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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 3, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-204 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.K. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Uchenna Udemezue <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement with <br />Kier & Wright Civil Engineers and Surveyors , Inc. for the Fiber Conduit for <br />Broadband Project, Project No. 2013.0320 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends approval of a Consulting Services Agreement with Kier & Wright Civil <br />Engineers and Surveyors, Inc. in the amount of $66,469 for the preparation of planimetric <br />survey documents for the Fiber Conduit for Broadband Project. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of San Leandro received a $2.1 million grant from United States Economic <br />Development Administration (EDA) for the expansion of San Leandro's fiber optic network (Lit <br />San Leandro). The project will provide seven miles of underground conduit and splice boxes, <br />ready for future fiber optic cable installation. <br />The system expansion includes: <br />·Doolittle Drive from Davis Street to the Oakland border and around the Adams <br />industrial area. This expansion will provide connectivity to under-served industrial areas <br />of San Leandro and facilitate potential regional connections to the City and Port of <br />Oakland <br />·Marina Boulevard from Doolittle Drive to Monarch Bay Drive and then via Fairway Drive <br />back to Doolittle Drive and through the Catalina industrial area. These segments will <br />provide connectivity to San Leandro’s shoreline , enhancing the City’s ability to attract <br />premium, high-tech tenants for the future office development at this location <br />·Through the Alvarado/Teagarden industrial area . This expansion will ensure that the Lit <br />San Leandro network is accessible to over a hundred businesses in the area that <br />presently suffer from a lack of adequate broadband options <br />Analysis <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/29/2013