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Anoka County 2019 Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 22 more likely to gain a greater appreciation of the hazards present in their community and take personal steps to reduce the potential impact. Public awareness is a key component of an overall mitigation strategy aimed at making a home, neighborhood, school, business, or city safer from the potential effects of natural or manmade hazards. Public input was sought using three methods: (1) surveys; (2) open public meetings; and (3) publicizing the availability of the draft hazard mitigation plan at government offices, and an Internet site. The initial community meeting for the 2019 update was held on August 22th 2018 at the Anoka County Sheriff’s Department Community Room and the meeting notification was published by Anoka County. The announcement is included in the References and Acknowledgement section of this document. A Public Participation Survey was designed to capture additional information from residents of Anoka County. Surveys were provided to citizens who attended public meetings and on several communities’ web sites. County and municipal officials distributed additional copies of the survey. Please see the Public Participation Survey Results in Appendix C. The county-level public meeting will be held during the Mitigation Plan Approval process to present the findings of the risk and capability assessments and to garner public input regarding unique hazard concerns and possible mitigation actions that could be included in the Hazard Mitigation Plan. Attendees were provided an informational handout on mitigation planning. The current mitigation process and progress were discussed. Anoka County Emergency Management will discuss the Public Participation Survey The meeting will be advertised through the posting of a public meeting notice at county and municipal offices. The notices though the county and city websites, Community Television, and bulletin boards have a widespread audience, which ensured that local officials, residents, businesses, academia, and other private interests in Anoka County were invited to participate in the local mitigation planning process. The draft Plan will be made available on the Anoka County Emergency Management website https://www.anokacounty.us/1048/Emergency-Management. 39B2.5.2 Public Opportunity During Plan Review Members of the community and public were provided with several opportunities to participate in the planning process for the 2019 update. A survey was for the community was created and the link to the survey was published on the Anoka County Emergency Management website and though several of the jurisdiction’s websites. The results from the community survey are located in Annex C. The results from the survey were used to assist the planning team with the concerns of the residents of Anoka County during the planning process. The notice for the Hazard Mitigation Plan Community Meeting was published as required on the Anoka County website and held at 4:00 PM on August 22th, 2018 at the Anoka County Sheriff’s Department community meeting room.