HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2023-80 - Execute Enhanced Connectivity Initiative Grant Contract with Hennepin County - 08/15/2023CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-80
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY INITIATIVE
GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY
WHEREAS, on July 201h, 2021, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners allocated up
to $10 million in federal funding for its Connecting Hennepin Initiative through the newly
formed Office of Broadband and Digital Inclusion; and
WHEREAS, Hennepin County invited communities within its borders to apply for funding
aimed at improving, adopting, or lowering the cost of broadband internet services through a
competitive Request for Proposals; and
WHEREAS, the City successfully applied to the Request for Proposals, being awarded up to
$40,000 for activities involving the reduction of internet service charges for low-income
households to be known as the Enhanced Connectivity Initiative; and
WHEREAS, in order to receive grant funds, the City must sign the agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to receive these grant funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie,
Minnesota, that the City Council accepts the agreement as proposed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the Mayor, City Manager
or his designee to execute such Enhanced Connectivity Initiative Grant Agreement with
Hennepin County.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 15th day of August, 2023.
Ronald A. Case, Mayor
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