Public invited to October 26 planning meeting for Allamakee County Hazard Mitigation

Members of the public are invited to the next meeting of the Allamakee County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee set for Wednesday, October 26 in Lansing.  The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Kerndt Brothers Community Center, located at 370 Main Street in downtown Lansing.

At the meeting, planners will outline the goals of the hazard risk assessment process, and then provide a brief overview of hazards identified by the State of Iowa Hazard Mitigation Plan and those that the Allamakee County Emergency Management Coordinator has identified as impacting Allamakee County in recent years. Meeting attendees will then break into small groups to discuss hazards impacting the county itself and communities throughout the county. The committee will come together at the end of the meeting to come to a consensus on which identified hazards should be profiled in more detail within the updated hazard mitigation plan.

For those who would like to learn more about what hazards are currently identified and profiled for Allamakee County, look at Section 3: Risk Assessment within the existing hazard mitigation plan, which can be viewed at http://uerpc.org/allamakee-haz-mit.html.

Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting and be part of this planning process, which is a long-term process with additional meetings being held throughout the county over the next year's time. Those who have further questions may contact Allamakee County Emergency Management Coordinator Corey Snitker at 563-568-4233 or by e-mail at csnitker@co.allamakee.ia.us.