Specifications include, but are not limited to: In order to retain eligibility for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pre-disaster mitigation funding, and to better prepare the community for reducing hazard risk, FEMA-approvedmitigation plans are required to be updated and re-approved every five years. As the plan was approved byFEMA and locally adopted in 2006, it is now due for update. The Plan Update shall be in conformance with theDisaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Interim Final Rule 44 CFRPart 201.6 Local Mitigation Plans' (link provided in Attachment 1). This rule specifically requires a localjurisdiction must review and revise its plan to reflect changes in development, progress in local mitigationefforts, and changes in priorities, and resubmit it for approval within 5 years in order to continue to be eligiblefor mitigation project grant funding.The Plan Update will include reviewing and updating hazard history events, identifying new local, state(including the 2011 New York State Standard Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan) and federal studies to beincorporated into the Risk Assessment, identifying data limitations in the previously approved plan andaddressing how those limitations may impact risk assessment. New Aspects for the Plan UpdateFor the update, the County will be seeking to integrate three new features: the involvement of all 17jurisdictions in Tompkins County, the impacts and risks associated with anticipated climate change, and theimpacts and risks associated with anticipated widespread shale gas drilling. Other new hazards may also beidentified through the Risk Assessment process.Additional CommunitiesIn 2006, Tompkins County and seven towns located in the county (Caroline, Danby, Enfield, Groton, Ithaca,Lansing, and Ulysses) developed the All Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Plan Update will include informationregarding all of Tompkins County's 9 towns, 6 villages the City of Ithaca as well as Tompkins County. It ishoped that all municipalities will adopt the Plan Update, but at a minimum, all areas in Tompkins Countywill be included in the data collected to inform the planning effort. The County also seeks to involve variouscommunity stakeholders including Cornell University, Ithaca College and the Ithaca City School District inthis plan update.Anticipated Climate FuturesIn order to address climate impacts and future hazards the consultant should utilize information organizedby local, state and federal experts, including New York State Energy Research and Development(NYSERDA)'s CLIMAID resources. It is important that this climate information be integrated into the earlystages of the Hazard Profile and Vulnerability Assessment to assist in adequately identifying, updating andprioritizing hazards and their associated mitigation actions and adaptation strategies.Hazard Impacts of New Industry Shale Gas DrillingIn order to address impacts associated with shale gas drilling, the consultant should utilize informationorganized by local, state and federal experts, including NYSDEC and Tompkins County PlanningDepartment. It is important that this information be integrated into the early stages of the Hazard Profileand Vulnerability Assessment to assist in adequately identifying, updating and prioritizing hazards and theirassociates mitigation actions and adaptation strategies
