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RESOLUTION
DATE: May 16, 2005' RESOLUTION NO.: 05-69
MOTION BY: Wulff SECONDED BY: Rieb
Reso/ution Approving Participation in a Countywide
800 MHz Pub/ic Safety Radio Subsystem
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute 473.904 required that metropolitan counties
prepare a communications system planning document on current and potential
participation in the regional 800 MHz public safety radio. communications system; and
WHEREAS, the County and its cities,currently operate independent VHF public
safety radio systems not capable of interoperable communications; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County, in cooperation with the cities in the county,
studied this issue and issued reports in 1997 and 2000 concluding that the current
independent VHF public safety radio systems were meeting the current needs of the
agencies and that the County did not intend to participate in the regional 800 MHz system
at that time; and
WHEREAS, the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 have shown the
necessity for an interoperable pubic safety radio system; and
WHEREAS, the County and its cities again studied participation in the regional
800 MHz public safety radio system and in a report issued in 2004 unanimously
recommended that the county .participate in the regional 800 MHz public safety radio
system; and
WHEREAS, significant federal grant funds have been made. available through
the US Department of Homeland Security to implement interoperable radio
communications systems; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County has received approximately $6 million in grant
funds to construct a countywide 800 MHz public safety radio subsystem; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County has retained a consulting firm to design the
countywide integrated 800 MHz public safety radio subsystem; and
WHEREAS, the design of the countywide subsystem is being overseen by
technical and policy committees made up of county and city participants; and
Reso/ution Approving Participation in a Countywide
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WHEREAS, participation in the countywide 800 MHz public safety radio
subsystem will provide the City of Lakeville with full interoperable communications with all
public safety agencies in the County as well as with all participants in the regional system;
and
.WHEREAS, in order to meet federal grant deadlines, the final design of the
countywide.subsystem must be completed and submitted to the Metropolitan Radio Board
(or its successor) in June, 2004; and
WHEREAS, to complete the design of the subsystem, it is necessary to
determine the cities that will participate in the countywide 800 MHz subsystem; and
WHEREAS, the County and participating cities will need to enter into a
cooperative agreement that will define the rights and obligations of the County and the
City of Lakeville with respect to the cooperative and coordinated implementation,
operation and maintenance of the countrywide subsystem.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lakeville hereby
agrees to participate in a Countywide Integrated 800 MHz Public Safety Radio System;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the cooperative agreement be brought to
the City Council for approval; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Administrator communicate the
City's intention to the County.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 16th day of May, 2005.
C OF LAKEVILLE
David Luick, Acting Mayor
A ST
Charlene Friedges, Ci lerk
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