HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.g. Participate in All Hazard Mitigation Planning Process
City Council Regular Meeting: November 1, 2021
EXEC U T I VE S U M M A R Y
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Authorizing Participation in
the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation
Plan
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Mikael Dahlstrom, Chief of Police AGENDA NO. 6.g.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution APPROVED BY: LJM
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 2011 and 2016. 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 the Mitigation Plan be updated every five years.
FEMA requires that the Mitigation Plan be updated every five years; therefore, an update is due in
2021. 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 or by clicking here.
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.
COUNTY OF DAKOTA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2021 – 87
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 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 next update is
due in 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemount 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 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 by the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, this 1st day of November,
2021.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk