55A - RESO AND AGMT - 800MHZ RADIO SYS

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Agreements with County of Orange, Motorola Solutions, Inc. May 5, 2015 Page 3 Hot Red Radio's Orange County Law Enforcement agencies have long benefited from a unique capability to monitor the Orange County Law Enforcement Channel known as "Red Channel ". The Hot Red radio receiver installed in all front -line law vehicles allows for officers to monitor Red channel at all times, regardless of what channel they have selected as their primary channel . This allows an officer to listen to emergency traffic from other agencies such as crime broadcasts or pursuits while still communicating with Santa Ana Police dispatch. This capability requires a unique configuration of radio equipment that is not available in any other off -the -shelf arrangement, and is a proprietary system designed by Motorola, Inc. Motorola has extended a 50% discount off the list price to agencies, if purchased prior to December 31, 2015. The discounted replacement of the Hot Red Radio is $1,588,100 (principal and interest costs). Determination of City Inventory Count In determining the equipment needs for each City agency, an inventory of current equipment was based on radio counts maintained by Orange County Communications, Agencies identified their future operational needs as follows: Agency Consoles Base Radio Mobile Portable Agency % of total Control Stations Radios Radios Totaic Rarlina Police De artment 7 _ 8 208 527 750 81% Public Works 0 _ 2 _ 30 42 74 8% Planning & Building 0 0 0 51 51 66/o Parks & Recreation _0 0 5 10� 15 2% Finance Parking _ 0 0 0 1 1 1% Finance Fleet 0 1 3 4 8 2% TOTAL RADIUS: 899 The total amount of radios for each agency as a percent of the total radios for the City is an element to determine costs assessed to City agencies. Specifically, the following equipment costs were solely allocated to the Police Department: Hot Red Radio's, Base Radio Control Stations and Console Equipment, which amount to 90% of total project costs. The remaining project costs totaling 10 %; portable and mobile radios, base radio control stations were allocated based on the total number of radios for each department divided by the total number of non - Police Department radios. In September 1995, the County entered into an Agreement with Motorola, Inc. to supply the 800 MHz Countywide Coordinated Communications System to all Orange County agencies. Motorola equipment is capable of encrypted voice transmissions, which are utilized continuously by the Police Department. This highly complex and critical system is a proprietary product created and 55A -3