As Kendall County and Boerne officials continue the process of developing their five-year Hazard Mitigation plan, the company drafting the new plan has begun identifying mitigation measures to prevent or manage natural hazards and identified four manmade hazards.
Laura Haverlah, mitigation specialist with H20 Partners, hosted a public meeting last week where she outlined some of the natural hazards identified by the local municipalities and pointed out some of the mitigation strategies the group has developed.
Haverlah said an extensive list of 72 hazard mitigation strategies has been developed, but she noted lighting and extreme heat as examples of plans put in place. She said lighting is a “weird one” when people think about how to mitigate a natural occurrence, but she said the county and city can conduct education and outreach programs by sending out email or media blasts.
