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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 17 November 9, 2011 Mitigation Workshop Meeting Feb 29, 2012 Anoka Elected Officials Meeting 52 Nov 8, 2012 Anoka County Community Meeting 5 Future Dates Plan Adoption Meeting(s) The Initial Project Review and Update Kick Off was held with officials from Anoka County and representatives of the Anoka County Emergency Management Work Group on February 9th, 2011. The Project Coordinator Ryan Kelzenberg was introduced to the Emergency Management Work Group and discussed steps needed to complete the review and update of the current Hazard Mitigation Plan. The goal is to have the final review completed and be ready to submit the Hazard Mitigation Plan for adoption in November 2012. Discussions focused on the overall project approach, in which emphasis was placed on the steps necessary to meet the requirements of building on the existing Hazard Mitigation Plan, and work already completed at the state and local level. Additional discussions focused on the specific roles and responsibilities for all parties involved in the planning process. In addition to representatives from each of the participating municipal jurisdictions, it was determined that representatives from fire and law enforcement agencies, private businesses, voluntary agencies, and the public would continue to be invited to participate in the process. The steps in updating the Hazard Mitigation Plan were discussed, including the need for ongoing coordination throughout the entire planning process and the need to reach out to organizations that may not have been represented in the previous plan update. Specific data was provided, including the Capability Assessment Survey and hazard and mitigation tools used in the previous update. Specific issues including the need to review, analyze, and incorporate existing information that may be helpful to process such as mitigation or hazard-related plans, policies, programs, studies, reports and technical documentation were discussed. Agendas for future meetings were outlined, including the first official public meeting of the Mitigation Plan Planning. The Mitigation Plan Project Kickoff Public Meeting was held to present the project and its’ benefits and requirements to all participating jurisdictions attendees and invited stakeholders. The intent of the first session meeting was to educate participants on the mitigation planning process and to explain DMA2K multi-jurisdictional planning requirements. The meeting began with a detailed presentation of the mitigation planning process. The presentation introduced the concept of hazard mitigation and detailed the mitigation planning process to be followed. Preliminary data collection efforts for the risk and capability assessment tasks associated with the development of the Plan were discussed. Specific data collection needs were explained, including the need for any available local hazard risk data unique to Anoka County. Following the presentation, Anoka County Emergency Management addressed questions raised by the attendees. These primarily related to the methodologies and data requirements for completing the risk and capability assessments and the types of mitigation actions each jurisdiction should consider for inclusion in their updated Mitigation Action Plans. A project plan/timeline was presented to focus the Mitigation Plan Planning Committee on the required tasks and timeline to complete the Mitigation Plan. Data collection efforts were launched through the distribution and explanation of the existing data to each member of the committee to review for their jurisdiction. Each committee member