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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM 7B <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Andy Nelson <br />MEETING DATE: January 25th, 2023 <br />REQUEST: Discussion Only <br />TOPIC: Rice Creek Watershed District Community Resilience <br />Building Workshops Invitation <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District is holding a series of workshops aimed at improving <br />community resilience to increased storm frequency and intensity. Invitations to the workshops <br />are being sent to key decision makers in local government, members of boards and commissions, <br />public safety representatives, community planners, nonprofit groups, etc. If there is interest in <br />participating in this voluntary process, a representative from the Environmental Board can <br />attend. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District received a community resilience planning grant from the <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to understand how to reduce the risk of impacts due to <br />changes in precipitation patterns. Part of the process includes workshops that have the goal of <br />identifying community vulnerabilities and strengths, actions to improve resilience, priorities, and <br />an implementation timeline. RCWD is collaborating with Freshwater to develop and host the <br />workshops. <br /> <br />The following invitation letter has more information: <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District is hosting two community resilience building (CRB) <br />workshops, and I’d love for you to consider attending. Community Resilience Building is a <br />unique, “anywhere at any scale”, community-driven process, rich with information, experience, <br />and dialogue, where participants identify top hazards, current strengths, challenges, and priority <br />actions to improve community resilience for all hazards today, and in the future. These <br />workshops will help the Rice Creek Watershed District and the cities, counties and organizations