Res 2010- 22 All Hazard Mitigation Planning ProcessCity of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 10- 22
RESOLUTION 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 6th day of April, 2010.
ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF
By 4 — By
Kathl en M. Swanson City Clerk
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