Res 2016- 21 Participate in All Hazard Mitigatino Plng ProcessCITY OF
MENDOTA HEIGHTS
City of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-21
1101 Victoria Curve I Mendota Heights, MN 55118
651.452.1850 phone 651.452.8940 fax
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RESOLUTION NO. 2016-021 "TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL HAZARD MITIGATION
PLANNING PROCESS."
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, the City of Mendota Heights participated in drafting the plan, and later reviewed and
approved the plan; 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 and businesses 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 ; and 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 eligibility to
receive federal and state Hazard Mitigation Grant Program project grants; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the City of Mendota Heights from preparing its own plans
sometime in the future should they desire to do so.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Mendota Heights supports the County all
hazard mitigation planning effort, agrees to participate with the County in preparing an update to the
multi jurisdictional plan and recognizes that the plan will apply within the townships
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 15th day of March, 2016.
ATTEST:
By
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITYFyM,NDOTA HEIGHTS
Sandra Krebsbach, May