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Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan | July 2012 3-1 Section 3 PLANNING PROCESS 3.1 Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee The Ramsey County Emergency Management and Homeland Security department was tasked with developing the Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. This Committee was tasked with the development and completion of this plan as required per state and federal guidelines. The Ramsey County Emergency Management and Homeland Security department oversaw the project, organized the data, set meeting dates, documented in-kind services, and worked with the Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to complete this plan. 3.1.1 Additional Partners The Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee relied on the assistance of various public and private organizations to compile the data, maps, and other vital components of the plan. A range of stakeholders were invited and encouraged to participate in the development of the HMP. Stakeholder involvement was encouraged through notifications and invitations to agencies and individuals to participate. These included representatives from Ramsey County and each participating jurisdiction, private sector businesses, voluntary agencies, citizens, and surrounding counties. In addition to the mitigation planning committee meetings, Ramsey County encouraged open and widespread participation in the mitigation planning process through the publication of newspaper notices promoting open public meetings. These media advertisements and survey instruments provided local officials, residents, businesses, academia, and other private interests in Ramsey County the opportunity to be involved and offer input throughout the local mitigation planning process. Ramsey County encouraged continued stakeholder involvement by reminding all participating jurisdictions to make announcements and notifications consistent with their existing local plan adoption procedures. It will be the responsibility of each participating jurisdiction and its local governing body to determine if and how any additional specific stakeholder groups or individuals should be involved in the planning process going forward. Requirement 44 CFR 201.6(c)(1) The plan shall document the planning process used to develop the plan, including how it was prepared, who was involved in the process, and how the public was involved. Requirement 44 CFR 201.6(b)(2) An open public involvement process is essential to the development of an effective plan. In order to develop a more comprehensive approach to reducing the effects of natural disasters, the planning process shall include: (2) An opportunity for neighboring communities, local and regional agencies involved in hazard mitigation activities, and agencies that have the authority to regulate development, as well as businesses, academia and other private and non-profit interests to be involved in the planning process.