Multi Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan UPDATE FOR 2023

Public survey now open for the 2023 MJHMP update! Have your voice heard!

Click here to take the 2023 MJHMP Survey

Our first public meeting was held on October 26, 2023, click HERE to view it

Our second public meeting was held on November 16, 2023, click HERE to view it

The function of the Tuolumne County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) is to assess each jurisdiction’s vulnerability to natural and manmade hazards and then develop strategies to mitigate those vulnerabilities. Once the plan is adopted by the governing bodies for each jurisdiction, the overarching plan will be submitted to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Hazard Mitigation Office for review and then on to FEMA for final approval.

Having an approved MJHMP through FEMA allows each jurisdiction to be eligible to apply for Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program funding, which can be used to implement projects that reduce overall risk to the population and structures from future hazardous events and also reduces the reliance on federal funding in future disasters, so long as that hazard is identified in the approved plan.

The first approved version of the MJHMP was completed in 2004 by County Staff. In 2012, Category Five completed a complete rewrite of the plan to include seven additional school districts bringing the total number of participating jurisdictions to 19. This plan was approved in September 2013, and again in 2018. FEMA requires the plan to be updated no less than every five years.

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Multi Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2018

During the months of October to December, 2017 staff updated the plan to reflect the current state of identified hazards in Tuolumne County, as well as adding four additional jurisdictions (Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools, Tuolumne City Sanitary District, Lake Don Pedro Community Services District, and Soulsbyville School District) bringing the total to 23 jurisdictions participating in the plan. The participating jurisdictions are as follows:

As required, a public stakeholder meeting was held on November 27, 2017, to allow the community and surrounding counties to provide comments on the revised plan. Members of the public were able to speak into the plan, ask questions, and give suggestions on mitigation actions to better meet the needs and concerns of the public. Approximately 7 members of the public, the OES Coordinator for Mariposa County, the OES Director for Calaveras County, CAL FIRE, the Community Resources Agency, and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians were in attendance at the meeting.

# Jurisdiction Name Jurisdiction Type
1 County of Tuolumne County
2 City of Sonora City
3 Groveland Community Service District Community Service District
4 Twain Harte Community Service District Community Service District
5 Columbia Fire Protection District Fire Protection District
6 Mi-Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection District Fire Protection District
7 Tuolumne Utilities District Water/ Utilities District
8 Jamestown Sanitary District Sanitary District
9 Belleview School District School District
10 Big Oak Flat Groveland-Unified School District School District
11 Columbia Union School District School District
12 Curtis Creek School District School District
13 Jamestown Elementary School District School District
14 Sonora Elementary School District School District
15 Sonora Union High School District School District
16 Summerville Elementary School District School District
17 Summerville Union High School District School District
18 Twain Harte School District School District
19 Tuolumne Band of Me Wuk Indians Tribal
20 Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools School District
21 Tuolumne City Sanitary District Sanitary District
22 Lake Don Pedro Community Service District Community Service District
23 Soulsbyville School District School District