HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2022 1005 CCSA REG JNT DC ITEM 08BCITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of October 5, 2022
ACTION APPROVED STAFF
RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDING
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2022-
4137. (ROLL CALL VOTE: 4-0,
COUNCILMEMBER POLLOCK ABSENT)
BY A. Hurtado.
B. Consider Resolution Approving General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02 to Include
the 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan as Part of the
General Plan Safety Element and a Determination of Exemption from the California
Environmental Quality Act in Association Therewith. Planning Commission
Recommendation: 1) Open the public hearing, receive public testimony and close
the public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-4137, approving General
Plan Amendment No. 2022-02, which includes the 2022 Ventura County Multi-
Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan as part of the General Plan Safety Element.
(Staff: Mackenzie Douglass, Program Manager) (ROLL CALL VOTE
REQUIRED)
Item: 8.B.
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Mackenzie Douglass, Program Manager
DATE: 10/05/2022 Regular Meeting
SUBJECT: Consider Resolution Approving General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02
to Include the 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan as Part of the General Plan Safety Element and a
Determination of Exemption from the California Environmental Quality
Act in Association Therewith
BACKGROUND
On September 21, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2016-3541, directing
the Planning Commission to study and provide a recommendation to the City Council on
a General Plan Amendment to incorporate the 2015 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan (MHMP) into the Safety Element of the City’s General Plan.
Subsequently, the Planning Commission recommended adoption of such an amendment,
and the City Council duly adopted Resolution No. 2016-3556 approving General Plan
Amendment No. 2016-02 on November 16, 2016.
Since 2016, Ventura County has prepared an update to the 2015 Multi-Hazard Mitigation
Plan, which was adopted by the County Board of Supervisors as the 2022 Multi-
Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan on July 12, 2022. Both volumes of the Plan have
been made available to the public via www.readyventuracounty.org and on the City’s
Emergency Management Division webpage.
In order to incorporate this updated 2022 MHMP into the General Plan’s Safety Element
in place of the 2015 MHMP, City Council must adopt a new Resolution amending the
General Plan.
On September 27, 2022, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on proposed
General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02. No members of the public spoke on the proposal.
Subsequently, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. PC-2022-676,
recommending approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02.
Item: 8.B.
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DISCUSSION
This public hearing item is for the City Council to consider approval of General Plan
Amendment No. 2022-02 to include the 2022 Ventura County MHMP as part of the
General Plan’s Safety Element, and in so doing, replace the 2015 Venture County MHMP
as part of the Safety Element.
On July 12, 2022, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors adopted the 2022 MHMP
(Attachment, Exhibit A), which covers all 10 cities within Ventura County, as well as
County unincorporated areas. The plan has been prepared to address federal
requirements under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. In general, the Disaster
Mitigation Act encourages close coordination between local, state and federal agencies
in the area of disaster mitigation planning.
The MHMP addresses hazards such as climate change, dam failures, drought,
earthquakes, flood, landslides, levee failures, tsunami, wildfire, and severe storms.
Volume 1 of the plan addresses area wide hazards for Ventura County, while Volume 2
contains jurisdiction specific annexes for all 10 Ventura County cities, California State
Channel Islands, and 13 additional special districts.
Similar to the development process for the City’s General Plan and Emergency
Operations Plan, significant efforts were made to incorporate public input during the
formulation of the 2022 MHMP. These efforts included an online survey and a series of
public workshops, where draft versions of the Plan were presented for public discussion
and comment. Responses from Moorpark residents noted particular public concern
regarding hazards such as wildfire, earthquake, and severe storms/wind events. These
concerns are reflected in mitigation action items outlined in the Moorpark jurisdiction-
specific annex in Volume 2 of the 2022 MHMP.
Section 8685.9 of the Government Code limits State assistance on eligible projects as
part of the California Disaster Assistance Act to no more than 75% of total state eligible
costs, unless the local jurisdiction has adopted a hazard mitigation plan in accordance
with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 as a part of the Safety Element of its
General Plan. If adopted with the Safety Element, the Legislature may provide for a state
share of local costs that exceeds the 75% limit on total state eligible costs.
The draft City Council Resolution proposes to amend the General Plan by including the
2022 Ventura County MHMP update as part of the Safety Element. This action will cause
the 2022 MHMP to supersede and replace the 2015 version of the MHMP within the
Safety Element.
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Changes from 2015 Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan
The 2022 MHMP identifies a total of 10 hazard mitigation action items that apply to the
City of Moorpark, including four items that have been carried forward from the 2015
MHMP (Volume 2, page 4-14). At least one of the action items identified in the MHMP
will become irrelevant when the City occupies the new City Hall facility. Other mitigation
action plan items address local needs including the provision of adequate backup power
for critical facilities, drainage infrastructure, and retrofitting of structures located in hazard
areas. Action MPK-2 highlights the need to integrate the 2022 MHMP into the City’s
General Plan Safety Element.
The Moorpark jurisdiction-specific annex contained in Volume 2 of the 2022 MHMP
identifies ten action items, which are as follows:
o Action MPK-1: Where appropriate, support retrofitting, purchase, or
relocation of structures located in hazard areas, prioritizing those that have
experienced repetitive losses and/or are located in high- or medium-risk
hazard areas. This item has been carried forward from the 2015 MHMP.
o Action MPK-2: Integrate the hazard mitigation plan into other plans,
ordinances and programs that dictate land use decisions in the community,
including the City’s Emergency Operations Plan and General Plan. This
item has been carried forward from the 2015 MHMP.
o Action MPK-3: Actively participate in the plan (Multihazard Mitigation Plan)
maintenance protocols outlined in Volume 1 of this hazard mitigation plan.
o Action MPK-4: Continue to maintain good standing and compliance under
the NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program) through implementation of
floodplain management programs that, at a minimum, meet the NFIP
requirements.
o Action MPK-5: Identify and pursue strategies to increase adaptive capacity
to climate change including but not limited to the following:
Climate Action Element of the General Plan Update.
Consider a goal or policy to establish Reach Building Codes with the
General Plan Update.
Consider inclusion of a Climate Action Plan to follow the General
Plan Update.
o Action MPK-6: Purchase generators for critical facilities and infrastructure
that lack adequate backup power.
o Action MPK-7: Provide reliable back up power for the Police Service Facility.
This item has been carried forward from the 2015 MHMP.
o Action MPK-8: Develop a public outreach program that informs property
owner located in the dam and levee failure inundation areas about voluntary
flood insurance. This item has been carried forward from the 2015 MHMP.
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o Action MPK-9: Maintain vegetation management program that provides
vegetation management service to elderly, disabled, or low-income property
owners who lack the resources to remove flammable vegetation from
around their homes.
o Action MPK-10: Proceed with construction of a storm drain to address
flooding issues at Millard St. and Sherman Ave. (CIP #504)
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
The Community Development Director has reviewed this project and found it to qualify
for a General Rule Exemption from environmental review, in accordance with Section
15061 (b)(3) of California Code of Regulations (CEQA Guidelines). Moorpark’s Hazard
Mitigation Action Plan Annex to the Ventura County 2022 MHMP would facilitate
emergency equipment purchases, upgrades to existing public facilities, educational
efforts, communication and landscape maintenance improvements. Adoption of the 2022
Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan does not authorize or fund any specific action; future actions
undertaken to implement any portion of the Hazard Mitigation Plan action items would be
subject to individual review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines. Therefore, there is no
possibility that adoption of the 2022 Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan may have a significant
effect on the environment and no further environmental documentation is required.
NOTICING
Public Notice for this meeting was given consistent with Chapter 17.44.070 of the Zoning
Ordinance as follows:
• Publication. The notice of the public hearing was published in the Ventura County
Star on September 23, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action, as adoption of the 2022 Multi-
Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan does not authorize or fund any specific action.
However, the adoption of a Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is a requirement of
many grant funding opportunities that the City may wish to pursue.
COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE
This action does not support a current strategic directive.
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PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED)
Planning Commission recommends that the City Council:
1. Open the public hearing, receive public testimony, and close the public hearing;
and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-____, approving General Plan Amendment No.
2022-02, which includes the 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan as part of the General Plan Safety Element.
Attachment: Draft Resolution
The following documents are incorporated herein and are available for review on the
City’s website:
2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, Volume 1 (486 pages)
2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, Volume 2 (676 pages)
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO.
2022-02, TO INCORPORATE THE 2022 VENTURA COUNTY MULTI-
JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS PART OF THE
SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE MOORPARK GENERAL PLAN AND
MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH
WHEREAS, on July 12, 2022, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors adopted
an updated 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for all
10 cities in Ventura County, including the City of Moorpark, and unincorporated area, to
address the requirements of the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000; and
WHEREAS at its meeting of September 27, 2022, the Planning Commission
conducted a duly-noticed public hearing on General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02 to
incorporate the 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan into the
Safety Element of the General Plan, received public testimony on the proposed
amendment, and after receiving oral and written public testimony, closed the public
hearing and adopted Resolution No. PC-2022-676 recommending to the City Council
approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on October 5, 2022, the City Council conducted a duly
noticed public hearing on General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02 to incorporate the 2022
Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan into the Safety Element of the
General Plan, received public testimony on the proposed amendment, and after receiving
oral and written public testimony, closed the public hearing and reached a decision; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director has found General Plan
Amendment No. 2022-2 to qualify for a General Rule Exemption from environmental
review, in accordance with Section 15061 (b)(3) of California Code of Regulations (CEQA
Guidelines). Moorpark’s Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Annex to the Ventura County
2022 MHMP would facilitate emergency equipment purchases, upgrades to existing
public facilities, educational efforts, communication and landscape maintenance
improvements; adoption of the 2022 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan does not
authorize or fund any specific action, and future actions undertaken to implement any
portion of the Hazard Mitigation Plan action items would be subject to individual review
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility
that adoption of the 2022 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan may have a
significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no further environmental documentation
is required.
ATTACHMENT
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Resolution No. 2022-___
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: The City Council, based on
its own independent analysis and judgment, concurs with the Community Development
Director’s determination that the project is categorically exempt from the requirements of
the CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines. Moorpark’s Mitigation
Action Plan Annex to the 2022 Ventura County MHMP would facilitate emergency
equipment purchases, upgrades to existing public facilities, educational efforts,
communication and landscape maintenance improvements; adoption of the 2022 Multi-
Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan does not authorize or fund any specific action, and
future actions undertaken to implement any portion of the Hazard Mitigation Plan action
items would be subject to individual review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines. It can be seen
with certainty that there is no possibility that adoption of the 2022 Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan may have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no
further environmental documentation is required.
SECTION 2. APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT: The City
Council approves General Plan Amendment No. 2022-02 to incorporate by reference the
2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (Exhibit A) in the Safety
Element of the City’s General Plan, replacing the 2015 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan.
SECTION 3. FILING OF RESOLUTION: The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of
original resolutions.
PASSED, AND ADOPTED this 5th day of October, 2022.
Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ky Spangler, City Clerk
Exhibit A: 2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Volumes
1 and 2 (incorporated herein by reference and attached to October 5, 2022,
staff report, Agenda Item 8.B.)
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EXHIBIT A
See October 5, 2022, staff report, Agenda Item 8.B.
for
2022 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Volumes 1 and 2
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