To: Board of Supervisors
From: Libraries
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Agreement between Humboldt County Library and Califa Group for the Provision, Installation and Maintenance of Advanced Network (Data) Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached agreement between the Humboldt County Library and the Califa Group (Attachment 1);
2. Approve, and authorize the Library Director, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the agreement with Califa Group; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return two fully executed original copies of the attached agreement to the Library for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Funding is included in the Communication expenditure line, 1500-621-2106 of Library FY20-21 budget. Reimbursements of Circuit Costs articulated in Appendix #1 of Attachment 1.
DISCUSSION:
The Library's contract with Califa will add one or more data circuits to connect the Library to the Cooperation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) high-speed broadband fiber network, the California Research and Education Network (CalREN), and as specified in Appendix #1, attached, to connect Library to other library sites as identified in said appendix for the purpose of connecting to CalREN.
CENIC is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1997 to provide high-performance, high-bandwidth networking services to California universities and research institutions. Through this corporation, representatives from all of California's K-20 public education combine their networking resources toward the operation, deployment, and maintenance of CalREN. Today, CalREN operates over 8,000 miles of fiber optic cable and serves more than 20 million users, including Califa Group, a membership organization dedicated to providing the best library products to Library members at the best prices. CENIC...
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