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Potential roles for the City may include: � • Develop internal infrastructure, including City-owned conduit with fiber linking its facilities on � a priority and cost justified basis. The first phase of this approach would also include other � governmental institutions such as facilities of the Roseville Area School District � • Secome a provider of external infrastructure as a lesser of conduit and/or fiber to non- � governmental institutional entities. � • Secome a provider of a full-service network to external, non-governmental institutional entities � and City residents. � In any of the above three options, the City might partner with an established telecommunications provider. � The partner and City could jointly develop and provide the above assets and services, subject to their � economic and technical feasibility, under a multi-phase agreement. � Staff recomn�ends the development of a fiber optic telecommunications network for use by public � agencies and institutions with additional capacity for leased conduit and/or fiber to non-governmental � entities. � Enhancements to Delivery of Government Services � Over the past few years, the City's internal use of telecommunications technologies has grown significantly. � The City now operates and depends on a sophisticated local and wide area network that connects staff at all � City facilities for voice and computer communications. This advanced network is extended to 14 other � public agencies (Chart A.). There are currently 43 public buildings (Chart S.) connected on an existing � network compromised of municipal fiber optic cabling and a Comcast provided co�ial and fiber optic � network. Whereas the City has already made investments in it's own fiber optic network, the vast majority � of the infrastructure is provided by Comcast as part of the City's local cable television franchise through the � provision of an Institutional Network (INET) . However many portions of the INET still operate on outdated � co�ial cable connections and equipment which do not provide the reliability necessary to sustain advanced � applications like IP telephony and GIS applications. And with the uncertainty of any provision of local � cable television franchising beyond the current agreement that expires in 2012, it is necessary that the City � make every effort to begin development of an alternate to the Comcast network. � The City has made significant investments in telecommunications technologies, including IP Telephony, � Geographical Information Services, document imaging and management, network video security and � surveillance, and Internet access. To support these services, high bandwidth connections are required to � interconnect key network hubs like the City Hall Data Center to municipal facilities located throughout the � City and neighboring communities. � Fiber optic networks provide the capacity for supporting technologies now being implemented and provide � opportunities to deliver high bandwidth video and multimedia applications to City facilities and the public � as planned in the near future, facilitating video conferencing, video training, integrated voice and data � applications, and full motion video and sound. Other facilities on the City wide area network now require � bandwidth upgrades to support new demands. 146 Page 4 of 9