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Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 Record of Public Input & Incorporation News Release #1-January 3, 2019, "Public Feedback Sought for Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan" On January 3, 2019, Sherburne County Emergency Management put out a news release announcing the start of the County's Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan. The news release was shared via numerous channels to reach the public, including the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office website, Facebook and Twitter postings as well as distribution to local media (St. Cloud Paper online). The news release provided information on the purpose and content of the plan, who the plan covers, stakeholders involved in the plan update and examples of hazard mitigation activities. Sherburne County used the news release to gather feedback from residents and businesses from across the County to incorporate into the plan, inviting feedback to the following: • What are the natural hazards you feel pose the greatest risk to your community? • Have you experienced a previous disaster event? • What concerns do you have, and what sorts of mitigation actions or projects do you feel would help to reduce the damages of potential future events for your personal property, your community, or the County as a whole? The public was strongly encouraged contact Sherburne County Emergency Management to submit comments, concerns, or questions regarding natural disasters and potential mitigation actions to be included into the plan update process. Appendix F contains documentation of the means of public outreach for News Release #i. Record of Public Input & Incorporation: Sherburne County Emergency Management did not receive any public input following News Release #i. News Release #2 — January, 13, 2020, "Public Review and Feedback Invited for County's Multi - Hazard Mitigation Plan" On January, 3.3, 2020 Sherburne County Emergency Management put out a news release announcing the completion of the draft Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan and invitation for public review and comment. The news release was shared via numerous channels to reach the public, including the Sherburne County Website, Sherburne County Sheriff's Office Facebook & Twitter postings. Sherburne County Emergency Management Director also sent an email directly to all city representatives encouraging them to share the news release locally on their city website or social media. Planning team members were also sent an email inviting their review, feedback and confirmation of plan review. The news release informed the public that a copy of the draft MHMP and a survey for public feedback was available online at.https://sites.google.com/d.umn.edu/sherburne- county/home. The public feedback period forthe draft plan was open from January,13, 2020 to January, 27, 2020, for a total of 3.5 days. Page I F - 2