General Assembly Meeting Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:30 am to 1:00 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
General Assembly Meeting Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:30 am to 1:00 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
General Assembly Meeting Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:30 am to 1:00 pm Wi-Fi Code: GUEST1958 The Waikiki Room Castaway Restaurant San Bernardino, California CPUC CASF 17 Statewide Regional Broadband Consortia Inland Empire Regional
CPUC CASF 17 Statewide Regional Broadband Consortia
Inland Empire Regional Broadband Consortium
Riverside County and San Bernardino County
IERBC Current Efforts:
Support Broadband Infrastructure: Unserved/Underserved Communities in the IE
- Support CPUC CASF Broadband Infrastructure and Adoption Grants
- Promote local, regional, state and federal Broadband Policies
- Collaboration with Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP)
- Smart Community Programs/Policies
- “Dig-once” Policies
- County/City Outreach
- Outreach to City Engineers and Regional Transportation/Planning Agencies
- Outreach to Professional Engineering Associations
- “Gigabit Speed” for the Inland Empire—Aspirational Goal
Inland Empire Broadband Plan
$38 Million in CPUC CASF Broadband Grants for Unserved Areas in the IE
AB1665 – The Internet For All Now Act (Eduardo Garcia-Coachella – Oct 2017)
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$300 Million for Broadband Infrastructure
Cannot be used in Federal Connect America Fund II (CAF II) areas
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$20 Million for Adoption/Digital Training Programs
2017 California General Plan Guidelines
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Broadband in Circulation Element and Healthy Community Section
AB 1549 Caltrans Broadband Wired Guidelines (Dig-Once Policy)
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IERBC participated in Caltrans Broadband Stakeholder Group
Collaboration with Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP)
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IEEP Smart City/Smart County Award Program: 2017 Awardees: Riverside County, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, and Beaumont
Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference, October 23-25, 2018
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City of Ontario Fiber Project is Featured!
“Gigabit Speed” for the Inland Empire—Aspirational Goal
Priority Communities Riverside County
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CPUC Resolution T-17443
Priority Communities
Adopted June 26, 2014
✓ Anza, Mountain Center
and Pinyon Pines
▪ Aguanga ▪ Mecca and Thermal ▪ Ripley
Ripley Mecca and
Thermal
IERBC and CPUC Priority Communities San Bernardino County
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CPUC Resolution T-17443
Priority Communities
Adopted June 26, 2014
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Morongo Basin
✓ Red Mountain and Trona ✓ Phelan and Pinon Hills
Low-cost Internet for Disadvantaged Residents
Frontier offer includes Free Chromebook
www.iebroadband.com - Inland Empire Regional Broadband Consortium (IERBC)
www.cpuc.ca.gov/casf/ - California Advanced Services Fund (CASF)
www.broadbandmap.ca.gov/ - California Broadband Map
www.cetfund.org - California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF)
dot.ca.gov/wiredbroadband/ - Caltrans Wired Broadband Guidelines
- pr.ca.gov/planning/general-plan/ - California 2017 General Plan Guidelines
www.internetforallnow.org - The Internet for all Now Act (AB 1665, Eduardo Garcia-Coachella)
Inland Empire Regional Broadband Consortium Martha van Rooijen, MVR Consulting Executive Director, IERBC martha@iebroadband.com or (951) 845-4391