1j Carver Co Hazard Mitigation Plan
CITY OF
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952,227,1100
Fax: 952,227,1110
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Senior Center
Phone: 952,227,1125
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Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM:
Justin Miller, Assistant City Manager'St^
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DATE:
January '25, 2006
RE:
Carver County Hazard Mitigation Plan
BACKGROUND
For the past few years, Carver County, through their Office of RisklEmergency
Management, has been developing a hazard mitigation plan. Once adopted by all
Carver County cities, this plan will become the official hazard mitigation plan for
the entire county. This plan will benefit communities by reducing conflicts
between individual community plans as well as providing for eligibility to receive
mitigation funding as a result of presidential disaster declarations.
In order for this plan to receive approval from FEMA, they are requesting that
each participating community indicate that they are planning to adopt the final
plan as their community plan. The attached resolution indicates our support for
this project, which will assist Carver County in gaining FEMA approval.
Once the plan has been approved by FEMA, Carver County will be requesting
that the city pass another resolution indicating our final adoption of the approved
plan.
RECOMMENDA TION
Staff recommends that the Chanhassen City Council approve the attached
"resolution to participate in a hazard mitigation planning process". Approval of
this item requires a majority vote of the city council.
The City of Chanhassen · A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a charming downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks, A great place to live, work, and play,
Office of RisklEmergency Management
Carver County Government Center
Administration Building
600 East Fourth Street
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· Chaska, Minnesota 55318-2102
CARVER Phone (952) 361-1528
COUNTY Fax (952) 361-1342
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Carver County Cities and Townships,
As you are aware, we have been in the process of developing a Hazard Mitigation Plan for Carver
County for the past few years. This is the plan that we have talked about at various township,
city, fire, EMS, and other public meetings. This plan will be a County plan and if each
community adopts the plan by resolution, it will become the "official" plan f.or each community.
The importance of this plan to each city, township, and the overall County is as follows:
. Allows communities to better plan for disasters
. Helps reduce the potential costs of disaster response and recovery
. Strives to reduce tax dollars
. Allows each community to meet the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of2000
. Provides eligibility for mitigation funding as a result of a future presidential disaster
declaration
We submitted the first review of the plan to the State andFEMA in March, 2005 . We received
feedback from FEMA that required a few changes. Once the changes were made, we sent the
final draft in again for final approval. The overall hazard mitigation plan review process has been
delayed during the gulf coast hurricane response and recovery efforts, but we now understand that
we are in the final stages of approval.
In order for us to' complete the process~ we need your help -.;.- When we started this process all
communities (cities and townships) indicated they planned on participating and adopting the
County plan as their community plan, although we did not pass any resolution to indicate the
participation. FEMA is requesting that the participation process be adopted in a formal
documentation. Therefore~ if you still plan to adopt the plan as your "community plan" we
need you to pass the attached resolution (if you would like it electronic~ please let me know
and I will send it to you). This resolution needs to be passed by the end of February.
Additionally, once we have received "conditional approval" from FEMA, we will send out
another resolution for your adoption. This resolution will indicate final adoption of the plan by
all entities. If the plan is not adovted by each city or township. the entity would not be elifzible
mitif!ation fundlnf! that would be available as a result of a future vresidential disaster
declaration. The other option would be to develop your own plan in order to comply with the
requirements,
Thank you in advance for your time and effort to meet the requirements and complete this
planning process. Please provide a copy of the completed resolution to the Risk/Emergency
Management Department by Friday, February 24th. Please contact me with any additional
questions or concerns at 952-361-1528 or sgerber({V,co.carver.nm.us.
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ott M. Gerber
RisklEnlergency Management Director
Equal Opportunity Employer
Attachment Printed on 30% Post-Consumer Recycled Paper
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE:
RESOLUTION NO:
2005-
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A HAZARD MITIGATION
PLANNING PROCESS
WHEREAS, the County of Carver is participating in a hazard mitigation planning process as
established under the Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes a framework for the development of a 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 plan must include a risk assessment including past hazards, hazards that
threaten the county, 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 county will maintain public
participation and coordination; and
WHEREAS, the draft plan will be shared with Minnesota Planning for coordination of state
agency review and comment on the draft; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the city or township from preparing its own plan
sometime in the future should it desire to do so.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that City ofChanhassen supports the Carver
County hazard mitigation planning effort, wishes to join with the County in preparing the plan and
recognizes that the plan will apply within the city and township.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this _ day of February, 2005.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
YES
NO
ABSENT