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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of September 1, 2019— Special Meeting Page 2 of 6 4. HURRICANE DORIAN STATUS REPORT City Manager Randy Newlon gave a report on the status of Hurricane Dorian and the City's preparations for potential impact of the storm on the City which included the following: - Hurricane Dorian is currently a Category 5 Hurricane hovering just north of the Bahamas; has been very slow-moving; has grown to an immense size; and is projected to approach the east coast of Florida by Tuesday morning and then take a turn north traveling along the Florida coast for an estimated 36 howl, potentially all day Tuesday, Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. The projected track is still well off the coast; however, the City of Casselberry remains within the cone of uncertainty and will most likely be impacted by at least tropical storm force winds, if not hurricane force winds. City staff has taken a proactive approach and is prepared for the worst, having taken measures to get all city facilities, parks and buildings, drains and storm structures, and water bodies ready in the event of a major rain and/or wind event, including lowering of the weir to reduce the water level in Lake Kathryn, and advance deployment of a pump at Lotus Lake which has experienced flooding issues during previous storm events. The City Manager will declare an emergency as of 6:00 p.m. today, Sunday, September Ist, with full activation and staffing of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located at the Police Department taking effect at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 2nd. Police patrols will be doubled in advance of and immediately following the storm to try and ensure that no opportunistic crime occurs, and in order to report traffic signal outages and roadway blockages due to debris. Generators will be deployed to restore power to traffic signals as needed, and public works personnel will work to push debris blocking roadways onto the rights-of-way. Emergency generators have been deployed in advance to targeted lift stations, and as part of a new and innovative approach to lift station power outages will be hard -wired into the system in advance of the storm to try and minimize gaps in power at the lift stations. Designated staff have been placed on call and will report to work as soon as it is safe in order to continue manning the EOC, to assess damage and take photographs of damage and debris as required by FEMA, and to remove debris, clear any structures which have been blocked, and to address any breaches in the utility system. In anticipation of the storm, an announcement had already been made that City will be closing its facilities, including City Hall, recreation facilities, and any others that the public might access on Tuesday, September 3'd; however, due to the slow speed of the storm and the fact that impacts of the storm may be felt well into Wednesday, September 4t1i before it passes the area, the City Manager is ordering that City facilities also be closed on Wednesday, September 41". - The City is in good contact with other managers and the County, and staff are as prepared as they can be in the event the storm does not stay as far offshore as hoped.