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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />JULY 6, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR SATELLITE <br />INTERNET CONNECTIVITY <br />(BID SPEC. 09-039) <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />~' <br />~~z ,~!~_ <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award a contract to Mobil Satellite Technologies to provide satellite <br />Internet connectivity for command vehicles based upon the General Services <br />Administration (GSA) contract in an amount not to exceed $196,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security, Office of Grants and <br />Training has developed the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)funding <br />program. This initiative was designed to enhance the domestic <br />preparedness of urban areas by ensuring that all emergency first <br />responders have adequate appropriate equipment to prevent, respond to, and <br />recover from acts of terrorism. Santa Ana has been designated as an Urban <br />Area Core City for the fifth year. The City of Santa Ana has fiscal <br />responsibility for the FY 07 grant for the Santa Ana/Anaheim Urban Area, <br />which encompasses the 34 jurisdictions in Orange County. <br />Over the course of the last three (3) years, UASI has funded, either <br />partially or in full, the purchase of a fleet of mobile command post <br />vehicles for the Operational Area. The vehicles are strategically placed <br />throughout Orange County and are equipped with public safety 800MHz radio <br />systems, cellular services, and consumer-level data services via Wi-Fi. <br />To support reliable communications during a human-made or natural <br />disaster, redundant communications - including plug-in landline phones, <br />cellular air cards for data connectivity, and a plug-in capability to <br />secure data via a building - were considered. However, during an <br />emergency, public communication entities have proven to be untrustworthy <br />and susceptible to system overload and wide-spread failures. <br />22M-1 <br />