Valley City (CSi) A Public Hearing on the 2015 Barnes County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan update will be held on Monday October 27, 2014, from 7-p.m., to 8:30-p.m., at the Barnes County Highway Department.

The draft of the Plan update is currently available for public comment and review in a hard copy at the Barnes County Highway Department, Barnes County Courthouse and City Hall in Valley City City.

The public review period will officially close at 7:00pm on October 27.

The draft plan will be presented to the County Commission on November 4, 2014, for approval.

After approval from the County Commission, the draft plan will be submitted to the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for approval.

When FEMA approval is granted, each jurisdiction included in the plan is required to pass a Resolution to officially adopt the plan before the plan is officially approved by NDDES and FEMA.

A draft plan is also available on the Barnes County Emergency Management website: http://www.co.barnes.nd.us/Dept/emm/, and the Barnes County website: http://www.co.barnes.nd.us/.