CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
title
Waive the applicable provisions of the Naperville Procurement Code and Award Procurement 17-104, Citywide Telecommunications Strategic Business Plan, to Magellan Advisors for an amount not to exceed $89,000.
body
DEPARTMENT: Information Technology
SUBMITTED BY: Jeff Anderson, IT Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
Technological advances in the communication industry continue to provide greater information to individuals and businesses. Quick and easy access to the Internet has become a necessity. Fast access to data can provide a competitive advantage to our Naperville businesses as they compete with others to make timely business decisions based on good information.
Staff has recently observed this demand through requests from private companies to install fiber optic lines in our public right-of-way to provide high-speed access for some City businesses. Traditionally the City only allowed franchised utilities access in our right of ways. The Telecommunications Act of the 1990's changed that and the City saw two private fiber companies install their facilities in the City; with one linking businesses along the tollway and the other providing connectivity between school buildings throughout the City. Today we are seeing a new industry develop.
In the last several months, three unrelated private companies have approached the City requesting approval to install their private fiber in our right of ways to provide high-speed Internet access to our businesses. These companies don't provide the Internet service, they simply provide the conveyance to the Internet. An issue is that there are several of these companies, and based on what we are seeing we believe that number will continue to grow. Instead of having one or two fiber lines along City right-of-ways, we could end up with a dozen or more, congesting City right of ways and making maintenance of City utilities and roadways very expensi...
Click here for full text