Recommendation to authorize the implementation of a Lit Services Pilot Program for the provision of internet services for a period of one year; and Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Lease Agreement with Famous Dave’s of America, Inc., of Minnetonka, MN, for the lease of Lit Services, in an annual amount of $11,988, billed monthly at the rate of $999 per month. (District 2)
Thank you. Item 25 Report from Technology and Innovation Recommendation to authorize the implementation of a lift services pilot program for the provision of Internet services for a period of one year, and to execute a lease agreement with famous Daves of America for the lease of lights lit lit services in an annual amount of $11,988. District two may have a staff report. Brian Stokes, our technology and innovation director. Vice mayor, members of the City Council in order for the city to provide possible Internet service function to local businesses. The Technology and Innovation Department is proposing a limited one year pilot program to provide broadband services are commonly known as lift services. This proposed lease agreement under the pilot program would provide these services to famous Dave's Long Beach. As the initial participant lists, services are including the provision and equipment installation, the management and support of all services that are required to provide high speed Internet access. These lift services will allow FEMA's Steve to receive the high speed Internet connectivity while sharing the same conduit as the city's municipal fiber. We are completely segregated. Segregated, and the city networks do not pose any risk for any type of security breach. Famous Dave's was primarily chosen for this because of their inability to obtain high speed Internet services from other providers. Also, the proximity of unused city fiber and a minimal cost for the city to configure it. Install the proper equipment on Fima Stephen's premises. With that, I'm open to any questions. Thank you for that. I wanted to ask just a basic question, but why don't major internet service providers provide service to that location? That is the Pike Circle. And there's a tremendous amount of enterprise going on there. So I'm a little surprised. Do we have an answer to that? That's that's a very good question you think would be very profitable. But we do not know why they do not, you know. Interesting. Okay. And then. Are there other pockets similar to this in the city? Yes, we are looking at other areas that could potentially benefit from a municipal run, fiber and connectivity. That's part of an assessment that we are taking. And as the infrastructure the city grows, it could be potential openings for other people to join in on this pilot. Okay. And sorry. I don't mean to appear startled. I'm just a little surprised that that that exists. But are there any assessments during the pilot phase of reassessing anything during this phase? Primarily for us. It's making sure that we have the capability to provide that type of service. We are bringing an additional capacity to our current broadband access and then we're bringing that over to them. So if it's something that we're able to maintain and that they can use efficiently, then that shows that it's been a successful initiation and something we would want to grow from there. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for that. And I wanted to mention and he's not here in the audience, but Mr. Schneider, Kurt Schneider, who's the owner of Famous Dave's. I'd like to thank him and his team for being as diligent as they had been in their efforts to get Internet service to their restaurant and hopefully eventually to the rest of Pike's Circle. It was quite a surprise for me and my staff to find out that. That was a black hole of sorts for connectivity. So Curt came to our office sometime ago and presented the lack of service and the great need to get it somehow soon. While I realize he was speaking specifically for his establishment, I do think opening up this issue to the light of day gives us an opportunity to make sure that the circle is served somehow, one way or another. They have done a tremendous amount to make that a much more attractive location for all of us in Long Beach and our visitors. And so I think working on getting connectivity is something that we should do. And I know you're working on it, and I want to thank our team that has continued to try to make this happen. And I'd like to applaud you for getting us to our current position. And I'm hopeful that the outcome of this pilot will be positive and that we're able to continue moving forward. I know that a couple of councilmembers have mentioned that there are similar pockets that they're aware of. And so it's a good direction for us to move and. Councilman Gonzales. I just want to say thank you as well to Brian and his team for staying on this. I know a lot of us have been prodding and asking you about what the next steps are, so I appreciate it. Do we have a map of the fiber that we have currently? I know there's been one kind of floating around, but I don't know that we have to have a formalized map at this point. We we do have a map of where Cityfibre is currently running. What we don't know or aren't able to yet to provide is what's really available, because we're not yet to the state where we could provide this services to other parts of the city. The primary map is mainly covering areas that we do service for our own public inter or our private internet such as police substations, the ECAC, other city facilities that we would want to grow on as part of that master fiber plan to expand and then decide, is this something that the city is capable of performing and moving into that arena in the future? Okay, great. Thank you for the clarification. All right. There's been a motion and a second. Is there any member of the public that wish to address council on 25? SINGH None. Members Cast your vote. Bass, man. Motion carries. Item 26 report from Water Commission and the Water Department recommendation to receive and file a report from the Long Beach Water Department regarding the excellent quality and safety of the drinking water in Long Beach Citywide.