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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL- ,11 FROM: CLERK -ADMINISTRATOR f�. DATE: OCTOBER 10, 1984 SUBJECT: CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS As you know over the past year the Ramsey County Civil Defense Directors have been meeting and establishing a formal organization to undertake cooperative efforts in preparing for and handling civil defense emergencies within Ramsey County and adjoining governmental jurisdictions. The first major accomplishment of this organization was the development and implementation of a Mutual Aid Agreement among cities in Ramsey County for assistance during civil defense emergencies. After the most recent rash of bad weather, including the New Brighton -St. Anthony tornado we were made acutely aware of the need for more reliable means to comm.nicate with each other due to the susceptibility of telephone lines to be damaged during those weather conditions which necessitate our activation. At the present time, there is no radio system within Ramsey County or the State of Minnesota except for police bands that would allow for governmental jurisdictions to communicate during emergencies. Over the past several months the Ramsey County Civil Defense Directors have been discussing with representatives of various county and state agencies the best means to resolve this problem and have established a plan to develop a radio net that would allow civil defense directors and police departments within Ramsey County to intercommunicate with each other during emergencies as well as with the four county Sheriffs surrounding Ramsey County, the State Police Radio Channel, our Fire Departments, and Public Works Departments. Thus, we would for the first time be able to use one radio to coordinate all activities that would more than likely need to be undertaken should a civil defense emergency occur within, the City of Mounds View or should we be called out to assist another community experiencing a civil defense emergency. lie have met with representatives of Ramsey County who have agreed to sponsor before the County Board a budgetary request in the amount of $8,000.00 to place a repeater station at a water tower located in the City of Little Canada at a cost of approximately $8,000.00. This repeater station is necessitated in order for us to be able to obtain the broad coverage necessary to communicate with all of the organizations we desire to communicate with. Attached to this memorandum is a proposed draft of a letter from Mayor McCarty to Ramsey County Commissioner Orth endorsing the County funding of a repeater station and requesting his support on this matter.