Title
Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Multi-Year Lease Agreement with Mobile Communications, Inc. for the Radio Communication System at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.
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Department: Coliseum
Council District: District 1
Public Hearing: No
Advertising Date/By: No
Contact 1 and Phone: Matt Brown, 373-7406
Contact 2 and Phone: Mike Perdue, 373-7457
PURPOSE:
City Council is requested to approve a lease agreement between Mobile Communications Inc. and the Greensboro Coliseum Complex for hand-held two-way communication radios agreement, i.e. walkie-talkies. This lease agreement will modernize communications on the Coliseum campus by converting to digital radios that have a fully repeatable spectrum of division channels. The agreement includes all hand held radios, chargers, base station radios, antenna repeaters, maintenance of the system, FCC frequency licenses, etc. for complete and full operation of the communication system to service Coliseum staff and events.
All maintenance and repair of these hand held radios, base stations and other equipment is included in this lease agreement for the full 5-year term of this lease agreement.
BACKGROUND:
Under new FCC guidelines, support for the Coliseum's older analog hand-held radio system is being phased out from older radio-to-radio technology. Under this new lease agreement, the Coliseum Complex will be able to provide a complete new modern digital hand-held radio system that provides more reliable and longer distance communications for all frequencies on the Coliseum campus. The new system will be expandable to encompass services at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, under the Coliseum management, when it comes online in early 2020.
The technology to manage and oversee digital systems is more complex and a lease agreement was sought by the Coliseum Complex so that the system stays new, modern and in good repair while converting to digital long distance signal strength. Coliseu...
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