Title
Staff Report for a Resolution Accepting the Work for the Fiber Conduit for Broadband Network Project, Project No. 2013.0320
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council accept the work and authorize the City Manager to file the Notice of Completion, release the performance and payment bonds, and release the maintenance bond upon successful completion of the one-year maintenance period.
BACKGROUND
In partnership with Lit San Leandro and to promote business growth in the local area, high speed communication infrastructure was expanded into underserved industrial areas of the City, primarily the Adams Tract, Catalina/Farallon area, and the southern Alvarado corridor. The City received grant funding from the United States Economic Development Agency (EDA) for the installation of communication conduits.
The project expanded the City's communications network capability by installing approximately eight and a half miles of conduit ready to receive fiber optic cables. The City's fiber optic conduit network now exceeds 26 miles (see attached map).
A favorable bidding environment allowed this project to be completed under budget and add additional conduit alignments into the project scope. A contract change order enabled an increase from 7.5 to 8.5 miles of installed conduit and at completion, the project remained under budget. Remaining grant funds will be used in a subsequent project to further increase the fiber optic conduit network.
In addition to promoting growth and creating jobs in the industrial sector, the extensive conduit network infrastructure also provides the opportunity for schools, the community and businesses throughout the city to easily and readily connect to high speed internet communication service. The planning, investment and effort placed in building the network is second to none in similar communities in and beyond the San Francisco Bay Area and provides the potential for citizen...
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