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Staff Recommendation <br />Replace Sirens 23-27 <br />Objective <br />•Siren Acoustical Study conducted by Ramsey County Emergency Management Indicated Warning Levels will remain within FEMA Guidelines <br />•Two sirens suggested to sunset provide warning for few people <br />•Estimated savings $32,358 through 2021 <br />•Sirens continue to operate but were originally designed to warn of air raids and are approximately 55 years old with no battery back-up <br />•Warning Sirens are designed for Outdoor Warning Only. IPAWS Alerts*** <br /> <br />Subjective <br />•For some houses there will be a reduction in audible volume <br />•Concern about neighborhood identity loss <br />•Spoke with the resident who had the siren in his yard, and no objection <br />•Staff “turned off” siren #29 and visited the area for the Wednesday Siren Test to confirm study and were able to distinctly hear the outdoor warning sirens