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Marysville council approves amendment allowing school district use of city conduit for fiber
Summary
The City Council approved a first amendment to a prior property-exchange agreement granting the Marysville School District an IRU to use one 4-inch conduit to run fiber to its new facility at 1049 (old City Hall); staff said work is planned after hours and a third party (Astound) would provide service.
The Marysville City Council on May 26 authorized the mayor to sign a first amendment to an existing property-exchange agreement that grants the Marysville School District a use-right (IRU) for one 4-inch conduit so the district can pull fiber to its new facility at 1049 (the former City Hall building).
Director Doherty explained the change as an addition that was missed in the original exchange: the amendment permits the district to home-run fiber through an approximately three-block route that connects an existing vault near the State and Grove Street right-of-way to a vault in front of the district’s new building.
Doherty told the council the conduit is largely unused and that a third-party provider (identified in the discussion as Astound) would likely provide service to the district. He said the city also plans to run new municipal fiber from the Civic Center campus to the new facility so the Public Safety Building no longer needs to host the demarcation point.
Councilmembers asked whether allowing the school district to use the conduit would affect the city’s future needs. Doherty said the conduit has ample spare capacity (he described the planned city cable as a small fraction of conduit capacity and cited industry practice of leaving spare space) and that the city expects to run a new cable for municipal operations in the near term.
Councilmember Perkins moved to authorize the mayor to sign the amendment; the motion was seconded and the council approved the authorization.
The motion authorizes a staff-negotiated amendment to the existing exchange agreement; council did not attach additional conditions at the meeting. Staff indicated the project will include after-hours splice work and coordination with the school district and the third-party service provider.
