HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 072-22 - Resolution - 2022 All Hazard Mitigation Plan Update and Grant Acceptance
RESOLUTION
Authorizing Participation in Planning Process and Execution of Sub-Grant
Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Emergency Management Act of 1996 places responsibility
upon each political subdivision to establish a local organization for emergency
management, including appointment of a director to organize, administrate, and operate
the local organization under the direction and control of the Mayor and Common Council;
and
WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 establishes a framework for the
development of a single jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester coordinated an initial all hazard mitigation planning
process as established under the Act; which resulted in the approved City of Rochester
All Hazard Mitigation Plan (AHMP) in 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires the plan be updated every five years and the next update is
due in 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Act as part of the planning process requires public involvement and local
coordination among neighboring local units of government and business; 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 future 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, approval of the AHMP update will continue the City’s eligibility to receive
Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants as they become available.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Rochester Common Council that
the City of Rochester will enter into a sub-grant agreement with the Minnesota
Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management for the program entitled Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) for the update
of the City of Rochester All Hazard Mitigation Plan (AHMP).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to execute this resolution, the sub-grant agreements, and any
amendments thereto as are necessary to implement this plan on behalf of the City of
Rochester.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2022.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2022.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)