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File Number: 19-402 <br />121-7410 <br />Staff also recommends that the City Council review the City Manager’s proposed administrative <br />policy regarding City Departments’ cameras. The policy, the key facets of which were previously <br />presented to the Facilities and Transportation Committee, is intended to standardize procedures <br />for use of cameras and handling of camera footage, while providing increased consistency and <br />transparency. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of San Leandro’s Traffic Division in the Engineering and Transportation Department <br />maintains an inventory of cameras used in normal day-to-day traffic operations. These <br />observation cameras are typically mounted on traffic poles and provide a real-time view of traffic <br />conditions. <br />The observation cameras are located at locations throughout the City. Staff recommends these <br />cameras should be upgraded to provide higher resolution images and better-quality video. <br />Analysis <br />Staff recognizes a need to upgrade current traffic observation cameras. The current cameras are <br />pan-tilt-zoom (“PTZ”) cameras that can be manipulated by staff to get views of an entire <br />intersection. The cameras are located at the following intersections: <br />·Bancroft Ave & Estudillo Ave <br />·Davis St & Orchard Ave <br />·Davis St & San Leandro Blvd <br />·E 14th St & Davis St & Callan Ave <br />·Hesperian Blvd & Springlake Dr <br />·E 14th St & San Leandro Blvd <br />·E 14th St & Hesperian Blvd & Bancroft Ave* <br />·Marina Blvd & Teagarden St* <br />·Marina Blvd & Merced St* <br />·Hesperian Blvd & Halcyon Dr & Fairmont Dr* <br />·Washington Ave & Springlake Dr & Heather Glenn Ln* <br />These cameras are intended for connection to City fiber so that video can be transmitted and <br />saved to a central City location. However, five locations (denoted by * in the list above) are not <br />connected to City fiber and rely on an analog-to-digital converter. The video quality from the <br />cameras at these locations is of low quality. <br />Staff identified a camera model that provides four discrete views (one in each direction) that is <br />designed specifically for intersections. Staff recommends upgrading the PTZ cameras to <br />standardize the City’s cameras to the model and type recommended herein. In addition, Staff <br />recommends pulling fiber to the currently unserved camera locations to facilitate transmission of <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/9/2019 <br />426