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''y Police Department 13077 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 Jeffrey A. Beaben Chief of Police Robert F. Kluntz Administrative Captain Bradley R. Rolfe Patrol Captain Thomas 1Yler investigative Sergeant Jeffrey Mordal Ron Nierenhausen David Dummer Daniel Blot:k Patrol Sergeants Mit:helle Masica Support Phone: 763.635.1260 Fax: 763.635.]250 www.ci.elk-river.mn.us October 5, 2005 Sheriff Bruce Anderson Sherburne County Sheriff's Department 13880 Highway 10 Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Sheriff Anderson, I wanted to offer a chance to thank you for your time in listening to myself and the other Chiefs last Thursday concerning communication issues and our desire to address the needs of countywide law enforcement as a team. I know we discussed a great deal of information, so I thought it best to formalize the discussion for better reference in the future. The items we discussed were as follows: A) Commuter rail communication concerns. Commuter rail will begin operation from the Metro area to Big Lake in 2007, with fare riders being on the tail in 2008. The Northstar Line has a Fire/Life Safety Committee which has started to meet concerning the facilitation of the interchange of information. One of the ftrst issues discussed was the requirement to have all agencies on the rail line where the commuter line is to operate on 800 MHz. This is to facilitate the inter-operable communication between Transit Police, Rail Authority, and local law enforcement and fIre. B) Northstar Corridor is currently planning to provide emergency call services and call box response assignments from the Metro Transit dispatch center in Eden Prairie. This is agreeable to Minneapolis Police and Fire, Hennepin and Anoka Counties. C) The City of Elk River is currently reaching ftnal agreement with Nextel to install a 150 foot free standing tower adjacent to the Police Department. This agreement will allow the City to later install secondary communication equipment (i.e. 800 MHz on the tower at no charge to local government). D) Elk River PD currently has six 800 MHz handheld radios which were programmed by Anoka County for MTAC and PTAC channels in the north Anoka County area, as well as Metro channels for large scale events. We are willing to budget for more radios as needed and can set aside other funding if required for 800 MHz infrastrUcture, but the City needs a long range plan to operate off of for fIscal and hudget reasons. E) Area Chiefs and their respective communities would appreciate an opportunity to participate in 800 MHz discussions with the County, and to incorporate a committee approach to this very important area of future communication. Some agencies have been unhappy with their initial 800 MHz transitions, but by and large, it is the interoperable radio system required by Homeland Security and endorsed by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.