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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />November 2, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR A MICRO- <br />WAVE BASED NETWORK SYSTEM <br />(SPEC. NO. 09-052) <br />t` <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Award a contract to Pacific Services <br />network system including installation <br />not to exceed $47,000. <br />for the purchase of micro-wave based <br />and maintenance support, in an amount <br />DISCUSSION <br />A high capacity wireless laser system <br />computer network between the Data Center <br />Yard. The current system was installed 7 <br />approximately $1,000,000 in charges for <br />This network link provides support for <br />Community Services, Public Works, the <br />Fleet Management System and critical <br />Division. <br />is used to connect the City's <br />in City Hall and the Corporation <br />years ago and has saved the City <br />equivalent leased data circuits. <br />City Stores, Park, Recreation & <br />Emergency Operations Center, the <br />connections for the City Water <br />Until just recently, the system has proved very effective and extremely <br />reliable. However, the laser technology employed in the system is known to <br />weaken over time. The recent foggy and rainy conditions have proven that <br />the laser's strength has deteriorated to levels such that it cannot <br />transmit under any but ideal weather conditions making it non-functional. <br />While outages to this laser-based network link are automatically <br />transferred to a ground based data circuit, the backup circuit has a <br />substantially lower capacity. This has caused severe slowdowns to City <br />business. <br />This computer network link provides critical network connections for Fleet <br />Management System and City Water Operations. In addition, the system <br />supports the City's Emergency Operations Center (one of three regional <br />EOC) The Fleet management system depends on real time log-in to capture <br />actual job labor time and parts inventory usage. <br />22B-1 <br />