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CHAPTER 18. AREA-WIDE MITIGATION INITIATIVES 18-7 18.3. COUNTY-WIDE ACTION PLAN PRIORITIZATION Table 18-3 lists the priority of each countywide initiative, using the same parameters used by each of the planning partners in selecting their initiatives. A qualitative benefit-cost review was performed for each of these initiatives. The priorities are defined as follows: • High Priority—A project that meets multiple objectives (i.e., multiple hazards), has benefits that exceed cost, has funding secured or is an ongoing project and meets eligibility requirements for the HMGP or PDM grant program. High priority projects can be completed in the short term (1 to 5 years). • Medium Priority—A project that meets goals and objectives, that has benefits that exceed costs, and for which funding has not been secured but that is grant eligible under HMGP, PDM or other grant programs. Project can be completed in the short term, once funding is secured. Medium priority projects will become high priority projects once funding is secured. • Low Priority—A project that will mitigate the risk of a hazard, that has benefits that do not exceed the costs or are difficult to quantify, for which funding has not been secured, that is not eligible for HMGP or PDM grant funding, and for which the time line for completion is long term (1 to 10 years). Low priority projects may be eligible for other sources of grant funding from other programs. In addition to the benefit-cost ranking, the 2019 plan update conducted a ranking exercise at the January 9th, 2019 stakeholder meeting. Attendees ranked each mitigation initiative based on which actions they thought should be prioritized by the County. The results of this exercise are shown in the last column of Table 18-3. For many of the strategies identified in this action plan, the partners may seek financial assistance under the HMGP or PDM programs, both of which require detailed benefit/cost analyses. These analyses will be performed on projects at the time of application using the FEMA benefit -cost model. For projects not seeking financial assistance from grant programs that require detailed analysis, the partners reserve the right to define “benefits” according to parameters that meet the goals and objectives of this plan. Table 18-3. Prioritization of Countywide Mitigation Initiatives Initiative # # of Objectives Met Benefits Costs Do Benefits Equal or Exceed Costs? Is Project Grant eligible? Can Project Be Funded under Existing Programs/ Budgets? Priority (High, Med., Low) Stakeholder Meeting Ranking CW-1 3 High Low Yes No Yes High Low CW-2 3 Low Low Yes No Yes Medium Low CW-3 5 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes High Medium CW-4 3 High High Yes Yes No High High CW-5 5 Medium Low Yes Yes No High Medium CW-6 4 High High Yes Yes No High Medium CW-7 2 Low Low Yes No Yes High Low CW-8 5 High Low Yes No Yes High Medium CW-9 5 High High Yes Yes Yes High High CW-10 1 High Low Yes No Yes High Medium CW-11 1 Medium Low Yes No Yes Medium Low CW-12 2 Medium Low Yes No Yes Medium Low CW-13 3 Medium Low Yes Yes Yes Medium Low CW-14 4 Medium Low Yes Yes No Medium Low