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 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) $300 Million for Broadband Infrastructure ▪ Cannot be used in Federal Connect America Fund II (CAF II) areas $20 Million for Adoption/Digital Training Programs ▪ 2017 California General Plan Guidelines  Broadband in Circulation Element and Healthy Community Section ▪ AB 1549 Caltrans Broadband Wired Guidelines (Dig-Once Policy)  IERBC participated in Caltrans Broadband Stakeholder Group ▪  Collaboration with Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP) 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  City of Ontario Fiber Project is Featured! ▪  “ Gigabit Speed ” for the Inland Empire — Aspirational Goal

Priority Communities Riverside County ▪ CPUC Resolution T-17443 Priority Communities Adopted June 26, 2014 ✓ Anza, Mountain Center Ripley and Pinyon Pines Mecca and Thermal ▪ Aguanga ▪ Mecca and Thermal ▪ Ripley

IERBC and CPUC Priority Communities San Bernardino County ▪ CPUC Resolution T-17443 Priority Communities Adopted June 26, 2014 ▪ 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  opr.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

 Follow up and Action Items

Stay tuned for the next IERBC event.