HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2004-05 RESOLUTION NO. 2004-05
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ALL
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING PROCESS
WHEREAS, the County of ANOKA is participating in a hazard mitigation planning process as
established under the Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of a county hazard mitigation
plan; and
WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and local
coordination among neighboring local units of government and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a risk assessment including past hazards, hazards that
threaten the county maps of hazards, an estimate of structures at risk, estimate of potential dollar
losses for each hazard, a general description of land uses and development trends; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an
action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a maintenance or implementation process including plan
updates, integration of plan into other planning documents and how the county will maintain
public participation and coordination; and
WHEREAS, the draft plan will be shared with Minnesota Planning for coordination of state
agency review and comment on the draft; and
WHEREAS, approval of the all hazard mitigation plan 'will make the county eligible to receive
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMPG) project grants; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the participating cities and townships l~om
preparing its own plan sometime in the future should it desire to do so.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Columbia Heights supports the
county hazard mitigation planning effort, wishes to join with the county in preparing the plan and
recognizes that the plan will apply within the City.
Passed this 9th day of January 2004
Offered by:
Second by:
Roll Call:
Ericson
Kelzenberg
Ayes: Wyckoff, Williams, Nawrocki, Ericson, Kelzenberg
Attest:
(Patricia Muscovitz, CMC
Deputy City Clerk/Council Secretary
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