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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented By:
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Green Sheet # 3011675
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Commitlee: Date
1 W NEREAS, Chapter 5.02 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code authorizes the Division of Contract and Analysis Services to
2 dispose of surplus city property and sets forth the procedures goveming the sale or donation of such property; and
a WHEREAS, the Fire Department has received a written request from the Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade, a bona fide
5 fratemal nonprofit organization, dated 3anuary 28, 2004 (Attachment A) asking that the above mentioned property be donated
s to the organization to help it carry out its mission; and
8 WHEREAS, the fire engine may be transferred to such fratemal organization for no consideration; and
io WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the 1984 L-8000 Fire Engine is no longer needed to carry out departmental
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funciions and is obsolete; and
W HEREAS, the City Councif's transfer of the fire engine would provide the City of Manzanillo, our Sister City, with means to
supplement their fire suppression capabilities, and
WHEREAS, the donation of such property to the Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade would be a City function, serve a public
purpose and benefit the community as a whole by enhancing and strengthening the Citys relationship with its Sister City, now
therefore be it
20 RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the donation of the above described obsolete property to the
2� Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade, and be it
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23 FURTHER RESOLVED, that said organization shall take responsibility for removing the obsolete property from City premises
24 in a manner and in accordance with the time line mutually agreed upon with the Saint Paul Fire Department and shall bear all
25 costs associated with the removal and transportation of the designated obsolete property and agrees to accept the property
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FINALLY RESOLVED, that upon the donation, the City shall have no further responsibility for said property and sha11 not
provide any warranty, maintenance, repair, technical assistance, or any other kind of ongoing support, nor assume any costs
that may be related to the ongoing use of the property by the Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade.
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DepartrnenUoffice/council: Date Initiated:
FR — Fire '10-FEB-04 Green Sheet NO: 3011675
Contact Person 8 Phone: Deoartment Sent To Person ni i ate
Chief Douglas A. Holton � 0 're
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Aetion Requested: y
To approve the attached Council Resolution authorizing the Departrnent of Fire and Safety Services to do �� �a 19$4 Ford L-8000 Fire
Engine to the Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade. ��V ����p A ���
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Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Mswer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission �. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2. Has this personffirm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
, current city empioyee? �
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
The Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade has requested a donation of one of our fire engines that is no longer in use.
AdvanWges If Approved: �
The donarion of a fire engine to the Manzanillo's Volunteer Fire Brigade would fiirther and strengthen the City's relationslup with it's
Sister City.
Disadvantages If Approved: ���p; �-,,n^?^� +�a�'���
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Disadvantages If Not Approved:
The City of Manzanillo would not receive a fue engine that would help them prepaze for any possible incidents.
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ATTACHMENT A
lvfiguel Angel Castro Palomino
Member
Sister City Committee of Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Colima
28 3anuary 2004
Doug Holton
St. Paul Fire Clrief
St Paul, MN 55101
Dear Fire Clrief Holton:
During our recern visit by members of the Sister City Committee of Manzanillo this past October,
we had the opportunity to visit your office where we discussed the operarions of Manzanillo's
Volunteer Fire Brigade. We also discussed how your department could be of help to our budding
volunteer fire department.
During our discussion, you advised that you had a fire engine that was no longer in use. Please
consider this letter as our formal request for donarion of the fire engine to Manzanillo's Volunteer
Fire Department. Ttus equipment would be used to prepaze us for any possible incidents and to
prevent potential tragedies.
As we indicated during our discussion, we have a wazehouse that serves as both fire station and
office. We have a make-shift truck that holds and disburses water in the event of a fire. But
notwithstanding the good intentions of our volunteer crew to serve the people of Maiizanillo, the
equipment we have could simply not meet the necessities created by a serious or grave incident.
Our city has approximately 130,000 inhabitants. There is also a significant migratory population
which includes American and Canadian tourists who visit the city year after year. Many of the
tourists own property in Manzanillo• Wth Your proposed donation, we are confident that the
people of Manzanillo generally, and our visitors specifically, will feel secure in the fact that the
City of Mam.anillo is prepared to meet an eventual disaster.
FinaUy, I take this opportunity on behatf of the Sister City Committee of Manzanillo to tbank you
and the City of St. Paul's generosity by ttris donarion.
I am at your service to answer any questions. Please call Ol l-(52)-314-334-2770 or 314-333-
1675. My email address is: mcastronaCa)vahoo-com or colegioteaanova@prodigy.net.mac.
(Signed)
Ing. Miguel Angel Castro Palomino
Member, Sister City Committee of Manzanillo