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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.m. Adoption of Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY City Council Meeting: December 20, 2022 AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan AGENDA SECTION: Consent PREPARED BY: Mikael Dahlstrom, Chief of Police AGENDA NO. 6.m. ATTACHMENTS: Resolution APPROVED BY: LJM RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to adopt the 2022 update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan and authorize submittal of the resolution of the adoption to Homeland Security Emergency Management and Federal Emergency Management Agency SUMMARY Keeping our residents safe when disaster strikes is important to the City of Rosemount. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires counties and cities to prepare All-Hazard Mitigation Plans every five years. Plans must address potential natural and manmade hazards and develop mitigation strategies to reduce the impacts of hazard events both in dollars and lives saved. Counties and cities must have an approved and adopted plan to be eligible for both federal disaster relief and mitigation project grant dollars. The first All-Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2006. Since early 2020, City staff has been working with Dakota County Emergency Management to coordinate the required 5-year update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The City has participated in the planning process and developed its own mitigation strategies as part of the multi-jurisdictional plan. In February 2022, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized release of the draft plan for a formal 45-day public review and comment period, from Feb. 23 to April 8, 2022. Comments received were addressed in the plan. It was submitted to Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for review. County staff received HSEM comments and incorporated them into the Plan. No public comments were received after posting the Plan on the County’s website. No public hearing is required under the federal guidance documents. The plan was revised based on state and federal reviewer comments and received state and federal conditional approval in August 2022. The County Board of Commissioners formally approved and adopted the 2022 update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan in late September 2022. City staff worked collaboratively to update the plan to ensure that our city remains eligible to receive future federal funds if a disaster occurs. The final draft of the Plan is posted on the Dakota County web site at https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/HandlingEmergencies/Planning/Pages/all- hazard.aspx. According to FEMA rules, cities must formally adopt the Plan within one year of its approval to be covered by the Plan. This is required in order for the City to secure federal Disaster Public Assistance and Mitigation Grants for communities in case of a disaster. Prior to receipt of the City’s resolution adopting the Plan federal disaster funds will not be available. 2 The work on this project does not end with adoption of the Plan. As a method to keep the Plan at the forefront, the implementation of the mitigation strategies outlined in the Plan will be monitoring during meetings of the Dakota County Domestic Preparedness Committee JPA. There is no fiscal impact to the City to adopt this plan. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the 2022 update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan and authorize submittal of the resolution of adoption to HSEM and FEMA. In addition, Dakota County staff is working with all 14 urban cities and 6 rural cities to pass resolutions adopting the plan so that they will also be covered by the Plan. All participating communities must adopt the approved plan within one year of HSEM and FEMA approval. CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2022 - XX A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DAKOTA COUNTY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires counties and cities to prepare an All- Hazard Mitigation Plan (Plan) every five years; and WHEREAS, plans must address potential natural and manmade hazard and develop mitigation strategies to reduce the impacts of hazard events both in dollars and lives saved; and WHEREAS, the County and participating cities must have an adopted Plan to be eligible for federal disaster relief and mitigation project grants; and WHEREAS, the first Plan was approved by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (MNHSEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2006 and the was updated again in 2011 and 2017; and WHEREAS, since late 2020, the City of Rosemount has participated in updating the City’s mitigations strategies as part of the required five-year update to the 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 includes a risk assessment including past hazards, hazards that threaten the county, an estimate of structures at risk, a general description of land uses and development trends; and WHEREAS, the Plan includes a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs; and WHEREAS, the Plan includes a maintenance or implementation process including plan updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents and how Plan participants will maintain public participation and coordination; and WHEREAS, the Plan has been shared with the Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for review and comments and received conditional approval on August 4, 2022; and WHEREAS, The Dakota County Board of Commissioners formally approved and adopted the 2022 update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan in late September 2022. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESTOA, supports the hazard mitigation planning effort and wishes to adopt the 2022 update to the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan. ADOPTED this 20th day of December, 2022, by the City Council of the City of Rosemount. __________________________________________ William H. Droste, Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________________ Erin Fasbender, City Clerk