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A CAR -TO -CAR BASIS SO WE ARE PRESENTLY LIMITED TO 10 TO 12 MILES TRANS- <br />MISSION. IN THEIR RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM, THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT BY <br />REPAIRING THE PRESENT EQUIPMENT FOR ABOUT $15,000, RECEPTION BETWEEN THE <br />BASE AND THE VEHICLES WOULD BE IMPRvVED, BUT NOT VEHICLE -TO -VEHICLE, WHICH <br />IS THE BIGGEST NEED. MR. MCKENNA INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE CON- <br />SULTED THREE RADIO ENGINEERS FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND THEY ALL HAVE <br />COME UP WITH THE SAME RECOMMENDATION - A REPEATER SYSTEM. WITH -HIS KIND <br />OF SYSTEM WE WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED VEHICLE -'TO -VEHICLE COM- <br />MUNICATION, BUT WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT <br />THERE IS A COMMERCIAL OPERATION IN USE IN THE COUNTY WHERE WE COULD RENT <br />SERVICE ON A REPEATER SYSTEM, BUT WE WOULD, -IN EFFECT, BE ON 'A PARTY -LINE <br />AND BUILDING OUR OWN SYSTEM WOULD SEEM TO BE THE BEST COURSE TO FOLLOW. <br />MR. MCKENNA THEN PRESENTED A MAP SHOWING A LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED TOWER <br />AND ANTENNA ON COUNTY -OWNED PROPERTY WEST ON KINGS HIGHWAY AND CITRUS <br />ROAD AND STATED THAT THE RADIO MEN FEEL THIS LOCATION WOULD ADEQUATELY <br />COVER THE COUNTY EVEN OUT TO BLUE CYPRESS. THE REPEATER WOULD PF HOUSED <br />IN A SMALL BUILDING AT THE FONT OF THE TOWER AND WOULD BE FENCED FOR SE- <br />CURITY PURPOSES, <br />MC. MCKENNA STATED THAT THEY ALSO RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF ALL <br />MOBILE UNITS AS THEY ARE OLD AND OF A VARIETY OF TYPES; THESE WOULD BE RE - <br />.PLACED WITH THE COMPANY THAT RECEIVED THE BID FOR THE REPEATER. THERE <br />WOULD BE~A CONTROL CENTER AT THE ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE IN THE COURTHOUSE <br />AND ANOTHER CONTROL CENTER AT THE COUNTY GARAGE, AND THIS SYSTEM IS ADAPT- <br />ABLE TO ADDITIONAL CONTROL CENTERS. HE ALSO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY <br />HAVE APPLIED TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL TO USE OUR PRESENT FREQUENCY AND <br />HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL BASED UPON OUR GETTING THE PERMITS WITHIN A CERTAIN <br />PERIOD. HE NOTED THEY. HAVE APPLIED FOR THREE LICENSES FROM THE F.C.C. <br />BECAUSE IF WE GO AHEAD, WE WILL NEED THEM, AND IF WE DON'T WE CAN LET <br />THEM LAPSE. <br />MR. MCKENNA REPORTED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE OF APPROXI - <br />$35,000, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE TOWER, THE REPEATER, REPLACEMENT <br />OF 17 MOBILE UNITS, AND INSTALLATION. HE STATED THAT THERE IS PRESENTLY <br />$15,000 IN THE BUDGET SO ANOTHER $20,000 WOULD BE NEEDED. <br />W. <br />0 <br />APR201977 ?9 22 <br />