The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a City Fiber Utility as a division of the Administrative Services Department (ASD) which provides broadband access to meet the needs of:
1. City departments
2. Public safety organizations
3. Other publicly owned and operated facilities
4. Community anchor institutions
5. Businesses
6. Residents
To improve the affordability of internet access in and around the utility's service area.
To increase competition among retail broadband service providers by providing open access to the City Fiber Utility.
To create infrastructure that will be able to provide the speeds and reliability not just for today but for what will be needed in the next 50+ years.
To address existing gaps in digital access and digital equity thereby enabling greater participation in key aspects of present and future areas of society.
To protect the economic vitality of the City by providing the broadband transport service and fiber facilities leasing required by broadband service providers.
To reduce the cost of maintaining the sidewalk, pavement and public facilities located within the public right-of-way by minimizing the number of pavement cuts and dislocation of other public facilities necessitated by the construction or installation of fiber optic facilities.
(Ord. 2572 §1)