RES 2003-31 - 00002334RESOLUTION NO. 31 - 2003
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING PROCESS
WHEREAS, the City of FRIDLEY is participating in a hazard mitigation planning process as
established under the Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000 and administered through ANOKA County; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of a city hazard mitigation plan;
and
WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and coordination
among neighboring local and County units of government and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a risk assessment including past hazards, hazards that threaten the
city, maps of hazards, an estimate of structures at risk, estimate of potential dollar losses for each
hazard, a general description of land uses and development trends; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a mitigation strategy including goals and objectives and an action
plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include a maintenance or implementation process including plan updates,
integration of plan into other planning documents and how the city will maintain public participation
and coordination; and
WHEREAS, the draft plan will be shared with Anoka County and Minnesota Planning for
coordination of state agency review and comment on the draft; and
WHEREAS, approval of the all hazard mitigation plan will make the city eligible to receive Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) project grants; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the City of Fridley from preparing or revising its own
plan sometime in the future should it desire to do so.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Fridley is authorized to participate in the
countywide hazard mitigation planning effort, and recognizes that the plan will also coordinate with
the participating cities and townships throughout ANOKA County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
14th DAY OF JULY 2003.
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Scott J. Lund, Mayor
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Debra A. Skogen ity Clerk