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B UELL CONSULTING, INC. 905 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 210 site Acquisition Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102-4740 Permitting (651) 225-0792 Site Management Fax (651) 225-0795 May 10, 2000 Spencer A. Isom Assistant City Manager 3301 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55418 RE: Metricom's Ricochet System and Use of City Right of Way Dear Spencer: Thank you for your time in meeting with me last week to talk about Metricom and its desire to bring its exciting new wireless internet service, called Ricochet, to City businesses and residents. I am writing this letter to.summarize our discussion. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Metricom's wireless network is accomplished by attaching shoebox sized radios on street lights. It usually takes approximately seven of these radios per square mile to cover an area. The power for the radios is tapped from existing photo sensors on the street light. These radios can also be attached to power poles. Metricom does not plan to add any new poles or do any trenching in the right-of-way, however,Metricom will need to use the City's right-of-ways in order to access the light poles and power poles. Most of the poles are owned by NSP. As you requested,a letter that references the Agreement between NSP and Metricom is enclosed STANDARD AGREEMENT I gave you a standard ROW Agreement that is the result of consultation with the attorneys representing the League of Minnesota Cities and Suburban Rate Authority. For your convenience, I also gave you a Reference Draft that highlights changes made at the request-of LMC and SRA. We are asking the City to review and approve the Agreement. This is the same Agreement that is being presented to 75 other cities in the Metro area of which 42 Cities have already signed. We are hoping to complete the Agreement with all of the cities by the end of Maya As you requested,a copy of the Agreement signed by the City of New Brighton is enclosed. • BENEFITS TO CITY The main benefit will be for residents and businesses to have the choice of a high-speed wireless internet capability. In order to speed the rollout of our system in the Twin Cities market,Metricom is willing to go beyond the statutory limits that cities can charge for the use of the right of way. The Agreement provides for the following payments. These are the exact same payments being proposed and accepted by other cities: