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4688.3 <br />/j <br />c 0lu" 1 i F fiNG <br />TO: Mayor and City Council (�� <br />FROM: Mack BernhaLdson, City Administrato r CITY YF NOW <br />DATE: April 6, 1988 <br />SUBJECT: l:m(,rgency Preparedness Siren - Minnetonka Beech <br />Attachment: A. Mel Kilbo's Memo Dated 4/6/88 - Minnetonka Beach <br />Siren <br />S. Siren Map <br />(--. 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 )f 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 �.oted in Attachment A, Chief KilSo has <br />developed a master 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 installers 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 Civir Association in Minnetonka <br />Bnach has now approached the Minnetonka Beach Council regarding <br />possible acquisition of a siren in Minnetonka Bs-arh. <br />DISCUSSION - As noted in Attachment B a siren, particularly the <br />larger of the two, would provide siren ^overage for parts of <br />Orono not currently coverers, particularly Big Island, a small <br />portion near the Narrows Bridge and in the area just north of the <br />Arcola Bridge. (It should be noted that the circles shown on the <br />map for siren coverage are the "standard model" and that actual <br />hearing distance at the 78 dec;bel standard may vary because of <br />terrain, ground cover, weather conditions etc.) As noted in <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 todetermine <br />what costs are entailed and what they may be able to finance. <br />Because a larger siren installation :n Minnetonka Beach would be <br />bPneficiel to portior1e of Orono, it may be appropriate that the <br />City of Orono contribute a portion of the installation. In <br />arirlition, while the City of Minnetonka Beach has not requested <br />9 <br />