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1h <br />Movrms ViEw <br />City of Mounds View Staff R1 <br />Item No: 8E <br />Meeting Date: May 5, 2025 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Ben Zender, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 10077, Adoption of the 2025 Ramsey County All <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan. <br />Introduction: <br />The Police Department and SBM (Spring Lake Park -Blaine -Mounds View) Emergency <br />Management is requesting adoption of the 2025 Ramsey County All -Hazard Mitigation <br />Plan. <br />Discussion: <br />A hazard mitigation plan is a federally required document under the Disaster Mitigation <br />Act of 2000 (DMA 2000). This law mandates that all states, counties, and communities <br />maintain an approved mitigation plan to be eligible for certain federal disaster <br />assistance. This plan ensures Mounds View's eligibility for federal disaster mitigation <br />funding while proactively addressing risks to enhance our community's resilience. <br />The 2025 Ramsey County, MN Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) is updated approximately <br />every five years in accordance with DMA 2000 to use the most recent demographic <br />data, identify priority hazards and mitigation strategies, and evaluate critical <br />infrastructure risks and hazards affecting Ramsey County, including Mounds View. It <br />serves as a framework upon which hazard mitigation projects and strategies can be <br />coordinated across the entire county, and the process ensures that all jurisdictions <br />consider new and emerging hazards, the impacts of growth, development, and social <br />vulnerability on hazards in our area, and considers the impact of real -world events. <br />The revised HMP assesses and ranks major natural, technological, and human -caused <br />hazards based on factors such as frequency of occurrence, economic impact, and <br />potential for deaths and injuries. Mitigation recommendations are based on input from <br />state and local agencies, public feedback, and national best practices. While the <br />primary focus remains on evaluating Ramsey County's exposure to natural hazards and <br />identifying appropriate mitigation actions, this HMP update also expands the scope to <br />include technological and human -caused hazards and is crafted in compliance with <br />federal mitigation planning requirements. <br />The HMP is a truly multi -jurisdictional plan that applies to all of Ramsey County. In <br />addition to Mounds View, this plan includes participation and input from Ramsey <br />County and the municipalities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Gem Lake, Lauderdale, <br />Little Canada, Maplewood, New Brighton, North Oaks, North Saint Paul, Roseville, <br />Saint Anthony, Saint Paul, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, and White <br />