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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 11,2014 Page 28 support of Lexington Park coming on line first to determine how and when build- ings are used, fees generated for rentals, and which if any services are used, along with providing on-site security. Councilmember McGehee advised that she could support Lexington and Rosebrook Parks at this point, opining that it was im- portant to get at least one building up and functioning; as well as directing staff to run at full force to get the information needed to move forward. Recognizing the comments of Councilmember Willmus in terms of Lexington Park or any of the parks, Mayor Roe questioned if staff knew the limitations of those facilities and what was adequate for them; and sought staff's perspective. Mr. Heiser cautioned that in using the Comcast program, City Hall staff would be losing any management visibility of what city guest users were doing on the in- ternet with that wireless connection, with that traffic not within the tunnel's filter- ing system and able to block anything. Mr. Heiser referenced current use of that VPN over Internet system used at Harriet Alexander Nature Center (HANC) and the Golf Course, and while it works, he reiterated his concerns in a lack of man- agement control, based on the City's obligation to provide those connections free, but also recognizing they are subject to the terms of use found acceptable, and not used for purposes that the City could or would not support. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Heiser clarified that if the connections were by fiber, the City would and could manage that system completely and avoid those potential issues. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Heiser noted that the Comcast proposal was based on the group rate quoted, and his next step would be to deter- mine if removing any of those locations would significantly impact their proposed rate. Since construction was already happening on some of those sites, Mr. Heiser opined that getting from the right-of-way to the building itself should not impact the quoted rates significantly. Etten moved, McGehee seconded, authorizing staff to go out for proposals to connect Rosebrook and Lexington Park buildings with fiber using money from the Communications Fund; and seeking proposals to connect the other buildings through a contract with Comcast, and then to explore more partners and funding sources for the Villa Park and Sandcastle connections. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Heiser reviewed previous presen- tation information related to controls for the uploading component for security cameras and card access areas and their various programming needs. However, Mr. Heiser noted the problems if city guest users were viewing a live-stream viewing a movie or using Netflix on the City's wireless at a park location, and impacts to the program, as well as monitoring capabilities for the Police Depart-