HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 181-24 - Resolution - Adoption of the Olmsted County Hazard Mitigation Plan
RESOLUTION
Adopting the Olmsted County Hazard Mitigation Plan.
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has participated in the hazard mitigation planning process
as established under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of a multi-jurisdictional
County Hazard Mitigation 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 Olmsted County 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 Olmsted County Plan includes a mitigation strategy including goals and
objectives and an action plan identifying specific mitigation projects and costs; and
WHEREAS, the Olmsted County Plan includes a maintenance or implementation process
including plan updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents and how
Olmsted County and the City or Rochester 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 comment; and
WHEREAS, the Olmsted County Hazard Mitigation Plan will make the county and
participating jurisdictions eligible to receive FEMA hazard mitigation assistance grants; and
WHEREAS, this is a multi-jurisdictional Plan and cities that participated in the planning
process may choose to also adopt the County Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
MN that the City supports the Hazard Mitigation planning effort and adopts the Olmsted
County Hazard Mitigation Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2024.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2024.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)