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Home My WebLink AboutR-92-0585c J-92-600 9/9/92 RESOLUTION NO. 9 2 "" 585 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FOUR (24) CELLULAR TELEPHONE UNITS, BATTERY SAVERS, BATTERY CHARGES, EXTRA BATTERIES, VOICE MAIL SERVICE AND AIRTIME FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, FROM THE CELLULAR ONE COMPANY, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM (NET) SERVICE CENTERS, SAID UNITS BEING DONATED TO THE CITY OF MIAMI NET PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATIONS. i+ WHEREAS, the Cellular One Company has expressed a desire to participate in the City of Miami NET Program by the donation of approximately twenty-four (24) cellular telephones, accessories, i' special features, voice mail service, and free airtime; and WHEREAS, the Cellular One Company has agreed to join the j, City of Miami in a pilot program to provide cellular communication service to the City's Neighborhood Enhancement Team " Service Centers; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami could use such services and equipment to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the NET Program; and WHEREAS, such donation and services provided under said program will be for a one-year period and at the end of said one- year, the City of Miami shall determine whether the program R should be maintained and, thereby, enter into competitive negotiations for continuation of airtime service; and WHEREAS, the Cellular One Company has agreed to make any reasonable adjustments to the pilot program to ensure program success; and WHEREAS, the Department of General Services Administration and Solid Waste has analyzed the proposal from Cellular One and :s deemed it to be advantageous to the City; and WHEREAS, said program is being implemented at no cost to the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, the cellular equipment and airtime charges will be i, utilized primarily by "NET" Administrators and Neighborhood Resource Officers; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami has an important role to play to f i ensure effective implementation, ongoing management, and accountability for the usage of equipment and airtime included in said pilot program; and WHEREAS, the City Manager accepted this equipment in order to facilitate in the City's efforts of providing disaster assistance and damage relief to the citizens of Miami, following the wrath of Hurricane Andrew; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated therein as if fully set forth in this Section. -2- 92- 585 Section 2. The action of the City Manager in accepting the donation of approximately twenty-four (24) cellular telephone units, battery savers, battery charges, extra batteries, voice mail service, and airtime for a one-year period from the Cellular One Company, for the Neighborhood Enhancement Team (NET) Service Centers is hereby ratified, said units being donated to the NET Program to enhance the efficiency of the level of communications. Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of Septegnber 1992. ATTWT MATTY HIRAI CITY CLERK PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: /.? A t "'7 CARMEN L. LEON ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ►ai, O.//..a .. ITYAT�O EYS, III CLL:be�:M3125 VIER L. ISUAREZ, MAYOR i �x IM15 92- 585 ■ 1 CITY OF MIAMI, FLOAIDA INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members DATE: n EP _ 1� 1992 FILE of the City Commission J L SUBJECT : Resolution Ratifying City Manager's acceptance of Donation FROM : Cesar H • Odi . REFERENCES: City Manager ENCLOSURES: RECOMMENDATION: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution ratifying the City Manager's acceptance of the donation of approximately 24 cellular telephones, accessories, special features, voice mail seririce, and free airtime from the Cellular One Company. BACKGROUND: The Department of General Services Administration and Solid Waste has analyzed the attached proposal from Cellular One and deemed it to be advantageous to the City. The Cellular One Company of South Florida has expressed a desire to participate in the City of Miami's Neighborhood Enhancement Team (NET) Program by donating approximately 24 cellular telephones, accessories, special features, voice. mail service, and free airtime to the City of Miami. The Cellular One Company has offered a similar program to other municipalities in South Florida to participate in helping to make South Florida a pleasant place to live and visit. All equipment -related items are an outright donation to the City for the NET Program. However, the airtime is only being offered free for a period of one (1) year. The City of Miami's NET Program could use the donation of such services and equipment to Enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of NET. Furthermore. the City of Miami will determine, at the end of 1 year, whether the pilot- program should be maintained and enter into competitive negotiations with local suppliers to select the most advantageous proposal for continuation of airtime service, taking into consideration the technical requirements, quality of service and costs. In order to facilitate in the City's efforts of providing disaster assistance and damage relief to the citizens of Miami, following the wrath of Hurricane Andrew, the City Manager accepted this donation. It is now respectfully requested that the City -Commission approve the attached Resolution ratifying the actions of the City Manager. 92- 585 R'1 p r' i�•i�i�1 � � l ilrrr�! - .r.�rr�e - Cellular One ]uty 25, 1992 Mg. Carlos F. Smith .Assistant City Manager City of M.fami 3500 Pan Amrri,can Drive M umt, Florida 33133 Dear ttr. . Smith: In response to our meeting of July 21, the following is an outline of a proposal to provide cdular communication service to the City's Neighborhood Enhancement Team Program. CEL[.LLLAk ONE will join with the City Of T'Liamt in a pilot program to provide cellular communication service to the City's Neighborhood Enhancemwnt Team satellite offices and staff. ?he duration of this inittab program wi[i be for one year beginning around September 92' . CELL LAA ONE will provide at no cost to the City, the use of twenty four cellular portable telephones, as well as two hundred complimentary minutes of use per month per phone, 7.n audition, CEt,LULoM ONE will provide accessory equipment as requtTed by the City, tncludtng battery saver, extra batteries, ancd battery chargers. The ceMu.lar equipment and atrtime charges wilt be utiltzed primarily by the "NET" administrators and Neighborhood Rasource offices to enhance the of f ici scy and effectiveness of the eleven neighborhood satdite offices. 1401 W. Commercial Blvd., Bay 280 r Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 Broward (305) 771-2112 r Fax (305) 351-6414 92- 585 Mx. C. Smith 7/2S/92 Page 2 Me City agrees to manage the program and assign staff to be a+ccountabte f or the use of the equipment and airtime included within this program. CrUUL R ONE will provide staff to service the equipment and to work, with the City to manage airtime useage. The City and CELLULAR. ONE agree to re-evafuate the picot program after one year of service to determine guidelines for any proposed continuation of the program. I believe that the above outline covers the pertinent points we discussed. 'If further information or ctari-fication of CELLULAR ONE'S participation is required please let me know. We took, forward to wolf ng with. the City of Miami in this project. Sinc "y, I)A7N :OLMVM General Manager, $coward & Patm $each Counties Vice President of External Affairs, Rerida Region I1]0: jm cc: E. £gave, General Manager, Dade County Cellular One C. Douglass, Corporate Accounts Manager Cellular One 8. Proby, Proby Be .Associates, M%ami, PL 92_ 585