HomeMy WebLinkAboutIGA Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park Shared Broadband Technical and Network Support Services 2020-05-06INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR SHARED BROADBAND TECHNICAL AND NETWORK SUPPORT SERVICES
THIS .INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR SHARED BROADBAND
TECHNICAL AND NETWORK SUPPORT SERVICES ("Agreement") is made and entered into
this 6th_ day of May_ , 2020, by and between the CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a
home-rule municipality ("Fort Collins") and Loveland, Estes Park and those additional Colorado
governmental entities listed on Exhibit A ("Affiliates") (collectively the "Parties").
WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, voters of Fort Collins and the Affiliates,
respectively, approved legally required ballot measures at general elections, authorizing each entity
to acquire and operate independent broadband utility facilities and networks; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins is a Colorado home-rule municipality which has undertaken the
establishment and operation of a municipal broadband utility; and
WHEREAS, each Affiliate is a Colorado governmental entity, as further described on
Exhibit A, which has undertaken the establishment and operation of a broadband utility; and
WHEREAS, as Colorado governmental entities, the Parties are authorized, pursuant to
C.R.S. § 29-1-203, to cooperate or contract with one another to acquire or provide any government
function, service, or facility lawfully authorized to each; and
WHEREAS, to provide reliable, competitive, and cost-effective broadband utility services,
the Parties desire to collaborate with neighboring governments and broadband enterprises, to
leverage resources and efficiencies, including existing fiber optic connections between the Parties,
for the benefrt of their respective residents and ratepayers; and
WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, Fort Collins and several of the Affiliates
entered into an agreement regarding shared access to regional and national telecommunications
data facilities with sufficient capacities and speeds, to transport data between each city's broadband
network and interstate and international telecommunications networks ("Shared Access !GA"); and
WHEREAS, in addition to the Shared Access !GA, the Parties desire to share access to
regional telecommunications technical and network support resources, with sufficient capacity and
skilled personnel, to resolve customer support issues on each entity's broadband and
telecommunications networks, and to otherwise meet each entity's commitments to its respective
customers; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins designed and is staffing telecommunications technical support
call center data facilities, and the Parties have determined each will conserve resources by
temporarily sharing use of such resources, rather than each entity independently building and
staffing duplicative facilities; and
WHEREAS, in light of the current cost savings and potential for future coordination and
cost saving through this joint operational opportunity, the Parties wish to coordinate efforts to
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
City Council for CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO A ITEST:
By:-----------Mayor
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By:-----------Assistant City Attorney
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