Report Prepared by: Nathalie Valenzuela, Temp Administrative Analyst I, Information Technology
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SUBJECT: Approval of a Zero Dollar In-Kind Telecommunications Conduit Trade Agreement Between CVIN, LLC D.B.A. Vast Networks and the City of Merced for a Duration of Fifteen (15) Years
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers approving the In-kind Telecommunication Conduit Trade Agreement between CVIN, LLC D.B.A. Vast Networks and the City of Merced conduit for a duration of Fifteen (15) years.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Approving the in-kind trade lease agreement with CVIN, LLC dba VAST NETWORKS; and,
B. Authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff or;
2. Deny or;
3. Refer to staff for reconsideration of specific items.
AUTHORITY
Merced City Charter, Section 200.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2024-25 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION
In August and November of 2019, Council approved two lease agreements between CVIN and the City for a lease and in-kind trade agreement of telecommunications conduit. One of the agreements provided CVIN access to 50 feet of under-utilized conduit near Bob Hart Square to connect the Mondo building, owned by Merced County Office of Education, to their educational network. The other agreement traded access to City conduit in exchange for access to CVIN conduit on Olive Avenue between R Street and Highway 59. The Olive Avenue telecommunications conduit will be utilized for a signal light traffic synchronization project approved by Council last year.
CVIN approached the City in the summer of 2024 about new construction they have planned for telecommunications infrastructure to connect the downtown UC Merced Campus building and the Merced College Business Resource Center building. CVIN knows the City wants to have a direct fiber optics telecommunications circuit to UC Merced for public safety needs with the recent annexation. The...
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