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-Al-H3 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager July 9, 2001 Subject Photo Red Light Enforcement Program Recommendation The City of Redwood City enters into a three-year contract with Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation for the purpose of implementing and maintaining a photo red light enfor~ment program at five locations throughout the City of Redwood City. Background On August 14, 2000, Council was presented with an overview of Photo Red Light Enforcement technology. At that time, Council directed the police department to proceed with the implementation of a Photo Red Light program at five locations throughout the City of Redwood City. The technology involved with the photo red light enfomement industry is continually evolving and improving. There are currently three main vendors in the industry, Lockheed Martin IMS, Redflex, and APAC/Poltech. Lockheed Martin is the market leader with more clients and cameras in operation in California than all other systems combined. In Northern California, systems are currently operationa! in San Francisco and Sacramento counties. Lockheed Martin is in the process of installing a system in the City of Cupertino. Lockheed Martin is experienced in working with the traffic courts in Santa Clara, San Francisco, and Sacramento counties to facilitate the processing of the citations. Lockheed Martin is also the only vendor with on-line capabilities with DMV. Redflex and Poltech are Australian companies, with more limited experience in the United States. Redflex operates a system in Fremont, which uses digital cameras as opposed to Lockheed Martin's wet-film cameras. There has been difficulty with the placement of the cameras to obtain a clear photograph using digital photography. In addition, the acceptability of the digital images by the courts has not yet been determined. APAC/Poltech currently has no cameras in operation in California, but is installing cameras in Cupertino. However, Lockheed Martin will process those citations. Lockheed Martin requires a minimum of five cameras, whereas the other vendors require ten cameras per system. Additionally, the pricing structures of the other vendors make their proposals less attractive. Lockheed Martin will install the first camera within 45-60 days of the contract approval. Alternatives (1) Approve the contract with Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation to provide services in support of management of the photo red light enforcement technology program consisting of five cameras for a three-year period.