TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jon Gjestvang, Chief Information Officer
REPORT BY: Julia Bordona, Staff Services Manger
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding No. 8672 for the North Bay North Coast Broadband Consortium
RECOMMENDATION
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Chief Information Officer requests the approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Memorandum of Understanding No. 8672 among the Counties of Marin, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma as part of their participation in the North Bay North Coast Broadband Consortium, with a term of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027 to improve broadband access to the underserved communities in the North Bay/North Coast Region.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 7, 2014, the Board approved a resolution endorsing Napa County's membership in the North Bay North Coast Broadband Consortium (NBNCBC), which secured grant funding to expand and integrate broadband internet access to underserved communities in the counties of Marin, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma. The consortium jointly submitted a grant application to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) California Advanced Services Fun ("CASF") Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Grant Program, as the Consortium, to obtain grant funds for that purpose. Board approval of the 2014 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) No. 8219, which authorized grant acceptance and fund distribution, formed the NBNCBC Oversight Committee and defined the structure and roles of the NBNCBC Oversight Committee. On December 20, 2016, Napa County approved MOU No. 8496 to accept $250,000 in grant funds and continued participation with NBNCBC for the period of January 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019.
After successfully completing four years of work utilizing $500,000 in grant funds from the CPUC Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account, the NBNCBC Oversight Committee approved pursuing a new $450,000 three-year grant from the CPUC Advanced Services Fund Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia G...
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