Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP TI16-072 and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all necessary documents to enter into a contract, including any necessary amendments, with The Broadband Group, of Las Vegas, NV, for Citywide Fiber Network implementation planning, in an amount not to exceed $320,000, for a period of one year, with the option to extend for an additional one-year period, provided that the amount is not exceeded, at the discretion of the City Manager.  (Citywide)
Let's move forward with item number 20. Or number 19. This report from Technology and Innovation Recommendation to enter into a contract with the broadband group for citywide fiber network implementation planning in an amount not to exceed 320,000 citywide. Thank you. Let's hear from city staff. This item was pulled off the consent calendar. So we'll have a quick report from our interim director, Lee Erickson. Good evening, mayor and members of council. I'm actually going to turn this over to our Infrastructure Services Bureau manager Case and Lee for the Staff Report. Thank you. Members of the City Council before use a recommendation to authorize the city manager to execute a contract with the broadband group for citywide fiber network implementation. Planning in a mountain not to exceed $320,000 to provide some background is in September 2016, the broadband group was awarded a contract to develop a fiber optic master plan. By November 2017. The broadband group completed the Fiber Network Assessment and the Technology and Innovation Department sent City Council a high level assessment and recommendation to implement a citywide fiber network to interconnect city buildings. In December 2017, Technology and Innovation Department in Financial Management presented the critical technology infrastructure needs, which included this fiber network recommendation. At this time, Ted is recommending engaging the broadband group to assist with evaluating the most efficient implementation approaches for the fiber network, including coordinating plans with city departments and utilities, and evaluating opportunities for public private partnerships through development and issuance of a request for information. As specified in the 2016 RFP and contract. Additional services may be requested by the city, including one implementing any part of the proposed fiber plan and to assisting the city with development of public private partnerships. The source of the fiber network implementation planning cost of $320,000 is the General Services Fund budget, which is funded from charges to user departments. With that, I conclude my report and am happy to take any questions. Thank you, Councilwoman Gonzalez. Thank you. QUESTION And thank you, Lee. I appreciate the staff report. And this is such a big deal. We're excited it's moving forward. I just wanted to pull this off just to make sure that we just included our service providers such as Charter and Frontier. I know that they've been with us for some time and discussing this. They're also very excited. So I just wanted to make sure that we had that report and that we had, you know, some transparency in that process and it looks like we do so. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any public comment on this item? Seeing no members, please cast your vote.