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Smart City & Partnerships City of Wichita’s streetsmart view of implementation

Smart City • What is a “Smart City”? • Sample projects from other Cities • Why are partnerships important? • Current and future Wichita projects • Next steps

What is a “Smart City” Smart and connected cities implement technology to improve the safety, economics and livability of cities. This includes the collection and use of data for decision-making, projections, analysis and business intelligence.

Sample Projects from other Cities Kansas City – 52 blocks of “smart technology ” • Smart LED streetlights • Informational Public Kiosks • Free Public Wi-Fi • Dynamic Traffic Signal timing

Sample Projects from other Cities Dallas – Dallas Innovation Alliance • A public-private partnership • Smart irrigation offering smart controllers that utilize weather data to improve water conservation and leak detection • Smart parking efforts with utilization, traffic flow and spot availability • Public Wi-Fi in the Living Lab led by the City of Dallas and powered by AT&T, Cisco, Nokia and Scientel

Why do we need partners? • There is a large breadth of opportunities in the Smart City space • There are new technologies in which the City has no expertise • Leverage skill-sets and knowledge bases (academia) Data & analytics VR and AR IoT • Opportunities to… Monetize Fund Share assets (right of way, light poles, etc) Share data

Current and future Wichita projects • Trash sensor implementation • Traffic signalization • Old Town camera systems • Gun shot detection • KDOT – fiber sharing • Parking systems • Copper and other metals theft • AVL/GPS • Review of 5G implementation (definition)

Next Steps • Develop MOUs for Partnerships • Educate on Smart City and potential benefits • Manage associated change • Formalize our Smart City approach • Run proof of concepts Quick application of technologies and ideas Fail or succeed quickly Dismiss or design to scale Address business or citizen concerns • Take a “do” approach • Be experimental (in the public sector this can be a challenge) • Leaders need to rethink the way cities are run

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