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placed on neighboring communities, agencies, businesses, academia, non - profit agencies and other interested groups. This process was repeated for the plan revision beginning in November 2009. A public hearing was held November 30, 2009 to solicit input pertaining to natural hazards within Cabarrus County. Additional opportunities for public input were provided through local television broadcasts, electronic media and print media outlets. The external stakeholders participated in this process through direct mail and electronic mail correspondence. 6. Hazard Mitigation Strategies (a) This section addresses specific ways Cabarrus County and its municipalities can act to lessen and, hopefully, eventually eliminate prevent future loss from the most common hazards in Cabarrus County. The Plan Team has reviewed the following plans and documents and found no conflicts with the Hazard Mitigation Plan: Zoning Regulations, Subdivision Regulations, Flood Damage Prevention Ordinances, Land Use Plans, State & Local Building Codes. (b) A detailed examination and analysis of the hazards that could threaten Cabarrus County is located at Annex A. The principal natural hazards that affect the county are severe thunderstorms/ tornadoes, severe winter weather, and flooding. The remaining hazards are of a localized nature, infrequent occurrence, or unlikely to occur this area. Strategies are continually reviewed on an annual basis to identify necessary changes, actions or reprioritization. All changes are noted in tables which follow in this section. (c) Prioritization. The priority for the strategy implementation is based on the overall importance of the strategy to the county and the municipalities and the fiscal and technical ability to execute the strategies. This evaluation included a cost - benefit review; a review of county and municipal capabilities; and the assessment of hazards and vulnerabilities. Cabarrus County will utilize the FEMA Mitigation Benefit -Cost Analysis Toolkit which includes all FEMA software, technical guides, and tools to conduct a Benefit -Cost Analysis (BCA). The information contained applies to and is valid for all FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs. The Plans Team took the cost of any proposed reduction measure and the monetary value of the expected related direct and indirect benefits into account and determining if a project is economically justified. Estimation of benefits can be complicated with the actual level of benefits realized dependent upon the degree of events occurring over the life of the project. The team used probability based approaches in terms of estimating a more rigorous analysis of benefits. Cost effectiveness analysis was applied to determine the selection of projects. Evaluation of injury and loss of human life; both of which are examples of tangibles were also analyzed. Our projects were ranked based upon these evaluations coupled with our current economic challenges. A majority of our projects will require only staff cost to complete thus giving us a larger beneficial margin for the cost. (d) High Wind Mitigation Strategies. There are a number of natural hazards that have the potential to include high wind damage - thunderstorms, tornadoes, severe winter Hazard Mitigation Plan 12 1 December 2009 Attachment number 4 F -6 Page 83