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Anoka County2025 Hazard Mitigation Planz.umn.edu/AnokaHMP 1.1.1Scope U-Spatial, University of Minnesota, was contracted by Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management using FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant funds to work with Anoka County Emergency Management to facilitate an update to the 2019 Anoka County HMP. U-Spatial brings extensive geographic data analysis skills and hazard risk assessment expertise to the process. U- Spatial also employed the services of Hundrieser Consulting LLC for county and stakeholder outreach as well as mitigation action development related to this plan. This HMP evaluates and prioritizes the major natural hazards affecting Anoka County as determined by frequency of event, economic impact, deaths, and injuries. Mitigation recommendations are based on input from state and local agencies, the public, and national best practices. This is a multi-jurisdictional plan that covers Anoka County, including the cities of Andover, Anoka, Bethel, Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Columbus, Coon Rapids, East Bethel, Fridley, Ham Lake, Hilltop, Lexington, Lino Lakes, Nowthen, Oak Grove, Ramsey, Saint Francis, and Spring Lake Park, and Linwood Township. The Anoka County mitigation activities identified in this plan also incorporate the concerns and needs of townships, school districts, and other participating entities. Members from each of these jurisdictions actively participated in the planning process by assisting with public outreach, attending planning team meetings, providing local information, identifying mitigation actions, and reviewing the plan document (see Appendix C). The information in these forms was used to help identify mitigation actions for local implementation (see also Section 2.2). Each jurisdiction will adopt the plan by resolution after the plan is approved by FEMA. County and local city resolutions will be added by Anoka County after final approval by FEMA (see Appendix B). Anoka County has specified the following goals for this plan update: Include more recent data documenting the critical infrastructure and hazards faced by Anoka County. Reformat and reorganize the plan to reflect definitions of hazards as expressed in the 2024 Minnesota State Hazard Mitigation Plan. Reflect current hazard mitigation priorities in Anoka County. Encourage recipients and sub-recipients of hazard mitigation grants to consider climate change adaptation, resiliency, and equity in their planning efforts. 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. The benefits of hazard mitigation planning include the following: saving lives, protecting the health of the public, and reducing injuries preventing or reducing property damage reducing economic losses minimizing social dislocation and stress reducing agricultural losses Section 1 2 Introduction 11