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RD, <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />ILy, I=1!,M:7_1I!IBill LTA <br />TO: Jason Brown, County Administrator <br />FROM: Dan Russell, Information Technology Director <br />SUBJECT: NexusWorx - Fiber Documentation System — Project Phase -3 <br />DATE: November 3, 2021 <br />BACKGROUND <br />Indian River County Information Systems & Telecommunications Division has deployed a <br />municipal fiber optic infrastructure mapping and record keeping system for all IRC Outside Plant <br />(OSP), and IRC Inside Plant (ISP) fiber optic network assets. Two phases of the IRC fiber optic <br />network mapping system known as `NexusWorx' have to date, been approved by the IRC Board <br />of County Commissioners. Phases 1 and 2 have been completed. <br />The NexusWorx application is a product of Byers Engineering Inc., who also manages the <br />mirrored web -portal sites that support this application. The database, records, and all collected <br />OSP and ISP information, is the property of Indian River County BOCC. <br />NexusWorx project Phase 3 is the final step to complete documenting the IRC municipal fiber <br />optic network grid. Phase 3 of the NexusWorx project will document a geographical area north of <br />20th Street in Vero Beach extend ng north to the Indian River County line. In the east / west <br />coverage area, NexusWorx Phase -3 will ra,-ige from US Highway Al on the east perimeter, and <br />extending west, to include the City of Fellsmere, at its western perimeter. <br />ANALYSIS <br />As with the NexusWorx Phase 1 and Phase 2 project segments, the scope of work will be two <br />tiered. Byers Engineering Inc. will develop the OSP project scope of work, and provide it to <br />Gerelcom Inc., who will fully document all IRC fiber connections contained within IRC fiber optic <br />splices and fiber optic patch panels. Byers Engineering Inc. personnel will collect and document <br />all of the ISP fiber information. Byers Engineering Inc. will compile and enter all of the data <br />collected in the NexusWorx Project Phase 3 scope of work area, into the NexusWorx web -portal, <br />for daily use and administration by IRC personnel. <br />Phase -3 of the NexusWorx fiber documentation project entails the collection of all IRC field fiber <br />optic network grid data, within the specified coverage area of the project, by Byers Engineering <br />Inc. to include all of the following: <br />