File #: 12-558    Name: Mt Toro Grounding Project
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 6/12/2012 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/26/2012 Final action: 6/26/2012
Title: a. Approve the Plans and Specifications for the Mount Toro Grounding Project No. 5108, Bid Package No. 10360, b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to advertise the Notice to Contractors in The Californian, and c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller’s Office to incorporate approved appropriations and estimated revenue modifications to the FY 2011-12 Budget and the County Administrative Office to reflect these approved changes in the FY 2012-13 Adopted Budget.
Attachments: 1. Project Budget, 2. Project Map, 3. 4 Notice to Contractors_Final, 4. Bid #10360_Plans & Specifications, 5. Completed Board Order
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a. Approve the Plans and Specifications for the Mount Toro Grounding Project No. 5108, Bid Package No. 10360,
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to advertise the Notice to Contractors in The Californian, and
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller’s Office to incorporate approved appropriations and estimated revenue modifications to the FY 2011-12 Budget and the County Administrative Office to reflect these approved changes in the FY 2012-13 Adopted Budget.

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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:

a. Approve the Plans and Specifications for the Mount Toro Grounding Project No. 5108, Bid Package No. 10360,
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to advertise the Notice to Contractors in The Californian, and
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller’s Office to incorporate approved appropriations and estimated revenue modifications to the FY 2011-12 Budget and the County Administrative Office to reflect these approved changes in the FY 2012-13 Adopted Budget.

SUMMARY:
The approval of the Plans and Specifications authorizes the Contracts/Purchasing on behalf of Information Technology Department (ITD) to proceed with advertising the Mount Toro Grounding Project No. 5108, Bid Package No. 10360. The bid opening is set for Friday, July 23, 2012, at2:30 p.m., in the Board of Supervisors’ Conference Room, located at the Government Center, 168 West Alisal Street, 1st Floor, Salinas, California. The Director of ITD plans to seek Board authorization to award a grounding contract in August 2012, with project completion scheduled for September 2012.
DISCUSSION:
The County Board of Supervisors approved the lease and construction of the Mount Toro radio communications site and tower which is located at 20600 Corral De Cielo, in Salinas in 1990. Since 1990, the ITD-Radio Communications Division has managed the site in support of the critical radio, telecommunications, and network needs of the county, public safety, federal, ...

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