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Amendment No. 18 to Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement with ImOn Communications, LLC Copyrighted May 4, 2026 City of Dubuque CONSENT ITEMS # 10. City Council ITEM TITLE: Amendment No. 18 to Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement with ImOn Communications, LLC SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council approval of an eighteenth amendment to the Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement between the City and ImOn Communications to include a conduit sharing agreement along Highway 61 south to the Dubuque Regional Airport. SUGGUESTED Receive and File; Approve DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENTS: 1. MVM Memo Proposed 18th Amendment to Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement between the City of Dubuque and ImOn Communications LLC 2. Memo ImOn Fiber Lease to Airport 20260417 3. ImOn City Airport Final Agreement 20260423 - signed Page 217 of 668 Dubuque THE CITY OF � uhA�eMa cin DuB E ; . � , I � � I. Maste iece on the Mississi t 2oo�•zoiz•zois �P Pp zoi�*zoi9 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Proposed 18th Amendment to Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement between the City of Dubuque and ImOn Communications LLC DATE: April 26, 2026 Civil Engineer III David Ness and Sustainable Innovation Consultant David Lyons are recommending City Council approval of a eighteenth amendment to the Master Co- location and Shared Services Agreement between the City and ImOn Communications to include a conduit sharing agreement along Highway 61 south to the Dubuque Regional Airport. There is no negative implications to the City budget. The City of Dubuque will receive $116,125 in services and fiber installations in return for sharing space in their existing conduit to the airport. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. v Mic ael C. Van Milligen MCVM:sv Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer David Ness, Civil Engineer III Barry Lindahl, Senior Counsel Jim Bousley, Project Engineer Joe Pregler, Chief Information Officer Page 218 of 668 Dubuque THE CITY OF � All•A�eri68 Ciry DuB E ;�� M.; I � � I. Maste iece on the Mississi 1 zoo��oiz-zois YP Pp 2017*2019 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: David Ness, Civil Engineer III David Lyons, Sustainable Innovation Consultant DATE: April 17, 2026 RE: Proposed 18th Amendment to Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement between the City of Dubuque and ImOn Communications LLC INTRODUCTION The purpose of this memo is to request approval of a eighteenth amendment to the Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement between the City and ImOn Communications to include a conduit sharing agreement along Highway 61 south to the Dubuque Regional Airport. BACKGROUND In 2016 the City of Dubuque undertook its Broadband Acceleration Initiative. The Initiative focuses on public/private collaborations and includes a comprehensive strategy to reduce the cost and time required for broadband expansions in Dubuque. One effort within that strategy is the use of "Master Agreements", where an overall legal, structural and financial relationship is established between the City and broadband providers and approved by City Council. Project Statements carried out pursuant to that Master Agreement can then be quickly considered and approved. In 2017 the City of Dubuque and ImOn entered into a Master Co-location and Shared Services Agreement to accelerate the deployment of new broadband capacity in Dubuque and several subsequent amendments. The collaborations have gone well and all anticipated value to the City is being received. DISCUSSION The University of Dubuque is significantly expanding its aviation facility and programming at the Dubuque Regional Airport. This will necessitate increasing their fiber connectivity between the airport and UD Campus. They have selected ImOn Communications as their preferred partner for that connectivity. Under normal conditions, the distance, topography and demography of that route would make the Page 219 of 668 project unacceptably costly for ImOn to provide to the University. However, the existence of a city conduit with excess capacity allows for a public/private collaboration to reduce costs and time for implementation. It also creates the opportunity for the City to incorporate additional fiber capacity for itself in that same conduit to support future capacity as the City grows south and to provide an additional part of the "City High-Fiber Ring". BUDGET IMPACT There is no negative implications to the City budget. The City of Dubuque will receive $116,125 in services and fiber installations in return for sharing space in their existing conduit to the airport. RECOMMENDATION AND ACTION REQUESTED This Amendment supports Dubuque's Broadband Acceleration Initiative, assists a partner ISP in providing service within the community and provides funds for the maintenance and development of the City network. We respectfully request your approval and recommendation to City Council. cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Barry Lindahl, Senior Counsel Jim Bousley, Project Engineer Joe Pregler, Chief Information Officer 2 Page 220 of 668 Amendment to Master Co-Iocation and Shared Services Agreement between ImOn Communications and the City of Dubuque Pursuant to the Master Co-lacatian and Shared 5ervices Agreement between City of Dubuque{CITY)and Im�n Communicatians{IM�N),dated December 28,2021 and attached hereto,the Parties hereby agree to the following PROJECT STATEMENT: Narratirre description of ca-IocaHon and service sharing: - CITY will provide IMoN access to 19,291 feet af existing 1.5 inch conduit and 2810 feet of exisfing seven-way conduit running from approximately the SE Corner ofthe intersection of Highway 151/61 and Lalce Elanore Road south to the existing handhold at 10698 Airport Road, and as further shown on Exhibit A.7he 1.5 inch conduit is valued at$5 per linear foot and the seven-way conduit valued at$7per linearfoat. - ImOn wil{line the 1.5 inch conduit with 3-16/12mm duct. If ImOn determines that three I rr�icroduct cannot be accommodated within the conduit then,with appro�al of the City,only 2- � 16/12mm will be required � Charges and Payment Tprms: - The total cost of Gity for proving conduit space under this Projeci Statement is$116,125 (19,291 If X$S=$96,455 and 2,810 If X$7=$19,670). Total cost to ImOn for providing fiber, installation � and other services underthis Project statement is$116,125. - Twenty(20)year term beginning July 1, 2026 and running through June 30, 2046. IMON or CITY may request up to two five-year extensions of the agreement at the same�aiue,and such extension shall not be unreasonably denied. Exchange of Value; The value provided by CITYCo IMON is$116,125. 7he value provided by IMON to C1TY is$116,125. Project Statement Accepted: Dated:April ,2026 Da#ed:April�2026 CI7Y OF DUBUQUE IMON CO U ICA710NS � By: By: Michael C.Van Milligan, Dubuque City Manager Patrice CarrolE, CEO Page 221 of 668 EXHIBIT A �t�y,f�� .�'��, .., . . . 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