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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: OS/24/99 Item No.:D- 2 Department Approval: ~ \0 ~anagerltevievved ~6- Agenda Section Consent Item Description: Community Emergency Readiness Meeting-June 24,1999 Background The City of Itoseville has been very proactive during the past 20 years in developing and keeping current, an emergency plan for community disasters. With the advent of the Y2K concerns and the most recent devastating tornadoes in the lovver Mdvvest and south, it seems very appropriate that the City sponsor a community gathering to provide vital emergency preparedness information to the citizens. In addition, the citizens need to have an opportunity be able to ask questions about their emergency preparedness concerns. The City has scheduled a Community Emergency Iteadiness meeting on June 24, 1999 at 7:00 P.~. at the Olympic Itoom at the Itoseville Skating Center. Program The program is expected to consist of a panel ofknovvledgeable staff and others from outside groups such as the Ited Cross, Ftamsey County and Emergency ~edical Systems. This panel vvill not only provide information about vvhat the City is doing, but can also provide a perspective on regional planning. Another particularly vital area vvhich vvill be covered throughly, is the area of personal emergency planning. We vvill be providing information to the citizens on vvhat they can do in their homes to better help themselves in preparing for tornadoes, vvindstorms, snovv and ice storms and Y2K. The meeting is scheduled to be both telecast and taped for replay. Council Action ~otion to encourage citizens ofltoseville to join together on June 24, 1999, to hear hovv the City has prepared for emergencies and to gain information on hovv they can better ready their homes for potential vveather and Y2K emergencies. ~(A c; I)- 0\