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RESOLUTION NO. 4 5 0 6
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, ENDORSING
THE EFFORTS OF THE VALLEY CITIES
ASSOCIATION AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO FUND
BROADBAND OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED
THROUGH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF '
COMMERCE
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn is a member of the Valley Cities
Association which was formed in August, 2005, for the purpose of collaborating
on issues of common interest; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Valley Cities Association received
funding and completed a study that resulted in a recommendation to focus on
regional broadband development efforts on public safety, law enforcement and
local governmental services by developing a regional fiber optic ring to
interconnect all participating cities and agencies that will result in enhancing
interagency communication, emergency response and municipal services; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Valley Cities Association and the City of
Federal Way wish to work cooperatively to implement the recommendation of the
study; and
WHEREAS, the goals of the members of the Valley Cities Association and
the City of Federal Way to enhance broadband infrastructure and services are to:
1) improve access to and use of broadband for public safety agencies; 2)
efficiently deliver local government services; 3) stimulate broadband, local
economic development and job creation; 4) enhance service to public health care
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and education institutions; 5) effectively manage public property and right-of-way;
- and 6) ensure equity, awareness and improved access to the public; and
WHEREAS, as part of the technology improvements, 911 communication
to the public safety community will be changed from radio-based to IP-base; thus
requiring wired (fiber) communication from 911 communication centers to the
participating public entities and wireless communications from the agencies to
the mobile computers in vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Valley Cities Association have executed
a Fiber Optic Project Agreement to develop the scope of a comprehensive fiber
optic infrastructure capital improvement initiative, and Budget Estimates for
constructing these infrastructure improvements, attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
and Exhibit "B," respectively, and incorporated by reference; and
WHEREAS, new grant funding opportunities are available through the
federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund broadband
technology opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Valley Cities Association and the City of
Federal Way desire to pursue federal grant funding through the American
Recovery Act for the first phase of the broadband infrastructure project as
identified in Exhibit "A" in the amount of $4.5 million; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Valley Cities Association and the City of
Federal Way desire to have the City of Auburn take the lead in applying for
federal grant funding on behalf of the members of the Valley Cities Association
and the City of Federal Way; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Auburn intends to contribute its proportionate
share of the local match by utilizing staff time and other available City
resources; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council that upon awarding of the
grant, it will amend the City's Annual Budget as necessary to authorize the use of
available City resources as a local match for the grant funding;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The City Council endorses the collaborative
effort of the Valley Cities Association to enhance regional broadband
infrastructure and authorizes the Mayor to sign on behalf of the members of the
Valley Cities Association and the City of Federal Way the grant application to be
submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce for grant funding offered through the Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program .
Section 2. Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to
implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out
the directives of this Resolution, including negotiating agreements for City
Council approval with the Valley Cities Association and the City of Federal Way
for implementation of the fiber optic infrastructure plan set forth in Exhibits "A"
and "B".
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Section 3. Effective Date. That this Resolution shall take effect
and be in full force upon passage and signatures hereon.
Dated and Si9ned this daY of 12009.
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CITY OF AUBURN ~
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PE R B. LEWIS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Da 'elle E. Daskam, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Daniel B. Heid, ity Attorn° y
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The Valley Cities' Regional Broadband Network- I
Improving Connectivity and Inter-Operability for a
Regional Public Safety & Emergency Communications System
Project Name: Valley Cities' Regional Broadband Network
Project Request: The partners in the Valley Cities' Regional Broadband Network are requesting $4.3
million in federal grant funding for a Phase I broadband capital infrastructure build-out and
enhancement of the public safety network, and excess dark fiber to enable Phase II inter-connections
and inter-operability upgrades for other public agencies, schools, hospitals, libraries, and senior centers
to link to this network. Agrant application is being prepared and will be submitted as part of the
Broadband Technologv Opportunitv Program (BTOP) enacted via the American Recoverv and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Project Background: The Valley Cities Regional Broadband Network is designed to dramatically improve
the connectivity and inter-operability of a public safety and emergency communications system serving
a population of over 400,000 people. This enhanced broadband infrastructure will serve and benefit
nine cities within Pierce and King Counties. This project will provide future inter-connections between
three regional Public Safety Access Points (PSAPs): the Valley Communications Center; NORCOM (the
North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency); and LESA (the Law Enforcement
Support Agency Pierce County's emergency 9-1-1 center). "Puget Sound Access," the regional public
access cable station, will be connected as a part of the project to ensure public access for emergency
notifications.
This fiber network build-out also helps realize and connect with a larger regional vision put forth by a
"Fiber Consortium" of existing partners including the University of Washington; cities of Bellevue,
Renton and Kirkland; Evergreen Hospital; Renton, Bellevue, and Lake Washington school districts;
Bellevue Community College; and the City of Seattle.
The Valley Cities project is a classic example of improving and expanding "access to, and use of,
broadband service by public safety agencies," as envisioned in the broadband funding provisions of the
ARRA. It also will enable upgrades of, and enhanced connections with, broadband technology that
simply would not be possible but for the grant funding under the BTOP.
Making the system more connected and inter-operable will also help the Valley Cities significantly
enhance technology services to public agencies and improve access to those agencies that are currently
under-served or unserved. The project is being submitted under "Middle Mile" provisions outlined in
the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for BTOP funding. This type of public safety project is
envisioned as an asset by the State of Washington's "Governor's Broadband Advisory Council," which, in
its final report to the Governor, notes, "applications that effectively leverage...public safety shquld be
actively encouraged and supported" (Pg. 4) and, "In particular, the state should support those.
broadband infrastructure proposals that'improve access to, and use of, broadband service by public
safety agencies."' (Pg. 12).
The Valley Cities segment of the Fiber Consortium project is a natural extension of years of planning,
assessments, studies and analyses of the public safety-based broadband needs in the South King
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County/Northeast Pierce County region. After securing $98,000 of federal grant funding, agencies
involved in the project have developed a strategic plan for fiber network build-out, conducted a needs
assessment of broadband technology, executed a Fiber Optic Project Agreement, and have worked on a
staff-to-staff basis for the past three years to accomplish these regional technology improvements.
Phase I of the two-phase Valley Cities' Regional Broadband Network involves: 1) construction of a fully
built-out fiber optic backbone; 2) dedicated connections to Valley Communications Center; 3)
connections to a new regional jail facility breaking ground later this year (known as "SCORE" -South
County Correctional Entity); and 4) enhanced inter-operability between and among the participating
cities of Auburn, Algona, Federal Way, Kent, Pacific, Puyallup, Renton, Sumner, and Tukwila. Phase I
includes a wireless technology upgrade from radio-based communications to IP-based communications
that will require fiber that links the Valley Communications 911 Center to the cities, police agencies, fire
districts, and others participating in the build-out of the system.
Along with the Phase I build-out of the public safety network, Phase II of the broadband network project
anticipates opportunities for regional connections to other public agencies, including additional cities,
hospitals, school districts, and the University of Washington. Valley Medical Center in Renton, the
Auburn Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Tukwila Diagnostics Imaging in
Tukwila, and the University of Washington medical clinics could also be inter-woven into the broadband
system, as well as the University of Washington's main Seattle campus and Tacoma branch campus, and
the Auburn, Federal Way, Fife, Kent, Puyallup, Renton, Sumner, and Tukwita school districts (K-12).
Project Benefits: It is the objective of the Valley Cities that the regional broadband infrastructure capital
improvement initiative will provide the following benefits
• Dramatically enhanced broadband technology to serve the region
• A higher speed network to save seconds, if not minutes, for emergency response at crime
scenes, on medical calls, for mutual aid, and for responses to natural disasters. The
improvements to the system are intended to save lives
• Better connectivity and inter-operability of an existing public safety and emergency
communications system
• Future opportunities to connect the system to schools, hospitals, libraries, community centers
and senior centers
• Direct fiber connections to and between agencies, to mobile data terminals operated by police
and fire agencies, and to a regional 911 center
• Inter-operability between an emerging jail facility and local law enforcement agencies that will
need to communicate with the jail 24/7
• Enhanced information-sharing among numerous local agencies
• Upgrades in emergency communications, intelligence gathering between agencies, crime
prevention, and crime analysis '
• Near-term, high-wage construction jobs to construct nearly a dozen new and inter-connected
fiber segments of the regional network.
Pro1'ect Partners and Potential ProJ'ect Partners: There are nearlY three-dozen existing and potential
project partners comprised of the following agencies:
• City of Auburn/Auburn Police Department
• City of Algona/Algona Police Department
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• City of Federal Way/Federal Way Police Department
• City of Fife/Fife Police Department
• City of Kent/Kent Police Department/Kent Fire Department
• City of Pacific/Pacific Police Department
• City of Puyallup/Puyallup Police Department I
• City of Renton/Renton Police Department/Renton Fire Department '
• City of Sumner/Sumner Rolice Department :
• City of Tukwila/Tukwila Police Department/Tukwila Fire Department
• Valley Communications Center
• Law Enforcement Support Agency ("LESA") '
• North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency ("NORCOM") ,
• South Correctional Entity (SCORE) - Regional Jail •
• Kent Municipal Jail
• Valley Regional Fire Authority
• South King Fire & Rescue
• Central Pierce Fire & Rescue
• East Pierce Fire & Rescue
• Fire District 20
• Fire District 40
• Fire District 37
• Valley Medical Center
• Auburn Regional Medical Center
• St. Francis Hospital
• Tukwila Diagnostic Imaging
• University of Washington/UW Medical Center/UW Clinics
• Auburn, Federal Way, Fife, Kent, Puyallup, Renton, Sumner, and Tukwila School Districts
Funding Partners: The funding partners are comprised of eight members of the Valley Cities Association
(Auburn, Renton, Kent, Tukwila, Sumner, Algona, Pacific, Puyallup), and the City of Federal Way.
Project Budget: The broadband infrastructure capital improvement budget of $4.3 million witl include
funding for the expansion, inter-connections, and upgrades of more than a dozen fiber network
segments (estimated costs per segment, materials, etc., have been calculated). The funding source shall
be comprised of federal BTOP grant funds (up to 80 percent of the revenue source) and partnering
agencies (at least 20 percent of the revenue source in cash and in-kind services).
About the Valley Cities: The participating members of the Valley Cities Association are located within
the Green River Valley and south county portion of King County, Washington, and the Northeast corner
of Pierce County, Washington. These two counties are the most populous counties in the State of
Washington and are comprised of a combined population of about 2.75 million people. The Valley Cities
partnering in the regional broadband network project have a combined population of over 400,000
residents.
The Valley Cities serve as a major employment and industrial center for the Central Puget Sound Region
and the State of Washington, employing close to 100,000 people and hosting the second-largest
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warehouse distribution complex on the West Coast. The warehouse distribution facilities in the Valley
span 40 million square feet, generate $2.8 billion in combined payrolls, represent a gross domestic
product of over $20 billion, and accommodate fully one-third of all the truck traffic transporting freight
to and from two of the nation's busiest container-cargo ports: the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma.
The Valley's role as an economic engine for the region and the State of Washington, the growing
economic base in Federal Way, and the growing populations in cities such as Federal Way, Kent, Renton,
and Auburn, mean that the Valley is home to almost a half-million residents as well as a significant
regional employment base. The Valley Cities also are home to a large network of human and social
service providers who assist the most vulnerable residents in our society and those most in need. All of
this places additional pressures on the public safety and emergency communications network and
underscores the vital importance of the Valley Cities Regional Broadband Network project.
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Exhibit "B"
Vallev Cities Fiber Optic Connection Proiect Budget
Project Description: Expansion, inter-connecion, upgrades of 14 fiber network segments
Expenditures
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Items Amount
Administration: budget/funding, planning - pre-application expenses (5%) 214,000
Professional services: Consultant project management ' 470,000
Professional services: Consultant project engineering ' 475,000
Equipment: Premise equipment (switches, routers) 10$,000
Capital Outlay: Outside plant (fiber installation) t 3,237,000
Right of way/property acquisition/conduit installation 1,436,000
Total I ~ 5,940,000
Revenues '
Items Amount
NTIA BTOP Broadband grant 4,504,000
Local government match (cash or In-kind) I 1,436,000
Total _ 5,940,000
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Prepared: 7/29/2009