Request to Approve a Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and to Create Amendments as Needed between the Town of Carrboro and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Fiber Optic Infrastructure Facilities Sharing and/or Exchange PURPOSE: The purpose of the MOU and Amendments is to allow the Town of Carrboro and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to interconnect portions of their respective existing fiber optic cable plant to facilitate network path redundancy and diversity, access to high speed and low cost internet access through MCNC’s NCREN network, facilitate interconnection of regional fiber networks for inter-municipality emergency services communications, fiber optic infrastructure planning, engineering and administration expertise sharing and many other benefits.

Committee

Board of Aldermen

Introduced

May 16, 2014

On agenda

May 20, 2014

Passed

May 20, 2014