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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 1,2013 Page 2 a. Status of Local Emergency Response to June 21 Storm Damage A copy of the Mayor's Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency from storm damage experienced in the community on June 21 and 22, 2013, along with sup- porting resolutions authorized at an Emergency Meeting of the City Council on Saturday, June 22, 2013, was provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Interim City Manager Patrick Trudgeon provided a brief overview of the City's response to the storm damage. Mr. Trudgeon commended staff on being very well prepared to deal with the after affects, recognizing that emergency prepared- ness was due to the training staff had reoeived from the City Staff's Emergency Management Team coordinated by Fire Department personnel, Greg Peterson and Dave Brosnahan; and publically thanked them for that training. Mr. Trudgeon al- so noted that none of the front line staff required calling, but showed up on their own; and again formally and publically recognized their efforts; and suggested a more formal recognition of those efforts by the City Council at a future date. After consultation with lead staff and the City Attorney, Mr. Trudgeon advised that they found no reason to extend the local emergency past July 1, 2013; only necessary if significant additional expenses beyond normal operations were expe- rienced. However, Mr. Trudgeon advised that he did not anticipate costs above what could be accommodated in the normal process of operations. Greg Peterson Mr. Peterson reviewed the timeframe of the storms, with the City of Roseville and surrounding communities struck by heavy winds at 7:40 p.m. on Friday, June 21, 2013; resulting in70% of the community being without power. Mr. Peterson ad- vised that the Police and Fire Departments were the first responders to assist resi- dents, with the Public Works Department arriving shortly thereafter; with Friday evening and Saturday spent keeping things functional. Mr. Peterson noted that an emergency meeting of the City Council and certain City Staff was held Saturday morning to review the initial status of the City and responses to the disaster; and to ensure communications with citizens was in place, with a storm hotline estab- lished, providing immediate assistance, followed by a full damage assessment by the Public Works and Parks & Recreation Departments, along with other depart- ments assisting as well. Dave Brasnahan Mr. Brasnahan advised that weather forecasts had prompted the Fire Department to call in twenty-nine (29) additional staff in addition to the five (5) on duty shift crew; and that response and assistance efforts were coordinated between two (2) stations in coordination with Ramsey County Dispatch. Mr. Brasnahan advised that fifty-four(54) calls were responded to between 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.; with one-hundred and twenty(120) calls taken in the first forty-eight (48) hours, and in excess of that over a seventy-two (72) hour period. Mr. Brasnahan advised that