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RESOLUTION N0. 4297
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING IN PRINCIPLE THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A METROPOLITAN AREA FIRE SERVICE TRAINING CENTER
WHEREAS, the general public safety is partially dependent upon the ability
of local fire departments to reduce and eliminate the threat of fire to life and
property; and
.WHEREAS, this capability is achieved primarily through training. a~€e-rcises;
and
WHEREAS, the adequate training requites suitable facilities for the tea,chi,
of fire prevention and fire fighting techniques and methods; and
WHEREAS, an adequate .training facility does not now exist in the Twin Cities
Metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the need of such afire training facility is increasing with the
continuing growth and industrialization of the metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the-fire training center and its staff would serve all fire pre-
vention and fiire fighting agencies fn the metropolitan area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Richfield:
.That it supports in principle the establishment of a Metropolitan Area Fire
Service Training Center.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that authorities of all interested jurisdictions
loin together to plan the facility, determine its location and determine a method
of financing its construction and.. operation which can be accepted by the partici-
pating sponsors,
Passed by the CiCy Council of the City of Richfield this 8th day of December,
1969.
Stanley W. Olson Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thomas J. MQ an Clerk
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