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<br />City Council Study Session - 08/21/06 <br />Minutes - Page 13 <br /> <br />underground protected pipes or sleeves, similar to the City's <br />water and sewer systems; which, once in place, could be used by <br />numerous services provided to connect individual premises to <br />those facilities via fiber, as well as serving the City for a variety <br />of applications. Mr. Miller expanded on the potential <br />opportunity for establishing a city-owned fiber conduit system <br />and fiber optic technologies and evaluations of those <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />Mr. Miller discussed the establishment, by ordinance, of a "high- <br />density corridor" designating a portion of the public right-of-way <br />for which telecommunication service providers would be <br />required to locate their cable (i.e., co-locate). <br /> <br />A City Attorney opinion dated May 22, 2006 entitled, <br />"Placement of Fiber Optic Cable in City Owned Conduit" was <br />included for reference. <br /> <br />Terre Heiser, Information Technology Network Manager <br />Mr. Miller and Mr. Heiser provided an example, the Twin Lakes <br />Redevelopment Project, where the developer would be required <br />to install the conduit, and convey the asset back to the City; <br />presuming the developer would pass the added costs on to <br />eventual property owners in the same manner they currently do <br />for the cost of buildings, utilities, and other infrastructure <br />improvements. Advantages and disadvantages were detailed. <br /> <br />Discussion included public policy rationale; future uses (i.e., life <br />safety application monitoring for elderly stay at home; <br />monitoring of home alarm systems; meter reading); speed of the <br />fiber optic network; other cities practices; future avoidance of <br />disrupting streetscapes; development applications and triggers <br />(i.e., PUD applications); future opportunities; cost sharing with <br />some other partners; service provider participation, benefits, and <br />responsibilities; policy implications; socio-economic distinctions <br />of individual homeowners and businesses; public sector <br />competition with the private sector; and preservation of City <br />rights-of-way. <br /> <br />Further discussion included projected costs depending on square <br />miles and number of households; wireless networks and <br />