HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 97-56RESOLUTION NO. 97 - 56
BEING A RESOLUTION THAT THE TELEPHONE AREA CODE FOR OUR CITY SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR ALL
AREAS, AND THAT NO CITY SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE AREA CODE APPLICABLE TO IT.
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights, in cooperation with the cities of Suburban Rate Authority, is seeking to advise the
Deparhnent of Public Service and the Public Utilities Commission regarding the method of area code selection for the
metropolitan area, and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights desires to continue to effectively and efficiently serve all residents of this city, and
WHEREAS, the suggested division would make Columbia Heights City Hall an island alone from the rest of Anoka County and
separate City Hall from 65 % of the population it serves, and
WHEREAS, the City needs to provide for the timely and critical services of police, fire and emergency medical care to all its
citizens, and
WHEREAS, two area codes within one city could delay police and fire emergency response time, and
WHEREAS, the dispatch facilities for these city services would be in a different area code than the city offices, and
WHEREAS, a City divided by area code would cause many of its residents to have diminished, less timely service in critical
areas, and
WHEREAS, the city library shares a data base with all other libraries in Anoka County through interlinked modems and phone
lines, and two area codes within one city would significantly impair services for our residents using this facility, and
WHEREAS, the primary financial benefactors for this increased line capacity will be US WEST and the other service providers,
therefore, these companies should be required to realign the main wire centers along the necessary political boundaries, and
WHEREAS, the added capacity will significantly enhance the service providers revenues, therefore, the providers of this service
should be required to create a viable, user-friendly system for the cities and the residents they serve.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Columbia Heights requests the Department of Public Service
and the Public Utilities Commission to require a geographic split to determine the area codes and further that this split be done
along the Minneapolis-St Paul political boundaries, so that no city is divided by an area code.
Dated this thirteenth day of October, 1997
Offered by: Rue t t i ma nn
Seconded by: Jones
Roll call: A1 1 ayes
Council Secretary
o,Mayor oseph Sturdevant
CERTIFICATION
State of Minnesota
County of Anoka
City of Columbia Heights
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a tree and correct copy of a resolution presented to and adopted by the City
Council of Columbia Heights at a meeting thereof hel/~ the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, on the thirteenth day of
October, 1997, as disclosed by the records of said l~ity ~ix-my/l~resence. ~ ~
9~Anne Student, Deputy City ~