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.��,;,� <br />� <br />Y111� <br />2 Ta: <br />3 <br />�- F�-prm: <br />5 <br />Mayor and City Couazc�� <br />BiIX Malz�en, Ci�y Manager <br />Chris Miile�r, Finan.ce Direcior C, <br />Terre Heis�r, Info�a�or� Tec�no ogy Ma��age� <br />G Da�e: �u�ae � 8, 2007 <br />7 Re: Pflsition St€itez�zez�t prz �ze NSCC/C'�`C Report or� �he I-Net S�a�eg�c P�az� <br />. <br />�ate: 6/18/U7 <br />Item: 1 �.l <br />NSCC/CTC <br />� Net Strategic Pla�z <br />10 In�rod�ctia� <br />11 On May 9, 200'7, the North Sul�urban Cornm�nications Commissioil (N�CC) Sta�f�` received a <br />12 repart �rozr� the Colurnbia Te�ecQxr�rr�unications Corporat�on (CTC}, regard.ing a propaseci <br />13 strategic tech�ologY plar� fbr ilae �nsti�xtio�al Nel:work (I-Net) �sed by the NSCC zxaez�r�ber ciiies, <br />�4 whic� includes Roseville. A co�y o!'the exec��ive suz�aznary o�the repnri is attached. . <br />15 <br />J 6 T�e re�ort was znitzated io iden�ify the �easzbili#y a£ cor�strucfi��g a przvate �ber optic nei:wark <br />17 ar�o�gst NSCC rr��mber cities t�a� ccauld serve as ertl�.er; �) a replaceme�t of �k�e Comeast-�wned <br />� 8 fiber network, or 2) a redundat�t £�iber optic ne�:woric. <br />19 <br />20 <br />2� <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />�s <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />34 <br />3� <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />3'7 <br />38 <br />39 <br />�-0 <br />T�e cunrent Comcast-avvaaed �ber n��vork is provided to tk�e City of Roseville, and athe�r NSCC <br />cities, by viriue o� aur cable iranchise agr�ez�ent. Under the ternrzs p£ the Agreement, the City of <br />Rase�ille can �se the �-Net �or any ins�iiutional use (i.e, to provic�e coz�z�ecti�ity be�ween city <br />faciiiiies). ConceivabIy, w�ez� ��� cable fra�xc�Zise zs renewec� in 20�3 oz- zf �ocat cab�e <br />�ranchising goes away a�togeiher due to fed�ral ar state actians, t�e C�ty o� Raset�ill� could los� <br />access to this �iber networ�C. This �ancertainty �ed io t�e creatian of t�is Re�ort. <br />Ciiy Staff have e�vaIuated #he CT� Repor�t. Bas�d on the eoncl�sians in the report and in <br />consir�eratior� o� the Cit�'s long-te� ca�ectivity and business neec�s, S�aff submits the <br />following positiaza statements. <br />Pas�fion �tatemen� #� -�- TIa� CTG Repart has vaZrxe in tlzr�t it rr.s�essed r� pote�ztial alte��ative <br />to the Cotazcast provided insfitutional network. However, additivnal study and discussion is <br />neeessary io conclude ivlaetlxer tlzis arternative is viable ar even a prefer,red optian to meet the <br />needs af tlxe City of Roseville. <br />Th� CTC Repoz� identified one pot��tial alter�ative �o ��e Conacast-provicle� ins#itufiional <br />networ�. While i�e Re�ort �d�n�ifi�d the faezlities t�at are curre�tly ca�ected to the Z-Net and <br />provided a gene:ra� assessment af t�� curre�zt needs o�� those �aci�i#ies; i� is not indicative of <br />Roseville's ldng-tearzn �b�r infrastru4�ture needs. <br />