City of Albuquerque
File #: R-23-132   
Type: Resolution Status: Enacted
File created: 5/15/2023 In control: City Council
Final action: 6/21/2023
Enactment date: 7/3/2023 Enactment #: R-2023-050
Title: Approving And Authorizing The Filing Of A Grant Application For Broadband Marketing And Outreach Costs With The Federal Communications Commission/Consumer And Governmental Affairs Bureau And Providing For An Appropriation To The Department Of Technology And Innovation (Jones, by request)
Sponsors: Trudy Jones (By Request)
Attachments: 1. R-132, 2. R-132Enacted
Date Action ByActionResultAction Details
7/3/2023 City Clerk Published  Action details
6/30/2023 Mayor Signed by the Mayor  Action details
6/27/2023 City Council Sent to Mayor for Signature  Action details
6/21/2023 City Council Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass (Immediate Action)  Action details
6/21/2023 City Council PassedPass Action details
6/12/2023 Finance & Government Operations Committee Sent to Council for Immediate ActionPass Action details
6/12/2023 Finance & Government Operations Committee Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do PassPass Action details
5/15/2023 City Council Introduced and Referred  Action details
5/15/2023 President Referred  Action details

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE

TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL

 

 

COUNCIL BILL NO.       R-23-132                   ENACTMENT NO.   ________________________

 

SPONSORED BY: Trudy Jones, by request

 

 

RESOLUTION

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Approving And Authorizing The Filing Of A Grant Application For Broadband Marketing And Outreach Costs With The Federal Communications Commission/Consumer And Governmental Affairs Bureau And Providing For An Appropriation To The Department Of Technology And Innovation (Jones, by request)

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APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR BROADBAND MARKETING AND OUTREACH COSTS WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION/CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU AND PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.

WHEREAS, Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (ACP Outreach Grant Program) funds in the amount of $100,000,000 are available from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)/ Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB); and

WHEREAS, ACP Outreach Grant Program funds provide new federal funding for the FCC to grant eligible governmental entities and third-party organizations with the funding and resources needed to increase awareness of and participation in the ACP among those households most in need of affordable connectivity; and

WHEREAS, the ACP Outreach Grant Program is one tool among a comprehensive set of measures authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (Infrastructure Act) and implemented by the FCC to help bridge the digital divide; and

WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque is currently estimated to have approximately 74,580 households in need of affordable connectivity to the internet; and

WHEREAS, such connectivity is considered essential to accessing government, health, and education services online; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to appropriate these grant funds in the amount of $400,000; and

WHEREAS, the ACP Outreach Grant Program requires no City match or indirect overhead.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:

                     Section 1. That the application for aid for financing broadband marketing and outreach efforts with FCC in the amount of $400,000 is hereby approved and that the application’s acceptance and filing with the appropriate official or office is in all respects approved.

Section 2. That, in the event the Department of Technology and Innovation is awarded the grant, funds in the amount of $400,000 are hereby appropriated to the Department of Technology and Innovation in the Operating Grants Fund (265) for Fiscal Year 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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