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f <br /> I <br /> r ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 19, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. -q <br /> SUBJECT: Regional Terrorism Grant Award Acceptance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br /> Grant Award <br /> Grant Application/Scope Of Work TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution accepting a $10,000 grant from the North Carolina <br /> Division of Emergency Management that will fund a multi-county Study for Evacuation Needs <br /> that result from Terrorism Activity. <br /> BACKGROUND: Following several staff level emergency management meetings late last fall, <br /> Orange County agreed to submit to the State a request for anti-terrorism grant planning funds <br /> on behalf of six counties in the Triangle region. Emergency Managers, local government <br /> officials, and others are concerned that no regional plans exist to address quarantine or <br /> evacuation and hosting of the counties' populations. The grant focuses on a feasibility study for <br /> evacuation of a six county area along 1-40 from Johnston County to Guilford County. Among <br /> other points, the study would examine: <br /> • how evacuation might be accomplished <br /> • what roads would be involved <br /> • the expected traffic flow per hour <br /> • how much and what population would be left that could not self-evacuate <br /> • how long would an evacuation take <br /> • what percentage evacuation could be done by hour <br /> • what local governments would be expected to do <br /> The State has recently approved the award of$10,000 in anti-terrorism grant planning funds, <br /> with Orange County designated as the lead agency for the undertaking. The attached <br /> resolution would represent the Board's formal acceptance of the State grant funds. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There will be significant County staff effort involved in coordinating and <br /> producing the assessment contemplated in the scope of work. However, the $10,000 State <br /> grant does not require any additional County matching funds. <br />