DEPARTMENT: Office Of Risk Management
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Declaration Of State Of Emergency For 2024 Summer Flood Event
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Declare State of Emergency for the 2024 Summer Flooding Event.
SUMMARY
Frequent heavy rains began in Dakota County, and throughout the state of Minnesota, on June 16, 2024. The rains continued for the next two weeks resulting in saturated watersheds and extremely high-water levels in the Cannon, Minnesota, and Mississippi Rivers which resulted in extensive flooding in Dakota County. To minimize flood impacts, municipalities within Dakota County took extensive protective measures to prevent damage from the flooding.
Dakota County's initial damage assessments from townships, cities and County departments totaled $768,984. By July 15, 2024, damage assessments grew to $1,368,984, which qualified Dakota County for the State Public Assistance Program. These damages were reported to the State of Minnesota Division of Public Safety Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) on June 26, 2024.
As municipalities began transitioning from emergency preventative actions to recovery efforts, they could better assess damages to prepare for the Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) process. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and HSEM have begun conducting virtual Preliminary Damage Assessments by reviewing submitted impacts and contacting impacted townships, cities, and County departments when FEMA requires clarification or requests additional documentation on impact costs.
As impacts continue to be reported, the Preliminary Damage Assessments total has reached $3,659,721.60 which greatly exceeds our County Presidential Disaster Threshold, qualifying Dakota County for the Federal Public Assistance Program.
A copy of damage assessments by jurisdiction worksheet is included as an Attachment.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the Dakota County Board of Commiss...
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