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CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON
TECHNOLOGY
Minutes of Regular Meeting
August9,2006
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting convened at 5:52 p.m. in Room 831, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana,
California
ATTENDANCE
City Council Committee members present: Claudia Alvarez, Carlos Bustamante,
Lisa Bist
Staff members present: David Ream, City Manager; Steve Harding, Deputy City
Manager for Development Services; Francisco Gutierrez, Finance Director; Ben
Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; Alma Flores, Senior Management Assistant,
City Manager's Office; Gerardo Mouet, Executive Director, Parks and Recreation; Rob
Richard, Library Director; Pam Arends-King, Assistant Director of Finance; Christine
Calderon, Treasurer; Linda Summers, Economic Development Manager; Mike
Lewellen, Police Technology and Support Administrator; Tom Gergen, Information
Services Manager.
AGENDA ITEMS
Approval of Minutes for Meeting of July 12, 2006 (Bist, Bustamante)
ATS Cellular Tower Consultant Agreement Update
Steve Harding introduced Tony Ingegneri, President and CEO of ATS Communications
to discuss the current status of the City's cellular tower agreement. Mr. Ingegneri
informed the Committee that evaluation of current towers, likelihood of potential new
sites, and thorough site analyses have been completed and distributed to the wireless
carrier companies. Thus far, nine sites have been selected by wireless carriers for
cellular towers and are at various points of securing lease agreements. The lease rate
for each of the nine towers is $2,400 a month for a 10 year term with three, five-year
renewal options. In addition, capital improvement projects are negotiated for each
specific site. It is expected that each site will generate $28,800 per year, plus an
additional $30,000 to $50,000 for the value of the capital improvement. Both
agreements for sites at Jerome and Madison Park are expected to be fully executed by
October 1st ATS Communications receives 20% of the lease fee and the consultant
does not receive any payment from the carriers.
Online Payments Discussion
Christine Calderon presented six separate proposals that included varying service
charge rates and credit card & ACH payment fees. After discussing and evaluating all
scenarios, Councilmember Bustamante motioned a recommendation to City Council
that includes a 2% service charge increase, a credit card payment fee of $3.15 and
ACH fee of $1.25. Councilwoman Alvarez second the motion. It is expected that the
program would cost $16,688 to implement in the first year and $1,296 in the second
year.
Public Comments - Charlie Mitchell of Keycode Media informed the Committee that
his company has submitted a proposal to the City that includes 10 video technology
screens versus the 20 originally included in their RFP proposal. In response, Dave
Ream instructed staff to solicit last, best, and final proposals from both vendors in order
to finalize a recommendation to City Council.
Council Comments - None
Adjourned - 7:08 p.m.
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