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Carson County Commissioners and the City of Burlington. Design and build Implementation Manager and strategy: Kit Priority: High $70,000 for drainage improvements at Fairgrounds Cost-Effectiveness Explanation: Preventing future flood losses to fairgrounds and neighboring residential areas, and not interrupting traffic would be worth the expense. This is a frequent occurrence Cost Estimate Action Item #4: Implement an overall Communications program update. Issue Statement The communications program upgrade is a two-step process. First, there needs to be an improvement in the communications between EMS, Fire, Police, the City of Burlington and the County Sheriffs Department. Existing coverage and linkages are weak and on different frequencies. Second, the countywide dispatch center is not in a tornado-safe building. It is currently in the ground level of the j ail annex of the Courthouse - a block structure with a suspended roof. When it was being built, high winds blew down a wall of the structure. An underground location would be the best choice for a future location. It would also be able to function as a community shelter for the downtown area and neighboring residences The underground communications center will also support a parallel goal of Cheyenne County, with whom KC County shares an Emergency Management Director. The end result that is sought would be that each county has their own underground communications center, with one serving as the back-up to the other during any type of disaster event. Implementation Manager and strategy: County Emergency Manager, in conjunction with the KC County Commissioners and Burlington City Council. First, detail the existing weaknesses in the communications system and identify the necessary improvements. Second, identify existing buildings that may have areas suitable for providing the needed protection, or that can be strengthened. (3-5 years) Cost Estimate $500K. In kind labor is available through the communities to help defray the construction costs and meet the "match" requirements of most grants. Use of an existing building will reduce the expense enormously Medium Priority in a community's ability to interference, helps a realistic threat to the Maintaining communications in an emergency is a critical element Ensuring that response agencies can communicate directly, and without Tornado hazards are very frequent in KC County and present 88 Cost- Effectiveness Explanation respond and recover from a disaster. maintain an efficient and coordinated response existing facility