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Ramsey County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2018 <br /> <br />Page | 124 <br /> <br /># Hazard <br /> <br />Mitigation <br />Strategy <br /> <br /> <br />Mitigation Action <br /> <br />Status Priority <br />Ranking <br />Time- <br />frame Jurisdictions Responsibility <br />County Comments on <br />Planning Mechanisms for <br />Implementation <br />Possible <br />Funding <br />33 Flooding Local Planning <br />& Regulations <br />Identify residential, <br />commercial, government <br />facilities, and/or critical <br />infrastructure properties <br />that may experience <br />damage from future <br />flooding and work to <br />implement appropriate <br />mitigation measures <br />(including buy-out for <br />property acquisition & <br />structure demolition or <br />relocation). Areas of <br />focus may include <br />previously unidentified <br />flooding locations. <br />New High 2018- <br />2022 <br />Ramsey County, <br />Arden Hills, <br />Falcon Heights, <br />Gem Lake, <br />Lauderdale, <br />Little Canada, <br />Maplewood, <br />Mounds View, <br />New Brighton, <br />North Oaks, <br />North St. Paul, <br />Roseville, <br />Shoreview, <br />Vadnais Heights, <br />White Bear <br />Lake <br />RCEMHS, RC <br />Public Works, <br />RC Property <br />Management, RC <br />Conservation <br />District, <br />municipal EMA <br /> <br />In 2015, Ramsey County removed <br />seven buildings, including critical <br />infrastructure, from the Mississippi <br />River floodplain. A permanent <br />retaining wall along the bluff was <br />completed in November 2017. <br />Ramsey County remains owners of <br />these properties and will work <br />with the new developers and Saint <br />Paul Emergency Management to <br />provide technical assistance and <br />support on flood protection <br />systems and measures in the <br />future. <br /> <br />Ramsey County and its <br />municipalities will continue to <br />evaluate properties that may be at <br />risk of flooding and work with <br />property owners to identify <br />mitigation measure to reduce or <br />eliminate future damages. <br />County, <br />municipal <br />funding, DNR <br />Flood <br />Mitigation <br />Grant, US <br />Army Corps <br />of Engineers <br />(USACE), <br />Possible <br />FEMA HMA <br />grant for <br />Property <br />Acquisition & <br />Structure <br />Demolition <br />or Relocation <br />34 Flooding <br />Structure & <br />Infrastructure <br />Projects <br /> <br />Continue to work with <br />the Crestview <br />Neighborhood/Grass Lake <br />Area in the City of <br />Shoreview to address De- <br />Watering. <br /> <br />New High 2018- <br />2022 <br />Ramsey County, <br />City of Vadnais <br />Heights <br />Ramsey- <br />Washington <br />Metro <br />Watershed <br />District in <br />cooperation with <br />the City of <br />Shoreview and <br />RC Parks & Rec <br />In February 2017, Ramsey County <br />EMHS was approached by a local <br />resident to discuss flooding issues <br />in the Crestview Neighborhood of <br />Shoreview due to heavy rainfalls in <br />summer and fall of 2016. After <br />conversations with the resident <br />and follow-up with Ramsey- <br />Washington Metro Watershed <br />District (RWMWD), a plan for <br />optimizing drainage in the area was <br />developed. <br />Ramsey- <br />Washington <br />Watershed <br />District