Emery County is receiving bids for updating the current Emery County Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan following all FEMA guidelines, including, but not limited to, the following requirements:
Contractor will develop the Emery County Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Working Group in conjunction with the Utah Division of Emergency Management (DEM) Liaison, the Emery County Emergency Manager and the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). The working group should include but not be limited to: 1. County Emergency Manager and staff; 2. Public Works Officials; 3. Watershed Management; 4. Floodplain Administrators; 5. Planners; 6. City and Township Representatives; and 7. Public. Contractor will be responsible for arranging and conducting at minimum four meetings with the Working Group during the contract period. Meetings should correspond with the planning process. For example: 1. Kick-off Meeting; 2. Risk Assessment Review Meeting; 3. Mitigation Development Meeting; and 4. Final Review and Pre-promulgation Meeting Plan Review. Contractor will review the current plan with Working Group. The Working Group will look for what is good, what is outdated and what needs to be changed. Contractor will incorporate the comments from the plan review tool. Contractor will review, discuss, document and update the risk assessment portion of the current Emery County Hazard Mitigation Plan using HAZUS, GIS, city and county parcel and county assessor data (where available) for the vulnerability assessment. This must include, but not be limited to: 1. Identifying hazards that impact the planning area; 2. Profiling hazards that can impact the area to understand consequences; 3. Identifying infrastructure that is vulnerable to losses and or damages by the identified hazards; and 4. Estimating the potential losses that can result from the occurrence of the identified hazards. Contractor will review, discuss, document and update county and city changes in development and will review, discuss, document and update mitigation efforts and activities. Contractor will review, discuss, document and update public and local participation in identifying local mitigation priorities and mitigation strategies. Contractor will complete the draft plan update and send completed draft plan to DEM and Emery County Emergency Manager for review and will review and revise the draft plan. ALL comments from the public, DEM, the Working Group and FEMA will be documented and addressed during the plan review process and the public comment period. Contractor will send the completed plan to FEMA for review and will then work with DEM and FEMA to address all FEMA review comments and return a completed FEMA approved plan to FEMA. Contractor will establish, promote, discuss and document all coordination, as defined in the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000), during the formal adoption process to include public meetings and formal presentations. The promulgation process must be done in coordination with the Emery County Emergency Manager. Contractor will propose a process for continued plan maintenance. Contractor must be able to understand applicable regulations, laws, and guidance and considerations as they apply to the mitigation plan (e.g., requirements of DMA 2000, state, tribal and local ordinances, and NFIP requirements, 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 201 Mitigation Planning) as well as the Mitigation Plan Review Guide, and any other FEMA planning guidance as some new guidance is expected in the near future. Contractor will need to demonstrate a knowledge of Emery County, its demographic, geographic and political considerations and demonstrate a knowledge of surrounding counties; be skilled in developing community risk assessments and helping communities identify appropriate actions to mitigate their risks; be familiar with emergency management and multi-hazard mitigation concepts; demonstrate approved plans that are considered models or best examples; demonstrate quality; understand long term risk reduction, resiliency and sustainability; have experience with developing successful strategies; and demonstrate plan reviews that were successful. The Contractor’s final deliverable will be a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan that is adopted prior to September 30, 2023.
All bids are to be sealed and the envelope clearly marked, “Emery County Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan” and shall be received into the Emery County Clerk/Auditor’s Office, County Building, 75 East Main, PO Box 907, Castle Dale, UT 84513, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2022. Bids will be opened during the scheduled Emery County Commission Meeting on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 after 3:00 p.m.
If further information is needed, please contact Captain Kyle Ekker, Emery County Sheriff’s Office (435)381-2404.
Published in the ETV Newspaper June 8 and June 15, 2022.