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BRENDA J. FORD <br />Council Member <br />District 7 -Central Kona <br />Phone: (808) 326- 5421 <br />Fax: (808) 329- 4786 <br />E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us <br />HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ~ <br />County of Hawai `i ;-~ <br /> <br />KailuaTradeCenter <br />~~ <br />om ~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~~' <br />75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 ~ t <br />' <br />~ r' <br />--~ <br /> <br />Kailua-Kong Hawaii 96740 _ <br />. <br /><`i: ~ , <br />r` <br />~ <br /> { <br />,n...~ -v + <br />DATE: January 8, 2009 ''r? 3 `. <br />„i <br /> '~! -~ ~tii <br />TO: J. Yoshimoto, Chair, ~ %'` o <br />and Members of the Hawaii County Council "- "~ <br />FROM: Brenda J. Ford, Council Member ~c~Et~.,..,~_ ' V `~ <br />SUBJECT: Presentation by Civil Defense Administrator on the tatus of the Interoperability Radio <br />System Project <br />The following information is from the Hawaii Preliminary Technical Assessment, October <br />2008: <br />"The Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) is funded b}• the <br />Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) through the Department of Homeland Security to <br />provide technical assistance to states and urban areas that are applying UASI funds to voice and <br />data interoperability projects. The goal of the ICTAP program is to enable local public safety <br />agencies to communicate during incidents. ICTAP works with other federal, state, and local <br />interoperability efforts to enhance the overall capacity for agencies and individuals to <br />communicate with one another. <br />The County of Hawaii has asked ICTAP to provide an engineering review and comment on <br />information developed to date by Macro Corporation. Given ICTAP schedule constraints, the <br />review was focused on two documents: <br />(1) Needs Analysis & Recommendation Report, and <br />(2) Conceptual Design Analysis & Recommendation Report. <br />Macro has proposed a 700 MHz APCO Project 25 (P25) digital.trunked system with a <br />combination of simulcast and stand alone RF sites, a 700 MHz High Performance Data (HPD) <br />system, and a VHF fire alert paging system. <br />The County of l-Iawaii currently has a VHF analog conventional radio system that is at the end <br />of its lifecyclc. The County is also concerned about the pending narrow banding of the VHF <br />public safety band and the associated costs and problems. The County is looking to replace the <br />coromi Ro: ~/ <br />Ref. To: $ f G <br />Serving the Interests ojthe People ojOur Island Ref. Date 2 (19 <br />Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer <br />