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e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: February 1, 2001 TO: Joe Lynch, City Administrator 1', FROM: Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Director yg SUBJECT: City Hall Security Recommendation Backl!round Members of the new City Hall Security and Maintenance Committee have recently toured the Guidant Corporation facility, the Medtronic headquarters and the Shoreview City Hall and Community Center, with their respective Security Managers. The committee was looking for ideas and recommendations for access control and alarm systems for the new City Hall. e Each of the facilities visited uses and recommends a proximity card type entry system. These cards, about the size of a credit card, can be programmed in-house to allow access into any single door, all doors, or any combination of doors set up with proximity technology. Users need only hold their card 12 to 24 inches (depending on the model) from a sensor and the door is automatically unlatched for six to eight seconds, allowing access. The proximity system then automatically records who entered and at what time. After discussing the layout for the new City Hall, each Security Manager also endorsed the following: e . A closed circuit TV camera focused on the main City Hall entryway, as neither the receptionist or any City Hall office have the entryway, restroom, and Council member door to Chambers, in view from their work station. A monitor would be on the reception desk. . A motion detector near the main entrance, which would provide a subtle alert to the receptionist of people approaching the main door. . Motion detectors strategically placed within the building. . Two-distress alarm switches, one at the Council dais and one at the receptionist's desk. . One TV camera focused on the City Hall parking lot, also monitored at the receptionist's desk. (One split screen monitor)