Dane County and the City of Madison are soliciting comments on the recently updated Dane County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan includes an assessment of the impacts of natural hazards such as floods, tornadoes, and winter storms and a strategy with long-term solutions and alternatives for minimizing potential impacts to people and property. The plan will allow the City, County and participating jurisdictions to be eligible for mitigation grant funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The planning process is a cooperative effort between Dane County and 40 local jurisdictions within the county.

Dane County Emergency Management will be hosting a public workshop on this topic, held on Tuesday, July 21st, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Madison Fire Station 11, 4011 Morgan Way.

A draft plan and a comment form can be downloaded from the project website after July 20 at http://im.na.amec.com/DaneCo_HazardMitigation.

The public comment period is July 20th through August 5th. All comments will be considered and incorporated into the plan, as appropriate. Following the comment period the plan will be submitted to FEMA for review and approval, and subsequently adopted by the Common Council. To submit comments or for more information, contact Robert Phillips, City Engineering, 608-266-4751 or by email at rphillips@cityofmadison.com.