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Public Safety Radio System
Shal(opee City Council
May 26, 2005
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Current VHF System 800 MHz System
· Unique Channels .. Shared Channels
· Computer Managed
· Law (x 2)
· Fire (x 1) · Digital Operation
. Simple / Analog . Greater Efficiency
· Frequency Limited · Wide Area Coverage
· Capacity Limited · Higher Cost
· Range Limited . Shared Investment
· Lowest Cost . Interoperability
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Radio System Issues
· Aging Dispatch Center Equipment
· Capacity Issues
· Dispatch Center
· Limited Radio Channel Capability
· Regulatory (FCC) Requirements
· Radio Interference
· Non-repeated Fire Channel
· Interoperability -- Adjacent Agencies
· Carver County - 800MHz
· State Patrol - 800MHz
· Dakota County - Moving toward 800MHz
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Migrating to New.System
· Communication - discussion
· Capacity Planning
· 9-1-1 Dispatch stations
· Number of portables (handhelds) and mobiles (vehicle
mounted)
· Police & Fire
· Transit or Public Works?
· "Channels" and "talk groups"
· Coverage requirements
· Outside
· In buildings (light, medium and heavy construction)
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Migrating to New System
· Compatible Equipment (Dispatch Consoles &
Radios)
· Technical & System Design
· Hardware (Radios, Towers, Microwave, etc.)
· Software
· Tower Locations (reuse of current, shared, new)
· Cost and Funding
· Capital/Operational
· Funding (Cities / County / Others)
· Policy Decisions & Timing
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Where are we at?
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· Communication (discussions) Educating Public
Officials & Users
· Councils
· Administrators (City I County)
· Chiefs (Police I Fire)
· Metro Radio Board
· Jail/LEC includes new 9-1-1 Center
· Increases Center Capacity - (4 positions to 10 positions)
· New radio consoles are 800 MHz Metro-read
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Where are we at?
· Collaborative Discussions with Dakota
County
· Shared Tower Sites
· Timing
· Approval of Metro Radio Board for 9-1-1
. Center Staged Implementation
· $35,000.00 Grant from DPS for Planning
and System Design Work
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What Needs to Be Done?
· Determine Capacity (Needs)
· Police & Fire
· Transit or Public Works?
· "Channels" and "talk groups"
· Determine Coverage Requirements (Current
Future)
· Outside
· In buildings (light, medium and heavy construction)
· Administrative Community Development process -
"building treatments"
· Design System
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What Needs to Be Done?
· Develop Detailed Cost Estimates & Funding
Scenarios
· Apply for grant funds (MRB, DPS, Homeland Security)
· Begin to set aside funds and build levy capacity - for
CIP or possible bonding
· Establish Cost Shares
· Cost Shares - Migration & Operation
· County Costs
· City Costs
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What Needs to Be Done?
. County Costs - general estimate
· Dispatch
· Upgrade Equipment (Budget) ($1,289,000.00)
· Connection to 800 MHz System
· System Design (Technical & Migration Plan)
· Grant Funded ( $35,000.00)
· Broad band Connectivity & upgrading and/or adding of towers
· 6 to 8 Sites total ($7,200,000.00)
. City Costs - general estimate
· Mobile and portable Radios (Average per radio) ($ 3,000.00)
. Operational Cost (per radio) plan $500 per radio
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Guidance I Assistance from Cities
. Direction? - we don't see any reasonable alternatives
· Real Estate
· Planning
· Capacity - numbers of radios (now & future)?
· Coverage - "in building" treatments for heavy commercial
buildings?
. Timing
· Synchronize with Dakota County?
· Late 2005 to early 2006 plan completed
· Late 2006 to early 2007 migration