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Toronto Zoo Network Re-Build Project
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The decision
2021-03-01 · Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo · adopted
As filed
The Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo: 1. Authorized the Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Zoo to purchase the equipment, professional services and supporting licenses for the Phase II of the Network Re-build project within a budget of $1.95 million dollars (including a contingency of $0.1 million dollars) from OnX, which is the vendor of record at the City of Toronto. 2. Authorized the Chief Executive Officer
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of the Toronto Zoo to apply up to $0.85 million dollars of designated funds from the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy to this project.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
This report discusses the recommendation on Phase II of the Network Re-build project. The Network Re-build project will establish a new network at the Toronto Zoo providing internet access to staff for operations and Wi-Fi services to guests across 80% of Zoo site as shown in Appendix A. This network upgrade will significantly improve operating efficiency and guest experiences. Internet access is especially important during the current COVID-19 pandemic situation when staff rely heavily on communications through digital platforms and when the Zoo engages guests through virtual experiences.
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The existing network, built in 1999 with a speed of 80 megabits per second, is insufficient to support efficient operations for all staff and guests. Furthermore, the existing network has many points of failures causing frequent outages. Without internet access at animal exhibits, animal care staff are using paper records for animal care data. The network is the foundation for many critical Zoo technologies. Many existing software applications at the Zoo are at the end of life and at risk of losing vendor support. Technology improvements will not be able to proceed without this network as the foundation. Professional services were engaged in Phase I of this project to discover the set up of the existing network and redesign a new network with best practices. The recommendation for Phase II is based on a network discovery and redesign report completed by Bell Canada (Bell) in Phase I. The solution would include a complete network build with Cisco hardware, firewalls, routers, switches and access points. The plan also includes utilizing the Bell fiber connection currently in place for Lumina and a 5G mobile provider for back up internet connection. This will give the Toronto Zoo full redundancy in our network and internet connections.
Staff recommended
The Director, Finance and Technology, Toronto Zoo recommends that: 1. The Board of Management authorize the Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Zoo to purchase the equipment, professional services and supporting licenses for the Phase II of the Network Re-build project within a budget of $1.95 million dollars (including a contingency of $0.1 million dollars) from OnX, which is the vendor of record at the City of Toronto.
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2. The Board of Management authorize the Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Zoo to apply up to $0.85 million dollars of designated funds from the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy to this project.
On the record
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