Other Business - Joe Huss, Finance Director/Asst. City Manager
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Emergency Declaration of Mayor Sanders, City of Blaine, Minnesota
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Background
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, there was a structure fire at a City of Blaine Public Works building. The structure fire resulted in significant damage to the building and the total loss of a vehicle. The structure fire specifically damaged the building’s alarm system, the air ducts, and ventilation system.
On March 21, Mayor Sanders declared the situation to be a local emergency and signed the attached declaration. Pursuant to Minnesota statutes, the declaration remains in place for three days at which point the City Council must vote to extend the emergency.
As it has been determined that the emergency will extend beyond three days, it is staff’s recommendation, with the concurrence of the city attorney, that the following resolution be adopted, extending the emergency declaration through April 4, 2022.
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Signed Emergency Declaration
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A Resolution Enacted Under Authority of Minnesota Statutes Sections 12.29 and 12.37 to Extend the Period of a Mayor-Declared Local Emergency
WHEREAS, Tim Sanders, Mayor of the City of Blaine (the “Mayor”), has found that the following situation (the “Situation”) exists:
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, there was a structure fire at a City of Blaine Public Works building, located at 1801 101st Avenue NE, Blaine MN 55449 (the “Building”). The structure fire resulted in significant damage to the Building and the total loss of a vehicle. The structure fire specifically damaged the Building’s alarm system, the air ducts, and ventilation system.
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2022, the Mayor has declared that the situation is a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Blaine agrees with the Mayor’s findings and further finds that the Emergency will last for more than three days;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Blaine, as follows:
The City Council declares that the Situation constitutes a local emergency continuing until April 4, 2022.
This declaration of a local emergency will invoke the city’s disaster plan. The portions that are necessary for response to and recovery from the emergency must be used. The City invokes in relief provisions codified in Minnesota Statutes Section 12.37.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this 21st day of March, 2022.