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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 04-53
RESOLUTION TO PARTICPATE IN THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
PROCESS
WHEREAS, the County of Ramsey Division of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security is participating in the all-hazard mitigation planning process as
established under the Disaster Mitigation Act of2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires all counties and municipalities to develop and maintain
all hazard mitigation plans either independently or on a county-wide, multi jurisdictional
basis; and
WHEREAS, such plans must be well integrated and coordinated to account for the
fact that hazards in one jurisdiction impact on other nearby jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of an all hazard
mitigation plan; and
WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and
local coordination among neighboring local units of governments and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include an implementation and maintenance process
including plan updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents and how the
County will maintain public participation and coordination; and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County Division of emergency Management and Homeland
Security has indicated its willingness to coordinate these efforts should the municipality so
desire; and
WHEREAS, the draft plan will be shared with all municipalities, the County Board
of Commissioners and the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of
Homeland Security and Emergency Management for coordination of state agency review and
comment on the draft; and
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WHEREAS, final approval of the all-hazard mitigation plan will make the
municipalities and the County eligible to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
project grants; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the City of Arden Hills from preparing
its own plan in the future should it desire to do so; Therefore Be It
RESOLVED that the City of Arden Hills supports the countywide all hazard
mitigation planning effort, and, be it further
RESOLVED that the City of Arden Hills wishes to JOin with the County in
preparing and maintaining the plan and recognizes that the final plan will apply within the
City of Arden Hills, and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the City of Arden Hills requests that the Ramsey County Division
of Emergency Management and Homeland Security coordinate all hazard mitigation
planning efforts for the City of Arden Hills in the future.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
THIS 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2004.
ATTEST:
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Michelle Wolfe, CITY ADMINISTRAT R
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