2021-12-15 City Council Item No. 11.19 - Comprehensive Smart City and Broadband Master Plan Presentation Regular MEETING - Additional Meeting Materials11.19 Comprehensive
Smart City and Broadband
Master Plan
Information Technology Department
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•Council Strategic Vision and Goals for 2018 and 2021
•RFP 2022-02 Published August 2021
•Competitive bidding process
Background
•Broadband is equivalent of “roads” for Smart City and today’s home and business environment
•High-speed broadband adds ~3% -5% to home value
•Business Needs –Location, Real Estate, Workforce, Utilities
•Electricity, Water/Sewer, Broadband
Context –Community Value
•Document needs and solutions to grow the economy, engage the community, enhance quality of life
•Address digital inequity in Menifee
•Identify gaps in existing services
•Identify feasible options
Smart City & Broadband Master Plan
•Enhance Menifee’s economic competitiveness for technology-reliant innovators
•Identify funding sources such as Federal and State grants
•Ensure Menifee is prepared with a plan when existing Grant funds become available
•Recognize that broadband represents the Fourth Utility
•Ensure Menifee has ample broadband and technical infrastructure to support CEDS objectives
Comprehensive Economic Development
Strategy component
•Solicit community’s need:
•Schools, Employers, Other Government Entities, •Utilities, Chamber of Commerce/Business community•Commercial and Residential Developers
•Identify the full needs of the whole community (demand aggregation)
Community Needs Based
Questions?