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6.G. - Page 1 of 40 /<;i-ik Redwood CitylCallifornia wended 1967 *A/ DATE: December 03, 2018 STAFF REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager SUBJECT Amendment Number Two to 2013 Master Services Agreement with Astound Broadband increasing the City's paid internet connection speed RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 2 to the 2013 Master Services Agreement with Astound Broadband for a term of five years and a total not to exceed amount of $90,000 STRATEGIC INITIATIVE Government Operations BACKGROUND On September 4, 2013, Astound Broadband (Astound) and the City executed a Master Services Agreement ("MSA") that allows the City to order certain telecommunications, Internet access, data transport, and related services from Astound. The City received from Astound a 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) dedicated internet access circuit at a cost of $1,400 per month, referred to as the "paid" connection, and a 10 Mbps dedicated internet connection at no cost, referred to as the "free" connection. On August 21, 2015, Astound and the City entered into a Conduit Occupancy Agreement, pursuant to which Astound receives from Redwood City the right to use certain utility conduit owned by the City in exchange for the following: (i) upgrading the bandwidth of the "paid" internet access connection from 100 Mbps to 300 Mbps; (ii) providing an additional block of 50 IP addresses; (iii) upgrading the bandwidth of the "free" internet access connection from 10Mbps to 110Mbps; and (iv) providing Redwood City unrestricted use of six strands of Astound -supplied fiber within the conduit. On December 9, 2015, Astound and Redwood City entered into Amendment Number One, modifying the 2013 MSA to include the terms agreed to in the Conduit Occupancy Agreement dated August 21, 2015. City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcitV.org 125