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Columbia City weighs crash‑rated barriers, Homeland Security guidance for event safety; council to enter executive session
Summary
City public safety leaders reviewed federal guidance and barrier options—crash‑rated bollards, modular barriers, trailer‑mounted gates—and urged council to approve engineering work; council voted to enter executive session to discuss security measures and a project called Project Catalyst.
City public safety staff recommended the city prioritize crash‑rated perimeter measures and engineering reviews to harden public event spaces against vehicle attacks and other risks.
Harry, an emergency management official leading the technical review, told council that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an incident‑planning tool in April 2024 and that crash‑rated barriers and bollards are one element of a broader mitigation framework. "We wanted to make sure that any unit that we looked at or considered met the Safety Act," Harry said, referring to the 2002 federal law that fosters anti‑terrorism technology certification.
Staff walked through commonly available systems and their intended uses: chainable steel Archer‑style barriers, modular yellow vehicle barriers that link across lanes, trailer‑mounted Nasaka gates…
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