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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: Originating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: <br />4/08/08 City Manager Kevin Carruth 31. <br />Council Date: <br />4/14/08 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Motion to approve an interlocal agreement with Paris Independent School District for the <br />purchase and maintenance of a Thor Guard lightening prediction and warning system. <br />POLICY ISSUE~S~: <br />Interlocal agreement <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Thor Guard lightening prediction and warning system measures and analyzes the <br />electrostatic field in the atmosphere and predicts the occurrence of lightening. Depending <br />upon settings, the system evaluates the potential for lightening in a two-mile radius and can <br />give up to 20 or more minutes of warning. With all of the park and outdoor athletic space <br />around PJC, Dragon Park, Civic Center, and Paris High School, Thor Guard is an effective <br />and cost efficient tool to protect users of these facilities (North Lamar ISD recently installed <br />a Thor Guard system for their stadium). <br />PISD is interested is partnering with the City on a system base unit and two remote horns. <br />The base unit would be placed at Fire Station No. 4 to cover Dragon Park, PJC baseball field <br />(where PHS plays), and the current high school. One remote unit will be placed at Noyse <br />Stadium (and later moved to the new high school stadium) and the other will be placed at <br />the civic center to cover the athletic complex and part of Dragon Park. <br />BOARD~COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />N/A <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution, cost detail; product description; coverage map <br />ACTION: BUDGET INFO: <br />^ Financial Report ^ Minute Order Expense $10,440 <br />^ Department Report ®Resolution Budgeted Amt. $50,000 <br />^ Presentation ^ Ordinance YTD Actual $0 <br />^ Public Hearing ^ Other Acct. Name Contingency <br /> Acct. Number 01-0000-91-00 <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />® Administration ®City Clerk ^ Community Development ^ EMS/IT ^ Finance ^ Fite <br />^ Municipal Court ®Legal ^ Library ^ Police ®Eng./Public Works ^ Utilities <br />City of Paris ~ , . 1 ~ t} Revised 2/04/08 <br />