Douglas County Needs Your Input

Douglas County, City of Lawrence, Baldwin City, City of Lecompton, City of Eudora, school districts, townships, and universities have worked in a coordinated effort with Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Kickapoo Tribe, Marshal, Nemaha, and Washington counties to develop the Region K    All-Hazard Mitigation Plan.  The purpose of this plan is to develop a strategy to reduce the vulnerability of people and property in the county to the impacts of natural hazards and to become eligible for mitigation funding programs from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The plan addresses a comprehensive list of natural hazards—ranging from flooding to tornados, severe winter weather, and drought—and assesses the likely impacts of these hazards to communities in Douglas County.  It also sets goals and prioritizes projects to reduce the impacts of future disasters on people and property in the county.

We would like the public’s input on this important plan, which must be approved by the Douglas County Commission, the governing bodies of each participating jurisdiction, the State of Kansas, and FEMA.  Your comments will be considered by the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee and incorporated into the plan, as appropriate.

The Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan can be found at http://www.douglas-county.com/depts/em/docs/pdf/kemadraftmitigationplan.pdf
Please mail, email, or fax written comments to Teri Smith by April 22, 2014.