CHAPTER 14.
TOWN OF ROSALIA ANNEX
14.1 HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN POINT OF CONTACT
Jenna McDonald, Clerk Treasurer
PO Box 277
Rosalia, Washington 99170
Phone: (509) 523-5991
e-mail: [email protected]
14.2 TOWN PROFILE
Population:
650 (as of April 1, 2005)
Rosalia is located in north-central Whitman County, 40 miles south of Spokane. Rosalia is a part of the
Palouse Scenic Byway. The town has been officially named the “Gateway to the Palouse” and is
recognized as such in the Palouse Scenic and Heritage Byway. The town encompasses 0.6 square miles at
an elevation of 2,232 feet above sea level. Pine Creek flows north through the town and SR 195 passes
just east of the town. Rosalia enjoys a temperate climate with an average low temperature of 35.6ºF and
an average high temperature of 55.3ºF. The average annual rain fall for Rosalia is 18.6 inches.
The Town of Rosalia appeared as a result of the 1871 Indian Appropriations Act, which moved the tribes
onto reservations as wards of the federal government and opened Eastern Washington to the many settlers
streaming in from the East. One year later in 1872, the Town of Rosalia was established. The Town was
named after Rosalia Favorite, the wife of the first postmaster, who served for a year or two and then was
succeeded by J.M. Whitman.
Incorporated in 1889, Rosalia is governed by a mayor-council form of government consisting of five
elected Council Members and an elected Mayor. This governing body will assume responsibility for
adoption and implementation of this plan. The Town provides public safety, general administrative
services, park and recreation, water/wastewater services, and street improvements to its residents.
Based on data from the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Rosalia has experienced a
relatively flat rate of growth. The overall population increased at a rate of 1.62 percent per year between
1990 and 2000 and has shown a 0.3 percent increase from 2000 to 2005. With this rate of growth, the
anticipated development trends for Rosalia are low to moderate, consisting primarily of residential
development. Whitman County and its cities have adopted critical areas and resources lands regulations
pursuant to the Growth Management Act, but are not subject to the law’s full planning requirements. The
Town of Rosalia has mechanisms available to manage future development via regulations identified in a
zoning ordinance and long term policies identified in a Comprehensive Plan.
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14.3 NATURAL HAZARD EVENT HISTORY SPECIFIC TO THE CITY
NATURAL HAZARD EVENTS
Type of Event
FEMA Disaster
# (if applicable)
Date
Ice Storm
n/a
2005
Wind Storms
n/a
2004, 2005
Flood
1159
12/26/1996
Flood
1100
1/26/96
Flash Flood
n/a
1995
Volcano
623
5/21/1980
Preliminary Damage Assessment
Information not available
Information not available
•
Number of FEMA Identified Repetitive Flood Loss Properties:
0
•
Number of Repetitive Flood Loss Properties that have been mitigated:
0
14.4 NATURAL HAZARD RISK/VULNERABILITY RISK RANKING
NATURAL HAZARD RISK RANKING
Rank #
Hazard type
Estimate of Potential Dollar Losses to Structures
Vulnerable to the Hazarda
Probability of
Occurrenceb
1
Wild Fire
$652,084
High
2
Flood (100-Year)
$215,400
High
3
Earthquake (100-Year)
$49,004
Medium
4
Severe Weather
$16,305
High
5
Volcano
$1,630
Low
Drought
No measurable impact on structuresc
High
6
a. Building damage ratio estimates based on FEMA 386-2 (August 2001)
b. High = Hazard event is likely to occur within 25 years; Medium = Hazard event is likely to occur within
100 years; Low = Hazard event is not likely to occur within 100 years
c. Although this event would not impact structures, it could have an economic impact related to drought’s
impact on farming.
14.5 COALITION PARTNER CITY CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
This section identifies the following capabilities of the local jurisdiction:
•
Legal and regulatory capability
•
Administrative and technical capability
•
Fiscal capability
•
Community classification.
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14.5.1 Legal and Regulatory Capability
LEGAL AND REGULATORY CAPABILITY
Regulatory Tools
(Codes, Ordinances.
Plans)
Local
Authority
Prohibitions
Other
State
(State or Jurisdictional
Federal)
Authority
Mandated Comments
1.) Building Code
Yes
No
No
Yes
International Building Code
(IBC); Rosalia Municipal Code
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2.) Zoning Ordinance
Yes
No
No
No
Adopted 1981, Current Version
2003
3.) Subdivision
Ordinance
Yes
No
No
No
Adopted 1988
4.) Special Purpose
Ordinances (floodplain
management, critical or
sensitive areas)
Yes
No
No
No
Four chapters of the RMC relate
to floodplain management. The
City is revising the RMC to adopt
the WA. State model ordinance
prepared by FEMA Region X.
5.) Growth
Management
No
No
No
Yes
Critical areas and resources lands
only
6.) Floodplain
Management or Basin
plan
No
No
No
No
7.) Stormwater
Management Plan
No
No
No
No
8.) General Plan or
Comprehensive Plan
Yes
No
No
No
9.) Capital
Improvements Plan
Yes
No
No
No
6-year CIP for streets and water
updated annually
10.) Site Plan review
requirements
Yes
No
No
Yes
Planning Commission reviews per
IBC
11.) Habitat
Conservation Plan
No
No
No
No
12.) Economic
development plan
No
No
No
No
13.) Emergency
Response plan
No
No
No
No
14.) Shoreline
Management Plan
No
No
No
Yes
15.) Post Disaster
Recovery Plan
No
No
No
No
16.) Post Disaster
Recovery Ordinance
No
No
No
No
17.) Real Estate
Disclosure requirement
Yes
No
No
Yes
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14.5.2 Administrative and Technical Capability
ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITY
Staff/Personnel Resources
Available
Department/Agency/Position
1.) Planners or Engineers with knowledge of land
development and land management practices
Yes
Whitman County and can contract for services,
J-U-B Engineers
2.) Engineers or Professionals trained in
construction practices related to buildings and/or
infrastructure
Yes
Can contract for services, J-U-B Engineers
3.) Planners or engineers with an understanding of
natural hazards
Yes
Can contract for services, J-U-B Engineers
4.) Floodplain Manager
Yes
City Council
5.) Surveyors
Yes
Can contract for services, J-U-B Engineers
6.) Personnel skilled or trained in GIS
applications
No
7.) Scientist familiar with natural hazards in
Whitman County
No
8.) Emergency Manager
Yes
Mayor, Marshal, Fire Chief
9.) Grant Writers
Yes
J-U-B Engineers, Mayor, Clerk
10.) Staff with expertise or training in benefit/cost
analysis
No
14.5.3 Fiscal Capability
FISCAL CAPABILITY
Accessible or Eligible to Use
(Yes/No/Don’t know)
Financial Resources
1.) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
Yes
2.) Capital Improvements Project Funding
Yes
3.) Authority to Levy Taxes for specific Purposes
Yes
4.) User fees for water, sewer, gas or electric service
Yes
5.) Impact Fees for homebuyers or developers of new development/homes
Water and Sewer Hook-up Fees
6.) Incur debt through general obligation bonds
Yes
7.) Incur debt through special tax bonds
Yes
8.) Incur debt through private activity bonds
Yes
9.) Withhold public expenditures in hazard-prone areas
No (Could, but not likely)
Yes
10.) State sponsored grant programs such as FCAAP
Ecology, PWTF, Rural
Development, FEMA: PDM,
HMGP, FMA, PWTF
11.) Other
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14.5.4 Community Classifications
The classifications in the following table address capabilities in all phases of emergency management
(preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation). They are used in determining costs for various forms
of insurance.
COMMUNITY CLASSIFICATIONS
Program
Classification
Date Classified
Community Rating System (CRS)
10
n/a
Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS)
6/6
2000
Public Protection
8/9*
n/a
Not Participating
n/a
Not Classified
n/a
Firewise
Storm Ready
* Higher classification applies to when subject property is located beyond 1,000 feet of a creditable fire hydrant
and is within 5 road miles of a recognized fire station.
The CRS class applies to flood insurance; the BCEGS and Public Protection classifications apply to
standard property insurance. Classifications are on a scale of 1 to 10, with Class 1 being the best possible
classification, and Class 10 representing no classification benefit. Criteria for classification credits are
outlined in the Community Rating System Coordinators Manual, the Building Code Effectiveness
Grading Schedule, and the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule. The Firewise program outlines ways for
participating communities to promote land uses that reduce fire risk in wildland/urban interface areas. The
Storm Ready program outlines public warning activities related to severe weather for participating
communities.
14.6 PROPOSED NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION INITIATIVES
MITIGATION INITIATIVES/ACTION PLAN
Mitigation Initiative
1.) Purchase an emergency generator
for water supply/sewage treatment
plant, whose continuous operation is
critical to vital City services.
Hazards
Initiative
Addresses
All Hazards
Administrating
Agency
Rosalia City
Council,
WCFD #7
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Funding
Sources
Time
Linea
General Fund, Short Term
Bond Issue
Ongoing
Grant Funding:
DOF
CDBG, PDM,
HMGP
Goalsb Objectivesb
1, 2
3, 4, 5
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MITIGATION INITIATIVES/ACTION PLAN
Mitigation Initiative
Hazards
Initiative
Addresses
Administrating
Agency
Funding
Sources
Time
Linea
Rosalia City
Council
Utility Rates,
CIP Fund
Existing 6%
utility tax on
electricity
Proposing
utility tax on
natural gas
Long Term
Department of
Public Works
CIP, Bonds
Issue, Public
Works Trust
Fund
Long Term 1, 2, 4
Goalsb Objectivesb
2.) Continue promotion/
implementation of water conservation
program that includes: reducing leaks,
replacement of infrastructure to reduce
consumption of water. Implemented
water conservation program via rate
study, timed park automatic sprinkler
systems, public information - To
implement water conservation programs,
reduce water use in City Parks, inform
public of conservation issues.
Drought
3, 4
3.) Upgrade the City water system over
time with an emphasis on increasing
sustained fire flow capability and fire
hydrant spacing for fire suppression.
This is to be accomplished via
increased above ground storage,
increase in distribution main sizing and
main looping.
Wildfire
4.) Prepare a combination Storm Drain
Master Plan/ Floodplain Management
Plan that includes: investigation of dike
needs, improvements, extension and
recommendations of stormwater
facilities that meets the needs of the City
Flood
5.) Support countywide initiatives that
promote the education of the public on
the impacts of natural hazards within
Whitman County, and the
preparedness for and the mitigation of
those impacts. This support will be in
the form of dissemination of
appropriate information to the
residents of Rosalia and continuing
support/participation in the Whitman
County Natural Hazards Mitigation
Planning Partnership.
All
Hazards
Rosalia City
Council
General Fund
6.) Consider voluntary participation in
programs such as the Community
Rating System, Firewise and Storm
Ready programs that will provide
benefits/incentives to the Citizens of
Rosalia for hazard mitigation.
Flood,
Wildfire
Rosalia City
Council
General Fund Long Term 1, 2, 3
3, 5, 6, 7
DOF
3, 5
DOF
Grant funding
depending on
eligibility:
PDM, CDBG
Department of
Public Works
General Fund, Short Term
CIP
DOF
Grant Funding:
2, 3
2, 3, 7
1, 2, 3
2, 6, 7
FCAAP
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OG/Short
Term
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MITIGATION INITIATIVES/ACTION PLAN
Hazards
Initiative
Addresses
Administrating
Agency
7.) Utilize information provided in the
Whitman County HIVA to consider
regulatory provisions that will reduce
the vulnerability, and promote wise
land use with regards to hazards that
impact the Town of Rosalia
All
Hazards
Rosalia City
Council
8.) Continue to coordinate and work
with Whitman County Emergency
Management in disaster response and
preparedness. This level of
coordination should include: updates to
the Emergency response plan,
development of a post disaster action
plan, training and support.
All
Hazards
Rosalia, FD#7,
Police
Department
Mitigation Initiative
a.
b.
Funding
Sources
Time
Linea
General Fund Long Term
General Fund
OG/Short
Term
Goalsb Objectivesb
1, 2
1, 3, 9, 10
1, 2, 3
2, 4, 6
Short term = 1 to 5 years; Long term = 5 years or greater, OG = Ongoing program, DOF=Depending on Funding
See Volume 1, Chapter 5, Section 5.3.1 and Table 5-1.
14.7 PRIORITIZATION OF MITIGATION INITIATIVES
PRIORITIZATION OF MITIGATION INITIATIVES
# of
Initiative Objectives
#
Met
Benefits
Costs
Can project be
Do benefits Is project
Priority
funded under
equal or
grant
(High,
existing programs/
exceed costs? eligible?
budgets?
Med., Low)
1
3
High
High
Yes
Yes
No
High
2
4
Low
Low
Yes
No
No
Medium
3
2
High
High
Yes
Yes
No
Medium
4
3
Medium
Medium
Yes
Yes
(FCAAP)
No
Medium
5
3
Low
Low
Yes
Yes
Yes
High
6
4
Low
Low
Yes
No
Yes
Medium
7
4
Low
Low
Yes
No
Yes
High
8
3
Medium
Low
Yes
No
Yes
High
14.7.1 Explanation of Priorities
•
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
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requirements for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) or Pre-Disaster Mitigation
Grant Program (PDM). 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 project 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.
Prioritization of initiatives was based on above definitions X
Prioritization of initiatives was based on parameters other than stated above: N/A
14.8 FUTURE NEEDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
RISK/VULNERABILITY
Once tools and technology such as GIS become available for the Whitman County planning area, the
HIVA needs to be updated in a map format so this information can be better used as a planning and public
outreach tool.
14.9 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The financial resources available to the Town of Rosalia are extremely limited. With the changed tax
structure of Washington State severely affecting the budgets of small cities and towns, implementation of
many of the recommendations of this plan will be contingent upon the following factors:
•
Grant funding for eligible projects
•
Cost sharing within the partnership
•
Partnering with other Stakeholders within the planning area
•
Leveraging all technical resources to maximize all funding options.
The Town of Rosalia is committed to pursuing all of these factors to ensure successful implementation of
the initiatives identified by this plan.
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