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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: September 16, 2013
AGENDA #: 7B
PREPARED BY: Dan Rogness, Community & Economic Development Director
AGENDA ITEM: FIBER AGREEMENT – PRIOR LAKE, SCOTT COUNTY AND INTEGRA
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The purpose of this agenda item is to allow City and Integra staff to update the EDA
on the current status of a cooperative fiber agreement (with Scott County).
History
The City Council authorized city staff to enter into a cooperative agreement with
Scott County to obtain “Requests for Proposals” (RFP) to execute fiber network con-
struction to certain city facilities and business parks. The RFP resulted in two pro-
posals from Integra and Mediacom. A selection committee determined that the In-
tegra proposal was most aligned with the plan for city/county/provider cooperation
and integration for a first phase of fiber network expansion in Prior Lake.
Current Circumstances
The County staff have negotiated a contract with Integra for fiber expansion as
identified in the RFP. City and Integra staff will update the EDA on the current sta-
tus of that contract and the corresponding fiber network project.
Conclusion
Fiber will be extended to certain public facilities and to certain business areas of
Prior Lake as included in a contract with Integra.
ISSUES: Discussions with the SMSC, Integra and County have taken place. It is unclear
whether SMSC will utilize this resource to serve their businesses and residential
areas. We have encouraged them to do so as it would represent a demonstration of
exactly the type of effort we support.
The EDA may wish to inquire about the type of business market which presently
exists for fiber service. Questions about the type and extent of business marketing
would be appropriate as well.
The EDA may wish to ask Integra whether and when it would be possible to visit
their offices to have a demonstration of the type of business service the fiber makes
possible.
Finally, looking to the future, the EDA may want to talk about where Integra could
extend laterals from the county backbone or from their own infrastructure to provide
fiber to the home on an incremental basis.
FINANCIAL The costs for this program were approved as part of the cooperative agreement
IMPACT:
and are contained in the 2013 budgets.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
RECOMMENDED N/A
MOTION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Project Schedule dated 8/19/13
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