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Ili <br />BOOK 97 FnF .345 <br />PUBLIC HEARING - BEAZER HOMES' REQUEST FOR CONCEPTUAL <br />PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE <br />Chairman Adams announced that this public hearing would be <br />held immediately following the departmental matters so that staff <br />may return to their work. <br />FIBER OPTIC CABLE LINK <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 2/13/96: <br />DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 1996 <br />TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THRU: JAMES E. CHANDLER <br />COUNTY ADM NISTRATOR <br />FROM: H.T. "SONNY" DEAN, DIRECTO <br />DEPARTMENT OF GENERALS VI S <br />DOUG WRIGHT, DIRECTOR <br />DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES <br />SUBJECT: FIBER OPTIC CABLE LINK <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On Tuesday, Dem 19, 1995, the Board approved purchase and installation of a 800 MHZ Radio <br />System for Indian River County. Included in that approval was the purchase and installation of a <br />Fiber Optic cable to link the north and south towers to operate the radio system. <br />In order to maintain a schedule to meet the requirements for the proposed radio system, it is <br />imperative that preliminary work be initiated immediately. Primarily this work should consist O <br />engineering and surveying for installation of the main fiber optic cable run between the north and <br />south towers. At the same time, data from prospective users of this link is required to determine, the <br />number of fibers this cable should contain. <br />In researching the various alternatives for connectivity of the north and south towers, data as to <br />estimated cost in preparation of a line item budget for the fiber optic cable was provided by various <br />contractors associated with this type project. Staff, using all available resources; attempted to <br />provide the most accurate budget possible due to the expense and sophisticated nature of this project. <br />A budget up to $677,545 to install a 24 -fiber cable was submitted and approved by the Board with <br />aline item of $25,500 for surveying engineering. Staff intends to make every effort to obtain a fiber <br />optic system for less than the budgeted amount. <br />Radio and tower equipment has already been ordered for installation of the proposed system. The <br />vendors and installers have informed. us they expect to have the towers and some of the equipment <br />ready for testing in early spring of this year. They indicated the fiber optic cable should be in place <br />at that time to begin testing parts of that system. Cable installation contractors have given us a time <br />schedule of two - three months to complete the specified job. <br />24 <br />FEBRUARY 20, 1996 <br />