AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           March 14, 2011

From:                          Jim Lemberg – Manager, Communications Utility

Subject:                      Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with The School Board of Lake County, Florida for the lease of dark fibers

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of an agreement with The School Board of Lake County, Florida for the lease of dark fibers.

Analysis:

Under this agreement, the City will lease dark fibers to the Schools over a multi-year period.  Previous agreements with the Schools have been for one-year terms, requiring renegotiation each year.  Switching to a multi-year term benefits both parties in relieving the burden of annual contract negotiation.  Each party receives further benefit in knowing what its costs (in the case of the Schools) or revenues (in the case of the City) will be over the term of the agreement.

Under previous agreements, the City has provided the electronics that transmit the data between sites by means of a fixed-rate circuit.  By moving to use of dark fiber, the Schools would be able to select their own data rate and potentially take fuller advantage of the bandwidth inherent to optical fiber.

Options:

1.  Approve the resolution authorizing an agreement with the School Board of Lake County; or

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate

Fiscal Impact: 

Because this agreement will be for dark fiber rather than fixed-rate circuits, City revenues will increase when compared to revenues received under the current agreement.  

Submission Date and Time:    3/9/2011 5:42 PM____

Department: _IT/Communications  _____ Prepared by:  _JIM LEMBERG________                      Attachments:         Yes__X__   No ______ Advertised:   ____Not Required ___X___ Dates:   __________________________                      Attorney Review :       Yes_X__  No ____ _________________________________            Revised 6/10/04

Reviewed by: Dept. Head ________ Finance  Dept. ____JB____________                                    Deputy C.M. ___________________                                          Submitted by: City Manager ___________________

Account No. __045-0000-343-9212_ Project No. ___________________ WF No. ______________________ Budget  ______________________ Available _____________________

RESOLUTION NO._______________

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR THE LEASE OF DARK FIBERS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA:

            THAT the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute an agreement with THE SCHOOL BOARD OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA whose address is 201 W. Burleigh Blvd., Tavares, Florida  32778, for the lease of dark fibers.

 THAT this resolution shall become effective immediately.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, at a regular meeting held the fourteenth day of March 2011.

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                                                                             Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk