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RESOLUTION NO. 6374
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
PROCESS
WHEREAS, the County of Ramsey Division of Emergency Management
and Homeland Security is participating in the all-hazard mitigation planning
process as established under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Pub. L. No.
106-390; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires all counties and municipalities to develop
and maintain all-hazard mitigation plans either independently or on a county-
wide, multi-jurisdictional basis; and
WHEREAS, such plans must be well integrated and coordinated to
account for the fact that hazards in one jurisdiction impact on other nearby
jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of an
all-hazard mitigation plan; and
WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public
involvement and local coordination among neighboring local units of government
and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a mitigation strategy including goals
and objectives and an action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and
costs; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include an implementation and maintenance
process including plan updates, integration of the plan into other planning
documents and how the County will maintain public participation and
coordination; and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security has indicated its willingness to coordinate these efforts
should the municipality so desire; and
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WHEREAS, the draft plan will be shared with all municipalities, the County
Board of Commissioners and the State of Minnesota Department of Public
Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for
coordination of state agency review and comment on the draft; and
WHEREAS, final approval of the all-hazard mitigation plan will make the
municipalities and the County eligible to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP) project grants; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the City of Mounds View
from preparing its own plan in the future should it desire to do so; Therefore Be It
RESOLVED, that the City of Mounds View supports the county-wide all-
hazard mitigation planning effort, and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the City of Mounds View wishes to join with the County
in preparing and maintaining the plan and recognizes that the final plan will apply
within the city and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the City of Mounds View requests that the Ramsey
County Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security coordinate
all-hazard mitigation planning efforts for the city in the future.
Adopted this 11 th day of October 2004.
ATTEST:
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K rt Ulrich, City Administrator
(seal)