Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“Yeah. Okay, but you had a conversation last week. But this poll has been installed for almost a year now.”
“Yeah, like six months because I've been going out there looking at it for some time. Did we pay for any of that?”
“Okay. Why wasn't sales given an opportunity earlier on? so we can see the difference.”
“OK. So that's one of the things that I potentially may want to see come out of this, OK? Just so we have a clear distinction. The prices are not that far off, and that's a question I do have for cells. So the difference in cost with cells is about $156,000. But what I noticed is that you're proposing much more illumination than Fornage.”
“And that was my next thing. So there was two things that stood out to me as well. We talked about FDOT regulation. So the proposal that you all have is up to FDOT standards.”
“Is yours up to the FDOT standards? Do you have FDOT approval?”
“OK, I don't like that answer. It's a yes or a no. Please approach the podium. Thank you.”
“Okay. So, thank you very much. So, that being said, and understanding it's not an FDOT road, but it is a high-trafficked road for us because it is in a highly dense residential area. And so, if there are standards that have higher safety measures, I want to follow them. And it should be our policy as a city to follow them, whether it's an FDOT road and whether we need to meet those exact requirements or not. I want to meet the highest safety requirements. Your first, so your quote also has two installation options, which was a direct bore, and then you included the precast foundation…”
“So the one we have back here is direct more. Yes. I know what the difference is. I'm familiar.”
“Okay, so what you're saying is what I was saying. You have two options. You're recommending a direct bore. Yes. That's why that's the price you provided.”
“But you can do the precast, but raises the cost because it is a more intensive installation process.”
“Let me ask you one more question before I go back to cells. What is your battery backup life? If there's no sun, if we have a cloudy two days, three days, rain, what is the battery backup? Or how does that function?”
“OK. One last question. Your product is made where? Are you local?”
“Okay. So I had asked a question of the discrepancy in the amount of lights.”
“You don't think it's worth the risk is what you're saying?”
“OK. All right, I think I have my answers, my questions answered. I'm still a little bit questioning really how, I'm understanding it's the lumens. Is your pole taller?”
“What are the ones that, what's the one that's outside now? I'm trying to, since I didn't see them side by side, I don't. 22. 22, so yours are taller.”
“The only thing I'm going to say about the one I saw outside, to me, it looked like a park. It looked like a pole that belonged in a park. And so what you're saying is that the poles that we have throughout the city are precast foundation.”
“It's a different It's a different illumination different illumination similar.”
“All right any other questions anybody have any questions Warranty there was a question about warranty when I looked at this and Can you comment on your warranty? Oh, here we go. CELS proposal, five-year warranty to our components. And Farnoosh's proposal is an eight-year warranty. Any, yes?”
“Including manpower. Well, I would hope, right? The warranty should be all inclusive. If it's not working, you should come fix it. So do you have anything?”
“Okay. And you do have a local office. You said you're right down the street.”
“Okay. All right. My questions have been answered. I don't know if anybody else has any questions. Yes, Councilman Pinero.”
“I think the warranty is what covers that. You have the warranty. So, I mean, at the end of the day, this is solar lights. You may have to have replacements 10 years from now, but an eight-year warranty is substantial for this cost.”
“No, I think this is a viable option. We have had our disappointments with solar when we did our paths. But we're talking about many, many years ago. Technology has changed a lot. I do think this is a viable solution for the area. It's been dark for many years. So I definitely want to move forward. Look, I think you're both commendable companies with similar technologies. Obviously, you can both offer a substantial product. I am inclined to go with cells for several reasons. I think while the FDOT standards may not be a requirement, if I can provide the best safety for the area, I'm going to…”