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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 05-61
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS PLAN
WHEREAS, Chapter 12 of Minnesota Statutes and the Robert T. Stafford Act,
and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 require all counties and
incorporated municipalities to develop and adopt plans for preparing for, responding to,
recovering from, and mitigating the effects of emergencies and disasters; and
WHEREAS, such plans are required to address all hazards and must meet no
fewer than 64 specific planning items; and
WHEREAS, such plans must be well integrated and coordinated to account for
the fact that emergencies in one jurisdiction impact on other nearby jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the plan must include an implementation and maintenance process
including plan updates, integration of the plan into other planning documents and how the
County will activate and coordinate activities with the affected jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security has indicated its willingness to coordinate these efforts should thc
municipality so desire; and
WHEREAS, the plan will be shared with all municipalities, the County Board of
Commissioners and the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of
Homeland Security and Emergency Management for coordination; and
WHEREAS, the above reasons make it desirable for the county to utilize
common planning and response elements designed to integrate our emergency
preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts; and
WHEREAS, such indication is a requirement of the National Incident
Managemcnt System (NIMS) and the National Response Plan which is the template for
all jurisdictions in the United States; and
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WHEREAS, adoption of the all-hazard Emergency Operations Plan will make
the municipalities and the County eligible to receive Emergency Management
Performance Grant (EMGP) grants; and
WHEREAS, this Countywide Emergency Operations Plan has been certified as
meeting or exceeding all standards for emergency planning by the State of Minnesota
Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management for Ramsey County and for any jurisdiction within Ramsey County that
chooses to adopt this plan as their municipal Emergency Operations Plan; and
WHEREAS, this resolution does not preclude the City of Arden Hills from
preparing its own plan in the future should it desire to do so; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Arden Hills supports
the county-wide all-hazard Emergency Operations Plan development effort, and, be it
further
RESOLVED, that the City of Arden Hills hereby adopts this Countywide
Emergency Operations Plan as the Emergency Operations Plan for the city, and, be it
further
RESOLVED, that the City of Arden Hills requests that the Ramsey County
Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security coordinate all-hazard
Emergency Operations Plan development and maintenance efforts for the City of Arden
Hills in the future.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS
14th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2005.
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./!3EVERL Y L OWSKI, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MICHELLE A. OLFE, CITY ADMINISTRATOR