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<br />E-3. Increase Staff in City of San Marcos and Hays County OEM <br /> <br />Hays County, the City of San Marcos and other communities in the County, have additional <br />emergency operations responsibilities as a result of initiatives by the Department of Homeland <br />Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor's Division of <br />Emergency Management following the "9 - 1 I" (2001) Disaster and the Disaster Mitigation <br />Act of 2000. Additional staff is needed in the Office of Emergency Management for both Hays <br />County and the City of San Marcos to meet these needs. <br /> <br />Responsibility: <br /> <br />Hays County <br />City of San Marcos <br /> <br />Cost: <br /> <br />$] 00,000 per year salary and equipment - Hays County <br />$ 1 00,000 per year salary and equipment - City of San Marcos <br /> <br />Funding Sources: <br /> <br />US Department of Homeland Security <br />Governor's Division of Emergency Management <br />Hays County (local match) <br />City of San Marcos (local match) <br /> <br />Timing: <br /> <br />Phased over 5 years (2006-20] 0) <br /> <br />Beneficiary: <br /> <br />Countywide <br /> <br />E-4. InstaH Reverse 911 Emergency Warning System <br /> <br />This Action Item is a subset to mitigation action E-2, "Improve Emergency Communication <br />Systems" and the Hays County 9] 1 System. As part of the proposed mitigation action E-2 <br />survey of emergency communication systems in Hays County, the City of San Marcos and <br />other communities, an evaluation should be conducted to detennine the feasibility of installing <br />a Hays County (countywide) Reverse 9] 1 System. The evaluation should identify flood-prone <br />or "at risk" structures that should be notified and possibly evacuated when flooding is eminent. <br />By identifying structures and phone numbers, a Reverse 911 database could be created. The <br />Hays County 91 1 System and Hays County Fire Marshal's Office working with the City of San <br />Marcos Office of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service (NWS), and law <br />enforcement agencies, could issue Emergency Warnings via the Reverse 91] System. <br /> <br />Responsibility: <br /> <br />Hays County (co-lead with City of San Marcos) <br />City of San Marcos (co lead with Hays County) <br /> <br />Cost: <br /> <br />Survey Cost funded by Mitigation Action E-2 <br />$60,000 estimated equipment cost <br />$5,000 estimated cost for annual maintenance and training <br /> <br />Funding Sources: <br /> <br />Capital Area Planning Council (CAPCO) <br />TxDEM <br /> <br />Hays County, Texas <br />Mitigation Plan <br /> <br />133 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />