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ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN APPROVING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC AND PARKING TO PURCHASE SMART PARKING EQUIPMENT TO REPAIR AND REPLACE SINGLE- AND MULTI-SPACE PARKING METERS CITY-WIDE FROM IPS GROUP INC. AND PARKEON INC (DBA AS FLOWBIRD), RESPECTIVELY, UP TO A TOTAL AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($1,100,000),
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WHEREAS, The Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking ("TT&P") is responsible for all aspects of traffic safety and control as well as management of all on-street parking in the City; and
WHEREAS, TT&P is responsible for the management and enhancement of the on-street parking systems, which encompasses parking meters, prepaid vouchers, credit card transactions, coin transactions, mobile payment applications, meter bag payments and management, and the design and management of neighborhood residential parking zones; and
WHEREAS, a majority the parking meters are now obsolete because of outdated communications and mechanical equipment and are anticipated to lose technical support due to industry transition to next generation communications (4G) and payment technologies; and
WHEREAS, TT&P is looking to drastically enhance customer service and improve on-street parking payment options by upgrading communications and mechanical equipment in single-space meters along with smart-payment technologies along with introducing more multi-space pay stations; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Alders approved funding may also be used to cover additional hardware, software, planning/design, training, licensing, data conversion, project management, legal/consulting, and any other associated costs necessary for the upgrades; and
WHEREAS, IPS Inc Group Inc. has supplied equipment to operate and maintain single-space parking systems to the City of New Haven and TT&P for more than a decade; and
WHEREAS, Parkeon Inc, doing business as Flowbird has supplied equipment to operate and maintain m...
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