HomeMy WebLinkAboutVIII-15 Approve All-Hazard Mitigation Plan City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Fasbender & City Council Members
From: David D. Wilske, Chief of Police
Date: November 21st, 2022
Item: Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Council Action Requested:
Approve the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Background Information:
Keeping our residents safe when disaster strikes is important to the City of Hastings. The Disaster
Mitigation Act of 2000 requires counties and cities to prepare All-Hazard Mitigation Plans every five years.
Plans must address potential natural and manmade hazards and develop mitigation strategies to reduce
the impacts of hazard events both in dollars and lives saved. Counties and cities must have an approved
and adopted plan to be eligible for both federal disaster relief and mitigation project grant dollars.
The first All-Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security
and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in
2006. Since early 2020, City staff has been working with Dakota County Emergency Management to
coordinate the required 5-year update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The City has participated in the
planning process and developed its own mitigation strategies as part of the multi-jurisdictional plan.
In February 2022, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized release of the draft plan for a
formal 45-day public review and comment period, from Feb. 23 to April 8, 2022. Comments received were
addressed in the plan. It was submitted to Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management
and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for review. County staff received HSEM comments and
incorporated them into the Plan. No public comments were received after posting the Plan on the
County’s website. No public hearing is required under the federal guidance documents. The plan was
revised based on state and federal reviewer comments and received state and federal conditional
approval in August 2022. The County Board of Commissioners formally approved and adopted the 2022
update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan in late September 2022.
City staff worked collaboratively to update the plan to ensure that our city remains eligible to receive
future federal funds if a disaster occurs. The final draft of the Plan is posted on the Dakota County web
site at https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/HandlingEmergencies/Planning/Pages/all-hazard.aspx.
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According to FEMA rules, cities must formally adopt the Plan within one year of its approval to be covered
by the Plan. This is required in order for the City to secure federal Disaster Public Assistance and
Mitigation Grants for communities in case of a disaster. Prior to receipt of the City’s resolution adopting
the Plan federal disaster funds will not be available.
The work on this project does not end with adoption of the Plan. As a method to keep the Plan at the
forefront, the implementation of the mitigation strategies outlined in the Plan will be monitoring during
meetings of the Dakota County Domestic Preparedness Committee JPA.
Financial Impact:
None
Advisory Commission Discussion:
None
Council Committee Discussion:
None
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CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION XX-XX-22
A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE DAKOTA COUNTY ALL HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires counties and cities to prepare an All-
Hazard Mitigation Plan (Plan) every five years; and
WHEREAS, plans must address potential natural and manmade hazard and develop mitigation
strategies to reduce the impacts of hazard events both in dollars and lives saved; and
WHEREAS, the County and participating cities must have an adopted Plan to be eligible for
federal disaster relief and mitigation project grants; and
WHEREAS, the first Plan was approved by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management (MNHSEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
in 2006 and the was updated again in 2011 and 2017; and
WHEREAS, since late 2020, the City of Hastings has participated in updating the City’s
mitigations strategies as part of the required five-year update to the Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and local
coordination among neighboring local units of government and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Plan includes a risk assessment including past hazards, hazards that threaten
the county, an estimate of structures at risk, a general description of land uses and development
trends; and
WHEREAS, the Plan includes a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an action
plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs; and
WHEREAS, the Plan includes a maintenance or implementation process including plan updates,
integration of the plan into other planning documents and how Plan participants will maintain
public participation and coordination; and
WHEREAS, the Plan has been shared with the Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for review and
comments and received conditional approval on August 4, 2022; and
WHEREAS, The Dakota County Board of Commissioners formally approved and adopted the
2022 update to the All-Hazard Mitigation Plan in late September 2022.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Hastings supports the hazard mitigation
planning effort and wishes to adopt the 2022 update to the Dakota County All-Hazard Mitigation
Plan.
Adopted this 21st day of November 2022,
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Mary Fasbender, Mayor
Attest:
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Kelly Murtaugh, City Clerk
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