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August 3, 2011 Deborah Steller, Media Operations Director City of Calabasas 100 Civic Center Way Calabasas, CA 91302 Proposal for: Facility Compliance testing Services for Wireless Communications I would like to offer my services, and the services of my company, Full Spectrum Communications, to the City of Calabasas for the purposes stated. I, Chris Herrington, will be the primary Communications Engineer on this project. 1) Qualifications of Chris Herrington, RME for this project: Over 40 years of Communications experience FCC Licensed GROL (General Radio Operator License) Bicsi RCDD with Outside Plant and Wireless Design Certificates Certified Tower Climber (recertified December 2010 by ComTrain)—I can climb towers to do aerial, as well as ground, inspections. Licensed Communications Contractor Licensed Electrical Contractor, as well as Journeyman Electrician (I can look at electrical issues from the light on top of the tower to the batteries below) Anritsu Sweep Certified, able to use all Spectrum Analyzers to troubleshoot FCC and other interference issues Experience with all Cellular carriers, either as sub-contractor or directly 27 years running Full Spectrum Communications: Includes radio and transmission design, troubleshooting, installation, project management, and maintenance Certified by t most of the manufacturers which are used by the operators on radio sites. These include Motorola, Harris, Stratex, Ceragon, DragonWave, BridgeWave, etc. Availability of using his Full Spectrum Communications employees for Safety (if tower climbing required, two Certified climbers are always required for safety), and for document control, etc. Familiar with California GO 95 and GO 128, Aerial and Underground Construction Familiar with National Electric Code (Particularly grounding, which is important to this project) Full Spectrum Communications, and Chris Herrington, owner, are fully insured Chris Herrington is the RME on this project. Complete information on Chris Herrington includes: Résumé, References, and Relevant work History, which are attached as separate documents.

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August 3, 2011 Deborah Steller, Media Operations Director City of Calabasas 100 Civic Center Way Calabasas, CA 91302

Proposal for: Facility Compliance testing Services for Wireless Communications

I would like to offer my services, and the services of my company, Full Spectrum Communications, to the City of Calabasas for the purposes stated. I, Chris Herrington, will be the primary Communications Engineer on this project.

1) Qualifications of Chris Herrington, RME for this project: Over 40 years of Communications experience FCC Licensed GROL (General Radio Operator License) Bicsi RCDD with Outside Plant and Wireless Design Certificates Certified Tower Climber (recertified December 2010 by ComTrain)—I can climb towers to do aerial, as well as ground, inspections. Licensed Communications Contractor Licensed Electrical Contractor, as well as Journeyman Electrician (I can look at electrical issues from the light on top of the tower to the batteries below) Anritsu Sweep Certified, able to use all Spectrum Analyzers to troubleshoot FCC and other interference issues Experience with all Cellular carriers, either as sub-contractor or directly 27 years running Full Spectrum Communications: Includes radio and transmission design, troubleshooting, installation, project management, and maintenance Certified by t most of the manufacturers which are used by the operators on radio sites. These include Motorola, Harris, Stratex, Ceragon, DragonWave, BridgeWave, etc. Availability of using his Full Spectrum Communications employees for Safety (if tower climbing required, two Certified climbers are always required for safety), and for document control, etc. Familiar with California GO 95 and GO 128, Aerial and Underground Construction Familiar with National Electric Code (Particularly grounding, which is important to this project) Full Spectrum Communications, and Chris Herrington, owner, are fully insured Chris Herrington is the RME on this project. Complete information on Chris Herrington includes: Résumé, References, and Relevant work History, which are attached as separate documents.

Proposed Site Inspection and Work Schedule: I propose that for the first year that 6 sites per month are checked, which will allow us an extra month at the end to make your Completion requirement within the first year. I will assume that existing documentation is either non-existent, or out of date, and needs to be started from the ground up. 2) Résumé is an attachment

3) At each site I propose to Document On the tower: Antennas on the towers (Type (Omni, beam, dish, Yagi, etc), Height above ground, Sector mounted, Direction Pointed (i.e beamwidth) (if not Omni-directional), Power output, intended receive point(s), frequency, bandwidth, modulation type, etc. Coax, Waveguide and other cables: Size, how mounted, and what cable goes to which antenna, who owns, is it used, etc. Grounding: is it sufficient for Safety, and the protection of other equipment and tenants on the tower. Towers: Inspect for rust and missing bolts, make sure there are no modifications that are not allowed in the structural designs (such as dishes that are not part of the tower design or modification). Make sure all grounds are solid, and meet either current NEC standard, or confirm they met the NEC standards when built (This has changed over the years, and upgrades are not necessary unless tower has been significantly modified). Tower Lighting/Paint: Make sure tower lights are operational (will require either night time visit or turn lights on during day for test), verify warning system is in place in case of lighting failure, and redundancy is operational. Make sure any towers with FAA coloring are not excessively faded or chipped. Besides determining what is there, and the condition it is in, I will determine (working with the City): Who owns each piece on the tower, is it still in use, and if rent is being collected for the equipment. I believe that the city will be interested in knowing that the tower is safe, that all antennas and coax on the tower are owned and maintained by someone, and that the city is collecting proper rent (i.e. a tenant has not installed a dish that it is not paying for, nor installing equipment that would overload a tower). Pictures shall be taken from the top of all City owned towers to document the view that antennas have from the tower

In the Shelter/On the Ground: Power: Make sure all tenants have their own power, and if using shared power, have their own Circuit Breakers. Verify power drains for all customers not on their own meter, and that only equipment listed is connected. Measure current where shared power is provided by the City, and power consumption is an issue Back-up power: Check City owned generators for fuel and oil and test for function. Test all Generators for safety, leakage of fuel, and other contaminants. Make sure there is a regular methods of determining that all fuel used is accounted for, and that there is a system of notification when the generators do run, and how much fuel is consumed. Check for proper grounding and connections to the main electrical panel. Batteries: verify all City Owned battery systems are maintained properly, including changing batteries at recommended intervals, and that all batteries are maintained in a safe manner, there are no leaks, spills are cleaned up, and emergency eye-wash stations are installed and maintained as required. General neatness: Verify all sites are in a clean and serviceable condition. No trash or debris is left on site by contractors, and all trash removed from inside the shelters and other common areas. Signage: verify all sites are marked from the outside as to ownership, persons to contact in case of emergency, etc. Emergency response: Verify we have working emergency phone numbers for all Tenants, and suppliers. Documenting of towers and Shelters shall be done using a combination of Photographs, AutoCad, Visio or similar (City approved) drawing system, and combined into a Power Point for each site. Note on emissions testing: Actual measuring the signal leaving antennas is rarely done for projects like this. It is generally assumed that all radio systems are operating as designed, unless there is some physical evidence to suggest otherwise. Testing of the compliance requires the insertion of a test antenna past the near field of the transmitting antenna, which can take an extremely tall lift on hill top mounted tower antennas, or even a helicopter in some cases. Generally anything that causes a radio to operate out of specification is also detrimental (NOT beneficial) to the operator of that radio, and they fix these types of issues quickly. However, Chris Herrington is experienced in this, and can perform this test if it is felt that this needs to be done. This will be an additional charge, due to the test equipment required, as well as support structures that may be required. 4) Compliance Report Template--See Attachment

5) Pricing Since it is assumed that the status of the sites is currently unknown, the first year will be substantially more expensive than subsequent years. The first year it should be possible to visit 2 sites per day, and allow one day for documentation for those two sites. On subsequent years, it should be possible to visit and document 5 sites per month in 3 days. Any sites requiring tower climbing would require that I have one of my Certified Tower climbers with me, and would increase the time on site at the rate of 1 day per tower climbed, but for two people. Assuming there would be multiple antennas on a tower, this would also increase the amount of documentation time by one day. Of course this could be more or less and I would be happy to adjust my time to time spent if less than this. Also meetings with the city to transfer information, etc, will be one day per month. First year cost, 60 facilities, no towers 30 days for site visits, 30 days for documentation, and 12 days to meet with the city and discuss needs and issues. Chris Herrington daily rate is $1,200 per day. Therefore with no towers the cost of this effort will be $90,000 Additional years will be 36 days for the surveys and reports, and 6 meeting days, for a total of $50,400 Options/extra costs Adding tower climbing will add ½ day for Chris at $600, and $350 for an assistant, plus ½ day to write up the results of the climb for a total of $1,550 extra for each tower climbed. Additional costs will be spectrum analyzer and sweep rental, lift and crane rental and other equipment needed to survey the sites (if needed). Also if there are searches for interfering frequencies, etc. this will be on a daily rate.

6) Similar work/Client References Chris Herrington has been doing RF, tower, cellular and microwave work for over 30 years, and has a variety of references. They include: Wayne Klemm, Co-owner Cable Crafters Work on Military and civil comm projects 6351 Industry Way Westminster, CA 92683 714-863-1346 [email protected] Jeffrey M. Haberman Boeing Aircraft MS C177-0001 RF work on multiple projects 2401 East Wardlow Road Long Beach, CA 90807 562-225-6708 [email protected] Steve Gutierrez ACC-Capital Holdings (Ameriquest) Enterprise Microwave work 1100 Town & Country Road, Suite 200 Orange, CA 92868 714-504-6712 [email protected] Steve Fazakerly, Project Engineer Work on T-Mobile project Nokia Siemens Networks 6000 Connection Drive Irving, TX 75039 561-306-3255 Cell [email protected]

Alan Rowlinson-Bates, Project Manager Work on T-Mobile project Ex- Nokia Siemens Networks 6000 Connection Drive Irving, TX 75039 972-544-7337 [email protected] [email protected] Rob Bierman, Project Manager Work on Marine Corps Bases Mandex Advanced Technology, Inc Electronic & Physical Security Systems 3125 Ashley Phosphate Road, Suite 106 North Charleston, SC 29418 843-767-5300 #205 [email protected] Jim Liebel Technip USA Inc Work on Enterprise Microwave 555 West Arrow Highway Claremont, CA 91711-4805 909-447-3771 [email protected] Larry Jensen ATK Thiokol / Aliant Tech Systems Work on Enterprise Microwave 9160 N. hwy 83 Corinne, UT 84307 435-863-6676 [email protected]

7) I have worked on a T-Mobile Project, working as a subcontractor for Nokia in the last 5 years. This took place in Puerto Rico, and should have no effect on this project. I have worked at multiple tower and communication (buildings) sites in the US, but not for a tower firm. In the past 25 years I have worked either directly or indirectly for every major cellular provider, but none other than the aforementioned T-Mobile project in the last 5. 8) I am available to start immediately. My firm has other on-going projects, however I have time to start and devote the time this requires as soon as awarded the contract. 9) Chris Herrington the RME on this project, has been in communications and RF for 40 years, microwave for 30, Cellular since its introduction in the early 80s, on thousands of sites, hundreds of towers, and has the FCC and other credentials you need. I appreciate your consideration. 10) This entire response is valid for 90 days from the due date of August 12, 2011 11) This response includes an electronic and hard copy 12) I have reviewed the Professional Services Agreement and find it agreeable, should I be chosen. Thank you for your consideration on this. I will be happy to discuss any of this with you. Sincerely, Chris Herrington, PMP, RCDD/OSP&WD Specialist FCC Lic. # PG-11-19440 [email protected] Attachments: (also listed in numerical order requested) 2) Résumé 4) Compliance Testing Template

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CHRIS HERRINGTON

PMP, RCDD/OSP, WD Specialist FCC License PG-11-19440

7 Wood Nymph, Irvine, CA 92604 Cell 714-309-8714 [email protected]

Objective: RF/Microwave Engineer / Project Manager A microwave design and project management position where my 30 plus years of practical microwave and wireless experience can be of benefit.

Work Experience: Chief Microwave Engineer, consultant and Project Manager of Full Spectrum Communications for 26+ years. Surveyed and designed microwave paths, planned construction, and managed microwave projects across the country and internationally. Designed paths over 70 miles in length, and successfully implemented. Late 2010 worked as Microwave Care Engineer on T Mobile cellular project in Puerto Rico for Nokia troubleshooting microwave links.

Design Software: WinPath, manufacturer’s software including Motorola, DragonWave and DMC, self-made Excel spreadsheets, TopoMap and Google Earth Professional.

Customers: Cellular companies Verizon, Sprint, ClearWire, T Mobile and AT&T, WinStar, government agencies including FAA, cities and the U.S. Marine Corp, enterprise including banks, Boeing Aircraft, Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, Nokia and ATK Thiokol.

Types of Links: CATV, IP, Video, T1, DS3, OC3 and SONET with frequencies from 2 gigahertz to 80 gigahertz. Path links supported have ranged from hundreds of feet to over 70 miles. Radios include BridgeWave, eBand, DragonWave, Motorola, Aviat/Harris/DMC/Stratex, Proxim and Ceragon.

Troubleshooting: Solved such problems as multipath (Inversion layer, water, and buildings), Fresnel zone obstructions, interference, bad radios, bad design, poor installation, intermittent path obstructions (planes, draw bridges and tides), and unsuitable towers.

Related Communications Experience: BreezeCom/Alvarion, Colubrus, InScape, and other Wi-fi Systems. Motorola Canopy communities. Laser systems and Fiber Optic networks. Satellite systems (two way data and one way video), Copper Networks going back to Twin-ax and thick net, and to the current evolutions. Cable Television Systems, and Video Security. Tower construction, and installation of ancillary tower components, such as Wave-Guide, Heliax, and tower lighting. Design and implementation of all of these.

Project Management: Oversaw construction of projects after design, in Mexico, Russia, Puerto Rico and across the US.

Manufacturer and Vendor Certifications; Microwave; Ceragon, Harris/Stratex/DMC (Aviat), Motorola, DragonWave, Racon, & SouthWest Microwave. Wireless; Orthogon/Motorola, Canopy, BridgeWave, eBand, BreezeCom/Alvarion, Proxim (Gold), RadioLan, Axxcelera/Adaptive Broadband, & Motorola Canopy, Tranzeo. Laser; fSona, CanoBeam, MRV/Optical Access, LaserBit, & SilCom. Fiber; FOCS, & CSC fiber certified. Digital Video Security; Axis, Axcess, ASL, Pelco, NICE. Telephone; ESI, Avaya/Lucent, 3Com/NBX. LAN; ICC, Panduit, Leviton. Satellite; Hughes Network Systems, Thompson/DirecTV, DishNetwork/EchoStar, AvData. Misc.; PPC Connectors, Newbridge Channel bank, IBM data tech, Hewlett Packard/Agilent (CATV and LAN), Valcom (Paging), Anritsu Sweeping, and more.

Certifications and Memberships (all current): BICSI RCDD/OSP/WD Specialist PMI PMP (Project Management Professional) certified FCC RadioTelephone License Licensed Communications and Electrical Contractor (C7 & C10, CA) Journeyman electrician ComTrain Tower certified (and First Aid Cards) 20 year plus member of Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE) Anritsu Sweep certification, PPC and RFS connector Certified Private Pilot

Computer Skills—Excellent: Power Point, Word, a wide assortment of manufacturer specific design and path profile programs, ACT!, Good: AutoCad (2000), Excel, Web Design, Adobe PDF.

Education: 2 year (AA) Engineering degree from Pasadena CC, with two more years of Mechanical Engineering studies at Cal Poly. Numerous college and manufacturers classes (full list available) in microwave theory, waveguide testing, data and microwave certifications, etc.

Chronology of Relevant Work: Started work in CATV and College both in 1968. Continued CATV industry as a Field Engineer, Plant Manager, Construction Supervisor, and District Engineer (installed CATV microwave systems here). With Full Spectrum Communications since 1984: (Design, Consult, and Project Management) fiber optics, telephone, CATV, video Security, LANs, outside plant, satellite systems, and hundreds of microwave systems, including tower construction. Late 2010 worked as Microwave Care Engineer on T Mobile cellular project in Puerto Rico for Nokia troubleshooting microwave links. Currently working on Boeing C-17 antenna retrofit of Demo Cockpit.

Thank you, Chris Herrington, PMP, RCDD/OSP&WD Specialist

Calabasas Communications Facility C li T i T lCompliance Testing Template

Note, pictures of general interest are used to fill out this document. They are space fillers only and are from a variety of different surveys and site visitsspace fillers only, and are from a variety of different surveys and site visits

Chris Herrington PMP RCDD/OSP & WD SpecialistChris Herrington, PMP, RCDD/OSP & WD Specialist

FCC Lic. # PG-11-19440 800-897-7287 [email protected]

Calabasas Demo Site

Location: Address 12712 Wood Lane, Calabasas CA 91302Latitude 34º 8’ 32.02” Longitude 118º 39’ 38.21”Latitude 34 8 32.02 Longitude 118 39 38.21Directions to site:Access to site: Gate Codes, Building codePhone to call before entering site: 805-555-1314K T t f itKnown Tenants of site:Tenant #1Business addressDaytime contact name, phoney pEmergency (after hours) contact numberTenant #2 (continue as above for each tenant)

Notes about site:08/19/11 found grass had grownNotes about site:08/19/11 found grass had grown up around perimeter and need to be cut soon to prevent a fire hazard

Exterior of SitePictures of complete site from four sides. Label pictures as to which quadrant they are taken FROMquadrant they are taken FROM

Above taken from South, below from West

Below from North, above from East

Calabasas Test SiteTower InformationTower #1Owner of Tower (if different from Site owner)Height of base of tower: 1343’Height of tower: 125’Height of tower: 125FAA ID (state none if not required, Not found if unknown): J241729Type of tower (monopole, Tree, self support, guyed, etc.): Self supportFAA conditions for Tower (Paint, Lights, etc.):Tower has three (3) side lights at 75’, and strobe light at topIf lights, what is redundancy and notification in case of failure:Top light has fail-safe Strobe by: TWR lighting model # 14-207Lighting has monitor by: STL model UP-701Lighting has monitor by: STL, model UP-701Monitor is to contact: AT&T NOC Via (phone or email #): Phone number 805-555-2277

Notes about site: There is some debris around site, but it otherwise seems in good mechanical shape

Calabasas Test Site Tower

Antennas on Tower 1Starting from the Top of the tower, list all the antennas on the towerStarting from the Top of the tower, list all the antennas on the tower

Height of antenna: 125’Face of tower antennal is mounted upon.Face of tower antennal is mounted upon.Type (Omni, yagi, dish, etc): Omni-directionSize of Antenna: 4’ round dishDirection pointed (if not omni): 247ºB idth (3º)Beamwidth (3º)Address 12712 Wood Lane, Calabasas CA 91302Latitude 34º 8’ 32.02” Longitude 118º 39’ 38.21”Directions to site:Access to site: Gate Codes, Building codePhone to call before entering site: 805-555-1314Known Tenants of site:Tenant #1Tenant #1Business addressDaytime contact name, phoneEmergency (after hours) contact numberTenant #2 (continue as above for each tenant)

Pictures of AntennasProvide one picture showing antenna on tower and one or two as needed withProvide one picture showing antenna on tower, and one or two as needed with

close-ups (or zoomed) of each antennas

Dish Antenna as described above

Add pages as needed for additional antennas

Shelters and EnclosuresAny enclosure with 110 V or 48 volt from main Battery PS is considered an

enclosure for purposes of this document

Primary shelter :Composition (Block, precast Concrete, Modular aluminum siding, etc: Precast concrete with p ( p gstone exterior,Interior Dimensions: 9’ X 18’Entrances: 1 door with combination and TracKey lock. Either will open doorCombination/Key number: Combo is 1492/ TracKey is confidential to AT&TCombination/Key number: Combo is 1492/ TracKey is confidential to AT&TCondition of interior (clean, leaks, organized, etc.: Noticed rat droppings, entrance for rats needs to be found and sealed.Condition of exterior: CleanCondition and number of exterior lights: Two lights, one by door and one on far end facing tower. Both lights are on Light Sensor and could not be tested during visit of 08/19/11Power in shelter: 110 V and 48V battery arrayCondition of 110V power panel(s): Excellent looks cleanCondition of 110V power panel(s): Excellent, looks cleanCondition of Battery array: Excellent, no leaks noted, Condition of eye wash system if batteries: Good, water is full and appears functional

Pictures of ShelterInclude pictures of all four sides of exterior of shelter, interior of shelter from all 4 sides, Battery arrays Electrical panels and any thing of special notearrays, Electrical panels, and any thing of special note

Shelter currently has no door, or AC power,

Notes on logAll h di b b d T N h iAll headings are to be based on True North, not magneticAll heights are to me measured from the ground up. Tower heights to the nearest foot, rack heights to the nearest inch

All items at site needing action

/ /Date: 08/19/11Grass needs to be cut to prevent a fire hazardRats need to be blocked from entrances to shelter

Information in this documentation is proprietary and confidential to Full Spectrum Communications and the PrincipalsInformation in this documentation is proprietary and confidential to Full Spectrum Communications and the Principals involved on the Calabasas site survey project for the purpose of demonstrating knowledge of the project, and the capabilitiesof Full Spectrum Communications. Written permission must be obtained from Full Spectrum Communications prior to displaying, copying, or otherwise dispersing these documents in any way to any other person, company, contractor or corporation.