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BURBANK -- Prone to interference, the aging radio system serving Bob
Hope Airport will be replaced with a $900,420 digital system
compatible with radios in place in Burbank, Glendale and Los Angeles.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority approved the new
system Monday. The current system -- wide-band analog very high
frequency or VHF -- is about 30 years old, overburdened and not
compatible with neighboring cities, officials said.
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d. AIRPORT RADIO FREQUENCIES ACQUISITION AND SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION UPGRADE – Staff engaged a radio consultant to
perform a needs analysis and provide recommendations concerning the
Authority's radio system. The Authority's current radio system is a
wideband analog very high frequency ("VHF") system. The radio
consultant has concluded that because of the system's susceptibility
to interference and its lack of interoperability, the present system
should be replaced.
The radio consultant has recommended a long-term solution consisting
of replacement of the existing system with an Authority-owned
conventional (non-trunked) digital ultra
high frequency ("UHF") radio system utilizing three (3) UHF T-Band,
exclusive-use frequencies and equipment consisting of antennas and
repeaters, dispatch console, portable and mobile radios, and control
stations. The frequencies must be purchased through brokers in an
extremely volatile market. Because of the nature of this market, a
precise estimate of the cost of the frequencies is not possible. The
system and end-user equipment is estimated to cost $900,420. In
addition to the frequencies and hardware, the radio consultant also
recommends that a radio consultant be engaged to assist in the
process of acquisition and licensing of the frequencies, system
design and deployment management. Such consulting services are
estimated to cost $50,000.
This project is included in the FY 2005–2006 budget with a
placeholder amount of $1,500,000 and will be funded from a
combination of Airport Capital Improvement accounts, Passenger
Facility Charges ("PFC") and public safety grant
funds. At the July 5, 2005, meeting of the Operations & Development
Committee, the Committee voted unanimously (3–0) to recommend to the
full Authority that it authorize Staff to:
(1) further engage the radio consultant to assist in the
identification, negotiation and acquisition of the UHF frequencies,
system design and deployment management of the
new digital radio system in an amount not to exceed $50,000; (2)
begin the procurement process for three new UHF T-Band frequencies
in order to build an exclusive-use digital
narrowband radio communications system; (3) purchase the collateral
hardware, including repeaters, antennas, dispatch console, portable
radios, mobile radios, and control stations; and (4) seek
reimbursement for the purchase of 21 Motorola mobile
radios compatible with the City of Burbank's radio system to
maintain status quo communications between the Airport Police
Department and the City of Burbank's Police Department. The
reimbursement for the purchase of these
radios will be secured through a Department of Homeland Security
Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant.
BURBANK -- Prone to interference, the aging radio system serving Bob
Hope Airport will be replaced with a $900,420 digital system
compatible with radios in place in Burbank, Glendale and Los Angeles.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority approved the new
system Monday. The current system -- wide-band analog very high
frequency or VHF -- is about 30 years old, overburdened and not
compatible with neighboring cities, officials said.
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from the docket
d. AIRPORT RADIO FREQUENCIES ACQUISITION AND SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION UPGRADE – Staff engaged a radio consultant to
perform a needs analysis and provide recommendations concerning the
Authority's radio system. The Authority's current radio system is a
wideband analog very high frequency ("VHF") system. The radio
consultant has concluded that because of the system's susceptibility
to interference and its lack of interoperability, the present system
should be replaced.
The radio consultant has recommended a long-term solution consisting
of replacement of the existing system with an Authority-owned
conventional (non-trunked) digital ultra
high frequency ("UHF") radio system utilizing three (3) UHF T-Band,
exclusive-use frequencies and equipment consisting of antennas and
repeaters, dispatch console, portable and mobile radios, and control
stations. The frequencies must be purchased through brokers in an
extremely volatile market. Because of the nature of this market, a
precise estimate of the cost of the frequencies is not possible. The
system and end-user equipment is estimated to cost $900,420. In
addition to the frequencies and hardware, the radio consultant also
recommends that a radio consultant be engaged to assist in the
process of acquisition and licensing of the frequencies, system
design and deployment management. Such consulting services are
estimated to cost $50,000.
This project is included in the FY 2005–2006 budget with a
placeholder amount of $1,500,000 and will be funded from a
combination of Airport Capital Improvement accounts, Passenger
Facility Charges ("PFC") and public safety grant
funds. At the July 5, 2005, meeting of the Operations & Development
Committee, the Committee voted unanimously (3–0) to recommend to the
full Authority that it authorize Staff to:
(1) further engage the radio consultant to assist in the
identification, negotiation and acquisition of the UHF frequencies,
system design and deployment management of the
new digital radio system in an amount not to exceed $50,000; (2)
begin the procurement process for three new UHF T-Band frequencies
in order to build an exclusive-use digital
narrowband radio communications system; (3) purchase the collateral
hardware, including repeaters, antennas, dispatch console, portable
radios, mobile radios, and control stations; and (4) seek
reimbursement for the purchase of 21 Motorola mobile
radios compatible with the City of Burbank's radio system to
maintain status quo communications between the Airport Police
Department and the City of Burbank's Police Department. The
reimbursement for the purchase of these
radios will be secured through a Department of Homeland Security
Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant.
