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WORK SESSION MEMORANDUM <br />To: City Council <br />From: Al Rolek <br />Date: March 1, 2010 <br />Re: Resolution of Support for Broadband Stimulus Funding <br />cc: <br />Lino Lakes contracts for IT support from the City of Roseville through the Metro -INET. <br />Metro -INET is a consortium of 19 metropolitan area municipalities and service <br />organizations that formed to address the IT needs of the members to provide these <br />services in an organized, efficient and cost - effective manner. <br />Metro -INET has been approached by American Fiber Systems (AFS) to support an <br />application for a through the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) of the <br />Federal Stimulus Plan for the installation of a fiber -optic network. By cooperating with <br />this effort the communities of the INET would receive a long -term operating lease for use <br />of the fiber network. There would be no cost to the city to participate in the cost of <br />construction should the grant be awarded. The only cost to the city, via our INET <br />charges, would be a share of annual maintenance costs of the fiber network, estimated at <br />$49,000. <br />Attached is a report and proposed resolution prepared by Terre Heiser, Network Manager <br />for the City of Roseville and Executive Director of Metro -INET, supporting the grant <br />application. Supporting documentation from AFS is also attached. Terre will be in <br />attendance at the work session to explain the grant request, the need for such a network, <br />and the benefits to be derived by its construction. Since the grant application must be <br />submitted by March 15, Council will be asked to act on the resolution supporting the <br />application on March 8. Terre will answer any questions you may have relative to this <br />matter on Monday evening. <br />Page 1 <br />