TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Sanford Taylor, IT Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Tim Birthisel, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 18-0158 Awarding a Professional Design Services Agreement for $263,272 to B&J HBK, Inc. for the Fiber-to-the-Premises Pilot Network Project and Appropriate $290,000 from the General Fund for the Project (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
a) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 18-0158
b) APPROPRIATE FUNDS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:ody
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Resolution No. 18-0158 (Attachment):
* Awarding a Professional Design Services Agreement for $263,272 to B&J HBK, Inc. for the Fiber-to-the-Premises Pilot Network Project and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Agreement (Attachment);
* Authorizing an additional contingency of $26,728 for unforeseen expenses; and
* Appropriating $290,000 from the General Fund for the Project.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funding for this project, totaling $290,000, is available through an appropriation from the General Fund. These funds will be drawn from the Unreserved Fund Balance.
BACKGROUND:
The concept of Manhattan Beach undertaking a broadband initiative was originally discussed on March 1, 2016, when City Council directed staff to return with a presentation on the benefits of constructing a municipal fiber network. A subsequent presentation was made on April 19, 2016 about municipal broadband concepts and corresponding smart city initiatives that could be implemented. On June 6, 2017, City Council awarded a contract to Magellan Advisors to develop a Fiber Master Plan for the City that would evaluate the feasibility of becoming a municipal broadband provider city wide, often referred to as Fiber-to-the Premises (FTTP). That Master Plan was presented to City Council on October 9, 2018.
The...
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