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Region Fl DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 403 Prairie Avenue NE, Suite 100 • Staples, MN 55479-2224 Phone: (218) 894-3233 • www.regionfive.org Fax: (218) 894-1328 April 22, 2008 City of Pequot Lakes 5638 CR 11 Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 Re: County Hazard Mitigation Planning Resolutions Dear Pequot Lakes City Council: The Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners approved the preparation of a hazard mitigation plan on February 12,2008 to ensure the County's compliance with Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) requirements set forth in the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. Over the next two years,the County will be working with the Region Five Development Commission,cities and townships in all stages of the process to ensure a thorough assessment of potential hazard related risks and resource assessments within the County. Hazard mitigation planning can break the cycle of disaster-repair-disaster in a community and prepare it for a more sustainable future. This is accomplished by developing and putting into place long-term strategies that reduce or alleviate losses of life,injuries and property resulting from natural or human caused hazards. These long-term strategies will consolidate a range of community resources including planning,policies,programs and other activities that can lessen the impacts of disasters on the community and avert the duplication of planning efforts within the County. Mitigation planning efforts will both protect people and structures and minimize the costs of disaster response and recovery. Mitigation is the cornerstone for emergency management and serves as a method for decreasing demand on scarce and valuable disaster response resources. The support of hazard mitigation planning by your city will be vital to this process in meeting Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program requirements of multi jurisdictional participation. Upon adoption of the enclosed resolution please mail one copy using the prepaid envelope at your earliest convenience, and retain one copy for your records. If you should have questions regarding hazard mitigation planning within the County,please contact Chris Etzler with the Region Five Development Commission at(218) 894-3233 or Crow Wing County Emergency Management Director, John Bowen at(218) 824-1044. Your participation is appreciated. Sincerely, Q.)\--X" CIL Chris Etzler Transportation Planning/Hazard Mitigation Director Enclosure Cc: John Bowen, Emergency Management Director Jim McClosky, Mitigation Planner, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Serving Local Communities in Cass,Crow Wing,Morrison,Todd and Wadena Counties.