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<br />Jurisdiction Mitigation Action Name What is the problem
<br />the action is solving?How does the action solve the problem?
<br />Is this a
<br />continuing
<br />action from
<br />2019 plan?
<br />Yes/No
<br />Action Status
<br />What is the main
<br />hazard from the 2025
<br />update that the action
<br />mitigates?
<br />List any additional
<br />hazards from the
<br />2025 mitigation plan
<br />update that the
<br />action mitigates.
<br />What is the main goal
<br />that the action
<br />addresses?
<br />List any additional
<br />goals that the action
<br />addresses.
<br />What agencies will
<br />lead the
<br />implementation of
<br />this action?
<br />What agencies will
<br />support the
<br />implementation of
<br />this action?
<br />What are potential
<br />sources of funding that
<br />can support this
<br />mitigation action?
<br />What benefits does
<br />this action provide?
<br />What is the estimated
<br />cost of this action?
<br />What is the
<br />estimated
<br />timeline for this
<br />action to be
<br />implemented?
<br />Potential for Lives
<br />Saved
<br />1 - Little Potential
<br />2 - Some Potential
<br />3 - Major Potential
<br />Potential for
<br />Reduced Property
<br />Damages
<br />1 - Little Potential
<br />2 - Some Potential
<br />3 - Major Potential
<br />Potential for
<br />Reduced Response
<br />Actions
<br />1 - Little Potential
<br />2 - Some Potential
<br />3 - Major Potential
<br />Number of Hazards
<br />the Action
<br />Addresses
<br />1 - Addresses One
<br />Hazard
<br />2 - Addresses More
<br />Than One Hazard
<br />Benefits Exceed
<br />Costs
<br />1 - BCA equal
<br />2 - Minor
<br />Exceedence
<br />3 - Major
<br />Exceedence
<br />Community Action
<br />Priority Ranking
<br />1 - Low Priority
<br />2 - Medium Priority
<br />3 - High Priority
<br />Total
<br />Is there any additional information we should know
<br />about this mitigation action?
<br />Arden Hills Ramsey Everbridge Public Notification during
<br />emergencies
<br />Continue to ensure that all Ramsey County residents
<br />are aware of and sign-up for the County’s Everbridge
<br />Emergency Notification System.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal #4
<br />Ramsey County
<br />Emergency Management
<br />& Homeland Security
<br />(RCEMHS) & Municipal
<br />Emergency Management
<br />Agencies (EMAs)
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Allows for actionable
<br />information to be passed to
<br />those in need of it
<br />Under $50k Over 5 years 2 2 1 2 3 3 13
<br />Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan
<br />Updates Emergency Planning
<br />Update County/City Comprehensive Plans and Zoning
<br />Ordinances to include mitigation considerations that
<br />help to reduce risk from natural hazards. Utilize data
<br />of past hazard events and future climate projections to
<br />help inform updates.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS in
<br />coordination with Ramsey
<br />County Community and
<br />Economic Development
<br />and local municipal
<br />administrators, Planning
<br />& Zoning Committees
<br />County funding
<br />Zoning ordinance updates
<br />facilitate coordinated
<br />development to mitigate
<br />risk
<br />Under $50k 4-5 years 1 2 2 2 3 2 12
<br />Arden Hills
<br />Continue to update Emergency Operation Plans and
<br />COOP/COG plans to ensure that they adequately
<br />detail the needed steps to respond to all-hazards and
<br />ensure continuity of key government functions in the
<br />event of a disaster.
<br />Yes Canceled All Hazards RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding 0
<br />Arden Hills All Hazards Education and
<br />Awareness Public Empowerment
<br />Continue to promote education & awareness on all-
<br />hazards and emergency preparedness for schools,
<br />individuals, families, and businesses.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal #2 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding
<br />Providing public
<br />information makes them
<br />more resilient to disasters
<br />and less impacted by
<br />unplanned events
<br />Under $50k 4-5 years 2 2 2 2 3 2 13
<br />Arden Hills Weather Awareness Public alerts of potential
<br />hazardous conditions
<br />Continue to promote the use of NOAA weather radios
<br />by residents, schools, businesses, and facilities that
<br />house persons with functional and access needs.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #1 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding
<br />Providing public
<br />information makes them
<br />more resilient to disasters
<br />and less impacted by
<br />unplanned events
<br />Under $50k Over 5 years 2 1 1 2 3 2 11
<br />Arden Hills Overhead Powerlines Reduction in power
<br />outages
<br />Work with municipal electrical cooperative and power
<br />companies to reduce overhead exposure of power lines
<br />that are vulnerable to damage from severe
<br />winter/summer storms (i.e., high winds, ice, and heavy
<br />snow). Replace overhead power lines with
<br />underground lines in areas with high-risk exposure
<br />(i.e. high tree concentration areas).
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works,
<br />Municipal Public Works
<br />in cooperation the
<br />appropriate utility
<br />company.
<br />Coop / Electric Company
<br />funding, Possible FEMA
<br />HMA grant for
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Reduction of power
<br />outages increases
<br />business profitability, and
<br />physical infrastructure for
<br />vulnerable populations
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 1 1 3 1 1 1 8
<br />Arden Hills Critial Infrastructure
<br />Identification Life safety
<br />Identify critical facilities or infrastructure that do not
<br />have generator backup power in the event of a major
<br />power outage resulting from severe winter or summer
<br />storms. (Examples of critical facilities include Police/
<br />Fire departments, EOC’s, health care facilities, water
<br />& sewer treatment facilities, and other facilities
<br />deemed as critical, i.e. public schools and sheltering
<br />facilities).
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Property
<br />Management &
<br />Municipal EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Identification of critical
<br />infrastruture facilitates
<br />planning to address
<br />expected impacts and
<br />mitigating events
<br />Under $50k 4-5 years 2 1 2 1 1 1 8
<br />Arden Hills Generator Backups Provide backkup power to
<br />critical facilities
<br />Purchase and install generator hook-ups and
<br />encourage local generator purchases for identified
<br />critical facilities that should have backup power.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Property
<br />Management &
<br />Municipal EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Generators
<br />Additional power sources
<br />to be utilized during
<br />commerical power outages
<br />$501k - $750k Over 5 years 2 1 2 1 1 1 8
<br />Arden Hills
<br />Continue to provide for public safety on roads through
<br />anti-icing (application of brine solution before an
<br />event), snow removal, salting and sanding to minimize
<br />the impacts of snow/ice accumulations on roadways.
<br />Yes Canceled Winter Weather Hazards RC Public Works &
<br />Municipal Public Works County, municipal funding 0
<br />Arden Hills Community Vulnerability
<br />Assessment Life safety
<br />Identify community areas, parks, and facilities (i.e.,
<br />schools, government buildings, manufactured home
<br />parks) that are vulnerable to tornadoes and evaluate for
<br />potential construction or retrofit of safe rooms or storm
<br />shelters.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Vulnerability analysis
<br />allows for the planning of
<br />responses
<br />Under $50k 2-3 years 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
<br />Arden Hills Storm Shelter Life safety
<br />Implement construction or retrofit projects for safe
<br />rooms or storm shelters in identified vulnerable
<br />locations.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec,
<br />Municipal parks & rec,
<br />and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Safe Rooms
<br />Provide emergency public
<br />sheltering for residents
<br />and vistors during severe
<br />weather
<br />$501k - $750k Over 5 years 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
<br />Arden Hills Manufactured home park
<br />sheltering
<br />Provides a safe space for
<br />manufactured home park
<br />residents to evacuate to
<br />during severe weather
<br />Work to ensure Minnesota Department of Health
<br />(MDH) Evacuation Plan & Storm Shelter
<br />Requirements are met in municipalities with
<br />manufactured home parks.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather
<br />Hazards Goal #3
<br />Municipal EMAs in
<br />coordination with
<br />RCEMHS and MHP
<br />Operators
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />MHP Owner Public safety Under $50k 2-3 years 3 1 2 1 3 3 13
<br />Arden Hills Stormwater Management Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Enhance stormwater management plans and
<br />ordinances that require improvement of stormwater
<br />management systems, including for areas of new
<br />development and installation of infrastructure capable
<br />of handling a ten to twenty-year rain event. Identify and
<br />address where stormwater run-off capacity
<br />improvement projects are needed.
<br />Yes Completed Flooding
<br />RC Public Works and
<br />municipal
<br />Planning/Public Works
<br />depts. in coordination
<br />with local watershed
<br />organizations
<br />County/City funding,
<br />SWCD, and Possible
<br />MPCA/PFA grant funding.
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Localized Flood
<br />Reduction Projects or
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />0
<br />Arden Hills Flood Technical Assistance Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Provide information & technical assistance to property
<br />owners to help mitigate against localized flooding
<br />during high-rain events (i.e., landscaping / green
<br />infrastructure applications).
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1 Goal #4
<br />RC Public Works, RC
<br />Conservation District,
<br />and municipal
<br />planning/public works
<br />County/City Funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Property
<br />Acquisition & Structure
<br />Demolition or Relocation
<br />Building codes and
<br />technical assistance
<br />including grading plan
<br />reviews reduces impacts of
<br />unintended stormwater
<br />runoff
<br />Under $50k Over 5 years 1 2 1 1 3 1 9
<br />Arden Hills Flooding Risk Assessment
<br />Identifying infrastucture
<br />prone to flooding for future
<br />mitigation projects
<br />Identify residential, commercial, government facilities,
<br />and/or critical infrastructure properties that may
<br />experience damage from future flooding and work to
<br />implement appropriate mitigation measures (including
<br />buy-out for property acquisition & structure demolition
<br />or relocation). Areas of focus may include previously
<br />unidentified flooding locations.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Public
<br />Works, RC Property
<br />Management, RC
<br />Conservation District,
<br />municipal EMA
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />DNR Flood Mitigation
<br />Grant, US Army Corps of
<br />Engineers (USACE),
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Property
<br />Acquisition & Structure
<br />Demolition or Relocation
<br />Reduce reoccurring
<br />recovery costs of flood-
<br />prone areas
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 1 2 2 1 1 1 8
<br />Arden Hills NFIP Participation Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Participate in the National Flood Insurance Program
<br />(NFIP) and enforce local floodplain ordinances to
<br />ensure that new construction is built above regulatory
<br />flood protection elevation.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1 Goal #4
<br />RCEMHS, Municipal
<br />EMAs local city planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />NFIP provides insurance
<br />as well as mapping of
<br />zones proned to flooding
<br />Under $50k 2-3 years 1 3 2 1 3 1 11
<br />Arden Hills Flood Reduction Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Identify, prioritize, and implement localized flood
<br />reduction measures to improve drainage systems and
<br />reduce over-the-road flooding to County or municipal
<br />roads.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works, City
<br />Public Works, MnDOT,
<br />Watershed Districts,
<br />County/City Budgets,
<br />MnDOT,
<br />Possible MN DNR Flood
<br />Hazard Grants or FEMA
<br />HMA grant for Localized
<br />Flood Reduction Projects /
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Flood reduction measures
<br />mitigate impacts on private
<br />and public property
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 1 2 2 1 1 1 8
<br />Arden Hills Continue to ensure the strong coordination between
<br />local fire departments to provide fire protection.Yes Canceled Municipal fire districts Local fire department
<br />funding 0
<br />Arden Hills Continue to enforce burning permits/ restrictions.Yes Canceled Municipal fire districts Municipal or fire district
<br />funding 0
<br />Arden Hills Water Conservation
<br />Measures Groundwater conservation
<br />Promote water conservation measures to residents
<br />during periods of drought and enforce water
<br />conservation ordinances when needed.
<br />Yes In Progress Drought Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC
<br />Conservation District &
<br />Local City planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Ensuring a health water
<br />source reduces the
<br />impacts of water
<br />conservation measures.
<br />Under $50k 2-3 years 1 1 1 1 3 1 8
<br />Falcon Heights Everbridge The ability to notify FH
<br />residents
<br />Continue to ensure that all Ramsey County residents
<br />are aware of and sign-up for the County’s Everbridge
<br />Emergency Notification System.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal 4 Goal 1
<br />Ramsey County
<br />Emergency Management
<br />& Homeland Security
<br />(RCEMHS) & Municipal
<br />Emergency Management
<br />Agencies (EMAs)
<br />City communications County, municipal funding Increased participation in
<br />notification Under $50k Under 1 year 2 1 2 2 2 2 11
<br />New Comment: Continued growth of our newsletter. Promotion
<br />of Everbridge took place, but could be renewed focus.
<br />Falcon Heights Comp Plan Cohesive Planning
<br />Update County/City Comprehensive Plans and Zoning
<br />Ordinances to include mitigation considerations that
<br />help to reduce risk from natural hazards. Utilize data
<br />of past hazard events and future climate projections to
<br />help inform updates.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal 2 Goal 1
<br />RCEMHS in
<br />coordination with Ramsey
<br />County Community and
<br />Economic Development
<br />and local municipal
<br />administrators, Planning
<br />& Zoning Committees
<br />City County funding Cohesive Planning Under $50k 4-5 years 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 .
<br />New Comment: FH Comp Plan 2040 Environmental Goals: #2
<br />To protect people and property from excessive noise, pollution
<br />and natural hazard.
<br />Falcon Heights AHMP Planning
<br />Continue to update Emergency Operation Plans and
<br />COOP/COG plans to ensure that they adequately
<br />detail the needed steps to respond to all-hazards and
<br />ensure continuity of key government functions in the
<br />event of a disaster.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal 2 Goal 1 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs RCEMHS County, municipal funding Preparedness Under $50k Under 1 year 3 1 3 2 2 3 14
<br />Falcon Heights Community Prep Education
<br />Continue to promote education & awareness on all-
<br />hazards and emergency preparedness for schools,
<br />individuals, families, and businesses.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal 4 Goal 1 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs RCEMHS, City, Local County, municipal funding Preparedness Under $50k 2-3 years 3 2 2 2 3 3 15
<br />Falcon Heights Weather Radio Emergency Alerts
<br />Continue to promote the use of NOAA weather radios
<br />by residents, schools, businesses, and facilities that
<br />house persons with functional and access needs.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal 4 Goal 2 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs
<br />RCEMHS, National
<br />Weather Service County, municipal funding Access to alerts for all Under $50k 2-3 years 2 1 1 2 2 1 9
<br />Falcon Heights Underground Lines Line Fires
<br />Work with municipal electrical cooperative and power
<br />companies to reduce overhead exposure of power lines
<br />that are vulnerable to damage from severe
<br />winter/summer storms (i.e., high winds, ice, and heavy
<br />snow). Replace overhead power lines with
<br />underground lines in areas with high-risk exposure
<br />(i.e. high tree concentration areas).
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal 3 Goal 1
<br />RC Public Works,
<br />Municipal Public Works
<br />in cooperation the
<br />appropriate utility
<br />company.
<br />Xcel, Utilities
<br />Coop / Electric Company
<br />funding, Possible FEMA
<br />HMA grant for
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Reduced line fires, more
<br />resiliency Over $1M Over 5 years 1 3 2 1 1 1 9
<br />Falcon Heights Critical Facilities Providing resiliency
<br />Identify critical facilities or infrastructure that do not
<br />have generator backup power in the event of a major
<br />power outage resulting from severe winter or summer
<br />storms. (Examples of critical facilities include Police/
<br />Fire departments, EOC’s, health care facilities, water
<br />& sewer treatment facilities, and other facilities
<br />deemed as critical, i.e. public schools and sheltering
<br />facilities).
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal 3 Goal 2
<br />RCEMHS, RC Property
<br />Management &
<br />Municipal EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding Identify critical
<br />infrastructure Under $50k 2-3 years 2 1 2 1 2 2 10
<br />Falcon Heights Generators Backup Power
<br />Purchase and install generator hook-ups and
<br />encourage local generator purchases for identified
<br />critical facilities that should have backup power.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal 3 Goal 2
<br />RCEMHS, RC Property
<br />Management &
<br />Municipal EMAs
<br />Third party facilities
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Generators
<br />Provide power backup $251k to $500k Over 5 years 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
<br />Falcon Heights Salting Emergency Response
<br />Continue to provide for public safety on roads through
<br />anti-icing (application of brine solution before an
<br />event), snow removal, salting and sanding to minimize
<br />the impacts of snow/ice accumulations on roadways.
<br />Yes Winter Weather Hazards RC Public Works &
<br />Municipal Public Works County, municipal funding
<br />Ramsey County and its municipalities complete the snow
<br />removal from all county and municipal roads. MNDOT will
<br />remove the snow from Interstate and State Highways as well as
<br />disperse salt/sand as needed. Municipalities have snow
<br />emergency plans and ordinances in place.
<br />Falcon Heights Storm Shelter Readiness
<br />Identification Tornados
<br />Identify community areas, parks, and facilities (i.e.,
<br />schools, government buildings, manufactured home
<br />parks) that are vulnerable to tornadoes and evaluate for
<br />potential construction or retrofit of safe rooms or storm
<br />shelters.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Goal 2 Goal 1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding Prepares public facilities
<br />for storms Under $50k Under 1 year 1 2 2 1 2 1 9
<br />Falcon Heights Storm Shelter Retrofitting Tornados
<br />Implement construction or retrofit projects for safe
<br />rooms or storm shelters in identified vulnerable
<br />locations.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Goal 2 Goal 1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />Owner Agency
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Safe Rooms
<br />Structures can withstand
<br />storm events Over $1M Over 5 years 1 3 2 1 1 1 9
<br />Falcon Heights Stormwater Planning Flooding
<br />Enhance stormwater management plans and
<br />ordinances that require improvement of stormwater
<br />management systems, including for areas of new
<br />development and installation of infrastructure capable
<br />of handling a ten to twenty-year rain event. Identify and
<br />address where stormwater run-off capacity
<br />improvement projects are needed.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Summer Weather Hazards Goal 2 Goal 3
<br />RC Public Works and
<br />municipal
<br />Planning/Public Works
<br />depts. in coordination
<br />with local watershed
<br />organizations
<br />County/City funding,
<br />SWCD, and Possible
<br />MPCA/PFA grant funding.
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Localized Flood
<br />Reduction Projects or
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Preparation for stormwater
<br />systesm Under $50k 2-3 years 1 2 1 1 2 2 9
<br />Falcon Heights Stormwater Support Flooding
<br />Provide information & technical assistance to property
<br />owners to help mitigate against localized flooding
<br />during high-rain events (i.e., landscaping / green
<br />infrastructure applications).
<br />Yes Not Started Flooding Goal 3 Goal 2
<br />RC Public Works, RC
<br />Conservation District,
<br />and municipal
<br />planning/public works
<br />County/City Funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Property
<br />Acquisition & Structure
<br />Demolition or Relocation
<br />Reduced flooding impacts $251k to $500k 4-5 years 1 2 2 1 1 1 8
<br />Falcon Heights Flood Insurance Property owners response
<br />to a flood event
<br />Participate in the National Flood Insurance Program
<br />(NFIP) and enforce local floodplain ordinances to
<br />ensure that new construction is built above regulatory
<br />flood protection elevation.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Summer Weather Hazards Goal 1 Goal 3
<br />RCEMHS, Municipal
<br />EMAs local city planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Helps private property
<br />owners afford to rebuild
<br />after flood events
<br />$51k to $250k 2-3 years 1 3 1 1 2 2 10
<br />Falcon Heights Storm Sewer Improvements Roadway Flooding
<br />Identify, prioritize, and implement localized flood
<br />reduction measures to improve drainage systems and
<br />reduce over-the-road flooding to County or municipal
<br />roads.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Summer Weather Hazards Goal 2 Goal 3
<br />RC Public Works, City
<br />Public Works, MnDOT,
<br />Watershed Districts
<br />County/City Budgets,
<br />MnDOT,
<br />Possible MN DNR Flood
<br />Hazard Grants or FEMA
<br />HMA grant for Localized
<br />Flood Reduction Projects /
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Reduces flooding on
<br />roadways $501k - $750k Over 5 years 1 2 3 1 1 2 10
<br />Falcon Heights Continue to enforce burning permits/ restrictions.Yes In Progress Municipal fire districts Municipal or fire district
<br />funding 2-3 years 0
<br />Falcon Heights Water Conservation Increasing water capacity
<br />during peak periods
<br />Promote water conservation measures to residents
<br />during periods of drought and enforce water
<br />conservation ordinances when needed.
<br />Yes In Progress Drought Summer Weather Hazards Goal 4 Goal 1
<br />RCEMHS, RC
<br />Conservation District &
<br />Local City planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Increases potential water
<br />supply during peak demand
<br />periods
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 2 1 1 1 3 2 10 New Comment: Falcon Heights is a fully-owned water customer
<br />of St. Paul Regional Water Services. We share their water
<br />restriction notices and help enforce them.
<br />Gem Lake Ramsey Everbridge Public Notification during
<br />emergencies
<br />Continue to ensure that all Ramsey County residents
<br />are aware of and sign-up for the County’s Everbridge
<br />Emergency Notification System.
<br />Yes Not Started All Hazards Goal #4
<br />Ramsey County
<br />Emergency Management
<br />& Homeland Security
<br />(RCEMHS) & Municipal
<br />Emergency Management
<br />Agencies (EMAs)
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Allows for actionable
<br />information to be passed to
<br />those in need of it
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 2 2 2 2 3 2 13
<br />Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan
<br />Updates Emergency Planning
<br />Update County/City Comprehensive Plans and Zoning
<br />Ordinances to include mitigation considerations that
<br />help to reduce risk from natural hazards. Utilize data
<br />of past hazard events and future climate projections to
<br />help inform updates.
<br />Yes Not Started All Hazards Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS in
<br />coordination with Ramsey
<br />County Community and
<br />Economic Development
<br />and local municipal
<br />administrators, Planning
<br />& Zoning Committees
<br />County funding
<br />Zoning ordinance updates
<br />facilitate coordinated
<br />development to mitigate
<br />risk
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 2 2 2 2 3 2
<br />Gem Lake
<br />Continue to update Emergency Operation Plans and
<br />COOP/COG plans to ensure that they adequately
<br />detail the needed steps to respond to all-hazards and
<br />ensure continuity of key government functions in the
<br />event of a disaster.
<br />Yes Not Started All Hazards RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding 0
<br />Gem Lake All Hazards Education and
<br />Awareness Public Empowerment
<br />Continue to promote education & awareness on all-
<br />hazards and emergency preparedness for schools,
<br />individuals, families, and businesses.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal #2 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding
<br />Providing public
<br />information makes them
<br />more resilient to disasters
<br />and less impacted by
<br />unplanned events
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 2 2 2 2 3 2 13
<br />Gem Lake Weather Awareness Public alerts of potential
<br />hazardous conditions
<br />Continue to promote the use of NOAA weather radios
<br />by residents, schools, businesses, and facilities that
<br />house persons with functional and access needs.
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #1 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding
<br />Providing public
<br />information makes them
<br />more resilient to disasters
<br />and less impacted by
<br />unplanned events
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 2 2 2 2 3 2 13
<br />Gem Lake Overhead Powerlines Reduction in power
<br />outages
<br />Work with municipal electrical cooperative and power
<br />companies to reduce overhead exposure of power lines
<br />that are vulnerable to damage from severe
<br />winter/summer storms (i.e., high winds, ice, and heavy
<br />snow). Replace overhead power lines with
<br />underground lines in areas with high-risk exposure
<br />(i.e. high tree concentration areas).
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works,
<br />Municipal Public Works
<br />in cooperation the
<br />appropriate utility
<br />company.
<br />Coop / Electric Company
<br />funding, Possible FEMA
<br />HMA grant for
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Reduction of power
<br />outages increases
<br />business profitability, and
<br />physical infrastructure for
<br />vulnerable populations
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 1 3 3 2 1 2 12
<br />Gem Lake Critial Infrastructure
<br />Identification Life safety
<br />Identify critical facilities or infrastructure that do not
<br />have generator backup power in the event of a major
<br />power outage resulting from severe winter or summer
<br />storms. (Examples of critical facilities include Police/
<br />Fire departments, EOC’s, health care facilities, water
<br />& sewer treatment facilities, and other facilities
<br />deemed as critical, i.e. public schools and sheltering
<br />facilities).
<br />Yes In Progress Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Property
<br />Management &
<br />Municipal EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Identification of critical
<br />infrastruture facilitates
<br />planning to address
<br />expected impacts and
<br />mitigating events
<br />$51k to $250k Over 5 years 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
<br />Gem Lake Generator Backups Provide backkup power to
<br />critical facilities
<br />Purchase and install generator hook-ups and
<br />encourage local generator purchases for identified
<br />critical facilities that should have backup power.
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Property
<br />Management &
<br />Municipal EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Generators
<br />Additional power sources
<br />to be utilized during
<br />commerical power outages
<br />$751k - $1M Over 5 years 1 1 2 2 2 1 9
<br />Gem Lake
<br />Continue to provide for public safety on roads through
<br />anti-icing (application of brine solution before an
<br />event), snow removal, salting and sanding to minimize
<br />the impacts of snow/ice accumulations on roadways.
<br />Yes In Progress Winter Weather Hazards RC Public Works &
<br />Municipal Public Works County, municipal funding
<br />Ramsey County and its municipalities complete the snow
<br />removal from all county and municipal roads. MNDOT will
<br />remove the snow from Interstate and State Highways as well as
<br />disperse salt/sand as needed. Municipalities have snow
<br />emergency plans and ordinances in place.
<br />Gem Lake Community Vulnerability
<br />Assessment Life safety
<br />Identify community areas, parks, and facilities (i.e.,
<br />schools, government buildings, manufactured home
<br />parks) that are vulnerable to tornadoes and evaluate for
<br />potential construction or retrofit of safe rooms or storm
<br />shelters.
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Vulnerability analysis
<br />allows for the planning of
<br />responses
<br />Under $50k 4-5 years 2 2 2 1 3 1 11
<br />Gem Lake Storm Shelter Life safety
<br />Implement construction or retrofit projects for safe
<br />rooms or storm shelters in identified vulnerable
<br />locations.
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Safe Rooms
<br />Provide emergency public
<br />sheltering for residents
<br />and vistors during severe
<br />weather
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
<br />Gem Lake Stormwater Management Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Enhance stormwater management plans and
<br />ordinances that require improvement of stormwater
<br />management systems, including for areas of new
<br />development and installation of infrastructure capable
<br />of handling a ten to twenty-year rain event. Identify and
<br />address where stormwater run-off capacity
<br />improvement projects are needed.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works and
<br />municipal
<br />Planning/Public Works
<br />depts. in coordination
<br />with local watershed
<br />organizations
<br />County/City funding,
<br />SWCD, and Possible
<br />MPCA/PFA grant funding.
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Localized Flood
<br />Reduction Projects or
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Stormwater management
<br />plans reduce the impact of
<br />overland flooding
<br />Under $50k 4-5 years 2 3 2 1 2 1 11
<br />Gem Lake Flood Technical Assistance Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Provide information & technical assistance to property
<br />owners to help mitigate against localized flooding
<br />during high-rain events (i.e., landscaping / green
<br />infrastructure applications).
<br />Yes Not Started Flooding Goal #1 Goal #4
<br />RC Public Works, RC
<br />Conservation District,
<br />and municipal
<br />planning/public works
<br />County/City Funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Property
<br />Acquisition & Structure
<br />Demolition or Relocation
<br />Building codes and
<br />technical assistance
<br />including grading plan
<br />reviews reduces impacts of
<br />unintended stormwater
<br />runoff
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 1 3 1 1 1 2 9
<br />Gem Lake Flooding Risk Assessment
<br />Identifying infrastucture
<br />prone to flooding for future
<br />mitigation projects
<br />Identify residential, commercial, government facilities,
<br />and/or critical infrastructure properties that may
<br />experience damage from future flooding and work to
<br />implement appropriate mitigation measures (including
<br />buy-out for property acquisition & structure demolition
<br />or relocation). Areas of focus may include previously
<br />unidentified flooding locations.
<br />Yes Not Started Flooding Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Public
<br />Works, RC Property
<br />Management, RC
<br />Conservation District,
<br />municipal EMA
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />DNR Flood Mitigation
<br />Grant, US Army Corps of
<br />Engineers (USACE),
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Property
<br />Acquisition & Structure
<br />Demolition or Relocation
<br />Reduce reoccurring
<br />recovery costs of flood-
<br />prone areas
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 2 3 2 2 2 2 13
<br />Gem Lake NFIP Participation Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Participate in the National Flood Insurance Program
<br />(NFIP) and enforce local floodplain ordinances to
<br />ensure that new construction is built above regulatory
<br />flood protection elevation.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1 Goal #4
<br />RCEMHS, Municipal
<br />EMAs local city planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />NFIP provides insurance
<br />as well as mapping of
<br />zones proned to flooding
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 2 3 2 1 3 2 13
<br />Gem Lake Flood Reduction Property Damage
<br />Mitigation
<br />Identify, prioritize, and implement localized flood
<br />reduction measures to improve drainage systems and
<br />reduce over-the-road flooding to County or municipal
<br />roads.
<br />Yes Not Started Flooding Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works, City
<br />Public Works, MnDOT,
<br />Watershed Districts
<br />County/City Budgets,
<br />MnDOT,
<br />Possible MN DNR Flood
<br />Hazard Grants or FEMA
<br />HMA grant for Localized
<br />Flood Reduction Projects /
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Flood reduction measures
<br />mitigate impacts on private
<br />and public property
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 1 3 1 1 2 1 9
<br />Gem Lake Continue to ensure the strong coordination between
<br />local fire departments to provide fire protection.Yes In Progress Municipal fire districts Local fire department
<br />funding 0
<br />There are 12 fire departments located in Ramsey County. All
<br />the municipal fire departments have mutual aid agreements with
<br />each contiguous department that borders their respective fire
<br />district, including those in adjoining counties. Written mutual
<br />aid agreements are on file with each city.
<br />Gem Lake Continue to enforce burning permits/ restrictions.Yes In Progress Municipal fire districts Municipal or fire district
<br />funding 0
<br />Burn permits are regulated by the fire departments in Ramsey
<br />County. An actual permit may or may not be required, however,
<br />each jurisdiction has rules/regulations available to all residents
<br />online.
<br />Gem Lake Water Conservation
<br />Measures Groundwater conservation
<br />Promote water conservation measures to residents
<br />during periods of drought and enforce water
<br />conservation ordinances when needed.
<br />Yes In Progress Drought Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC
<br />Conservation District &
<br />Local City planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Ensuring a health water
<br />source reduces the
<br />impacts of water
<br />conservation measures.
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
<br />Lauderdale Everbridge Emergency
<br />Notification System
<br />Improve communication
<br />during emergencies.
<br />Continue to ensure that all Ramsey County residents
<br />are aware of and sign-up for the County’s Everbridge
<br />Emergency Notification System.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal #4
<br />Ramsey County
<br />Emergency Management
<br />& Homeland Security
<br />(RCEMHS) & Municipal
<br />Emergency Management
<br />Agencies (EMAs)
<br />County, municipal funding wide spread notification of
<br />emergencies Under $50k Under 1 year 1 1 1 2 1 6
<br />New Comment: We haven't put in newsletter recently but would
<br />need to if we want it to get more residents to sign up.
<br />Lauderdale Zoning Update Improve location of
<br />structures.
<br />Update County/City Comprehensive Plans and Zoning
<br />Ordinances to include mitigation considerations that
<br />help to reduce risk from natural hazards. Utilize data
<br />of past hazard events and future climate projections to
<br />help inform updates.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS in
<br />coordination with Ramsey
<br />County Community and
<br />Economic Development
<br />and local municipal
<br />administrators, Planning
<br />& Zoning Committees
<br />County funding, muicipal
<br />funding
<br />long-term changes to built
<br />environment Under $50k Under 1 year 1 1 1 1 1 3 8
<br />New Comment: We will be adopting new zoning rules in 2024.
<br />Lauderdale COOP Improve continuity planning
<br />Continue to update Emergency Operation Plans and
<br />COOP/COG plans to ensure that they adequately
<br />detail the needed steps to respond to all-hazards and
<br />ensure continuity of key government functions in the
<br />event of a disaster.
<br />Yes In Progress All Hazards RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding 0
<br />Ramsey County EMHS maintains an Emergency Operations
<br />Plan (EOP) and the Ramsey County Continuity of Operations
<br />(COOP)/Continuity of Government (COG) plans as guides for
<br />emergency and/or recovery operations. These plans are
<br />intended to assist key county/city officials and emergency
<br />organizations to carry out their responsibilities for the
<br />protection of life and property under a wide range of emergency
<br />conditions.
<br />City Comment: The City is working towards contracting with an
<br />Emergency Manager to help with response coordination.
<br />New Comment: City has not updated in some time. Would need
<br />additional guidance/retraining from county if this were to be
<br />accomplished.
<br />New Comment:
<br />Lauderdale Education and Awareness Improve communication
<br />during emergencies.
<br />Continue to promote education & awareness on all-
<br />hazards and emergency preparedness for schools,
<br />individuals, families, and businesses.
<br />Yes Not Started All Hazards Goal #2 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding wide spread notification of
<br />emergencies Under $50k 2-3 years 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 New Comment: If you send us the materials when they need to
<br />be diseminated, we would send them out.
<br />Lauderdale NOAA Improve communication
<br />during emergencies.
<br />Continue to promote the use of NOAA weather radios
<br />by residents, schools, businesses, and facilities that
<br />house persons with functional and access needs.
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #1 RCEMHS & Municipal
<br />EMAs County, municipal funding wide spread notification of
<br />emergencies Under $50k 2-3 years 2 1 1 2 1 1 8
<br />New Comment: If you send us the materials when they need to
<br />be diseminated, we would send them out.
<br />Lauderdale Electrical Power Reduce storm damage.
<br />Work with municipal electrical cooperative and power
<br />companies to reduce overhead exposure of power lines
<br />that are vulnerable to damage from severe
<br />winter/summer storms (i.e., high winds, ice, and heavy
<br />snow). Replace overhead power lines with
<br />underground lines in areas with high-risk exposure
<br />(i.e. high tree concentration areas).
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Winter Weather Hazards Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works,
<br />Municipal Public Works
<br />in cooperation the
<br />appropriate utility
<br />company.
<br />This should be done in
<br />collaboration with the
<br />Suburban Rate Authority
<br />(SRA) that many cities
<br />are members of. It is a
<br />long-standing issue the
<br />group is working with
<br />Xcel Energy on. Right
<br />now, cities/counties have
<br />to pay for
<br />undergrounding. I
<br />assume anything different
<br />would have to be
<br />negotiated and go
<br />through the PUC when
<br />rates are set.
<br />Coop / Electric Company
<br />funding, Possible FEMA
<br />HMA grant for
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Resilient Power Grid Over $1M Over 5 years 1 3 3 2 1 3 13
<br />New Comment: The Suburban Rate Authority (SRA) has
<br />worked on this for years. I would suggest you connect with them
<br />on the issue. Right now, cities/counties have to pay for
<br />undergrounding. I assume anything different would have to be
<br />negotiated and go through the PUC when rates are set.
<br />Lauderdale
<br />Identify critical facilities or infrastructure that do not
<br />have generator backup power in the event of a major
<br />power outage resulting from severe winter or summer
<br />storms. (Examples of critical facilities include Police/
<br />Fire departments, EOC’s, health care facilities, water
<br />& sewer treatment facilities, and other facilities
<br />deemed as critical, i.e. public schools and sheltering
<br />facilities).
<br />I don't believe we have any facilities that would require back up
<br />power.
<br />Lauderdale
<br />Purchase and install generator hook-ups and
<br />encourage local generator purchases for identified
<br />critical facilities that should have backup power.
<br />I don't believe we have any facilities that would require back up
<br />power.
<br />Lauderdale Storm shelters ID locations for community
<br />safe rooms.
<br />Identify community areas, parks, and facilities (i.e.,
<br />schools, government buildings, manufactured home
<br />parks) that are vulnerable to tornadoes and evaluate for
<br />potential construction or retrofit of safe rooms or storm
<br />shelters.
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Goal #1
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />Vulnerability analysis
<br />allows for the planning of
<br />responses
<br />Under $50k 2-3 years 2 1 1 2 1 1 8
<br />New Comment: Lauderdale does not have any shelters. Would
<br />be good to evaluate whether we should.
<br />Lauderdale Storm shelters Build community safe
<br />rooms.
<br />Implement construction or retrofit projects for safe
<br />rooms or storm shelters in identified vulnerable
<br />locations.
<br />Yes Not Started Summer Weather Hazards Goal #3
<br />RCEMHS, RC Parks &
<br />Rec, Municipal parks &
<br />rec, and EMAs
<br />County, municipal funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Safe Rooms
<br />Provide emergency public
<br />sheltering for residents
<br />and vistors during severe
<br />weather
<br />Over $1M Over 5 years 2 1 1 2 1 1 8
<br />New Comment: Lauderdale does not have any shelters. Would
<br />be good to evaluate whether we should.
<br />Lauderdale Publlic flooding mitigation Flooding
<br />Enhance stormwater management plans and
<br />ordinances that require improvement of stormwater
<br />management systems, including for areas of new
<br />development and installation of infrastructure capable
<br />of handling a ten to twenty-year rain event. Identify and
<br />address where stormwater run-off capacity
<br />improvement projects are needed.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1
<br />RC Public Works and
<br />municipal
<br />Planning/Public Works
<br />depts. in coordination
<br />with local watershed
<br />organizations
<br />County/City funding,
<br />SWCD, and Possible
<br />MPCA/PFA grant funding.
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Localized Flood
<br />Reduction Projects or
<br />Infrastructure Retrofit
<br />Stormwater management
<br />plans reduce the impact of
<br />overland flooding
<br />$51k to $250k Over 5 years 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
<br />New Comment: Lauderdale, Falcon Heights, the U of M, and
<br />Capitol Region Watershed District supported the rehabilitation
<br />of one pond in Lauderdale to prevent flooding and reduce
<br />pollutants.
<br />Lauderdale Private flooding mitigation Flooding
<br />Provide information & technical assistance to property
<br />owners to help mitigate against localized flooding
<br />during high-rain events (i.e., landscaping / green
<br />infrastructure applications).
<br />Yes Not Started Flooding Goal #1 Goal #4
<br />RC Public Works, RC
<br />Conservation District,
<br />and municipal
<br />planning/public works
<br />County/City Funding,
<br />Possible FEMA HMA
<br />grant for Property
<br />Acquisition & Structure
<br />Demolition or Relocation
<br />Building codes and
<br />technical assistance
<br />including grading plan
<br />reviews reduces impacts of
<br />unintended stormwater
<br />runoff
<br />Under $50k Over 5 years 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
<br />New Comment: We would direct homeowners to work with water
<br />shed districts on this.
<br />Lauderdale
<br />Identify residential, commercial, government facilities,
<br />and/or critical infrastructure properties that may
<br />experience damage from future flooding and work to
<br />implement appropriate mitigation measures (including
<br />buy-out for property acquisition & structure demolition
<br />or relocation). Areas of focus may include previously
<br />unidentified flooding locations. Does not seem necessary in Lauderdale. We are not in a
<br />floodplain area.
<br />Lauderdale NFIP Flooding
<br />Participate in the National Flood Insurance Program
<br />(NFIP) and enforce local floodplain ordinances to
<br />ensure that new construction is built above regulatory
<br />flood protection elevation.
<br />Yes In Progress Flooding Goal #1 Goal #4
<br />RCEMHS, Municipal
<br />EMAs local city planning
<br />depts.
<br />County, municipal funding
<br />NFIP provides insurance
<br />as well as mapping of
<br />zones proned to flooding
<br />Under $50k Under 1 year 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
<br />New Comment: City participates in NFIP.
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