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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ADDENDUM NO. 1 TO AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND HDR ENGINEERING, INC. FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SCADA RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $103,108 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SAME WITH HDR ENGINEERING, INC BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI.
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Key Issues:
- The current SCADA communications system is in need of replacement as AT&T is providing a reduced level of support and reliability for the leased copper communication lines.
- The Water Utilities Department will spend nearly $450,000 this year on the leased copper lines.
- The Water Utilities Department is scheduled to move into the new facility this fall and AT&T has indicated it will not relocate the leased copper line service to the new facility.
- The Water Utilities Department engaged HDR Engineering, Inc to create a SCADA Master Plan which evaluated the future needs of our SCADA program as well as various methods of communications.
- HDR reviewed several possible options for communicating with the remote sites and determined that radio communications are the most cost effective and reliable way to provide this communication.
- The radio system will be augmented with fiber connections at the largest facilities to support the increased level of data and opportunity for expansion at those sites.
- This contract will fund the full design of the SCADA communications system as recommended in the SCADA Master Plan
Proposed City Council Motion:
FIRST MOTION: I move for a second reading of AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ADDENDUM NO. 1 TO AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND HDR ENGINEERING, INC. FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SCADA RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $103,108 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SAME WITH HDR ENGINEERING, INC BY AND ...
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