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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Staff Report South Bend Central Development Area Survey for Wireless Mesh Network in the Downtown Prepared June 9, 2011 Currently there are a few wireless hotspots in the downtown, but we would like to investigate the possibility of making the whole downtown a hotspot. Below is the Executive Summary of the attached proposal from Radiant Networks to do this investigation for the downtown. Executive Summary The City of South Bend has requested that Radiant Networks engage in providing Survey and Installation Resources to provide for Wireless "Last Mile" Resources as well as "Wireless Public Access" to the Metronet for multiple locations as defined by the Metronet. An RF Survey will be performed by Radiant Networks throughout all outlined areas. We will perform Spectrum Analysis and provide our recommendations using Cisco Best Practices to engineer the Wireless Network to provide maximum coverage throughout outlined areas. We will provide a full reporting based upon the findings of the RF Survey performed and the best approach to deploy the Wireless Network. Radiant Networks will provide a quotation for services to install the WLAN and associated networking equipment. Radiant Networks will also provide a line item quote for Consulting Services to provide for the design of the overall Architecture of the Wireless Network and it's interconnections to the Metronet and the Metronet's interconnections to the internet. The City is looking at a broader effort to investigate other parts of the City for a possible wireless canopy, and this project is being spear headed by Gary Gilot, Director of Public Works. The downtown portion, to be funded by TIF would cost $18,000 plus expenses. Staff recommends $22,000 be approved to cover the full cost of this study.