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Ramsey County │ Annex B: Protective Actions 30 3.5.5 RE-ENTRY Re-entry incorporates the coordinated movement of evacuees back into a community once the threat or hazard dissipates and the event causing the evacuation ends. In instances where residents may not be able to return to their communities for a longer period, this population is relocated to host areas and returned when it is safe. Re-entry typically marks the transition to recovery activities. This phase may follow the re-entry of first responders if the threat or hazard was significant enough to require first responders to evacuate or will begin once first responders have stabilized the area to a point where residents can return. Specific attention needs to be paid to populations who relocate back into an area and may face particular challenges or issues of discrimination in being able to access available housing, such as the undocumented, those previously unhoused, non-English or limited English proficiency speakers, those with low income, LGBTQI, single parents, those with criminal records, and those with culturally specific requirements. The decision to allow re-entry into impacted areas following an evacuation will be made jointly by incident or unified command and the municipal manager(s) in consultation with the appropriate agencies and organizations to ensure that safety, environmental, and cultural/historic considerations have been properly evaluated and risks mitigated. At a minimum, the following additional agencies and organizations should be engaged prior to a determination: • Building inspection officials • Utility providers • Local Historic Preservation Office or Commission • Ramsey County Public Health: Environmental Health Division Re-entry traffic control will be directed by law enforcement, with support and coordination provided through the EOC. Re-entry will not be allowed until the unified command agrees that conditions within evacuated areas are favorable for residents to return. Re-entry planning should begin before the re-entry phase and should consider: • Determination of any areas with ongoing hazards that must be mitigated before re-entry, such as hazardous material spills, hazard trees, and utility lines. • Coordination conference calls with all affected risk areas, host areas, and the unified command, and identify which, if any, evacuated areas are in a condition to permit re-entry. • Mapping of the regional routes available for re-entry into evacuated areas, identifying traffic control resource needs, and preparing a re-entry traffic management plan. • Coordination with the risk and host areas to identify the impact in areas throughout the planning process and support agency and organization planning efforts for re-entry traffic control within its jurisdiction. • Determination of re-entry times into each risk and host area and arrangement for publicly announced re-entry.