The Santa Rosa County Local Mitigation Strategy Task Force will update the commission on mitigation efforts in Santa Rosa County at the Thursday, July 23 commission regular meeting that begins at 9 a.m. Discussion items include the progress of ongoing mitigation projects, an evaluation report on the progress of the flood mitigation plan and an update on the county’s community rating system efforts including adoption of a newly created document, the Plan for Public Information, or PPI. A copy of the presentation and the flood mitigation plan evaluation report can be reviewed by visiting the county’s LMS web page at www.santarosa.fl.gov/lms.
The purpose of the Santa Rosa County Local Mitigation Strategy Task Force is to decrease the vulnerability of the citizens, governments, businesses and institutions of Santa Rosa County to the future human, economic and environmental costs of natural, technological and societal disasters. To this end, the task force develops, monitors, implements and maintains a comprehensive plan for hazard mitigation. Participation on the task force is open to all jurisdictions, organizations and individuals supporting its purposes. For more information regarding the annual update or the activities of the LMS, please contact Sheila Fitzgerald, Grants/Special Projects Director at (850) 983-1848 or sheilaf@santarosa.fl.gov.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: SRC Annual Mitigation update