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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Your mtmicipality is certainly free to choose to either join in the multi-jurisdiction plan <br />or develop your O\vn independently (as St. Paul has done). Your jurisdiction may also opt <br />to not develop a plan at all and forgo any future mitigation funds. If any jurisdictions do <br />opt out, tile countywide plan will still apply to any other jurisdictions that opt in. <br /> <br />If you do opt out oflhe Countywide effort and still wish to remain eligible for disaster <br />mitigation funding should an emergency occur, your municipality will need to creatc an <br />individual plan that addresses the issues lhat affect your area and the neighboring areas, <br />cven if those issucs originate solely in your jurisdiction. We believe that this would <br />represent a significant duplication of effort, but will of course support you in any way we <br />can. <br /> <br />Rather than that, we invite you to adopt a single plan for the entire County. This seems <br />the most prudent and cost effective manner of complying with the Act. It is the approach <br />most other counties in the nation have taken. <br /> <br />To streamline the process, I have attached a sample generic draft board action request. I <br />understand that this may not directly match tile format and language you require, <br />although we have run it past our attorneys and several of your peers. Please feel free to <br />edit it as needed to meet your community's needs. <br /> <br />As always, we consider ourselves to be an adjunct to your own emergency management <br />and preparedness efforts, and hope that this activity will be only one of an ongoing <br />number of possible areas for cooperation across the county. Ifmy office can answer any <br />questions or be of any assistance in the effort, please contact us. Our Mitigation Officer is <br />Ms. Krysta Reuter. Ms. Reuter can be reached at 651-266-1015 or by email at <br />krysta.reuter@co.ramsey.mn.us. Finally, we have scheduled several public meetings on <br />mitigation planning lhis month. Please join us at these meetings as we go forward <br />together to savc lives, property and money by working to prevent tomorrow's disasters <br />today. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br />Director <br />