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• RESOLUTION 2005-14 <br />City of Falcon Heights <br />October 12, 2005 <br />RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTYWIDE ALL-HAZARD <br />MITIGATION PLAN <br />WHEREAS, the County of Ramsey Division of Emergency Management and Homeland <br />Security has participated in the all-hazard mitigation planning process as established under the <br />Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390; and <br />WHEREAS, the Act requires all counties and municipalities to develop, adopt and maintain all- <br />hazard mitigation plans either independently or on a countywide, multi jurisdictional basis; and <br />WHEREAS, such plans must be well integrated and coordinated to account for the fact that <br />hazards in one jurisdiction impact on other nearby jurisdictions; and <br />WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of anall-hazard mitigation <br />plan; and <br />• WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and local <br />coordination among neighboring local units of government and businesses; and <br />WHEREAS, the plan must include a mitigation strategy including priorities, goals and strategies <br />and an action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and timeframes; and <br />WHEREAS, the plan must include an implementation and maintenance process including plan <br />updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents and how the County will maintain <br />public participation and coordination; and <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security has <br />indicated its willingness to coordinate these efforts should the municipality so desire; and <br />WHEREAS, the plan will be shared with all municipalities, the County Board of <br />Commissioners and the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland <br />Security and Emergency Management for coordination; and <br />WHEREAS, adoption of the all-hazard mitigation plan will make the municipalities and the <br />County eligible to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) project grants and Pre- <br />Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program grants; and <br />