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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 6523 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AUTHORIZATION TO DEVELOP FINAL SPECIFICATIONS AND ISSUING BIDS FOR ONE <br />COMMAND VEHICLE FOR THE SPRING LAKE PARK-BLAINE-MOUNDS VIEW <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the cities of Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View have been served <br />by the Spring Lake Fire Department since 1944; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the department and the cities have been working together to develop a <br />Capital Improvement Plan; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a joint City Council meeting held on July 22, 2004, resulted in a consensus <br />to move the plan forward; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during the month of February all three cities held public hearing on adoption <br />of the plan and all three councils passed a resolution indicating funding for the plan was to be in <br />the form of Capital Improvement Bonds; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, state law requires a 30 day reverse referendum period which has not <br />expired with no citizens of any of the three cities filing a petition for referendum thus allowing the <br />communities to fund the program with Capital Improvement Bonds; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, one of the three components of the project was a combination of police and <br />fire Command Vehicles; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a committee was formed comprised of Spring Lake Park Police Chief Dave <br />Toth, Mounds View Police Chief Mike Sommer, Blaine Police Captain Kerry Fenner and Fire <br />Department Officers Jim Hansen and Chief Zikmund all who researched and investigated the <br />need, cost and purpose of a Command Vehicle; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the committee hereby recommends that a need for a command vehicle, <br />jointly owned and operated to manage police and fire emergencies now; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, if the City of Spring Lake Park or Blaine decides to scale down the <br />Command Vehicle specifications, the Mounds View City Council would approve such changes <br />as long as they are under $350,000 in total price. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Mounds View supports the City <br />of Blaine Council in developing final specifications issuing for bids for one Command vehicle not <br />to exceed $350,000 in total price. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />Adopted,tnrs 9th day of Myy, 2005. <br /> <br /> <br />RO~~~C5}_ <br /> <br />Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br /> <br />(seal) <br />