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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />JULY 17, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR AUTOMATED <br />LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION <br />SYSTEM <br />(SPEC. NO. 06-097) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on Intl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Award a contract to PIPS Technology, Incorporated for the purchase of three <br />mobile Automated License Plate Recognition systems for an amount not to <br />exceed $98,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On August 16, 2004, the City Council accepted a $15 million Urban Area <br />Security Initiative grant from the federal Department of Homeland <br />Security, through the State of California, Office of Homeland Security. <br />This initiative was designed to enhance the domestic preparedness of urban <br />areas by ensuring that all emergency first responders have adequate <br />equipment and systems to prevent, respond to and recover from acts of <br />terrorism. The grant provides total reimbursement to local agencies for <br />equipment purchases approved and authorized by the Office of Disaster <br />Preparedness. <br />The PIPS Technology, Incorporated Automated License Plate Recognition <br />(ALPR) systems include a color camera and infrared illuminator in one <br />compact device that can be moved to any position in a police vehicle, and <br />moved between vehicles. The system must accurately run license plates <br />from either parked or moving police vehicles, targeting vehicles that may <br />be either parked or moving. The system captures vehicle and license data <br />in all types of lighting, can be operated continuously, seven days per <br />week, twenty-four hours a day, with an overall efficiency and accuracy <br />rate of eighty-five percent or higher. <br />22G-1 <br />