Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan

The City's Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP) - an addendum to Clackamas County's Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan - identifies natural hazards that may impact Lake Oswego and provides the CIty with a set of goals, action items, and resources designed to reduce risk from future natural disaster events. Engaging in mitigation activities provides jurisdictions with a number of benefits, including reduced loss of life, property, essential services, critical facilities, and economic hardship; reduced short-term and long-term recovery and reconstruction costs; increased cooperation and communication within the community through the planning process; and increased potential for state and federal funding for recovery and reconstruction projects. 

Every five years, the Federal guidelines require the City's addendum to the Clackamas County NHMP be updated and submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for approval. The City’s original addendum to the NHMP was adopted by City Council in July 2004 and subsequently updated in 2010, 2013, 2019, most recently, by Resolution 24-32 on July 16, 2024. 

With a FEMA-approved NHMP, the City of Lake Oswego is eligible to apply for the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act's hazard mitigation project grants through 2029 (exact date to be determined once FEMA approves Clackamas County's Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan).

The updated plan will be included as an addendum to Clackamas County Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan.