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MINUTES City Council Dec. 14, 1988 niorth Star The City Clerk r•epor•ted that all disaster• plans for the City's mobilehome P4obilehome parks must be in by Januar~y. The City Council must then r•eview the plans Park and make a recommendation r•egarding them. The Clerk also r•eported that Disaster• the Public Works Super~intendent has suggested that the Ramsey County Gar•age Shelter also be used as a disaster shelter for the mobilehome park. The Super•intendent (Cont.) is also r•ecommending that a disaster plan be developed for~ the mobilehome park in the event a pipeline disaster occur~s. Fahey agr~eed that once the Council has r~eviewed the disaster plans for all the mobilehome parks within the City, a public hear•in~ should be held to take public input on the plans. It was the concensias of the Council to review the disaster plans at its January llth meeting, with a public hear•ing scheduled for~ the Febr~uar,y 8th meeting. Coiancil requested the City Clerk advise the mobilehome par~k owners of these dates. Blesener• also requested that City staff obtain infor~mation on recommended distances of disaster shelter•s from mobilehome nar~ks. Fahey reported that he has discussed this topic with the City's Civil Defense Director who informed him that standards have not been ~ublishe~ yet, and there is not a lot of information at the State-level for such standards. P~r~. Blesener• introduced the following r•esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION PJO. 88-12-527 - I~ISTRUCTING THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR TO PREPARE A STAFF RECOMP9ENDATIOPJ WITH REGARD TO MAXIMUM DISTANCES A~D ACCESS TIMES FOR DISASTER SHELTERS FOR THE CITY'S MOBILE HOME PARKS AND ALSO PREPARE A REPORT WITH REGARD TO WNAT OTHER CITIES ARE APPROVING AS PART OF DISASTER PLANS FOR THEIR MOBILEHOME PARKS The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Mr•. Collova. Ayes (4) Blesener, Collova, Fahey, LaValle. Nays (0). Reoslution declared adopted. This r•esolution appears in Resolution Book No. 20, Page 565. Fahey suggested that the City Attorney check the statutes to determine if there ar~e any guidelines for• distances to shelters or types of shelters that ar•e acceptable. Fahey repor~ted that it has come to the City's attention that there is an Amoco pipeline running through the North Star Mobilehome Park and the line is dir•ectly under some of the mobilehomes. Fahey repor•ted that it is his understanding that the line has been in existence for• 18 year~s antl that Amoco is aware of the situation and curr•ently working to relocate the line to a safe location. Page -6-