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Recommendation to Approve Two-Year Pilot Project to Invest in a Ultra-High-Speed Broadband Network to Attract and Foster High-Tech Research and Development Companies Initially Located at Alameda Point. (Information Technology 2611)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Recommendation to Approve Two-Year Pilot Project to Invest in a Ultra-High-Speed Broadband Network to Attract and Foster High-Tech Research and Development Companies Initially Located at Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda approached the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) to cultivate a partnership to entice high-tech for-profit companies to the City to promote economic development; enhance the educational experience for high school and college students in Alameda; and collaborate with other educational institutions, nonprofits, and for-profit research and development institutions on the worldwide CENIC research network. The CENIC project is designed to attract more high technology businesses to Alameda initially beginning at Alameda Point for a proof of concept.
CENIC is a nonprofit organization that operates the California Research and Education Network (CalREN), a high-capacity internet broadband network supporting over 20 million users, including students, educators, researchers and other public-serving institutions. CENIC's Charter Associates are part of the world's largest education system, including the California K-12 system, California Community Colleges, the California State University system, California's Public Libraries, the University of California system, Stanford, Caltech, and USC.
As part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus package, CENIC was awarded $7.2 billion dollars to increase internet broadband network access and to connect California to the world, initially by advancing education and research statewide. Through a contract ...
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