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Letter of Agreement (LOA-106) 03/2017 Page 2 The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (hereinafter identified as "HSEM") and the City of New Brighton, Department of Public Safety (hereinafter identified as "New Brighton") enter into the following agreement for the temporary use of the meeting space and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the New Brighton Public Safety building in the event of an emergency/disaster that renders all or part of HSEM's central office space (including the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) unusable. I. PURPOSE The purpose of this letter of agreement is to delineate the conditions that have been mutually agreed upon by New Brighton and HSEM whereby the New Brighton Public Safety building, and other city-owned auxiliary buildings as may be required, will be made available on a temporary basis to HSEM in the event that a disaster or emergency results in the inability to utilize all or parts of the HSEM central office. II. BACKGROUND HSEM is responsible for providing a number of services to state agencies, to local government, to business and industry, and to citizens. Many of these services are of an emergency or time- sensitive nature. Consequently, HSEM must be able to continue to provide them even if its central office is severely damaged or destroyed by a disaster, or is otherwise made unusable. III. AGREEMENTS A. HSEM agrees to: 1. Provide as much advance notification as possible of the need to temporarily relocate the State EOC, portions of its central office, or its entire central office. B. New Brighton agrees to: 1. Make as much space in the Public Safety building located at 785 Old Highway 8 Northwest, New Brighton available to HSEM, on a temporary basis, including intra/internet capabilities as needed. 2. Make space in the City Hall building at 803 Old Highway 8 Northwest, New Brighton, available to HSEM, on a temporary basis, to be used as the Joint Information Center (JIC) and Media Briefing Room. 3. Make any city-owned auxiliary building available to HSEM, on a temporary basis and as designated, to be used for additional HSEM duties as assigned. IV. AGREEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT This letter of agreement and any modifications thereto represent the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior oral and written statements or agreements. Modifications of this agreement must be in writing and approved by all parties to this agreement. V. LIABILITY Each party to this agreement is responsible for its own acts and omissions under this agreement.