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Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 <br />.Comm tment to Serwrce with Integrity and Pride" <br />PRESS RELEASE <br />For immediate Release <br />Contact Wvid UrEe Commuwalicns Mede SpeciWist - (763) 765.3773 <br />Jan. 33, 2019 <br />PUBLIC REVIEW AND FEEDBACK INVITED FOR <br />COUNTY'S MULTI -HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN <br />Sherburne County:}as tvrnpdeted ar+ r,pdated draft of tltr of ttve County'~ Multi -Hazard Maidatlon plan <br />as required by the Federal Disaster Mitigation Art of 2000. Lowl jurisdirtions are required to update the <br />plan emery five years to remain eligible for federal hazard mitigation grant programs. <br />Community involvement and feedback are vital to the success of the plan- Sherbume Ginty invites <br />public review and feedback of the draft plan prior to submitting it to the State of Minnesota and the <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency for review. A copy of the draft arrd a survey for public <br />feedbac-k is available online at h!tR%dlsites,rctcn0P,corn/d. runn.edulsherbut neiountylhonry The plan <br />review and comment period will be open until Jan. 27, 2020. <br />About the plan <br />The Sherburne County MHMP is a multi -jurisdictional plan that covers Sherburne County, including the <br />cities of Becker, Big lake, Clear Lake, Elk River. Zimmerman and the townships of Baldwin, Becker, Big <br />Lake, Blue dill, Clear Lake, Haven, Livonia, Or rock, Palmer, and %antia.go. The plan additionally covers <br />the portions of the titres of Princeton and St. Cloud that are located within Sherburne County. The <br />Sherburne County MHMP also incorporates the concerns and needs of school districts and other <br />stakeholders participating in the plan. <br />5herturne County is vulnerable to a variety of potential natural disasters, which threaten the loss of life <br />and property in the county, The plan addresses low, to mitigate against hazards such as tornadoes, <br />flooding, wildfires, blinards, straight-line winds, ice storms and droughts that have the potential for <br />inflicting vast economic loss and personal hardship, <br />Update of the plan has been under direction of Sherbum+e County Emergency Management in <br />cooperation with U Spatial at the University of Minnesota Duluth and representatives from County <br />SHERIFF'S OFFICE <br />CWNT Y GOVERNMENT CENTER <br />13880 Business Cefnter Drive <br />Elk River, MN 5533D-1£92 <br />Page I F - so <br />CiTioe (763) 765-35DO <br />Toll -Free. (800) 433-5245 <br />Fax (763) 441.73D3 <br />Email W-enffaw sherbume inn us <br />