Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan

Clackamas County's 2024 Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan helps the county plan for actions that can lessen the impact of disasters on communities and reduce their post-disaster recovery timeframe. The plan allows the county to identify risks and community vulnerabilities associated with natural disasters in order to develop long-term and short-term strategies for protecting people and property. In addition to being a proactive step in reducing risks, having a plan is a condition for receiving certain types of mitigation-related funding from FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding can help with a variety of projects to mitigate risks and reduce vulnerabilities, for example, retrofitting roads, bridges, culverts, and other structures to prevent damage from earthquakes, winter storms, or flooding.

Public Feedback and Participation is Encouraged
As part of the planning process, gathering input from the public is an important and required step. OLWS seeks to gather feedback from residents and businesses from across our boundaries to incorporate into the plan. Visit OakLodgeWaterServices.org to review the plan located on the homepage of the website.

The public is strongly encouraged to submit your comments, concerns, or questions regarding natural disasters and potential mitigation actions to be included into the plan update process. Please submit your feedback to info@olwsd.org.

2023_Oak Lodge Water Services NHMP ADDENDUM PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT.pdf

The 2024 plan update includes the following changes:

Update hazard-related information and data for improved characterizations of evolving hazards, such as drought, extreme heat and other climate change-related impacts.
Improve the risk assessment section through an enhanced vulnerability assessment of community assets and infrastructure.
Better integrate NHMP information in related county plans and planning documents.
Provide mitigation and NHMP-related information in more accessible methods to the public, including improved educational resources and outreach activities
North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council
Greater Oregon City Watershed Council

Website Accessibility Policy

Oak Lodge Water Services is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Oak Lodge Water Services has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (503) 654-7765

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Oak Lodge Water Services has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Oak Lodge Water Services regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (503) 654-7765.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.