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Library HVAC controls debate paused after council, public question vendor lock-in and analysis
Summary
The Corona City Council paused a staff resolution to standardize an Automated Logic (ALC) HVAC control platform for the public library after council members and residents pressed staff for clearer engineering analysis, procurement rationale and guarantees against vendor lock-in. Council asked staff to revise the report and return with more detail.
Council members and residents on March 18 pressed city staff to clarify technical and procurement details of a measure to standardize a building automation platform at the public library, and ultimately voted to send the item back for a revised staff report.
The resolution before the council would have authorized the use of an Automated Logic control platform (ALC) for the library's HVAC upgrade. Donna Finch, the city's Community Services Director, told the council the resolution "is specific to the library only," and that any decision to standardize that platform for additional facilities would return to the council for separate approvals.
Public works project manager Kushu Patel told the council the…
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