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4 <br /> ORANG: COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 1111 ,1,11 ACTION AGENDA I CT <br /> 111 111111„„ 1.11,101,1111i <br /> Meeting Dat une 5, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. -7- <br /> SUBJECT: Recommendations fro the Emergency Services1A/ca*grcup for VIPER"' Radio <br /> S stem Im•rovements and Communication S ste lmorovements <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PU::,ILIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. County Capital Investment Plan for F. R. Mentes de Oca, 245-6100 <br /> Emergency Services Michael Talbert, 245-2153 <br /> 2. Revised Capital Investment Plan for <br /> Communication System <br /> Improve, ents <br /> 3. VIPER Tower Sites Worksheet <br /> VIPER Tower VHF Antenna Sites <br /> Map <br /> 11111111•1111111111111.11111111111111111111111111111M. <br /> PURPOSE: To receive recommendations from the Emergency Services Workgroup for VIPER <br /> (Voice interoperabiiity Plan for Emergency Responders) Radio System Improvements and <br /> Communication System Improvements included in the Capital Investment Plan for Fiscal Year <br /> 2012-13 and incorporate the recommendations as appropriate into the approval of the Fiscal <br /> Year 2012-13 Annual Budget <br /> ACKGI-OUND: At the May 15, 2012 regular meeting, the Manager presented the Board with <br /> the Recommended Fiscal Year 2012-13 Annual Operating Budget and 2012-11 Capital <br /> Investment Plan, <br /> VIPER Radio System <br /> On April 10, 2012, Mike Hodgson, Manager of the VIPER system for the North Carolina State <br /> Highway Patrol, met with the Emergency Services Workgroup, The best option for Orange <br /> County to eliminat- busy signals is by placing an optimum number of channels on each existing <br /> com:ilunications tower, Equipment and hardware on the existing towers in Orange County as <br /> well as the surrounding areas would need to be upgraded to allow for increased system <br /> capacity to reduce busy signals received by field units during times of high demand. Channels <br /> and additional equipment would need to be added to the following locations based on the most <br /> current inform:.tion from the state: <br /> • Chatham Site: 3 channels/1 combiner <br /> • Hillsborough Site: 2 channels/1 combinerfl antenna package. The tower is <br /> currently full and may require additional work to allow channels to be added. <br /> • Laws Site: 3 channels <br /> • UNC Site: 2 channels. Site is maintained by UNC and may require additional <br /> work to add channels, <br />