HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.j. Resolution Authorizing Participation in the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation PlanEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Regular Meeting: March 15, 2016
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Authorizing Participation in
the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation
Plan
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Mitchell Scott, Chief of Police AGENDA NO. 6.j.
ATTACHMENTS: Letter from County, Resolution APPROVED BY: ddj
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to pass a resolution supporting the County hazard
mitigation planning process and authorizing staff to participate in the planning process.
BACKGROUND
The City participated in the creation of the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan in 2005 and the
plan was adopted in 2006 and again in 2012. A Plan is required by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) in order to be eligible for funds to mitigate and recover from disaster. FEMA requires
that the Mitigation Plan be updated every five years.
ISSUE
FEMA requires that the Mitigation Plan be updated every five years; therefore, an update is due in
2017. Dakota County has again offered to partner with cities to create a multi-jurisdictional plan. If
the City chooses not to participate in the joint effort, an individual plan will need to be developed
for our City. The Plan is thorough and detailed and will be better coordinated with neighboring
jurisdictions if we work through Dakota County. A copy of the current plan is posted on the
County's website, and can be located by searching mitigation plan on the
site. http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HandlingEmergencies/Reports/AllHazardMitigationPlan.htm
County and city staffs will work cooperatively to update the plan.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City adopt the Dakota County multi-jurisdictional All Hazard Mitigation Plan
process and authorize staff to participate.
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2016 -
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 Rosemount 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 Rosemount from preparing its own plans
sometime in the future should they desire to do so.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Rosemount 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 on this 15th day of March, 2016.
William H. Droste, Mayor
ATTEST:
Clarissa Hadler, City Clerk