Title
Community Broadband Network Update; Award of Services Agreement No. AGR11-3778 For The Initiation And Phase 1 Work In Proposal For A Design And Business Plan Of A Community Broadband Network In Los Alamos County Under Statewide Pricing Agreement SPD-80-361-00697 To Crestino For Design And Consulting Services In The Amount Of $511,690, Plus GRT; And Approval Of Budget Revision 2011-42.
Suggested Motion
I move that Council award Services Agreement No. AGR11-3778 to Crestino for design and consulting services in the amount of $511,690 plus GRT and hereby authorize the County Administrator to execute the attached agreement; and approve Budget Revision No. 2011-42 in the amount of $573,500 from Major Network Maintenance to Community Broadband Network.
Administrator's Recommendation
The Acting County Administrator recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
During the August 3rd, 2010 Council Meeting, Council endorsed the scope of the Community Broadband Network Study as identified by the deliverables and business plan model sections of the staff report and directed staff to consider this a Phase 2 conceptual design study.
In accordance with the Council direction, the previous Network Expansion capital improvement project has been renamed the Community Broadband Network project and the purpose of the project is to provide open and advanced broadband communications access to all Los Alamos County citizens and institutions.
The scope of the Community Broadband Network is as follows:
1. Develop a plan to provide open and advanced broadband communications access to all Los Alamos citizens and institutions.
2. This purpose will be accomplished through building a fiber to the premise (FTTP) network.
3. The general concept of the fiber backbone as defined in the previous Network Expansion study project will be accepted and used and that work will not be re-performed.
4. New conceptual design work will start with the ...
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