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Item No: 7I <br />Meeting Date: June 12, 2006 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: ______ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Chief Nyle Zikmund, SBM Fire Chief <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6838, Resolution of Approving Proposals for <br />Technology and Electronics Package for SBM Fire Station <br />#3 <br /> <br />Background: <br />As a component of the Fire Department Capital Improvement Plan funded by the sale of <br />Capital Improvement Bonds sold on November 17th, 2005, a new fire station located at <br />11920 Ulysses Street was approved. The new station will consolidate/replace existing <br />stations three and five. A budget of $7,082,621 has been established for this portion of <br />the CIP plan. <br /> <br />The Blaine Council approved the letting of bids for construction portion of the project in <br />October and December of 2005. Construction of the station is underway with and <br />estimated completion date of July 31, 2006. <br /> <br />Quotations/proposals for technology and furniture were requested/sought by the Fire <br />Department Staff. Specifically items in this package include the following; driving <br />simulator, incident commander/emergency management simulator software, computer <br />equipment, and furniture. <br /> <br />I have prepared separate resolutions for all four items allowing council opportunity to <br />address each one on its own merits. <br /> <br />Proposals Received and Recommendations: <br />Based upon review of the quotations and proposals and meeting with the apparent low <br />proposal, we are making recommendations for award of the following contracts. <br /> <br />Driving Simulator: <br />L-3 Communications $165,000 <br /> <br />L-3 Communications has developed and produced a state of the art programmable <br />driving simulator. They are the only vendor currently manufacturing this technology. <br />L-3 is a publicly traded company that specializes in a variety of simulators with the <br />driving simulator headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. <br /> <br />The simulator consists of three large screens providing 180 degree plus visual graphics <br />which are powered and controlled by four separate computers. The Patrol Sim IV is