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Resolution authorizing the acceptance of $266,185 in grant funding from the California Public Utilities Commission for Local Agency Technical Assistance for the development of a Broadband Master Plan and Fiber Optic Design Project, and amending the Information Technology Department's Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget via Budget Amendment 23.036.
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco's ("City") Information Technology Department has been awarded $266,185 from the California Public Utilities Commission for Local Agency Technical Assistance (LATA) to develop a Broadband Master Plan and Fiber Optic Design Project; and
WHEREAS, the Broadband Master Plan will provide the City a 10-year plan to improve City connectivity, prepare for Smart City initiatives, and help create Public Private Partnerships with local carriers; and
WHEREAS, grant funds will be used to create construction documents for the Fiber Optic Design Project, which will involve installation of fiber optic strands in City-owned conduits, expansion of the public Wi-fi network in the Westborough area to help bridge the digital dive, and leasing of City's fiber optic strands to carriers as an incentive for carriers to build and expand their networks; and
WHEREAS, American Rescue Plan Act funds (ARPA) in the amount of $149,600 originally designated for Broadband Master Plan will be reassigned to the City's unallocated ARPA account; and
WHEREAS, LATA grant funds in the amount of $266,186 will be used to fund the Broadband Master Plan project and to amend Information Technology Department's current FY 22-23 Operating Budget per Budget Amendment 23.036.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby accepts $266,185 in LATA grant funding from the California Public Utilities Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council amends the Information Technology Department's Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budge...
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