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CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
RESOLUTION 2004-19
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING PROCESS
WHEREAS, the County of Ramsey Division of Emergency Management and Homeland
Security is participating in the all-hazard mitigation planning process as established under the
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires all counties and municipalities to develop and maintain all-hazard
mitigation plans either independently or on a county-wide, multi jurisdictional basis; and
WHEREAS, such plans must be well integrated and coordinated to account for the fact that
hazards in one jurisdiction impact on other nearby jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of anall-hazard mitigation
plan; and
• WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and local
coordination among neighboring local units of government and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an
action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include an implementation and maintenance process including plan
updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents and how the County will maintain
public participation and coordination; and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security has
indicated its willingness to coordinate these efforts should the municipality so desire; and
WHEREAS, the draft plan will be shared with all municipalities, the County Board of
Commissioners and the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management for coordination of state agency review and comment on
the draft; and
WHEREAS, final approval of the all-hazard mitigation plan will make the municipalities and
the County eligible to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) project grants; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the City of Falcon Heights from preparing its own
• plan in the future should it desire to do so; Therefore Be It
• RESOLVED, that the City of Falcon Heights supports the county-wide all-hazard mitigation
planning effort, and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the City of Falcon Heights wishes to join with the County in preparing and
maintaining the plan and recognizes that the final plan will apply within the City and, be it
further
RESOLVED, that the City of Falcon Heights requests that the Ramsey County Division of
Emergency Management and Homeland Security coordinate all-hazard mitigation planning
efforts for the City in the future.
Adopted this 22nd day of September, 2004.
Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor
Attest:
• Bather M. Worthington, City dministrator
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