Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary amendments, with Motorola Solutions, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, for the purchase, delivery, and implementation of radio communications equipment, for a total purchase price not to exceed $17,700,000, which will be automatically reduced based on multi-agency purchase volumes achieved under Motorola Solutions, Inc., Territory Los Angeles Volume Subscriber Pricing Program; Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a lease-purchase agreement, and related financing documents, with Motorola Solutions, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, for the financing of the radio communications equipment, in a total principal amount not to exceed $17,500,000, and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $23,300,000 including principal, interest, and fees, payable over terms not to exceed 12 years; Increase appropriations in the General Services Fund (IS 385) in the Technology and Innovation Department (TI) by $541,000 for implementation costs, offset by a transfer from the General Fund; and 
Guess motion carries. Thank you. I am 20. Colloquially the item. Item 20 Report from Technology and Innovation Financial Management. Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Motorola. Solutions for the purchase delivery and implementation of radio communications equipment for a total purchase price not to exceed 17,000,700. And execute a lease purchase agreement with Motorola. Solutions for the financing of the radio, communications equipment and total principal amount not to exceed 17,000,500 citywide. Thank you. As you have a first and second to any public comment and follow. Now. Would you please cast your vote? Oh, staff report, please. Okay, fine. Please. Sir, we have a staff report. We have our technology innovation director Olivia Erickson, and the deputy director case, Lee Leah. Good evening, Mayor. Members of city council. Tonight before you, we have an item related to radio communications, public safety technology. And I'm turning it over to Kasim Lee, who is our Infrastructure Services Bureau manager, to do the staff report. Honorable Mayor and members of this city council before you to recommendation to adopt a resolution and authorize city manager to one execute a contract with Motorola Solutions Inc for purchase of radio communications equipment for total purchase price not to exceed $17,700,000 to execute a lease purchase agreement with Motorola for the financing of the radio communications equipment and three appropriate $541,000 to technology innovation for the implementation of the radio communications equipment. As background, the Long Beach Police Department, Fire Department, Police, Public Works, Disaster Preparedness and Airport rely on a motorola based radio dispatch, radio signal and portable mobile radio infrastructure for day to day emergency response radio communications. After providing more than 12 years of reliable services to the city, the currently used x t series of portable and mobile radios will no longer be supported by the manufacturer beginning December 2018. This obsolescence of the x t series radios not only affects the city, but also many of the public agencies across the region. In addition, the C series does not support the current interoperability standards and objectives of the city and Southern California region. City Council approval is requested for acquiring replacement Apex Series Portable and mobile radios from Motorola. The Apex Series radios support all new interoperability standards, increase interoperability within the city and with agencies across the Southern California region, and positions the city for reliable radio services for the next ten years. In December 2017, T.I. presented $88 million in critical technology. Infrastructure needs to City Council. City Council authorized the city manager to prepare and submit purchase transactions for City Council consideration for $67 million. While staff continue to research alternatives and negotiate pricing on $21 million needed for replacing public safety communication technologies, today's recommendation to enter into a contract with Motorola follows after one work to confirm the total number of portable mobile radios needed and confirm the interoperability features needed across the city and regions to confirmation that the Urban Areas Securities Initiative U.S. grants are now available for the purchase of these radios. And three, negotiations with Motorola on an enhanced volume pricing program that are significantly lower priced than any other known contract with similar volumes. The pricing program combines all the purchases from L.A. County government purchasers to achieve volume discounts of approximately 50 to 64% off list pricing , depending on volume purchase commitments received by the October 19, 2018 deadline. The total purchase price not to exceed $17,700,000 is based on a 50% discount off list pricing, and the City Council letter details the pricing program at other levels of L.A. County purchase volume two commitments. Under the pricing program, Motorola will automatically reduce the city's invoice downwards following the October 19th deadline. Our best estimate at this time is that the total purchase price will come closer to $50 million or could be less. The city will enter into a 12 year lease purchase agreement with Motorola to finance the cost of the radios. Although the lease purchase agreement is technically for 12 years, is intended to be fully paid off in FY 22, with Measure eight funds as previously recommended and consistent with the current measure a plan in Fy19 proposed budget depending on the volume of the county's total purchases and final costs. Measure eight funds may or may not be sufficient, and additional funding sources may be needed to identify net fy22 in order to pay the lease purchase as intended. But this purchase is proposed without a competitive bid process because the city's installed radio dispatch system has features that are integrated with Motorola portable and mobile radios. In addition, the city's purchase of Motorola radios, along with other Los Angeles and Orange County public safety agencies, will allow for better interoperability with regional resources and could play an essential role in the city's timely response and recovery in a major disaster. We believe that this recommendation to purchase is the right decision for our public safety departments, and we believe that the volume pricing achieves a significantly lower price than any other known contracts with similar volumes. With that, I conclude my report and would be happy to take any questions. Fine, thank you. Do I have a first and second on this? Okay, fine. Thank you. Any more public opinions in more public comment? L. L. No, I'm just. Thank thank you. Mr. Vice Mayor. And I want to thank our staff for for such a thorough report and the great work in negotiating a what I think is a pretty, pretty impressive package, I think. And we're being smart with the taxpayer resources here. My my question is regarding the technology and understanding that this is a 12 year plan. Will the radios be sufficient five to 7 to 10 years from now for our public safety to be able to effectively do the work? I mean, iPhones change every year. And I just wanted to make sure if we're making this a significant investment up front, it's going to be be sufficient for us, you know, ten years from now. We believe that based on the history of the Motorola radios, that they tend to be supported for at least 10 to 12 years as our current platforms are currently have been supported for 12 years. And I'm seeing nods of affirmation from our fire and police chief. So thank you very much. All right. Thank you. Would you please cast your vote? Motion carries now removed item 21 1:00 please.