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WS — Item 2 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item Date: April 4, 2011 To: City Council From: Jeff Karlson, City Administrator Re: Connect Anoka County Fiber Project Background During the March 28 work session, representatives from Anoka Co. were present to explain the Connect Anoka County Project for the construction of a broadband fiber network throughout Anoka County. The project will link 145 anchor institutions with three core rings, creating a 286 -mile backbone. The backbone will connect police, fire, public works, libraries, K -12 schools, colleges, city halls, and county buildings. Anoka County has held several meetings with representatives from the various public entities to go over the project details and to answer questions about the fiber optic backbone. The County was hoping to have all the community anchor institutions adopt a Connectivity Services Agreement by April 1, 2011. However, several concerns have been raised about the potential deficiencies in the Agreement. Since several questions came up about the project, the North Metro Cable Commission (of which Lino Lakes is a member) asked its telecommunications attorney, Steve Guzzetta, to review the Connectivity Services Agreement. Mr. Guzzetta pointed out several concerns he had with the agreement and drafted a revised agreement that addresses his concerns. His revised version of the agreement was sent to the County Attorney's Office for review. During the March 28 work session, Assistant County Attorney Kathryn Timm indicated that the County is not interested in making further revisions to the Agreement at this time. Ms. Timm and David Minke, Anoka County Deputy Administrator, will be available on Monday night to answer any questions the Council has about the Agreement. Staff will continue to gather more information about the project before Monday night's meeting. Attachments Connectivity Services Agreement w /Attachments March 21, 2011 Letter from Steve Guzzetta