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Anoka County2025 Hazard Mitigation Planz.umn.edu/AnokaHMP CityofCoonRapids Severe Storms, Flooding: Within the city we have the following critical infrastructure and facilities that can be negatively affected by a range of severe storm or flood-related events: Mercy Hospital; Egret Blvd manufactured housing facility; water production, treatment, and distribution system (treatment plants, towers, piping, hydrants); sanitary lift stations, including the Met Council major station on Coon Rapids Blvd Ext.; major roadways; railroad lines; electrical and natural gas distribution facilities – particularly how they power our pumps for water & sanitary items mentioned above; Communication – cell & fiber lines that are used for our SCADA system on the water & sanitary items mentioned above; wells. City of East Bethel Severe Summer Storms, Flooding: Within the city we have a multi-story assisted living facility, a large state land management area (Gordie Mikkelson WMA), and 12 lakes, with Coon Lake covering 1260 acres, alone. We have MN State Highway 65 which is a main corridor running north and south and Anoka County Road 22 running east and west. Our community is growing rapidly with over 300 new homes being developed, a water tower, and a new commercial area. In general, severe weather is a major concern with high winds, tornadoes, and heavy rain possible. City of Fridley Flooding: The City of Fridley has the potential for some seasonal flooding concerns with the Mississippi River. When the ice melts at the end of winter, we have some areas of the city that have flooded in the past. However, we have addressed this issue. We have large pumps on the north end of the city to keep that area from flooding. We have only needed to use them once in the last 5 or 6 years. City of Ham Lake Winter Storms: Much of the city’s municipal electrical service consists of overhead power lines and electrical poles. Those overhead lines and power poles are prone to failure in ice storms and blizzards with heavy snowfall and high winds that may bring down trees and branches. City of Hilltop Tornadoes: Tornadoes are our #1 vulnerability. About 66% of our residents live in mobile home parks. There are 4 separately owned and operated MHPs within the city. With increasing severe weather incidents and more demand for storm shelter space, the city has been working to move forward with plans to build a new storm shelter at City Hall. However, obtaining the necessary funds has been extremely difficult. The basement of our City Hall serves as our community storm shelter, but it is very undersized. If all MHP residents were to come in they would not all fit. But the new building we have planned would hold 700 people. Section 3 24 Hazards 33