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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: DAVID G. HALL, Fire Chief September 17, 1991 SUBJECT: EQUIPMENT LEASE -PURCHASE AGREEMENT-- Date: 9/11/91 EXECUTED BY MOTOROLA COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS INC. BACKGROUND: On July 3, 1990, Colton City Manager EDMUND SOTELO signed a letter of intent for the City of Colton to participate in a Cooperative 800 mHz Communications Project with the County of San Bernardino. on August 13, 1990, the mayors of the cities of Colton, Loma Linda, Redlands, Rialto, and the San Bernardino County Consolidated Fire Agency, signed a Joint Powers Authority Agreement to establish a cooperative agency for the joint and mutual operation of a centralized fire communications agency : The intent of the JPA is to coordinate the use of public radio channels and to provide a centralized regional computer aided communications system. DISCUSSION: The County 800 mHz project began in 1985 when additional frequencies were needed by the Sheriff's Department because of increased traffic load on their communication system. Unable to obtain, from the Federal Communication Commission, the "high band" frequencies compatible with existing radios, the County decided to start a new radio system. This new 800 mHz system has the capacity to handle the communication needs of the entire county emergency response system. In 1988 the County Office of Management Services was created to manage the Sheriff's Department communications system and to provide a highly technical staff support network capable of providing, to the entire county, the expertise necessary to maintain the projected $37 million system. The attached lease purchase agreement will provide the Fire Department with a cost effective means of purchasing the required end user equipment necessary to access the County -wide system. Attachments: Page I of 2 Item No.- i