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City Council Meeting Minutes March 18, 2014 Page 14 of 20 tolerate any more than 25% coming out of the Open Space Trust Fund and may have to be restored out of the General Fund. He felt the space allocation made the best sense. Council member Loo felt it was a matter of fairness of what is coming out of the funds. Council member Lipton noted the allocation of space may vary over a period of years. He stated at this point, it is merely an estimate. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION — ZAYO PARTNERSHIP FOR CONDUIT-FIBER Mayor Muckle requested a staff presentation. IT Director Neves explained staff is seeking direction from Council on a draft agreement with the Zayo Group for sharing City conduit through a nonexclusive public-private partnership. Under this partnership the Zayo Group would perform the build/ install of the additional City fiber and conduit to the vicinity of the new City Shops facility on Dillon Road and give ownership of the conduit and fiber to the City in exchange for shared space to over-pull Zayo micro-conduit within the existing 6.5 miles of City conduit. The proposed agreement is currently being reviewed by the City Attorney's office. Based upon similar agreements between Zayo and other municipalities, staff estimated the leased one-time payment-trade value of the City conduit in the proposed agreement to be approximately $190,000. The cost through the City's fiber contractor for fiber- conduit installed, between S. 88th Street and Dillon Road to S. 104th Street and Dillon Road has been estimated at approximately $200,000. The benefits of the public-private partnership include: • Cost savings to the City which would offset a currently unfunded capital fiber project. • Maintenance, repair and response support associated with having a private entity, Zayo Group, in City conduit. • Agreement is non-exclusive. The risks associated with the public-private partnership include: • Loss of conduit capacity. • Potential damage to City/BVSD fiber during install. IT Director Neves introduced Alex Abeyta Project Planner with Zayo Group, who would be available to address Council's questions. Staff requested Council direction on whether the IT Division should proceed with further review and bring a final proposal to establish a public-private partnership with Zayo Group for fiber and conduit. COUNCIL COMMENT 39