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W DATE: September 26, 1996 TO: Honorable Board of County Commissioners THRU: James E. Chandler County Administrator FROM: H.T. "SonrV' Dean, Director,. Department of General Services SUBJECT: Underground Fiber Optic Cable Damage Prevention BACKGROUND: With approximately seventeen miles of underground fiber optic cable installed by the County, it will be necessary to setup a formal notification locating system for underground utility contractors to use when they are working in an area of the County owned cable. A telephone number for notification will be required on permanently installed markers along the entire route of the underground cable to alert contacts by a underground cable and provide a means of notification. The Florida Legislature created the "Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act" to provide a State wide system of notification to protect underground utility owners when construction is about to take place within their area of concem. The contractor is provided a "800" telephone number to call and -have endangered underground utilities located prior to construction in that particular area. - To participate in this program, utility owners must submit application to "Sunshine State One Call of Florida" and provide a County grid map with indication of Sections and Townships where their underground utilities pass through The owner must also provide a resource for "Sunshine State One Call' to notify for location of the underground utility when requested The owner himself can do the locating or can subcontract to a bonded company that specializes in this type work and will be responsible for locating the underground utility. The accessed cost per notification to the owner is $.85. ANALYSIS: Indian River County does not have the personnel nor equipment for location identification of the new fiber optic cable after installation is complete. Therefore it is necessary for us to contract with a company that specializes in this type work. Staff has been in contact with "NOCUTS" a subsidiary of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, that performs underground utility location work in this County. Being familiar with the County they have knowledge of the infrastructure which would be an asset to both parties. "NOCUTS" has a price of $19.70 per locate. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that contracts be entered into with both "Sunshine State One Call of Florida" and "NOCUTS" for notification and location of our underground fiber optic cable network These two entities will be used only when necessary due to underground construction in the area of our cables. It is also requested the Board Chairman be authorized to execute the applicable contracts. OCTOBER 8, 1996 33 „ a Wa 9 FA € R