Title
Authorization to Enter into License with Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC, dba Verizon Wireless for Public Safety Communications Purposes (Ordinance S-46479)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a license with Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC, dba Verizon Wireless to install upgraded wireless infrastructure to provide capacity and coverage for public safety communications purposes at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located at 2425 W. Lower Buckeye Road.
Report
Summary
The wireless site will be used to provide capacity and coverage for multi-agency groups while working on large events, such as the Super Bowl, and managing weather-related emergencies. This site will provide coverage solely for public safety purposes, and not for the general public. Verizon worked with the Information Technology Services Department, Fire Department Technical Services, and EOC managers to complete the site's design.
Verizon will obtain access through the building by escort only. Verizon will utilize the EOC's electricity to power the equipment. The term of the license is five years with one, five-year option to renew. The license may contain other terms and conditions deemed necessary by the City. This is a no-cost license.
Contract Term
The contract term is five years with one, five-year option to renew.
Location
2425 W. Lower Buckeye Road
Council District: 7
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr., the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and the Finance Department.