Res 2021- 38 Participation in All Hazard Mitigation Planning Process with Dakota CoCity of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 2021-38
AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE ALL HAZARD MITIGATION
PLANNING PROCESS WITH DAKOTA COUNTY
WHEREAS, the County of Dakota coordinated preparation of an initial multi jurisdiction all -hazard
mitigation planning process in 2006 as required under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County All -Hazard Mitigation Plan was updated and approved in 2011 and 2016 with
participation by the cities within Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, federal law requires the plan be updated every five years and the neat update is due in 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights participated in drafting the 2016 Dakota County All -Hazard
Mitigation Plan, and later reviewed and approved the plan; 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 inolude a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an action plan
identifying specific mitigation projects and costs, in addition to; and a maintenance or implementaflon 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 Council of 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 this 181 day of May, 2021.
ATTEST:
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Lorri Smith, City Clerk
CITY COUNCiZ
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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phaide Levine, Mayor