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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 06.cProposed Action Staff recommends approval of a RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE DAKOTA COUNTY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Overview The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires counties and cities to prepare All-Hazards Mitigation Plans every five years. Plans must address potential natural and manmade hazards and develop mitigation strategies. Counties and cities must have an approved and adopted plan to be eligible for both federal disaster relief and mitigation project grant dollars. The first All Hazards Mitigation Plan was approved by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2006. Since early 2010, City staff has been working with Dakota County to coordinate the required 5 -year update to the All Hazards Mitigation Plan. The City has participated in the planning process and developed its own mitigation strategies as part of the multi - jurisdictional plan. The draft All Hazards Mitigation Plan has been submitted to both HSEM for initial review and comment. County staff received HSEM comments and incorporated them into the Plan. No public comments were received after posting the Plan on the County's website. No public hearing is required under the federal guidance documents. This final draft of the Plan was then submitted to HSEM and FEMA for final review. The County received notification of approval of the Plan pending adoption from HSEM and FEMA on December 29, 2011. FEMA commented that it is an excellent Plan, easy to use, strongly organized and well - illustrated. All participating communities must adopt the approved plan within one year of HSEM and FEMA approval. Primary Issues to Consider Creating our own plan would be very costly and redundant. Lakeville Emergency Manager was on the county committee that updated the plan Supporting Information If Council is interested in reading the plan, please contact the Emergency Manager. The plan is 300 pages long. J hn E. Kornmann mergency Manager /Administrative Sergeant Financial Impact: $_0 Budgeted: Y/N Source: Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.): N otes: CITY OF LAKEVILLE RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE DAKOTA COUNTY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WHEREAS, the County of Dakota coordinated preparation of an initial multi - jurisdiction all- hazard mitigation planning process as established under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000; and WHEREAS, Dakota County and cities within the County participated in drafting the initial plan which was approved and adopted in 2006; and WHEREAS, federal law requires the plan be updated every five years, and WHEREAS, the Act requires public involvement and local coordination among local units of government as part of the planning process; and WHEREAS, the plan must include descriptions of land uses and development trends, risk assessment including past hazards, hazards that threaten the county, maps of hazards, and estimates of structures at risk; and WHEREAS, the plan must include a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs, in addition to a maintenance or implementation process including plan updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents, and public education components; and WHEREAS, approval of the all hazard mitigation plan update will continue the County's and participating community's eligibility to receive federal disaster relief and mitigation program project grants; and WHEREAS, Dakota County and participating communities have one year to adopt the Plan once the Plan is approved by FEMA; and WHEREAS, HSEM and FEMA have approved the Plan pending adoption; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville participated in the planning process and developed mitigation strategies, which are included in the plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lakeville hereby adopts the Dakota County All Hazard Mitigation Plan pending adoption by HSEM and FEMA and authorizes submittal of this resolution to Dakota County for submission to HSEM. DATED this 6th day of February 2012.