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Ramsey County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2018 <br /> <br />Page | G - 33 <br /> <br /># Hazard <br /> <br />Mitigation <br />Strategy <br /> <br /> <br />City of Gem Lake <br />Mitigation Action <br /> <br />Status Priority <br />Ranking <br />Time- <br />frame Jurisdictions Responsibility <br />County/City 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 focus <br />may include previously <br />unidentified flooding <br />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, <br />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 with <br />the new developers and Saint Paul <br />Emergency Management to provide <br />technical assistance and support on <br />flood protection systems and <br />measures in the 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 />37 Flooding Local Planning <br />& Regulations <br />Participate in the <br />National Flood <br />Insurance Program <br />(NFIP) and enforce <br />local floodplain <br />ordinances to ensure <br />that new construction <br />is built above <br />regulatory flood <br />protection elevation. <br />Ongoing Moderate 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 St. Paul, <br />Roseville, <br />Shoreview, <br />Vadnais Heights, <br />White Bear <br />Lake <br />RCEMHS, <br />Municipal EMAs <br />local city <br />planning depts. <br />Ramsey County promotes and all <br />municipalities participate in the <br />NFIP (except the City of North <br />Oaks). Each city develops and <br />enforces local floodplain ordinances. <br />County, <br />municipal <br />funding