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Ramsey County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2018 Page | 10 This Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan evaluates and ranks the major natural hazards affecting Ramsey County as determined by frequency of event, economic impact, deaths and injuries. Mitigation recommendations are based on input from state and local agencies, public input and national best practices. While the primary focus of the plan is to evaluate the County’s potential exposure to natural hazards and identify appropriate mitigation actions, Ramsey County has expanded the scope of this planning effort to include additional technological hazards, though this plan conforms to federal mitigation planning requirements. The University of Minnesota Duluth Geospatial Analysis Center (GAC) performed the hazard risk assessment for 100-year floods using the Hazus GIS tool. The Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) office has determined that Hazus should play a critical role in Minnesota’s risk assessments, and therefore the 100-year flood hazard analysis is used in this plan. This is a multi-jurisdictional plan that covers Ramsey County, including the cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Gem Lake, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, North Saint Paul, Roseville, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake. The Ramsey County risks and mitigation activities identified in this plan also incorporate the concerns and needs of townships (White Bear Township), school districts, and other entities participating in this plan. While the city of Saint Paul is in Ramsey County, it has its own Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The cities of Blaine and Spring Lake Park have a portion of their cities within the boundaries of Ramsey County; however, they primarily reside in Anoka County. They will be included in Anoka County’s Mitigation Plan. The City of St. Anthony geographically is half in Hennepin County and half in Ramsey County, and it shares a school district with another city within Ramsey County, the City of St. Anthony will be covered by the Hennepin County’s Mitigation Plan. The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Campus also presents a unique situation. The university is located in both Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, the St. Paul campus. The University of Minnesota is covered under its own plan. Members from each of these jurisdictions actively participated in the planning process by attending workgroup meetings, providing information, suggesting mitigation strategies and reviewing the plan document. Each jurisdiction will adopt the plan by resolution after approval by FEMA. County and local city resolutions will be added by Ramsey County after final approval by FEMA, in Appendix D in the back of the plan. Ramsey County has specified the following goals for this Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan update: • Include more recent data documenting the critical infrastructure and hazards faced by Ramsey County. • Reformat and reorganize the plan to reflect definitions of hazards as expressed in the 2014 State of Minnesota Multi-Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Plan. • Reflect current hazard mitigation priorities in Ramsey County. 1.1.2 Hazard Mitigation Definition Hazard mitigation may be defined as any action taken to eliminate or reduce the long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards. Following are examples of hazard mitigation measures that fall within one of five types of mitigation strategies: