9-1-1 (EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS) CENTER YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE The City of Durham provides 9-1-1 service to approximately 99% of the residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in Durham County. We recognize the Year 2000 issue and have initiated the necessary changes to our systems. While the City of Durham cannot make any warranties or guaranties about what may occur on January 1, 2000, or thereafter, our goal is to provide dependable 9-1-1 service through redundant systems.

The City is following the Year 2000 Compliance/Readiness Process as outlined in a memorandum from John Pedersen, Assistant City Manager to P. Lamont Ewell, City Manager, dated November 27, 1998. This memo is accessible on the Citys web site http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/home/y2k/y2kdec2098.htm.

The City has recently completed upgrading the computer systems essential for operation of the 9-1-1 Center. We also have the ability to operate these systems through a manual bypass of the computer systems. However, all essential computer programs have been tested and according to the responsible software development firms, work with the year 2000 dates.

In addition to the manual bypass, there are in place, hardcopy printouts of essential dispatch information. In keeping with the Citys goal of providing redundancy for 9-1-1 Center operations, all segments of 9-1-1 Center operations can be operated manually, or through these hardcopy printouts.

GTE, which supplies telephone service to the majority of the City and County, has indicated that they expect no significant disruption resulting from Y2K issues. However, a contingency plan to ensure receipt of emergency information is in the planning stages.

Duke Energy Corporation, which supplies electricity to the City, has indicated that it also expects no significant service disruption resulting from Y2K issues. Even so, the Citys 9-1-1 Center has an on-site backup generator in the event of a temporary power interruption. Enough fuel is on hand to operate this generator for approximately 72 hours.

We are also taking measures to verify that vendors and suppliers of goods and services used by the City to supply 9-1-1 services will continue without interruption. Supplementary contingency plans are being developed to mitigate potential risks that are identified.

While this statement summarizes the Citys expectation that there will be no significant service disruption in the provision of 9-1-1 services to our customers, the City of Durham is not able to make any warranties or guaranties about what may occur January 1, 2000 or afterwards.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), September 28, 1999

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And here's the water and sewer part:

WATER AND SEWER YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE The City of Durham provides water and wastewater service to approximately 85% of the residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in Durham County. We recognize the Year 2000 issue and have initiated the necessary changes to our systems. While the City of Durham cannot make any warranties or guaranties about what may occur on January 1, 2000 or thereafter, our goal is to provide dependable water and sewer service through redundant systems.

The City is following the Year 2000 Compliance/Readiness Process as outlined in a memorandum from John Pedersen, Assistant City Manager to P. Lamont Ewell, City Manager, dated November 27, 1998. This memo is accessible on the Citys web site http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/home/y2k/y2kdec2098.htm.

The City has recently completed installation of computer systems for wastewater treatment at our North Durham and South Durham Water Reclamation Facilities. We retained the ability to operate these facilities without the computer system. However, the computer program has been tested and according to the software developing firm, works with the year 2000 dates.

The Citys two water treatment plants are normally manually operated by the plant staff. The automated pump station facilities are being converted to make them year 2000 compatible. In keeping with the Citys goal of providing redundancy for a dependable supply of drinking water, this portion of the plant also can be operated manually.

Duke Energy Corporation, which supplies electricity to the City, has indicated that they expect no significant service disruption resulting from Y2K issues. Even so, the Citys water and wastewater treatment facilities and water pumping stations have on-site backup generators in the event of a temporary power interruption. Enough fuel is on hand to operate these for about 24 hours.

Water and wastewater service vendors and suppliers have verified their year 2000 readiness. The City stores about a 30 day supply of water treatment chemicals at the water treatment plants as a normal business practice. Environmental Resources Department staff have inventoried all devices with microprocessors, as well as identified devices without microprocessors. Manufacturers or vendors of these devices verified there is either no date base functionality to the device or the device is Year 2000 ready. Supplementary contingency plans are being developed to mitigate potential risks that are identified.

While this statement summarizes the Citys expectation that there will be no significant service disruption in the provision of water and sewer services to our customers, the City of Durham is not able to make any warranties or guaranties about what may occur January 1, 2000 or afterwards.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), September 28, 1999.

Hey O.G. - how long you been in Durham ? Do you remember the 'new age' store on Broad St. across from the ice cream shop ?

peace, Dan

-- Dan G (earth_changes@hotmail.com), September 28, 1999.

Apparently not long enough-six years. I do not think either store exists today; however, there is a Ben & Jerry's on Broad and a New Age/crystal shop on 9th. The Co-op moved from Broad to West Chapel Hill Street about six years ago. Wellspring has been bought out by Whole Foods and has moved to Broad Street.

Given the fact that we have three days of fuel for the 911 Center and one day for the Fire Dept. and Water & Sewer, I take your "Peace" wishes to heart--thank you. (During Fran, 911's two back-up systems failed. I suspect they were both generators. The communicators had to move en masse to Duke U's police office at the height of the storm.)

The only silver lining is we live near the reservoir.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), September 28, 1999.