Minutes of the Centerville City Council/ Redevelopment Agency work session held Tuesday, November 5, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 250 North Main, Centerville, Utah.

MEMBERS PRESENT
  Mayor:                                  Ronald G. Russell 
 
 Council/RDA Members:    Ken Averett
                                                Paul A. Cutler 
                                                Sherri Lyn Lindstrom          
                                                Lawrence Wright

MEMBERS ABSENT            Justin Y. Allen

STAFF OR OTHER CITY
 OFFICIALS PRESENT
                                               Steve Thacker, City Manager/RDA Executive Director
                                               Blaine Lutz, Finance Director
                                               Randy Randall, Public Works Director
                                               Lisa Romney, City Attorney
                                               Karrie Carlson, Recording Secretary

VISITORS   
     Todd Marriott, UTOPIA Executive Director
     Paul Reccazone, UTOPIA
     Chris Hogan, UTOPIA
     Hugh Matheson, UTOPIA
     Jamie Brotherton, UTOPIA
   
UTOPIA DISCUSSION

Mayor Pro Tem Lindstrom welcomed everyone and began introductions. Todd Marriott, UTOPIA Executive Director, gave a brief overview of the progress of UTOPIA to date. UTOPIA is in the process of determining how to get the greatest return on the expenditure of the limited funds that remain for capital investment. This includes a review of the areas where the infrastructure already exists but is stranded until it is connected to the system. The UTOPIA website is scheduled to be launched by Friday, November 7th. The website should help facilitate locating areas of greatest interest and will help introduce the new look of UTOPIA.

Councilman Cutler expressed concern about the Pineae Development where there is exposed conduit. UTOPIA representatives confirmed that the areas of concern have now been capped for winter. Currently the existing conduit in Centerville City has been mapped, but it is not currently "locatable" by Blue Stakes. UTOPIA has acknowledged they would be responsible for any infrastructure damaged because it is not Blue Stake protected. Councilman Cutler asked what UTOPIA has planned for installing the Hub or an alternative. UTOPIA representatives agreed to work with Randy Randall, Public Works Director to analyze the potions. Mr. Reccanzone showed a map of the Centerville area and reviewed various options available to get initial UTOPIA service in Centerville. One option discussed was locating the hub west of the freeway as originally planned and running infrastructure along the roads in the Industrial Park and across the freeway into the Marketplace (RDA) area. Another option is to install a cabinet on the east side of the freeway that would allow access level infrastructure to be run in the Marketplace (RDA) area and adjacent neighborhoods. That option could serve approximately 800 customers. The options discussed were estimated to cost anywhere from $110,000 to $250,000 in addition to the materials which UTOPIA already owns. Servicing the RDA would also allow the County Library branch on 400 West to be connected to UTOPIA.

After explaining the various options, Mr. Marriott asked the RDA Board if they would be willing to help facilitate bringing Centerville City online by using RDA funds. UTOPIA has been prioritizing the areas with stranded infrastructure that would be the least costly to bring online. Without an RDA contribution, Centerville City would not be a high priority because of the lack of hubs, cabinets and infrastructure in the ground. Mr. Marriott stated that for UTOPIA to have a cabinet and access level infrastructure available in the Marketplace (RDA) area, UTOPIA would need approximately $110,000 from the RDA. Mr. Marriott mentioned the "power rating" process they are using to determine their priorities of where to apply their limited funds. If Centerville City chooses to do a survey to determine potential subscribers, UTOPIA would not be able to be a part of that process. The results would have to be made available to all potential telecom providers.

Mr. Marriott responded to questions from the RDA Board about ownership of the UTOPIA infrastructure if RDA funds were appropriated for the project. He stated that a lease agreement for the infrastructure could be worked out between UTOPIA and Centerville City. Mr. Marriott spoke to the future demands of internet accessibility and he believes having UTOPIA available in Centerville City would encourage future economic growth. The RDA Board directed staff to continue discussions with UTOPIA to continue evaluating the various deployment options and possibility of an RDA contribution and report back to the RDA Board.

Mr. Marriott updated the RDA Board about a situation with iProvo and the possibility for potential litigation between UTOPIA and iProvo.

At 7:00 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.

                                            11-18-08     
Executive Director      Date Approved

      
Karrie Carlson, Recording Secretary