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Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 <br />'Commitment to Service iv*h Integrity and Pride" <br />PRESS RELEASE <br />For Immediate Release <br />C crtact David Urre Commowartions Meet-, -. <br />lore. 3, 2019 <br />PUBLIC FEEDBACK SOUGHT FOR MULTI -HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN <br />The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Department is working with the <br />University of Minnesota -Duluth Geospatial Analysis Center (GAC) to prepare an update of the County's <br />2013 "Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan" (MFIMP)- The plan is a requirement of the Federal Disaster <br />Mitigation Actor 2000 {DMA 2f31 ) and must be updated every five years in order to maintain eligibility <br />for certain federal disaster assistance and hazard mitigation funding programs. <br />Development of the plan is under direction of the County's Emergency Management director In <br />cooperation with a planning team of representatives from County departments, local municipalities, <br />school districts, and other key stakeholders such as utility providers. The planning team is responsible to <br />provide feedback required for the plan update, including the review and ranking of hazards and <br />identification of strategic, cast -effective mitigation activities that may reduce future losses for the <br />County and individual jurisdictions. Some mitigation activities maybe eligible for future FEMA Hazard <br />Miti atton Assistance (HMA) grant funding, such as: localized flood reduction measures, property <br />acquisition and relocation/conversion to open spare, infrastructure retrofits, wildfire mitigation, and <br />safe room construction or retrofits to provide immediate life safety protection for people vulnerable to <br />tornado and severe wind events. <br />About the Plan <br />The Sherburne County M H M P n a multi•jurisdictronaI plan that covers Sherburne County, including the <br />citiesof f4-, k,r, Iiik, I.1l,v i Irag Lair, f I looser. Iunrnrrr> ., 1 •,ii•, my, +,f Baldwin, &'tier, Big <br />Lake, Blue Hill,, Clear Lake, Haven, Livonia, t7rrock, Palmer, and Santiago.fhe Sherburne County MHMP <br />also incorporates the concerns and needs of school districts and other stakeholders participating in the <br />plan. <br />Sherburne County is vulnerable to a variety of potential natural disasters, which threaten the loss or life <br />and property in the county. HaLatds such as tornadoes, fkxxfrng, weldhres, blizzards, straight-line winds, <br />ice storms, and droughts have the potential roe inflicting vast economic loss and personal hardship. <br />SHERIFF'S OFFICE <br />COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER <br />13880 Business Center Drive <br />Elk Rrvw, MN 553:3D-1692 <br />Page I F - 4 <br />Office (763)765-36DO <br />ToWFree (8W) 433-5245 <br />Fax (763) 441-73D3 <br />Email rxherlffQm sherbun-e min ue <br />