DATE:
August 26, 2025
13
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - APPROVE LICENSE AMENDMENT FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BLACK MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SITE AND NOTICE OF EXEMPTION (DISTRICT: 3)
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OVERVIEW
The San Diego County-Imperial County Regional Communications System (RCS), managed and operated by the San Diego County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff) Wireless Services Division, provides numerous public safety agencies with 24-hour public safety 9-1-1 services and emergency responder communication. A high degree of coverage throughout both Counties is provided through the RCS network of communications sites.
One such Sheriff's Office RCS communications site, Black Mountain, located in the City of San Diego, has been operated by the County of San Diego (County) since December 9, 1996. The current license agreement expires on October 31, 2027. An amendment to the current license agreement for this site is needed to allow the County to construct a Next Generation Regional Communications System radio tower ("Radio Tower") on the licensed site and to extend the term of the license agreement. The Radio Tower will be built pursuant to an option to County Contract No. 553982 with Motorola Solutions, Inc., which the Board authorized County to exercise on November 17, 2020 (04).
Staff from the Department of General Services have negotiated a third amendment to the license agreement for the Black Mountain site. The proposed amendment with AT&T grants the County the right to build the Radio Tower, extends the term of the license for an additional 10 years, and includes two automatic 10-year options to further extend the term. Today's request is for the County Board of Supervisors to approve the license amendment to construct a Radio Tower on the Black Mountain site and extend the license agreement for another 10 years.
RECOMMENDATIONS
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Find the proposed license amendment for the Black Mountain Re...
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