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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=1
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Saturday, November 3, 2007 <br>
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</span></font><span class=popup><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:
Verdana'><a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/email_reporter.pl">By
Amanda Stevens</a> </span></font></span><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'><br>
Journal Staff Writer<br>
The Sandoval County Commission has selected a national
wireless consulting firm to get the county<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s
beleaguered broadband project back on track.<br>
The company, NetLogix, will take over as project manager,
succeeding Dewayne Hendricks and his company, Dandin Group, which abandoned the
project in May.<br>
A contract with NetLogix is being reviewed by the county
attorney.<br>
In addition to authorizing the project management contract,
the commission approved CH2M Hill to provide design, engineering and
implementation services.<br>
The broadband project, which began almost three years ago,
aims to provide cheap ultra high-speed wireless Internet access to service
providers across the county.<br>
But the venture has been plagued with problems. The county
has already spent $1.2 million on a network that doesn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
work and is awaiting the results of an investigation by the state auditor
concerning the project<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s finances.<br>
In July, the county decided to put out a request for
proposals for a contractor to complete the project. It also decided to appoint
a five-member oversight committee to rank and recommend a bid from any of the
proposals submitted. There were six respondents.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The Broadband Oversight Commitee
on Thursday recommended NetLogix and CH2M Hill.<br>
Committee member Moria Gerety, director of Computing
Services at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New Mexico</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, also
presented the committee<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s
suggestions on how the county should pursue the project from here:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> Sign non-disclosure agreements and
conflict-of-interest statements to make sure everything is "above
board."<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> Make sure the county adequately staffs
purchasing, financial planning and legal expertise.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> Consider a performance bonding approach, a
bond to guarantee satisfactory completion of the project<br>
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12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> Don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
underestimate the time required for the project.<br>
"It<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s not
time, necessarily, for technology," Gerety said. "Technology is the
easy part, it<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s the other stuff that<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s hard... It may take time, so allow time for that.
I know we all want to get things done— but we<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>re
going to get them done right."<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> Provide status reports to the commission
every month, including budget and actuals, the schedule and "where we<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>re at in that schedule and delivery," Gerety
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> "The
Hawthorne Effect is important," County Commissioner David Bency said.
"If somebody knows they are being watched, they act differently. So this
commission needed somebody to watch somebody else and I think we all feel
comfortable that (the oversight committee) is doing that job as they should.<br>
"The way (the committee) is reporting back to us as far
as budget to actual and time line is very critical."<br>
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