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EGty1� ,.,�� Request for Action <br /> River <br /> To Item Number <br /> Mayor and City Council 4.6 <br /> Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> Consent November 4, 2019 Bob Pearson,IT Manager <br /> Item Description Reviewed by <br /> Fiber Agreement with the City of Rogers and Elk Lori Ziemer, Finance Director <br /> River School District Reviewed by <br /> Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> Action Requested <br /> Approve,by motion, a Fiber Agreement with the City of Rogers to provide data storage and the Elk <br /> River School District to provide fiber connectivity. <br /> Background/Discussion <br /> Minnesota BCA and the League of Minnesota Cities strongly encourage cities to store data backups at an <br /> off-site location. Our current backup location is the Public Maintenance Facility located approximately <br /> three miles away from our data center. Distance is your ally when selecting a backup location especially if <br /> the location is fiber connected. The City of Rogers data center is approximately ten miles away and is <br /> served by a different energy provider. <br /> Staff believes a better backup location to store Elk River data would be the City of Rogers data center and <br /> partnering with them would benefit both cities. The ISD 728 has offered to provide the fiber connection <br /> between the two cities and the City of Rogers would provide space in their data center for Elk River to <br /> install data storage equipment. The City of Elk River,in return,would provide space in our data center <br /> for Rogers to install their data storage equipment. City data will be located in a secure location and all data <br /> will be encrypted to ensure that each city will be able to access their own data. <br /> Staff recommends partnering with the City of Rogers in hosting our data backups. The attorney for the <br /> City of Rogers created an agreement for the cities of Elk River and Rogers to provide storage space. The <br /> agreement also shares details for the ISD 728 to provide the fiber connection <br /> Financial Impact <br /> N/A <br /> Attachments <br /> ■ Fiber Agreement <br /> The Elk River Vision <br /> A PehoMing community 2a itb revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional POWERED By <br /> service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity INAWRE1 <br />