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City of Little Canada 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 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 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 or township] from preparing its own plan in the future should it desire to do so; Therefore Be It 4