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Department Approval <br />��. .�: �� <br />��i <br />� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 03/08/10 <br />Item No.: 7.d <br />City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Consider a Resolution Supporting a Fiber Infrastructure Grant <br />BACKGROUND <br />Since 1998, the City of Roseville has actively engaged other municipalities and governmental agencies for <br />the purpose of sharing information technology services. To date, the City of Roseville has entered into <br />Joint Powers Agreements with 23 entities to provide various levels of IT-related services. Within this <br />consortium group, it is estimated that the participating agencies collectively save in excess of $500,000 <br />annually for their information technology-related costs. <br />The success of these partnerships is reliant on the ability of the City of Roseville to maintain connectivity to <br />other agencies through high-speed, broadband connections. The vast majority of this connectivity is <br />currently provided by the Comcast-owned Institutional Network (I-Net) under the terms and conditions of <br />each city's respective local cable franchise. However, recent changes in cable regulations have brought <br />into question the requirement of cable operators to provide services such as institutional networks. This <br />uncertainty makes it difficult to develop long range technology plans given this unknown. Absent cities' <br />ability to use the I-Net it is estimated that the cost to lease broadband service lines would cost in excess of <br />$300,000 annually for this consortium of agencies. <br />In recognition of the potential loss of use of the INET, some cities have begun installing municipal-owned <br />fiber to connect critical city facilities (although only some of these critical connections are complete). <br />However, securing the interconnections between cities presents a daunting financial challenge. Fortunately, <br />agencies in this consortium have a new opportunity to meet this challenge through the Federal Stimulus <br />Plan. <br />The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly called the Federal Stimulus Plan, <br />provides grants for deploying broadband infrastructure through the Broadband Technology Opportunity <br />Program (BTOP). The purpose of the BTOP grant is to increase broadband penetration into unserved and <br />underserved areas of the United States, to enhance broadband capacity at public computer learning centers, <br />and to promote sustainable broadband projects using public/private partnerships. The U.S Department of <br />Commerce through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) agency has <br />been charged with developing policy guidelines and application procedures; to receive and review <br />applications; and to distribute $4.7 billion to affect these programs. <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />
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