DATE: June 23, 2020
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SOLE SOURCE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH VIGILANT SOLUTIONS FOR AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO ENFORCE PARKING REGULATIONS AND SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION AND SUBSCRIPTION. AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $85,775 FOR TWO YEARS WITH THREE ONE-YEAR OPTIONS TO RENEW AND A FIVE-YEAR TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP OF $177,275. FY2021 EXPENDITURES ARE BUDGETED. FUNDS REQUIRED FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS WILL BE BUDGETED IN THE APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL UPON ADOPTION OF EACH FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
District staff, inclusive of Port As A Service (PAAS) Parking, Harbor Police Department (HPD), and Information Technology (IT) have been researching industry trends and technology as it concerns the enforcement of parking regulations. As a result of the research, an emerging technology known as Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) has been identified. District staff believes that implementation of ALPR at the District will result in the following benefits:
1) Increased effectiveness of parking enforcement
2) Increased efficiency of parking enforcement
3) Improved customer experience
4) Increased employee safety
ALPR is equipment that is placed on/within a vehicle, which uses optical character recognition technology to automatically read license plate characters. ALPR is not a facial recognition platform and the proposed solution does not include any facial recognition technology.
Staff researched potential providers of ALPR and discovered that while there are multiple providers of ALPR, there is only one provider, Vigilant Solutions, LLC that offered the following:
1) Proposed Subscription Based Service
2) Unique Access to Commercially Collected Data
Additionally, in February of 2020, the Office of The Port Auditor (OPA) completed an operational audit of the District's current enforcement practices. OPA recommended the District implement ALPR to i...
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