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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 10-27-14 <br /> Item No.: 7.h <br />___________________________________________________________________________________ <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />Item Description: Approve Installation of Fiber Optic Communication Line to Rosebrook and <br />Lexington Park Shelters <br />____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />1 <br />BACKGROUND <br />2 <br />At the City Council meeting of August 11, 2014 city staff presented options for connecting the 6 new <br />3 <br />park shelter buildings to communication lines that are required for building security and access control <br />4 <br />and provisioning of open Wi-Fi Internet access for visitors and guests to these facilities <br />5 <br />6 <br />The options presented included the extension of the city fiber network to the building or to subscribe to <br />7 <br />services from existing telecommunication providers, specifically Comcast Business Class Internet. Cost <br />8 <br />estimates were provided for both options. Based on the discussion of the costs, staff was directed to <br />9 <br />utilize Comcast for the buildings at Sandcastle, Villa Park, Autumn Grove and Oasis parks. The City <br />10 <br />Council also directed staff to seek construction proposals for extending the existing city fiber network <br />11 <br />to Lexington Park and Rosebrook Park. <br />12 <br />13 <br />Proposals for the fiber extension were received from 4 local contractors that specialize in installation of <br />14 <br />fiber optic systems. The results of the proposals are as follows: <br />15 <br />16 <br />LEXINGTONPARK <br />Arvig$45,414.19 <br />UndergroundPiercing/Zayo$55,088.61 <br />DellComm$55,650.00 <br />ParallelTechnologies$71,463.78 <br />ROSEBROOKPARK <br />Arvig$29,386.19 <br />ParallelTechnologies$31,835.62 <br />DellComm$32,160.00 <br />1 <br />$15,850.00 <br />UndergroundPiercing/Zayo <br />1 <br />Incomplete(NoresponsefromZayo) <br />17 <br />18 <br />The proposal from Underground Piercing/Zayo for Rosebrook Park is incomplete as it is missing the <br />19 <br />installation of the fiber and splicing required from Zayo. Underground Piercing provides installation of <br />20 <br />the conduit and communication vaults but does not install fiber. Zayo had not returned a response for the <br />21 <br />fiber component of the project. The proposals from the other contractors include a splicing charge from <br />22 <br />12 <br />Page of <br />