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DATE: June 14, 2010
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: David Carmany, City Manager
FROM: Jeff Kirkpatrick, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AND THE CITY OF
MORENO VALLEY FOR AMATEUR RADIO REPEATER
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Staff requests that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 6017 ratifying a
Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Seal Beach and the
City of Moreno Valley for the purpose of increasing emergency communications
capabilities.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Seal Beach's Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) HAM
radio operations provide for emergency communications during critical incidents,
for example in June of 2008 when the Chino Hills Earthquake struck and Seal
Beach lost phone communications for an hour, RACES was activated so the
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) did not lose communications with the
County of Orange EOC. RACES has been using a borrowed repeater for their
emergency communications system for the last few years. A repeater is
an electronic device that receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level
and /or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances.
The Seal Beach RACES program purchased a repeater in 2009 to ensure that
proper communications would not fail due to the possible inaccessibility of the
current borrowed repeater. In order to comply with FCC requirements a pair of
frequencies needed to be established for the use of the repeater. The frequency
pair that best works for Seal Beach is shared with the City of Moreno Valley.
Because of the slight possibility, however unlikely, of crossover radio traffic an
MOU is needed to satisfy FCC requirements.
This MOU with the City of Moreno Valley not only places the City in compliance
with the FCC but allows the City to move forward with the placement of the
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repeater in a more ideal location. MOU duration will be for 5 years from date of
signature and will be subject to renewal at the conclusion of the five year period.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of Resolution No. 6017 approving the Memorandum
Of Understanding between the City of Seal Beach and the City of Moreno Valley
and authorize the City Manager to sign the MOU.
SUBMITTED BY:
J it p rick, Chief of Polic
NOTED AND APPROVED:
David Carmany City Manager
Prepared by: Todd DeVoe, Emergency Services Coordinator
Attachments:
A. Resolution No. 6017
B. Memorandum Of Understanding between the City of Seal Beach and the City of Moreno
Valley Amateur Radio Repeater.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6017
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE CITY OF MORENO VALLEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SHARING AN AMATEUR RADIO FREQUENCY
WHEREAS, The City of Moreno Valley, a political subdivision of the State of
California and the county of Riverside currently use the frequency pair 449.300 MHz
transmit and 444.300 MHz receive with a pl of 141.3 Hz.
WHEREAS, The City of Seal Beach wishes to share the frequency pair 449.300
MHz transmit and 444.300 MHz receive with a pl of 141.3 Hz with the City of
Moreno Valley and to be in accordance with the Federal Communication
Commission standards must enter into a Memorandum of Understanding
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to sign a Memorandum of
Understanding to coordinate the shared use of the frequency pair with the City of
Moreno Valley
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach
at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of June , 2010 by the following
vote:
AYES: Council Members
NOES: Council Members
ABSENT: Council Members
ABSTAIN: Council Members
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6017 on file in the
office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 14th day of June , 2010.
City Clerk
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH/LOS ALAMITOS RACES,
THE CITY OF MORENO VALLEY, AND
THE 440 UBF REPEATER COORDINEE MIICE BOX
REGARDING THE AMATEUR 440 UHF REPEATER SYSTEM
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OPERATING ON 449.300 MHz TRANSMIT AND 444.300 MHz RECEIVE WITH A PL 103.5 Hz
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This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) is between the City of Seal Beach, the City of
Moreno Valley, both of whom have RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) organizations,
both organized under Part 97 of the FCC Rules and Regulations as listed in Title 47 of the Code of
Federal Regulations and Mike Box, Coordinee of the N6BOX repeater operating on the referenced
frequencies.
WITNESSED THAT:
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES desires to install and operate its own 70 cM
Amateur Radio Repeater on top of Boeing Building 80 in Seal Beach, CA, and,
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES has been unable to effectively communicate
with the local ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League) coordinating agency for Southern California,
SCRRBA (Southern California Repeater and Remote Base Association) to reach that end, and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES has done an extensive search for an available
frequency pair that would not interfere with other coordinated Repeaters and has settled on a pair at
449.300 MHz transmit and 444.300 MHz receive with a Private Line Code (pl) of 141.3 Hz, and
WHEREAS, Mike Box coordinates a Repeater with that same frequency pair, 449.300 MHz transmit and
444.300 MHz receive, but with a pl of 103.5 Hz, with the call sign of N6BOX, and at a distance of
approximately 50 statute miles from the proposed Seal Beach Repeater, and
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WHEREAS, the City of Moreno Valley owns all the repeater equipment and holds the lease for the
repeater system site, and
WHEREAS, Mike Box and the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES have done testing from the
proposed City of Seal Beach Repeater site to ensure that the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES
Repeater will not cause harmful interference to the Repeater, and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES has done extensive calculations to confirm the
results of the test conducted between the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES and Mike Box, on
Saturday, February 14, 2009, and has transmitted same to Mike Box, and
WHEREAS, the topography is such between the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES proposed
Repeater location and the N6BOX Repeater that it further reduces the possibility of interference, and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES and N6BOX repeater were formed to provide
backup communications to their respective served agencies during times of disasters and have similar
goals, cooperation on this matter is deemed in the mutual interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The City of Moreno Valley and Mike Box recognize that the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos
RACES will operate a low power repeater on their coordinated frequency of 449.300 MHz transmit,
444.300 MHz receive, but with a different pl. Initially the City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES
will use a pl of 141.3 Hz.
2. The City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES acknowledges that the above recognition and this
MOU in no way reduces or forfeits the City of Moreno Valley's primary interest in the N6BOX
Repeater and the associated transmit/ receive frequencies.
3. The City of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos RACES agrees not to cause interference to the N6BOX
Repeater, special atmospheric conditions excepted, such as tropospheric ducting or other very
unusual atmospheric conditions (any interference will be resolved via FCC Part 97 rules, paragraph
97.205(c)).
4. Nothing in this MOU shall limit the ability of either party to use any means of radio communication
at its disposal to provide essential communication needs in connection with the immediate safety of
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human life and immediate protection of property when normal communications are not available in
accordance with FCC regulations under parts 97.403 and 97.405.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The parties shall maintain open communications, cooperation, and support in furtherance of their
mutual goals and objectives.
2. This MOU may be amended only with the written consent of both parties.
3. The parties assume joint responsibility for the form and composition of this MOU, and no provision
of this agreement shall be construed presumptively for or against either of the parties.
4. Each party reserves the right to nullify this MOU upon 30 -days written notice from either party.
5. This MOU shall take effect upon the signature of all parties listed in the signature block contained
herein and shall remain in effect for five (5) years from the date of signature.
6. The terms, conditions, provisions and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon both
parities and their successors.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties have each caused their authorized representative to execute this
Agreement.
For the City of Seal Beach
David Carmany
City Manager
449.300/444.300 PL103.51[z Repeater Coordinee
Mike Box (N6BOX)
Repeater Coordinee
For the City of Moreno Valley
William L. Bopf
Interim City Manager
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