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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIBER OPTIC LEASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. (F&BC 6/5/17)
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Issue/Request:
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIBER OPTIC LEASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
Key Issues:
The City of Lee's Summit has operations at 21 locations that require connection to the City’s network. Many of these sites are currently connected to City Hall via fiber optic cable. A significant portion of this cable owned by the R7 school district, and leased to the city for its use. To maintain network connectivity, a renewal of the lease for these strands is required. The agreement has an annual review stipulation that allows the City to reduce the number of strands needed to appropriately manage the network.
Proposed City Council Motion:
FIRST MOTION: I move for second reading of AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIBER OPTIC LEASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
SECOND MOTION: I move for adoption of AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIBER OPTIC LEASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
Background:
In July of 2002, the city entered into an agreement with R7 school district to share fiber optic cable infrastructure between the organizations. The Agreement allowed for the addition of future shared fiber segments when capacity in fiber network was available and in the best interest of the City or School District to coordinate on these resources.
The 2002 agreement was updated in 2003 wit...
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