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<br />~ <br />---A~ HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />December 10, 2007 <br /> <br />CC Agenda Item 4.B <br /> <br />TO: Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />FROM: James Lehnhoff, City Planner ij <br />Sue Iverson, Finance Director <br />Noah Simon, Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Smart Boards Purchase <br /> <br />ReQuest <br /> <br />Motion to Approve the Purchase of Smart Boards and a Maintenance Plan from Tierney <br />Brothers, Inc for an Amount Not to Exceed $16,468.23 from the Cable Fund <br /> <br />Backl!:round <br /> <br />Staff is recommending the purchase of two "smart board" products for use at City Hall. <br />Informational sheets explaining each ofthe products is attached; however, a smart board is an <br />interactive computer screen that allows a person to "write/draw" on and interact with programs <br />displayed on a computer screen. For example, during a Planning Commission meeting, the plans <br />for a development could be displayed on the big screen TV (a rear projection smart board), and a <br />person could draw on the screen to show changes on the plan or to illustrate an idea or comment. <br />Or, during the budgeting process, the screen could be used to show budget numbers and interact <br />with them on a large spreadsheet on the computer screen. Staff anticipates many different types <br />of uses for all departments. <br /> <br />There are a number of different types of smart board products, and Staff is recommending two <br />specific types for use at City Hall. The first product is a rolling interactive big screen rear <br />projection TV and the other is a stationary smart board for use at the computer desk in the <br />Council Chambers. <br /> <br />Rear Projection SMART Board 2000i <br /> <br />The rear projection screen would connect to the City's existing computer system and network. <br />The screen is mounted on a rolling cart and could be used in any City Hall room (the elevator is <br />large enough to move it up and down between floors). The screen comes with electronic pens <br /> <br />\\Metro-inet.us\ardenhillslAdmin\Technology\Smart Board\121007 - CC Report - Smartboard.doc <br />Page 1 00 <br />