May 28, 2025
Lea Kolek
[email protected]
City of Murrieta
1 Town Square
Murrieta, CA 92562
SUBJECT: CASF ADOPTION ACCOUNT GRANT AWARD FOR BROADBAND ACCESS
This letter serves to inform you that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Communications Division (CD) approves California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Broadband Adoption Account grant funding to City of Murrieta (Grantee).
In your application, you requested $9,004. The CPUC has approved your CASF grant application for funding of up to $9,003 for the City of Murrieta Youth Center Broadband Access Project project.
Budget: Grant funding is approved for this project as described below.
1 This includes items and activities listed in the grantees’ application and eligible for reimbursement per Decision (D.) 22-05-029, Broadband Adoption Account Guidelines. (See website here - https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/internet-and-phone/california-advanced-services-fund/casf- adoption-account).
CASF Broadband Adoption Grant Funding
Category Approved Grant
In-Classroom Computing Devices $6,000
Hotspots $0
General Program Implementation1 $3,003
Total Grant Award $9,003
Funding per participant (exclusive of in-person and take- home computer or hot spot funding, if applicable)
$4.55
Requirements
The grant award is predicated on City of Murrieta’s commitment to provide adoption services as expressed in its application and consistent with the Ministerial Review criteria that City of Murrieta agreed and/or attested to in its application which includes meeting all milestones and goals for each project(s) as well as fulfilling the requirements per D.22-05-029. Key requirements include, among others:
• Grantee will provide free broadband access as described in its application. • Grantee has identified a designated space for broadband access or provided detailed information on how such a space will be obtained.
• Grantee has at least one year’s experience conducting broadband access projects or has completed at least one broadband access project.
• Grantee must provide technical support, either by phone or in person, within 24 hours. • Grantee agrees that reimbursement for computing devices used in community training rooms or other public space is capped at $11,250 and limited to $750 per device. • Grantee must make broadband access available within six months of submitting a consent form accepting the CASF grant.
• Grantee agrees that the project costs $42 per participant or less.
• Grantee must complete the project within a 24-month timeframe or earlier.
City of Murrieta must provide broadband access to 660 participants and aspires to subscribe 0 participants to broadband internet services.
Reporting
The grant award is also contingent upon fulfilling the reporting requirements per D.22-05-029, Appendix 2. These reports include a Ramp-up period report (if applicable), a Year 1 Progress Report and a Year 2 Completion Report. Ramp-up reports must be submitted no later than 3 months after completion of ramp-up activities. Year 1 Progress Report and Year 2 Completion Report must be submitted within 3 months after the end of the first year of deployment and no later than 3 months after completion of the project, respectively. If applicable, City of Murrieta must fulfill the monthly reporting requirements set forth in Public Utilities Code, § 281(l)(1) if it is using a licensed contractor or subcontractor to undertake a contract or subcontract in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to perform work on the project funded or financed by CASF. Reporting templates are available in the Administrative Manual posted on the Adoption Account website.
City of Murrieta must maintain files, invoices, and other related documentation for three years after final payment. City of Murrieta shall make these records available to the CPUC
upon request and agree that these records are subject to audit and review by the CPUC at any time within three years after City of Murrieta has incurred the expense being audited to ensure that CASF funds are spent in accordance with the terms of approval the CPUC grants.
Payment
All reimbursements are contingent upon the City of Murrieta fulfilling its obligation to provide digital literacy training as described in its application. City of Murrieta may submit up to three payment requests throughout the project period. Payment requests may accompany the Ramp-up or Year 1 reports or be submitted separately; Year 2 Completion Report must be submitted with a final payment request. Payment will be based upon receipt and approval of invoices and other supporting documents showing that expenditures incurred for the project are in accordance with their approved application and budget. Ramp-up period payment requests may not exceed 25% of grant amount and no more than 90% of the grant amount will be reimbursed before the completion report and final payment request.
Completion Reports must be submitted no later than three months post project completion.
Payment request templates are available in the Administrative Manual posted on the Adoption Account website.
Execution and Performance
City of Murrieta must begin the project within six months after submitting a consent form accepting the terms stated in the award letter and must complete the project within 24-months. City of Murrieta must complete all performance under the award on or before the termination date of the award.
By receiving a CASF grant, City of Murrieta agrees to comply with the terms, conditions, and requirements of the grant award and submit to the jurisdiction of the CPUC regarding disbursement and administration of the grant and the CPUC’s enforcement authority under Pub. Util. Code, §§ 2108 and 2111. City of Murrieta must notify the Director of Communications Division as soon as it becomes aware that it may not be able to meet project deadlines. The CPUC may withhold, reduce or terminate grant payments if City of Murrieta does not comply with any of the requirements set forth in its application and compliance with the CASF. In the event City of Murrieta fails to complete the project in accordance with the terms of the approval granted by the CPUC as set forth in D. 22-05-029 and this award letter,
City of Murrieta must reimburse some or all the CASF funds it has received.
City of Murrieta must notify CD within 30 days regarding modifications to budget line items or milestone/activity timelines set forth in D.22-05-029, Appendix 2, Section XV. City of Murrieta must also report any material changes in the entries for the application, by letter to
the California Public Utilities Commission, Director of the Communications Division, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102 and [email protected].
Award Acceptance
City of Murrieta must sign the Consent Form (Attachment 1) and the Payee Record Form (Attachment 2) and email both within 30 days from the date of this award letter to [email protected]. If City of Murrieta does not submit the Consent Form within 30 calendar days from the date of the award, the CPUC will deem the Grant or award to be null and void.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Sincerely,
/s/ Maria Ellis
Director for Broadband Initiatives
Communications Division
ATTACHMENT 1
Consent Form and Acknowledgement and Acceptance of the
California Advanced Services Fund Broadband Adoption Grant Award
Name of Grantee: _______________________________________________
Grantee identified above hereby acknowledges receipt of the letter approving the California Advanced Services Fund Broadband Adoption Grant for the City of Murrieta Youth Center Broadband Access Project project (award sequence 1138). The grantee agrees to comply with all grant terms, conditions, and requirements set forth in the letter dated May 28, 2025, as well as all CASF rules, including those in the Broadband Adoption Account Requirements, Guidelines and Application Materials. Grantee also agrees to fulfill the goals it identified in the application and agrees that all payment requests will be subject to meeting those goals.
Undersigned representative of ____________________________________ [Name of Grantee] is duly authorized to execute this Agreement Form on behalf of the Grantee and to bind the Grantee to the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth by the California Public Utilities Commission in the letter referenced above.
Dated this _____ day of __________, 20___.
Signature _______________________
Printed Name_______________________
Title _______________________________
Organization or Name of Company ______________________________
Business Address (include street address, suite/apt. number, city, state, and ZIP Code)
______________________________________________________________________________
ATTACHMENT 2
Payee Record Form