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The deployment of municipal fiber optic institutional networks is a priority for the cities of METRO-INET. North St. Paul has already constructed an extensive network (see Map) connecting municipal buildings and utility facilities including the power transfer station,, water towers,, wells,, sanitary sewer lifts,, and storm water ponds. The network also extends to all facilities within ISIS 622 and connects a number of Ramsey County and State facilities. In most areas of the network, public buildings are separated by less than 1/4mile. This close proximity of city, school, county, and state institutional facilities within the footprint of the North St. Paul network made it cost effective to build out municipal fiber optics to all of these facilities. I In 200 6,, Roseville constructed a fiber optic backbone along County Road B2 (see Map). The backbone currently extends from Roseville Area Middle School in Little Canada to a cross connect vault on Snelling Avenue. This 3.5 mile fiber trunk will eventually connect a number of city and school facilities to a network separate from the Comcast provided institutional networks. The facilities within this service corridor are currently under served, gaining access to the network via the old, outdate and unsupported cable modems. By working together, the City and School District can improve the performance of their network and access to centralized applications by cost sharing the construction of the lateral network segments that would cross connect to the B2 backbone. Interconnecting the School District and the City (along with METRO-INET partners), provides additional opportunities for cost sharing technology. The existing VoIP telephone system in use today by METRO-INET can support 7,500 telephone devices. There are currently only 1,000 devices on the voice network. Consolidating phone systems provides great cost saving for both the City and School District by spreading the operating costs across a larger group of agencies. An integrated system also provides business continuity features, failover, and staff mobility across all connected facilities. Roseville Police could greatly improve the efficiencies of the School Liaison program by having a full integrated office complete with access to all police department voice and data systems. Cost sharing advanced network engineering staff is more cost effective when managing a single network infrastructure. And as new joint facilities are constructed,, the potential for sharing space is increased when city and school district staff can access their respective data and voice networks from the same building. Joint Meeting of the Roseville City Council and Roseville Area School District Board June 25,, 2008