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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: Richard K. Rainey, Sheriff-Coroner
Costa
DATE: January 9, 1986 County
SUBJECT: Microwave Master Plan Modification
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
1. Approve modifications to the existing County. Microwave Master Plan and direct the
Sheriff's Communications Division to implement as follows:
- Move the Brentwood microwave terminal .to the County building in Oakley.
Move the Pinole microwave-terminal to the Work Furlough Center in Richmond.
- Remove the Rodeo microwave terminal and place in' storage for re-use when
the West End Detention Facility location has been finalized.
2. Direct the Sheriffs .Communications .Division to explore,. with other appropriate
agencies and County departments, the feasibility. of relocating the County communi-
cations site on Rocky Ridge to a location on Las Trampas Ridge.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The modifications requested will .reduce leased line costs and monthly telephone charges
to the County and will be absorbed in the Sheriff's .budget.
BACKGROUND
1. The Microwave Master Plan was completed in 1983. One of its intended uses was to
have a microwave drop into every telephone exchange in the County so that County
agencies could reduce their intra-County usage costs. To date, very few agencies
have used the system. The microwave drops into Rodeo and Pinole have never been
used. The Brentwood site has only.two channels in' use, one of which is in use just
because it's there. The other can be relocated elsewhere without detriment to
Brentwood Fire, where the Chief says moving this path will have no adverse effect. .
Since two of these paths are totally void of usage, and the other uses only two
channels, logic dictates they be relocated elsewhere in the County where sufficient
benefit 'can be realized to justify their cost.
2. The existing South. County radio site. (Rocky Ridge) does not provide adequate
communications coverage for emergency medical, .fire and police use in the Alamo-
Danville-Lafayette-Moraga area. The major cause is the radio blockage created by
the Las Trampas Ridge. The proper location for the County site would be atop
this obstruction.
These. recommendations are supported by the General Services Departm ,
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Sheriff-Coroner P- IL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF,THE BOARD OF
General Services Department SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY /v` DEPUTY
RODEO - HERCULES FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
326 THIRD STREET
RODEO, CALIFORMA 94572-1023
(415) 799-4561
January 26, 1987
Nancy Fanden
Supervisor, District II
805 Las Juntas
Martinez, CA 94553
Dear Nancy,
Please be advised that on January 21st, Mr. Frank DeVoss resigned as
a member of the Board of Directors because of health reasons. Mr.
DeVoss was just beginning his second term on the Board since he
went uncontested in the November election.
A Board subcommittee has been appointed to set procedures for filling
this vacancy and would appreciate very much if your office would refer
any interested parties to my office should they contact you for
information or appointment consideration.
The subcommittee will make their report at the Board's next meeting
on February 18th. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Pedro Ji ez, Fires ief
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