DEPARTMENT: Information Technology Services Department (ITSD)
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Craig Hopkins
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: An Ordinance authorizing amendments to Lease and Funding Agreement for the City's Alamo Regional Security Operations Center (ARSOC)
SUMMARY:
Staff is requesting City Council action to approve amendments to agreements related to the Alamo Regional Security Operations Center ("ARSOC") located at Port San Antonio: as follows:
A. First Amendment to Lease Agreement between the City of San Antonio as Tenant and Port Authority of San Antonio as Landlord, passed and approved on June 18, 2020; and
B. First Amendment to Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio, CPS Energy, and Port Authority of San Antonio to design and build out the facility, passed and approved June 18, 2020.
These actions authorize a one-time capital improvement expenditure in an amount not to exceed $470,939 payable to Port SA, of which $207,000 will be an increase in the overall project budget and appropriates funds in the amount of $207,000 for the ARSOC project from Information Technology Services Department security capital funds.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The ARSOC vision is for a centralized security operations facility to provide real-time, collaborative, cyber-security information sharing among municipally owned entities in the San Antonio Area including City of San Antonio, CPS Energy, San Antonio Water System (SAWS), and VIA Metropolitan Transit.
On June 18, 2020, City Council approved through Ordinance No. 2020-06-18-0417 a Lease Agreement between the City of San Antonio as Tenant and Port Authority of San Antonio as Landlord. The Lease is zero rent for 15 years with a 5-year renewal option. Also on June 18, 2020, City Council approved through Ordinance No. 2020-06-18-0418 a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio, CPS Energy, and Port Authority of San Antonio to provide funding to Port SA for the design and bu...
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