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ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 29, 2003 SUBJECT: Assembly of Governments Discussion Items DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: As noted in "Background" section Rod Visser or Greg Wilder, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss topics of mutual interest among the governing boards of Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. BACKGROUND: 1. Emergency Evacuation Plan Last year, Orange County requested and received from the State $10,000 in anti-terrorism grant planning funds on behalf of seven counties in the Triangle region. Emergency Managers, local officials and others expressed concern that no regional plans exist to address quarantine or evacuation and hosting of the counties' populations. The grant focused on a feasibility study for evacuation of a six county area along I-40 from Johnston County to Guilford County. Among other points, the study was designed to examine: • How evacuation might be accomplished • What roads would be involved • The expected traffic flow per hour • How much and what population would be left that could not self-evacuate • How long an evacuation would take • What percentage evacuation could be done by hour • What local governments would be expected to do The study looked at all the above item and draws some conclusions that are valuable planning aids for local governments in the region. This study can be used as a guide to ask for validations of other plans or documents dealing with the evacuation, isolation, treatment or otherwise caring for large numbers of citizens in the region. Staff will make a brief presentation about study findings and be prepared to respond to elected official questions and comments.