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Working Draft — City Fiber optic Network and Technology Master Plans City staff has begun assessing its network infrastructure needs and interests for the future, taking into account both the needs of the City for its municipal operations, but also the opportunity to extend a municipal fiber utility infrastructure to other public entities, including our school districts, neighboring cities, the County and also to the State of Minnesota. The City desires to be well - positioned to enhance the quality of life, economic vitality and delivery of government services in Roseville through the strategic use of telecommunications technologies and fiber optic utility infrastructure. The Imagine Roseville 2025 process identified the need to provide sustainable, cutting edge technology to support educational opportunities, provide cost effective city services, and support a citywide technology infrastructure that is accessible to the private sector. Within this context, the City seeks to develop a Municipal Fiber optic Network and Technology Master Plan to identify the current telecommunications infrastructure; ascertain future telecommunications needs and services; and determine potential roles and partnership opportunities to help the City meet such needs. The effort would include an analysis of: • the uses of existing City rights -of -way for telecommunications infrastructure and methods to protect these valuable assets while encouraging location of new technology within the community; • the types of telecommunications systems that best promote community objectives and the electronic delivery of government and institutional services; • public and business partnership models that promote increased use of telecommunications technologies within the community; • alternate strategies that could accomplish the same goals without public financing; • how telecommunications providers might help the City achieve these objectives; and; • financial models that clarify likely City roles in the telecommunications arena. The kinds of questions that need to be explored include: • how the City might encourage greater competition and consumer choice in telecommunication services; • what the City can do to promote universal access and telecommunication literacy; • whether the City should construct its own fiber network or "'loop • how the City might enhance the delivery of government services; • and the role of telecommunications to enhance the economic climate of the City. It is suggested that the City explore two economic models to determine the appropriate role for the City to undertake: a Citywide full - service network (cable TV; telephone; high speed data services ) ; and a City institutional network model. Regardless of the network approach chosen, it is important to note that the recommendations of the modeling component are in addition to the services and telecommunication solutions offered by the traditional private telecommunication providers. Page 6 of 9