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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 Pagel of13 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 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 APPROVED AS TO FORM: By:-----------Assistant City Attorney CITY � LO LA D CO �O By:-'�.-J--1--------­ity Manager APPROVED AS TO FORM: By:-----------Assistant City Attorney TOWN @ P-ARK, COLORADO By:C:::::::::::::-vayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: By:� Town Attorney Page13of13 B y:-----------City Clerk ATTEST: By: _________ _City Clerk ATTEST: Assistant DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 Cyril Vidergar Wade Troxell DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D3AA390-A995-4B67-83D6-6C09BB25ADE8