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LITTLE CANADA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 515 Little Canada Road / Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 Telephone: (612) 484 -2177 / Fax: 484-4538 JIM MORELAN, Director DON BOWMAN, Program Coordinator MICHELLE DeBACE, Program Coordinator MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Jim Morelan, Director of Parks & Recreation DATE: April 30, 1997 Several weeks ago, the Children's Discovery Branch in Vadnais Heights was forced to temporarily evacuate their building due to a small fire. Fortunately, the problem was minor and the children were permitted to return within a short period. They have an adjacent business in Vadnais Heights that allowed Children's Discovery to bring their children inside during that incident. Today I received a call from Tom Krejci, owner of Children's Discovery. He requested the use of the Old Fire Hall should a similar situation occur at their Little Canada building. This would only be used as an emergency back -up location for one or two hours if a situation should arise during their regular business hours, causing an evacuation of their building. Busses or parent transportation would then be provided to escort the children home if they could not return to Children's Discovery. I feel that this would not interfere with my current scheduling of the building to any degree (much less than the use of the building as a shelter from tornadoes, as it is used now). On behalf of the City, I have informed Mr. Krejci that we would make the building available to him should such an emergency arise. The Fire Department would likely be on the scene to access the building, or if necessary, the City Hall would probably be open to provide a key. It is further understood that should the City determine at a future date that this agreement is not feasible or in conflict with the City's scheduling of the building for its own use, it may be necessary to re- discuss or rescind the arrangement. c.c. Ramsey County Sheriff, Little Canada Fire Department, Tom Krejci JM:ja Page 26