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RESOLUTION NO. 4689 AMENDMENT TO JOINT RESOLUTION of The City of Eugene and The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) WHEREAS, the City of Eugene (City) and Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) entered into a Joint Resolution in February and March, 2000, regarding EWEB's Telecommunications Activities, and WHEREAS, the voters adopted the Amendment to the Eugene Charter, Section 44 authorizing EWEB's Telecommunications Activities, and WHEREAS, EWEB, based upon its analysis and planning process now intends to proceed with a MetroNet, which in its initial phase is a fiber based metropolitan area network which will provide high speed services to customers in targeted areas, including downtown, within the City of Eugene and a Public Agency Network (PAN), which is an interagency effort utilizing assets owned by multiple agencies to meet the internal communications needs of public agencies within Lane County, and WHEREAS, EWEB' s Board approved the MetroNet plan by resolution dated July 10,2001, subject to development and approval of appropriate financing, and WHEREAS, EWEB's MetroNet and participation in PAN will utilize EWEB's existing network broadband capacity, currently in excess of the water and electric utility needs, and WHEREAS, consistent with the principles of the earlier Joint Resolution, EWEB intends to begin the Universal Build phase of MetroNet in year six (2007), and WHEREAS, EWEB has utilized two citizen groups to provide input and feedback to the MetroNet business plan development: a technology group consisting of representatives from both public and private entities meeting eleven times, and a citizen involvement group, consisting of fifteen individuals representing various stakeholder groups meeting five times, which meetings were all open to the public and publicly noticed in the Register Guard, and WHEREAS, EWEB held its public hearing on MetroNet on July 10,2001, and Amendment to Joint Resolution - 1