No attacks on the lack of foresight on this as hindsight is, well, 20/20 (no pun intended). That said, however, this is an area that will need to have mitigation plans in place for the future.
Half joking here, but, do we have any ideas on hazard mitigation plans for alien immigration or attacks… Seems there might just be a possibility on that set of issues, now…
Tim Scott says
Well, a pandemic is by definition not a local hazard.
And as unexpected as this might be I am gonna say that both cities have dealt with it admirably. This has been helped a ton by the state of California having also gotten it right and having a phenomenally low mortality rate given the huge population and urban density.
If the federal response had not been so completely cluster-Trumped I think we would have seriously just weathered the storm in fine fashion.
Beecee says
“If the federal response had not been so completely cluster-Trumped I think we would have seriously just weathered the storm in fine fashion”
You mean without operation warp speed and closing off travel to and from China both brought to you by the Trump administration,
While democrats were having impeachment hearings and Pelosi telling folks to come on down to China town…
People do have memories you know
Tim Scott says
Ho w come you keep quoting me in all your posts? Have you just gotten that desperate to finally say something right?
Democrat ‘gay’ve says
That pesky cluster trumped vaccine brought to you by yours truly.
Tim Scott says
LOL…yeah sure…without the vast scientific knowledge of Donald Trump I am sure that Johnson and Johnson would have been totally lost.
lololololololol
PS: have you heard? Johnson and Johnson is hiring Trump to cure cancer since he’s out of office with time on his hands.