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CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY ; O RESOLUTION NO. 94-7 1. WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo operates a municipal water system which serves a portion of the City; 2. WHEREAS, on February 1, 1994, a plug in one of the water mains burst reducing water pressure and draining the City's water tower; 3. WHEREAS, the sudden drainage of the water tower caused a layer of ice within the water tower to drop thereby causing a vacuum in the central column of the water tower and damage to the central column of the water tower; 4. WHEREAS, until the water is repaired, there is no storage capacity in the City's municipal water system; 5. WHEREAS, the lack of storage capacity seriously affects the City's fire fighting capability and will require continuous use of the City's pumps which could result in future disruption of the City's municipal water'service; G. WHEREAS, the City's consulting engineer has advised the City: A. That obtaining sealed bids will take approximately two weeks; B. That the repair work will take approximately two weeks; C. That a proposal has been solicited from Maguire Iron, Inc; D. That, as far as can be determined, Maguire Iron, Inc. is capable of undertaking the repair work expeditiously and at a fair price; and E. That current circumstances are an emergency which must be remedied as soon as is reasonably possible. 7. WHEREAS, the unforeseen combination of circumstances described herein call for immediate action to prevent a disaster from developing or occurring; 8. WHEREAS, due to the facts recited herein, Mayor Wyn John declared a state of emergency on February 1, 1994; 9. WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the state of emergency will continue for more than three days;