Res 2012- 12 Adopt Dakota Co All Hazard Mitigation PlanCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2012 -12
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; 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
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.
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights participated in the planning process to update
the plan and developed mitigation strategies that are included in the plan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Mendota Heights hereby adopts the
Dakota County All Hazard Mitigation Plan that has been approved pending adoption by HSEM
and FEMA and authorizes submittal of the resolution of adoption to Dakota County for
submission to HSEM.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this sixth day of March 2012.
CITY COUNCIL
C 0 ' 1 OTA HEIGHTS
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By
Sandie Thone, City Clerk
Sandra Krebsbac ayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA
cowry- OF DAKOTA ) s.s.
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS )
1, Sandie Thone, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Mendota Heights, do
hereby CERTIFY that the attached Resolution No: 2012-12: RESOLUTION TO ADOPT
THE DAKOTA COUNTY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN is an exact copy of said
Resolution on file in my office.
Signed and sealed by my hand on this twenty-seventh day of March 2012.
Sandie Thone
City Clerk
(SEAL)