Res 1990 - 14 Support for State Wide Program for a Hazardous Materials Response TeamDakota County, Minneosta
City of Mendota Heights
RESOLUTION NO. 90- 14
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR STATE WIDE PROGRAM FOR A
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM
WHEREAS, the accidental release of toxic substances and
hazardous materials can potentially occur any place in the state;
and
WHEREAS, federal community right-to-know legislation
provides information about the presence of toxic and hazardous
substances at facilities in the community; and
WHEREAS, federal and state safety regulations require
responders to hazardous materials incidents be extensively
trained and equipped to appropriately mitigate uncontrolled
releases of toxic and hazardous substances; and
WHEREAS, the high cost of training, the cost of equipment
and the number of trained personnel required to appropriately
mitigate uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances, and the
relatively low number of incidents that each local community may
face makes it impractical to do and not cost effective at the
local level for small communities; and
WHEREAS, there is no agency, public or private, available to
local communities to respond to and mitigate hazardous materials
emergency incidents; and
WHEREAS, the study on the need for regional hazardous mate-
rials response teams ordered by the Legislature in 1988 and
completed by the Commissioner of Public Safety recommended the
creation of regional response teams as the most efficient and
effective way to provide mitigation of uncontrolled releases of
hazardous substances.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mendota
Heights that a state-wide program administered by the State to
provide regional response teams trained to mitigate releases of
hazardous materials is supported.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this
21st day of March, 1990.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By ��-.� `° �'
Charles E. Mertensotto, Mayor
ATTEST:
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athleen M. Swanson, City Clerk