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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute an agreement and any amendments thereto with Brüel & Kjaer EMS Inc., a Delaware corporation, without advertising for bids for the Long Beach Airport Noise and Operations Monitoring System (ANOMS) in an amount not to exceed $813,000;
Authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary for a Noise Office Services Agreement with Brüel & Kjaer EMS Inc., a Delaware corporation, for the maintenance, upgrade and support of the Long Beach Airport ANOMS for a period of approximately one year (with two additional one-year renewal options) at the initial annual base rate of approximately $213,464 plus a $50,000 contingency for additional services in an amount not to exceed $813,000 for the proposed three-year total term; and
Authorize City Manager to execute subsequent amendments to the Agreement to extend the term of such agreement, increase the maximum authorized amount, authorize additional services, if required, within the provisions of the agreement and adjust the fee schedules for inflation. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Airport is required to monitor noise levels for aircraft operations for enforcement of the City’s Airport Noise Compatibility Ordinance (LBMC Chapter 16.43). The Ordinance creates five user groups and sets allowable annual noise budgets for each group. The Airport is responsible for the administration and compilation of the annual noise budgets. Long Beach is the only airport in the United States that uses noise budgets to separate, track and enforce its noise rules and regulations.
In 1991, the Airport installed an Airport Noise and Operations Monitoring System (ANOMS) to assist in monitoring noise levels. Currently comprising a network of 18 noise monitors measuring noise levels and a radar system feed providing desktop and online aircraft flight track data, ANOMS enables the optimization of flight data accuracy and thoroughness for monit...
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