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1:: " 'I: -, II' RESOLUTION No. 05-040 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON OLUTION 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 the 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 Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Plan which is the template for all jurisdictions in the United States; and 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 or township] from preparing its own plan in the future should it desire to do so; Now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of New Brighton supports the county-wide all-hazard Emergency Operations Plan development effort, and, be it further RESOLVED, that the City of New Brighton hereby adopts this Countywide Emergency Operations Plan as the Emergency Operations Plan for the city, and, be it further Ii: 1::, 1:\COUNCIL\RESOLUTIONS\2005\Public Safety\Ramsey County EOP,doc i' :11: