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RESOLUTION NO. 05-161
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF A PILOT WIRELESS HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVICE
THROUGH A PRIVATE — PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP
WHEREAS, the City Council directed study of wireless high-speed Internet service
beginning in November 2004, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered several questions around current Internet
service in St. Louis Park including availability, choice, cost, and mobility / portability, and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed informal community interest surveys to help
inform the study of wireless high-speed Internet service, and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed the conduct of and participated in a due diligence
process including a formal study to determine technical, market, and financial feasibility of
wireless high-speed Internet service, and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed and staff engaged in many methods of public
process to gather input from all communities of interest on the need for, concerns about, support
for, and opposition to the concept of a City role in ensuring the availability of competitively
priced wireless high-speed Internet service, and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed as part of the due diligence process study of legal
powers of the City to play a role in ensuring the availability of competitively priced wireless
high-speed Internet service, and
WHEREAS, results of the technical, market, financial feasibility, and other studies and
processes mentioned above indicate the viability of wireless high-speed Internet service through
use of a private — public partnership model, and
WHEREAS, results of the technical, market, financial feasibility, and other studies and
processes mentioned above suggest use of a private — public partnership model would maximize
the community benefit from wireless high-speed Internet service through each partner exercising
its own respective technical, marketing, operational, and branding strengths, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has given due consideration to results of the technical,
market, financial feasibility, and other studies and processes including those mentioned above,
and in addition considered public policy questions including the essentiality of available and
competitively priced high-speed Internet service to all members of the residential, business,
private, and non-profit communities and for the provision of effective and efficient municipal
and educational services, and
WHEREAS, the community of St. Louis Park competes with other cities throughout
Minnesota and the Untied States for a wide variety of participating residents, businesses, families
and students, and institutions to support and enhance the community's quality of life, and
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WHEREAS, St. Louis Park strives to be a community of choice for a lifetime and a
Children First community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park that:
1. The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to cause the design
and implementation of a pilot wireless high-speed Internet service through use of a
private — public partnership model.
2. The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to integrate into the
design and implementation of said pilot wireless high-speed Internet service steps that
would minimize duplicate efforts and costs if the City moves forward with
construction of a citywide wireless high-speed Internet service through use of a
private — public partnership model.
3. The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to expend up to $280,000
through an internal loan from the Economic Development Fund on said pilot wireless
high-speed Internet service using all purchasing methods legally available to the City.
4. The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to report back to the
City Council results of the pilot project at the appropriate time in the spring of 2006.
5. The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to consider
implications for the design and citywide construction of a wireless high-speed
Internet service through use of a private — public partnership model, contemplating
availability of said service in fall 2006.
6. That said citywide construction of a wireless high-speed Internet service will not
occur if results of the pilot project reflect a likely chance of failure or other
undesirable performance relating to appropriate standards and measures including
technical and market considerations.
7. That results of said pilot wireless high-speed Internet service through use of a private
— public partnership model will be limited in representing expected results of a
similar citywide wireless high-speed Internet service due to constraints in funding,
physical infrastructure, and randomness of geography and subscribers, and that such
limitations will be taken into account in evaluating results of said pilot.
The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to partner as
appropriate with Independent School District No. 283 and other appropriate public,
private and non-profit to cause the design and implementation of a pilot wireless
high-speed Internet service through use of a private — public partnership model.
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