File #: ID#25-0461    Version: 1 Name: Adoption of the 5-year update of the Pinellas County 2025 Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) by Resolution 25-08
Type: Action Item Status: Public Hearing
File created: 5/14/2025 In control: Public Works
On agenda: 7/10/2025 Final action:
Title: Approve the five-year update of the Pinellas County 2025 Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), which has a purpose to reduce death, injuries, and property losses caused by natural and man-made hazards, and adopt Resolution 25-08.
Indexes: 1. High Performing Government , 3. Community Well-Being , 4. Environmental Stewardship , 5. Superior Public Service
Attachments: 1. Resolution 25-08.pdf, 2. 2025 LMS Plan Executive Summary.pdf, 3. PinellasCounty_CountywideLMS_2025_Compressed.pdf, 4. Program for Public Information.pdf, 5. Repetitive Loss Area Analysis.pdf

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Approve the five-year update of the Pinellas County 2025 Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), which has a purpose to reduce death, injuries, and property losses caused by natural and man-made hazards, and adopt Resolution 25-08.

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SUMMARY: 

The Local Mitigation Strategy provides an explanation of how Pinellas County and the 24 municipalities identify strategies and implement an effective, comprehensive county-wide hazard mitigation.

The purpose of the 2025 LMS is to: reduce risk to people, property, and critical infrastructure; increase public awareness and education about the plan and the planning process; maintain grant eligibility for participating jurisdictions; update the plan in accordance with the Community Rating System requirements; maintain compliance with state and federal legislative requirements for local hazard mitigation plans; and complete an update of information in the plan to demonstrate progress and reflect current conditions.

The 2025 update includes the ten-step planning process which is consistent with FEMA’s multi-hazard mitigation planning regulations pursuant to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.