A proposal to replace ID cards for Villagers could cost as much as $2.23 million.
The Amenity Authority Committee and the Project Wide Advisory Committee will meet in a joint meeting at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Savannah Center to consider a major overhaul to restrict outsiders’ access to amenities and to allow residents to open gates without waving a card.
At the heart of the system would be the Villager ID card with a chip. The card would serve as both a Villager ID and gate entrance device. The new card would offer enhanced security with encryption. The new card would offer many operational efficiencies. The District has already been experimenting with long-range readers at the gates and the new cards, potentially coupled with Sunpass-style stickers, would end the need to roll down car windows when swiping a card at an entry gate.
The plan would call for 290,000 new Villager ID cards at a cost of $5.70 per card. That comes to $1.65 million. Another $580,000 would be needed for administrative costs, including programming and issuing the cards. That brings the total to $2.23 million.
The AAC and PWAC will be considering other options, including going with the long-range reader technology at the gates and disregarding the plan for the new ID cards. That would cost about $1.1 million. The board will also consider a “pool access control” option that would electronically limit access to the 71 neighborhood pools. That option has a $2.69 million price tag.