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WE n ilia �CYy TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark Casey, City Manager RE: St. Anthony Municipal Fiber Optic Network DATE: July 22, 2014 As part of the City's strategic initiatives to maintain a quality infrastructure and a robust technological foundation, staff is requesting the Council to consider the creation of a municipal fiber optic network. The compact size of St. Anthony makes it relatively cost effective to construct a city fiber network between its facilities. The establishment of a City -owned fiber network would eliminate the need to lease a vital component of infrastructure similar to any other City -owned utility. Attached is a proposed fiber route broken down in three phases. Phase One would be the initial "spine or backbone" to inner connect City Hall/Police with Fire Station, Marketplace Liquor Store, St. Anthony Village Liquor Store and Public Works. Phase Two would connect with the City of Roseville and thus Metro Institutional Network (I -Net). Phase Three would connect remaining City assets such as park shelters, lift stations, wells, water tower, etc. Currently, through a franchise agreement with Comcast, the City is provided fiber that serves the City Hall/Police, Fire Station and Marketplace Liquor Store, but not Public Works Facility or Silver Lake Liquor Store. The City Network relies heavily on the I -NET for not only connectivity between its facilities but also for interconnecting to adjacent community networks to access shared technology services. As staff has been working through franchise agreement negotiations with Comcast, the possibility has been discussed that the continued use of the I -NET network would no longer be at "no cost". This possible new cost is anticipated to be approximately $5,900 per month or $70,800 annually for the Liquor Operation and the City Hall campus. Even with a temporary price break, not all of the City's assets would be inner -connected with fiber. Fiber optics networks offer superior for bandwidth, reliability, resiliency and security to meet the every growing demand for higher bandwidth services and to extend services further. And since fiber optics is non-metallic, it is not subject to interference from radio or electromagnetic interference making it far more reliable and secure than copper or wireless transmission. Creation of this dedicated network would allow for the expansion of capabilities that are not available using Metro -INET. For example: Police Department: The Police Department depends on the technology services provided through the City of Roseville. All police records systems are housed in the Roseville Data Center where these systems are shared amongst