Residents urged to be involved in Allamakee County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee

Initial planning meeting scheduled for Wednesday

Hazard risks can be natural or man-made, and cover a variety of things, such as storms and flooding, hazardous materials, infrastructure, terrorism, human disease and more. The public is invited to be involved in Allamakee County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC) meetings to identify hazard risks and discuss ways communities can prevent, or mitigate, these risks in the future.

Planning committee members require no previous experience to be involved. The planning process will provide the data, materials and questions necessary to engage stakeholders in thinking about hazard mitigation needs for their community.

Planning committee members will attend up to five meetings over the course of the coming year. The initial planning meeting will be held from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, August 31 at Waukon City Hall, located at 101 Allamakee Street in Waukon.

Planning will culminate in an update to the Allamakee County Hazard Mitigation Plan, encompassing unincorporated areas, the cities of Harpers Ferry, Lansing, New Albin, Postville, Waterville and Waukon, and the Postville, Allamakee and Eastern Allamakee Community School Districts.

For additional information on the plan or to get involved in the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC), reach out to Michelle Barness, Regional Planner for Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission at 563-419-6243 or by email at mbarness@uerpc.org, or contact Corey Snitker, Allamakee County Emergency Management Coordinator at 563-568-4233 or by email at csnitker@co.allamakee.ia.us.