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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology to sign an Agreement between the County of Monterey, San Benito County, and Santa Cruz County for the extension and upgrade of the existing Monterey Bay Area Microwave System into San Benito County and the continued operations and maintenance responsibilities of the system between the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito County retroactive to October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2018; and
b. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology or her designee to serve as the County's representative on the Monterey Bay Area Microwave System Governance Committee and to assign staff to participate on the Monterey Bay Area Microwave System Technical Committee as needed.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology to sign an Agreement between the County of Monterey, San Benito County, and Santa Cruz County for the extension and upgrade of the existing Monterey Bay Area Microwave System into San Benito County and the continued operations and maintenance responsibilities of the system between the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito County retroactive to October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2018; and
b. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology or her designee to serve as the County's representative on the Monterey Bay Area Microwave System Governance Committee and to assign staff to participate on the Monterey Bay Area Microwave System Technical Committee as needed.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In August of 2006 the County of Monterey, Board of Supervisors approved Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of Monterey, County of Santa Cruz, County of Santa Clara, and County of San Benito for the construction, implementation, operation, and maintenance of a Tri-County Microwave Radio Communications Project. The funding for this project was through the Department of Homeland Security and Ur...
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