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San Mateo County Hazard Mitigation Plan <br /> <br />297 <br />SECTION 2 - Chapter 15 <br />City of Redwood City <br />TABLE 15-8 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN MATRIX <br />Action Item Completed <br />Carry Over to <br />Plan Update <br />Removed; <br />No Longer <br />Feasible <br />Action 3.C—The water department will examine its existing <br />infrastructure, identify sources of potential funding to upgrade its <br />older facilities, and install new infrastructure to the latest seismic <br />standards under its Seismic Improvement Plan (SIP 1-4). Replacement <br />of non-seismically-designed water-system infrastructure and pipelines <br />may take well over one hundred years to accomplish, leaving the city <br />potentially very vulnerable to a loss of water supply in a large <br />earthquake for the next several decades future until new sources of <br />mitigation funds are identified and retrofits completed. <br /> X <br />Comment: Some infrastructure successfully upgraded, however more upgrades are needed. Carry over to new <br />plan with minor change <br />Action 4.A—Develop and carry out environmentally sensitive flood <br />reduction programs. <br /> X <br />Comment: <br />Action 4.B—Require engineered floodplain and hydrologic analysis to <br />be prepared for new development projects within or directly adjacent <br />to 100-year floodplains. <br /> <br />Comment: Ongoing initiative that is a standard jurisdictional practice <br />Action 4.C—Limit uses in floodways to those tolerant of occasional <br />flooding, including but not limited to outdoor recreation and natural <br />resource areas. <br />X <br />Comment: Ongoing initiative that is a standard jurisdictional practice <br />Action 5.A—Require construction and/or maintenance of natural <br />and/or human-made retaining structures that will help control <br />landslide risk in key residential and/or commercial areas. <br />X <br />Comment: Ongoing initiative that is a standard jurisdictional practice included in the Redwood City Building Code. <br />Action 5.B—Require retrofit or implement stabilizing measures for <br />hillside developments within moderate to high landslide areas that <br />predate current best practices and codes. <br />X X <br />Comment: Ongoing initiative that is a standard jurisdictional practice regarding new development. Requiring <br />retrofit for existing buildings is not feasible due to private property ownership. <br />Action 5.C—Require any development proposed in an area of <br />moderate or high landslide potential to be subject to review and <br />recommendation by a State-registered engineering geologist. <br />X <br />Comment: Ongoing initiative that is a standard jurisdictional practice. <br />Action 6.A—Maintain the California defensible space ordinance (Gov. <br />Code 51182 and California Building Code 7a) which requires that <br />buildings that are within areas of moderate fire hazard areas and <br />which are close to areas of high or extreme fire hazard areas shall <br />maintain 100’ of defensible space (or the distance to the property line, <br />whichever is closer) and have noncombustible exteriors. <br /> X <br />Comment: Carry over with revised language. <br />6.3.B. - Page 24