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Hennepin County Hazard Mitigation Risk/Vulnerability <br /> • Repetitive loss structures (f as defined-by the NFIP) <br /> 3. Mitigation Opportunities <br /> • Interconnect Ntinneapotis and, St. Paut water utilities <br /> • Inventory underground utility areas downtown <br /> • Secure transportation:hubs <br /> • Plan, train, exercise and share information with the <br /> University of Minnesota <br /> • Work with facility managers on security measures at large <br /> .venues <br /> • Remove or rehabilitate repetitive loss structures <br /> • Maintain/apgrade-city-forester:program so that trees can <br /> withstand storms <br /> 4. Current/Completed Projects <br /> • Planning and exercising with Metro Transit <br /> • Bus <br /> • Light rail <br /> • Planning and exercising with the University of Minnesota <br /> • Major chemical facility has been cleaned up <br /> • Flooding in south Minneapolis was mitigated as a result of <br /> disaster in 1998 <br /> • Minnehaha creek mitigation <br /> • Edison High School <br /> • Holding ponds created <br /> • Vulnerable populations <br /> • Halls sprinkled and smoke detectors placed in high <br /> rises and schools <br /> • ECHO (Emergency and Community Health Outreach) <br /> will provide emergency information to non-English <br /> speaking populations <br /> • Large venues <br /> o Two exercises held at the Convention Center with <br /> active facility participation <br /> S. RECOMMENDA77ON <br /> The City of Minneapolis should incorporate mitigation into <br /> other planning or policy-making efforts such as building <br /> codes and zoning ordinances whenever possible. <br /> G <br /> T)AV P.—A Aial_V.ilnPrahility Haar cem�t ing <br />