Project Purpose
The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District (NRD) is the local plan sponsor for their regional Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) which was last updated in 2021 with the assistance of JEO Consulting Group. A HMP is a community-guided document that identifies vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards, and mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate this vulnerability. Having an approved and updated HMP in place is a requirement of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for communities, counties, school districts and other groups to be eligible for pre- and post-disaster mitigation grants, which are available on an annual basis as appropriated by congress. These federal grants allow for up to a 75% cost share for a wide variety of projects listed in the plan. FEMA requires that HMPs must be updated and approved every five years.
Hazard mitigation planning provides participating entities an opportunity to evaluate risk to a wide variety of both natural and man-made hazards and identify ways to reduce that risk. An effective HMP helps communities, participating special districts, and stakeholders to prioritize and complete projects designed to make communities safer and ease potential damage from disasters. Eligible jurisdictions to participate in the plan include cities, villages, counties, fire districts, public health districts, irrigation districts, schools, and more. Members of the public and representatives from stakeholder groups from across the six-county Papio-Missouri River NRD district are invited and encouraged to participate in this process by providing information for the plan.
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Hazard Mitigation Plan Status
The Papio-Missouri River NRD Hazard Mitigation Plan has been submitted to and approved by both the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency as of June 14, 2021. A current copy of the HMP is available on the Papio-Missouri River NRD's HMP webpage here: https://papiomitigation.org/.
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Past Plan Meetings
The HMP planning process included multiple public meetings which allowed community members, stakeholders, and local officials to learn about the plan and provide input on specific concerns and actions to pursue.
Round 1 Risk Assessment Meetings for the Papio NRD Hazard Mitigation Plan were held virtually using web and phone conferencing and were focused on collection information on community vulnerabilities and impacts from past hazard events.
Round 1 meetings were held on: May 6, May 7, May 13, May 21, and May 27, 2020.
Round 2 Mitigation Strategy Meetings were also all held virtually and provided an opportunity for local planning teams to review previously collected information, identify and prioritize new mitigation actions, and evaluate current planning mechanisms.
Round 2 meetings were held on: October 5, October 13, October 19, October 22, October 27, and October 28, 2020.
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