Hanover County Communications System Project

1. Hanover County Communications System Project

3. Hanover County Communications System and 911 Center Project Approved 2005 Bond Referendum Project Construction of a new 911 Center Located on the south side of the Administration Building New Communications System Replaces an aging and outdated communications system (1991) Enhances radio system coverage (towers from 4 to 15) Enhances our ability to communicate with other localities and agencies Enhances system security and system reliability

4. Hanover County Communications System Project Coverage Objectives: Provide public safety personnel with a communications system that provides the required level of coverage needed to communicate within schools, commercial grade buildings and residential structures Construct towers in specified locations and at specified heights to provide 95% in-building on-the-hip portable radio coverage

5. Hanover County Communications System Project Communications System Design: Through the use of a Request for Proposal procurement process, Motorola was selected to provide: A 12-channel System to be shared by all public safety and public service departments and other County agencies, including schools, school buses, Ashland Town Police, and Randolph Macon College 15-tower and transmitter sites to meet the wide area coverage requirements 3 current County radio towers 3 commercial towers 9 new towers A public safety grade system which incorporate 700/800 MHz spectrum and digital technology A digital point-to-point loop microwave subsystem to link sites together

6. Hanover County Communications System Project Tower Site Selection Criteria Located towers in places that will work with other towers to create a system that provides 95% Countywide in-building on-the-hip portable radio coverage Use of existing towers Use of County owned property Lease or purchase of land as necessary

7. Towers and Coverage Tower system design to meet the 95% in-building coverage requirements

8. Point to Point Microwave All towers are linked together by microwave to create a system

9. Tower Designs and Lighting

10. Tower Compound Design

11. Proposed Tower Sites Beaverdam Site In wooded area behind Beaverdam ES 350’/Self-support Doswell Site In the rear of the Doswell Water Plant 400’/Self-support Rockville Site Off MLC Dr. on MLC Property 330’/Self-support Farrington Site Off Route 33 at the New Fire Station 300’/Self-support Elmont Site In the wooded area behind Elmont ES 400’/Self-support Georgetown Site Off Georgetown Rd. at Old Landfill Site 450’/Guy Tower Holly Hill Site Near the Dominion PS off Cedar Lane 300’/Self-support Old Church Site Off Route 606 near McClellan Road 400’/Self-support Ellyson’s Site On Rt 156 South of Ellyson’s Garage 400’/Self-support Sinclair Site Shady Grove Rd. east of Meadowbridge 400’/Guy Tower Coatesville Site Old AT&T Tower on Old Ridge Road Commercial Tower Gum Tree Site Behind Ashland Machine Shop on Rt. 1 Commercial Tower Montpelier Site County Transfer Station off Rt. 715 Current County Tower Poor Farm Site Poor Farm Park behind PH HS Current County Tower Pole Green Site In the rear of Pole Green Park Current County Tower

12. Project Schedule Filed CUP Applications Conducting Community Meetings Planning Commission Public Hearing - TBD Board Public Hearing - TBD 911 Center construction underway Tower construction proposed to begin Spring of 2008 911 Center project to be complete late 08/early 09 Communications System complete late 09/early 10

13. Hanover County Communications System and 911 Center Project Questions Thirty minutes to review individual site stations Recap