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City Council Meeting Minutes August 17, 2021 <br />• Lockhart Independent School District <br />— Partnered with third -party provider to manage and provide students free <br />wireless point-to-point service at their homes <br />— School subsidized cost <br />Cities <br />• Mont Belvieu <br />— Citizen Survey <br />— Feasibility study <br />— Initial $13+ Million bond funded <br />— $75 per month fee (Igb connection) <br />• City of College Station <br />— Council directed staff to not heavily invest City funds to build the fiber <br />infrastructure <br />— Solicited new provider to self fund and install new service <br />• City of Bryan <br />— Feasibility study <br />— Council voted against due to estimated $120 Million project cost <br />— Solicited new provider to self fund and install new service <br />• City of Victoria <br />— Performing a citizen survey on internet accessibility, affordability, and <br />reliability <br />State <br />• Texas SB5/HB5 — 87th Legislative Session <br />— Created the State Broadband Development Office <br />— Financial incentives to promote and expand access to broadband in Texas <br />— Award money only to commercial providers unless non commercial provider <br />is available. <br />Federal <br />• Texas received $362 million for rural broadband connection <br />— Two providers in Hays County received just over $1.3 Million to support <br />2,527 rural residents <br />• FCC established the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program <br />— Provide qualifying households with a discount (up to $50 per month) on <br />Internet bills and a one-time discount (up to $100) on a computer or tablet. <br />Federal <br />• FCC announced Emergency Connectivity Fund <br />— Provides funding to libraries and school districts to purchase laptops and <br />City of San Marcos Page 3 <br />