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City of Falcon Heights
No. 2005-15
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTYWIDE ALL-
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the County of Ramsey Division of Emergency Management and Homeland
Security has participated 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, adopt and
maintain all-hazard mitigation plans either independently or on a countywide, 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 an all-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 priorities, goals and
strategies and an action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and timeframes; 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 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; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the all-hazard mitigation plan will make the municipalities and
the County eligible to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) project grants
and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program grants; and
WHEREAS, this Countywide All-Hazard Mitigation Plan has been approved by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and by the State of Minnesota
• Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
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Management for Ramsey County and for any jurisdiction with Ramsey County that
chooses to adopt this plan as their municipal All-Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude any municipality from preparing its own
plan in the future should it desire to do so; Therefore Be It
RESOLVED, that Falcon Heights supports the countywide All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
development effort, and, be it further
RESOLVED, that Falcon Heights hereby adopts this countywide All-Hazard Mitigation
Plan as the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan for the city, and, be it further
RESOLVED, that Falcon Heights requests that the Ramsey County Division of
Emergency Management and Homeland Security coordinate the All-Hazard Mitigation
Plan development and maintenance efforts for the [city or township] in the future.
Adopted this 12th day of October, 2005.
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Moved by: Kuettel Approved by:
Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor
October 12, 2005
Gehrz All In Favor
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Kuettel None Against Attested by: ~ ~~~
Lindstrom Heather M. Worthington
Talbot Administrator
October 12, 2005
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