The Wrangell Planning and Zoning Commission held a special meeting last week, June 4, to review the borough’s hazard mitigation plan. The plan, according to Economic Development Coordinator Carol Rushmore, is meant for city and other governing entities to better understand what kind of natural disasters it may be vulnerable to, the potential costs of those disasters, and ways that the risks can be lessened.

Wrangell’s plan was first created in 2010, and was in need of an update. She also said that the plan is supposed to be reviewed and updated every five years, and Wrangell is require...