Resolution No. ____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Authorizing the Director of Public Works to Make Payments to MCTV, Develop a Program for Distribution of Public, Educational, and Governmental Capital Grant Funds, and Work with the County Manager and the Director of the Information Services Department to Develop a Priority List of County Institutional Fiber Network Sites

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, the County and Comcast of California, IX, Inc., Comcast of California/Colorado/Florida/Oregon, Inc., Comcast of California/Illinois, LP and Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington, LP (“Comcast”) have entered into a Cable Franchise Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Franchise Agreement allows for the County to receive $379,908 in Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access Capital Grants to support local PEG providers for acquisition of PEG capital equipment or by the County to support PEG Access; and

 

WHEREAS, distribution of the PEG Access Capital Grant funds is at the discretion of your Board; and

 

WHEREAS, the County areas included in the Franchise Agreement area have two PEG providers – MCTV on the Coastside and Pen-TV on the Bayside; and

 

WHEREAS, MCTV has requested a distribution of PEG money in an amount proportionate to the number coastside subscribers for the acquisition of PEG capital equipment; and

 

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has recommended that this Board authorize payments in a not to exceed amount of $83,000 be made to MCTV based on signed purchase orders or receipts for PEG capital equipment; and

 

WHEREAS, a program needs to be developed for the expenditure of the remaining PEG Capital Grants; and

 

WHEREAS, the Franchise Agreement allows for distribution of $620,206 to the County as Construction Credits for a Institutional Fiber Network (INET) to interconnect the County with other cities and public school facilities across the eight franchising agencies; and

 

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has recommended that he be directed to work with the County Manager and the Director of the Information Services Department to develop a priority list of County facilities that could be connected to the INET; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board has considered and concurs in the recommendation of the Director of Public Works.

 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that:

 
 

The President of this Board be and is hereby authorized to direct the Director of Public Works to:

 
 

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make payments to MCTV, the PEG provider on the Coastside, in an amount not to exceed $83,000 from PEG Capital Grants that are to be provided by Comcast as a condition of the Franchise Agreement, based on signed purchase orders or receipts for PEG capital equipment requested and purchased by MCTV;

 
 

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develop a proposed program to be approved by this Board for the expenditure of the remaining PEG Capital Grant funds that the County will be receiving from Comcast for the acquisition of PEG capital equipment by PEG television providers or by the County; and

 
 

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work with the County Manager and the Director of the Information Services Department to develop a priority list of County facilities that could be connected to the INET in accordance with the Franchise Agreement, and report back to this Board within 90 days of execution of the Franchise Agreement with said recommended priority list.

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