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DATE <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />7.pril 6, 1988 <br />Mark Bernhardson, City -idr i r.is t rat or <br />Mel Kilbo, Chief of Police <br />SUBJECT: Minnetonka Beach Siren <br />f <br />|:VI <br />i?i <br />; • - <br />It'. <br />0 <br />% <br />I- <br />It' <br />IIr <br />I' <br />Vr <br />? <br />i <br />I am the Emergencv Prenaredness Director for the Citv of Orono. The <br />other contract cities of Minnetonka Beach, Soring Park and Lena Lske <br />have also designated me as their Emergencv Preoaredness Director. <br />The Federal Government does give some fundi no for emergencv manaoe- <br />ment assistance work for processing oroorams, but onlv in cities of <br />over 5,000 copulation. Therefore the other cities would not be el­ <br />igible but they still have to have an emeroenev Dreoaredness director. <br />As a part of the emergencv plan, the Citv of Orono, throuoh mvself <br />have a master siren plan, almost the entire citv is covered with <br />sirens in the projected plan. So far in the overall plan, there are <br />onlv 2 sirens in the Long Lake area, funded bv Long Lake, a siren at <br />Navarre, funded by Orono with a share from Soring Park. <br />A map of the siren plan is enclosed for ’'our review. <br />The Civic Association of Minnetonka Beach has a’^"roached the council <br />to request a weather siren. The Minnetonka ppach Council renuests me <br />to look into it. I have given them a copy our master siren plan <br />and have obtained two quotes for them. One of the sirens is a 115 <br />decibel siren whic* is a smaller siren than we have at Navarre. The <br />other would be the same size as the one we have at Navarre. Naturally <br />these will give varying amounts of coverage for the City ot Minnetonka <br />Beadi as well as the Citv of Orono and Big Island. The range of both <br />of these sirens would be somewhat enhanced bv the fact that Minnetonka <br />Bea<di is almost completely surrounded by water, and as a result the <br />sound would tend to travel further both towards Big Island and the <br />Crystal Bay area, and might be nroiected bv the graph. <br />In ?''86 the City of Orono budgeted $14,000 for a weather siren placed <br />in t.jvarre in 19 87. At that time we indicated to the Citv of Spring <br />Park that we would be interested in sharing this siren because of its <br />location at the Orono Water Plant on Blaine, as it would certainlv <br />supply warning services for them, and aaain it fit into our master siren <br />plan. In subsequent months we came up with a projected share and in <br />particular case we came up with a ^ share of the total cost of the <br />siren, looking at the land mass and area it would cover into Soring Park. <br />On December 2, 1986 the City Council of Soring Park authorized expen­ <br />diture of Spring Park’s share at $3,100 and it was provided to us in the <br />1988 budget. The siren was operational on or about March of 1987. <br />This memo is to request permission and input into a possible proposal <br />to negotiate with Minnetonka Beach to share in their siren cost, as anv <br />siren placed into Minnetonka Beach, whether it be the 115 decibel or <br />the 125 decibel will give alerting to portions of Orono. The 115 <br />bel would cover part of the A-*cola Bridge area and oossibly some of the <br />North Shore Drive area. The 125 decibel would cover almost into Crystal <br />Bay and cover portions of Big Island and again depending on the water