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f <br />J': <br />f ^ ■ <br /><t;- <br />!>■ <br />r'* <br />:i- ■ <br />[f <br />:• •- <br />I <br />•S <br />E <br />k <br />\b <br />li; <br />p\ <br />\\ <br />4686.3 <br />\ <br />Mayor and City Council <br />PROH:Mark Bernhardson, City Administrate <br />DATE:April 6, 1988 <br />SUBJECT: Emergency Preparedness Siren - Minnetonka Beach <br />Attachment:A. Mel Kilbo's Memo Dated 4/6/88 - Minnetonka Beach <br />Siren <br />B. Siren Map <br />C. Metro Region Warning Zone Map Dated 1/28/88 <br />D. Mel Kilbo's Memo Dated 10/23/86 - Weather <br />Siren Request <br />E. Mel Kilbo's Memo Dated 11/21/86 - Weather Siren <br />Cost Sharing <br />F. City of Spring Park Letter Dated 12/2/86 <br />ISSUE <br />1. Determination as to whether the City of Orono desires to <br />participate in the purchase of a siren for the City of Minnetonka <br />Beach. <br />2. Determination as to whether the City desires to be the <br />financer in Minnetonka Beach’s acquisition of the siren. <br />INTRODUCTION - As noted in Attachment A, Chief Kilbo has <br />3everoped“a Vaster siren plan for the four communities served by <br />the Police contract for which he is also the Emergency <br />Preparedness Director. Currently the City of Long Lake has put <br />in two sirens and in 1987 the City of Orono installed a siren for <br />which the City of Spring Park had agreed to and has now paid a <br />share of the cost. As noted the Civi^ Association in Minnetonka <br />Beach has now approached the Minnetonka Beach Council regarding <br />possible acquisition of a siren in Minnetonka Beach. <br />DISCUSSION - AS noted in Attachment B a siren, particularly the <br />largVr of the two, would provide siren coverage for parts of <br />Orono not currently covered, particularly Big Island, a small <br />portion near the Narrows Bridge and in the area just north of the <br />Areola Bridge. (It should be noted that the circles shown on the <br />map for siren coverage ate the "standard model" and that actua.. <br />hearing distance at the 78 decibel standard may vary because of <br />ground cover, weather conditions etc.) As noted ir. <br />Attachment A it is anticipated the coverage across the water <br />would allow for greater coverage.) <br />At this point the City of Minnetonka Beach is trying to determine <br />what costs are entailed and what they may be able to finance. <br />Because a larger siren installation in Minnetonka Beach would be <br />beneficial to portions of Orono, it may be appropriate that the <br />City of Orono contr:.bute a portion of the installation. In <br />addition, while the City of Minnetonka Beach has not requested <br />//■