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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with Duncan Technologies to purchase handheld computerized parking citation devices in an amount not to exceed $350,000 including tax, and execute a lease-purchase agreement with Bank of America Leasing & Capital, LLC that will not exceed $200,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Within the City of Long Beach, parking citations are issued by the Department of Public Works (Street Sweeping and Airport); Police (Marine Patrol, Parking Enforcement and officers assigned to Long Beach City College); Community Development (Code Enforcement); Parks, Recreation and Marine (Park Rangers); Harbor; and Fire.
Presently, 88 percent of parking citations are being issued with handheld computer devices and the remainder are written by hand, using parking ticket books. To ensure accuracy and timeliness, it is important that as many citations as possible be issued using handheld computer devices which can automatically download into the citation processing and billing software database. Manually written citations must be inputted and, when paid, the payments must be manually entered.
The City presently owns 53 handheld computerized parking citation devices that are 18 years old, and the manufacturer stopped providing spare parts two years ago. They are currently being repaired by salvaging spare parts from scrapped units. These 53 units are being used by Street Sweeping, the Police Department and Code Enforcement. All other agencies are writing citations by hand. Additional devices will allow other departments to automate the citation process. The new devices will enable the City to store the citations in the database so that reports by geographic area (Council District, Police District, Code Enforcement District, Street Sweeping District, etc.) can be generated. The City currently does not have this capability. In addition, the Police Department will gain the capability to see which vehicles have received citation...
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