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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 22, 2014 Page 3 City Manager Casey presented the Contract Agreement for Police Services with Falcon Heights and Lauderdale and stated that the Falcon Heights and Lauderdale City Councils have approved both contracts. He stated that a five-year contract is intended to recognize the many years of mutually beneficial services, create stability, and help with recruiting and training. Councilmember Stille pointed out that if the fee increase is greater than 3%, the cities have the right to opt out and renegotiate the contract. 9 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to adopt Resolution 14- 10 053; a Resolution Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services with the City of Falcon 11 Heights for the Years 2015 through 2019 and Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to 12 Execute Said Agreement. 13 14 Motion carried 4-0. 15 16 C. Resolution 14-054; a Resolution Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services 17 with the City of Lauderdale for the Years 2015-2019 and Authorizes the Mayor and City 18 Manager to Execute Said Agreement. Mark Casey, City Manager, presenting. 19 20 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 14- 21 054; a Resolution Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services with the City of 22 Lauderdale for the Years 2015 through 2019 and Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to 23 Execute Said Agreement. 24 25 Motion carried 4-0. 26 27 D. Resolution 14-055, a Resolution Accepting the 2014 Municipal Fiber Optic Project Plans 28 and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement for Bids. Mark Casey, City Manager. 29 presenting. 30 31 City Manager Casey requested that the City Council consider the creation of a municipal fiber 32 optic network and advised that Phase One would connect City Hall with the Fire Station, Public 33 Works, and both liquor stores, Phase Two would be completed at a later date and provide 34 connectivity to the Metro I -Net, and Phase Three would connect the remaining City assets such 35 as park shelters, life stations, wells, and water treatment systems. He stated that once the bids 36 are received, staff will come back to the City Council with a financing plan for the project. 37 38 Councilmember Gray expressed support for the project and stated he was concerned about the 39 potential cost to the City for continued use of the I -Net network through the Comcast franchise 40 agreement, adding that this project has a potential payback of less than five years when 41 compared to the proposed charges for using the I -Net network with Comcast. 42 43 Councilmember Roth asked about the timetable for Phase Two. 44 45 City Manager Casey stated that staff is currently working in partnership with Roseville and there 46 may be an opportunity to partner with them on fiber connectivity through their parks, adding that 47 Roseville is currently working on bids for the network within their park system. 48