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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JOSE (A) APPROVING THE AWARD OF DIGITAL
INCLUSION GRANTS; (B) AUTHORIZING A
$787,550182,000 PAYMENT FROM THE DIGITAL
INCLUSION FUND TO CALIFORNIA EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY FUND (CETF) AND USE OF $387,750 IN
DONATED FUNDS IN THE CITY FUND MANAGED BY
CETF TO DISTRIBUTE THE GRANT AWARDS TO THE
GRANTEES PURSUANT TO THE CITY’S AGREEMENT
WITH CETF; AND (C) AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
AGREEMENT WITH CETF TO ALLOW A ONE-TIME
PAYMENT OF $20,000 IN JULY 2022 TO CETF FOR THE
SEPARATE ADMINISTRATION OF DIGITAL INCLUSION
GRANTS TO SCHOOLS THAT SUPPORTED THE CITY’S
COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND A ONE-TIME
PAYMENT OF UP TO $72,500 IN JUNE 2023 TO
SUPPORT THE CITY’S DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2017, the Council of the City of San José (“City”) approved the City’s Digital Inclusion and Broadband Strategy, which established an intentional focus on digital inclusion and equity, supported by a sustainable funding stream, and with a path to close the digital divide; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City Council approved public-private partnership agreements for small cell deployments on City-owned streetlights and directed the City Manager to allocate small cell usage fee revenue to create a “Digital Inclusion Fund” (“DIF”) within the General Fund to support efforts to close the digital divide in San José; and
WHEREAS, on February 12, 2019, the City Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with California Emerging Technology Fund NVF:DEY:KML
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WHEREAS, on February 25, 2020, the City Council approved issuance of $1,000,000 to CETF to fund the first round of DIF grants to 21 community-based organizations (“CBOs”) and two City departments serving San José residents; and
WHEREAS, on May 19, 2020, the City Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the City’s agreement with CETF to allow distribution of funds donated to the DIF to relieve the connectivity impacts of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, CETF executed and managed 11 grant agreements with the Santa Clara County Office of Education to distribute donations made specifically to assist with digital connectivity during the pandemic to seven San José school districts to provide computing devices to students; and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2021, the City Council approved the conditional award of up to $500,000 in additional Round 2 grant funding to existing grantees; and
WHEREAS, the application period for the Round 3 grant cycle opened on November 9, 2021 and closed on February 1, 2022, and the City desires to disburse Round 3 grant funding of $787,550752,500 from the DIF to 15 CBOs serving San José; and
WHEREAS, the City also desires to amend the agreement with CETF to permit a one- time payment of $20,000 from the DIF to CETF for COVID-19 specific grant administration performed in Fiscal Year 2020-2021, and allow for a one-time payment in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 of up to $72,500 for CETF to support the City’s Digital NVF:DEY:KML
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REVISED—Administrative changes made since original posting on 04-08-2022.
Inclusion Program assessment and, if mutually agreed, implement program changes and/or transfer grants management to the City or a successor organization;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
A. Digital Inclusion Grants are hereby awarded to the following organizations in the amounts specified:
1. Alum Rock School District – $262,500
2. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County – $70,000
3. Closing the Divide – $17,500
4. Evergreen Valley College – $52,500
5. Goodwill of Silicon Valley – $17,500
6. International Children Assistance Network, Inc. (ICAN) – $21,000
7. International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) – $14,000
8. Prosperity Lab – $17,500
9. Sacred Heart Community Service – $61,250
10. San Jose Community Media Access Corp (CreaTV) – $3,500
11. Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVCF) – $35,000
12. Sourcewise – $35,000
13. Step Up & Do Something – $72,800
14. Tech Exchange (The Oakland Public Education Fund) – $52,500
15. The Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation, Inc. (VIVO) – $20,00019,950
B. A $ 787,550182,000 payment from the Digital Inclusion Fund to California Emerging Technology Fund and use of $387,750 in donated funds in the City Fund managed by CETF to distribute the grant awards to the grantees pursuant to the City’s agreement with CETF is hereby authorized.
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REVISED—Administrative changes made since original posting on 04-08-2022.
C. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute a Second Amendment to the agreement between the City and CETF to allow a one-time payment of $20,000 in July 2022 to CETF for the separate administration of digital inclusion grants to schools that supported the City’s COVID-19 emergency response and a one-time payment of up to $72,500 in June 2023 to support the City’s digital inclusion program assessment and change management.
ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
SAM LICCARDO
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, CMC
City Clerk