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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: March 9, 2015 <br /> Item No.: 8.d <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Consider Approving an Ethernet Network Transport Services Agreement with <br />Roseville Schools <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />Since 2002 the City has capitalized on a number of joint opportunities to install fiber optic <br />2 <br />communication lines to connect City, Roseville School District facilities and the Ramsey County <br />3 <br />Library. All participating entities share the costs to maintain these fiber lines. <br />4 <br />5 <br />The Roseville School District currently pays the City for the use of city-owned fiber to connect their <br />6 <br />facilities. As an educational service provider, the Roseville School District is eligible to receive rebates <br />7 <br />from the federally sponsored Universal Service Fund for their telecommunications costs including the <br />8 <br />use of city-owned fiber. <br />9 <br />10 <br />In order to do so however, the School District must submit a request for proposal (RFP) through USAC, <br />11 <br />the fund administrator for the federal Schools and Libraries program and allow proposals from any <br />12 <br />interested telecommunications service providers. The District is required to submit similar requests for <br />13 <br />all telecommunication costs they obtain through the program. <br />14 <br />15 <br />The City, as a registered USAC service provider, submitted a proposal for Ethernet Network Transport <br />16 <br />Services and this was subsequently awarded to the city as the best value proposal. The proposal, as <br />17 <br />submitted, was the extension of an existing 5 year agreement that is set to expire on June 30, 2015. The <br />18 <br />renewal is affective July 1, 2015 and will extend the services for another 5 year period. <br />19 <br />20 <br />The attached Agreement has been reviewed by District Officials and they’ve concluded that it will <br />21 <br />satisfy the rebate eligibility requirements. The Agreement mirrors existing cost-sharing and service <br />22 <br />requirements that both parties are currently operating under. <br />23 <br />24 <br />PO <br />OLICYBJECTIVE <br />25 <br />Multi-jurisdictional agreements and projects are consistent with the goals and strategies identified in the <br />26 <br />Imagine Roseville 2025 process. The joint construction of a fiber optic network serves a larger number <br />27 <br />of constituents and achieves greater economies of scale than if either party were to construct one <br />28 <br />separately. <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />