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Consider recommendations regarding County Telephone and Data Communications Microwave System Installation, Award Contract, as follows: (4/5 Vote required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Contract with Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 (not a local vendor) in an amount not to exceed $159,285.00, to upgrade the County Microwave System; including the installation, maintenance, software, and training to expand microwave services for County departments;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request (BRR) No. 0003592 transferring $70,000.00 from the Community Services Department, Parks Division and $89,285.00 from the General Services Department/Communications Fund 1919 Retained Earnings to General Services/Communications Fund 1919 Capital Assets, for a total transfer of $159,285.00; and
c) Determine that the proposed project is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, as it involves the operation and maintenance of County equipment that will result in no or negligible expansion of existing use and direct staff to file an Notice of Exemption on that basis.