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E. Technical Analysis Magellan will work with Santa Ana staff to Identify Infrastructure that is required to meet the needs of the community determined in the needs assessment. Our team will thoroughly review all communications facilities owned by the City that could be utilized in a new strategy that would be developed as part of this Study. Our consultants will work with Santa Ana staff to understand the pros and cons of each delivery method and the costs associated with each as the infrastructure that is chosen can have a major Impact on long-term financial sustalnabiilty. The overall network design will be based on the needs of the residents, businesses and anchors that will utilize It. This will determine the bandwidths and speeds, performance, redundancy and scalability requirements and solution -specific requirements. Magellan will design a network that meets the specifics outlined by the City, and the network should be capable of supporting the following: • Gigablt-cepable with a path to 10 -gigabit • High-performance, dedicated connectivity • Reliable and redundant Flexible to support multiple technologies, such as GPON and Active Ethernet simultaneously • Scalable to support future growth, density and bandwidth requirements • Multi -service In design — voice, video, data, with the necessary QOS management • Administratively lean, fitting well within the electric utility operational environment • Smart City applications • Smart Grid technologies Conceptual Network Design Magellan will assist Santa Ana in developing the most appropriate broadband network design based on the needs of municipal services, smart city Initiatives, businesses and anchor institutions, and for leveraging vertical pole assets for leasing to wireless carriers. We propose to utilize any existing City conduit, fiber, facilities and other assets including, street light poles, traffic signal poles and traffic signal cabinets as a foundation to develop an expanded fiber-optic and wireless network capable of serving the needs of the City. We will build off this foundation to determine how end users and ISPs can be connected with one another. This task will entail network design elements for last -mile and middle -mile connectivity. We will help the City develop a strategy for last -mile connectivity — the connections from current conduit and fiber to end- users. We will also help Santa Ana develop a strategy for the middle -mile connectivity and Interconnection points within the City's fiber network. We should Identify any data centers or colocation facilities in Santa Ana and determine if/how the City's network can interconnect to them. We will make recommendations on routes and locations of fiber Infrastructure, points of connection and locations for wired and wireless equipment, This will facilitate fiber connectivity between the City's fiber and many potential ISPs and content providers. It will also enable the City to allow businesses, anchors and other potential subscribers the choice of their broadband provider. These strategies should all be based on sound business cases and real-world opportunities that the City can consider for expanding its network. We believe that revenue -based opportunities are crucial for the City to support any investments in new broadband wired and wireless Infrastructure — meaning that there should be a guaranteed revenue stream for each opportunity. These w mannllanarlvisnrnCAM 14 2017 Magellan Advisors