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10 <br /> 1 Commissioner Jacobs said this area is reportedly not as competitive as other places in <br /> 2 the Triangle, due to the lack of high speed Internet. <br /> 3 Jim Northup said that comment leads into the next CIP item. <br /> 4 Commissioner Rich asked if there is a reason why Spectrum is forcing people to get <br /> 5 new landlines. <br /> 6 Jim Northup said he does not know, but can find out. <br /> 7 Commissioner Price asked if Orange County could be eligible for United States <br /> 8 Department of Agriculture (USDA) broadband grant. <br /> 9 Jim Northup said the County is eligible for some of the grants, and the next grant period <br /> 10 is in September. He said his staff is following up on this. He said part of the reason the County <br /> 11 is ineligible for some grants, is that counties in North Carolina are not allowed to provide <br /> 12 Internet service, and many of the grants are for just that purpose. <br /> 13 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Broadband Service Gaps — map <br /> 16 • Areas not served by cable <br /> 17 • Northern and Western Orange County <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Broad band Survey Results <br /> 20 • 1,179 Households responded <br /> 21 • 94% have Internet Access <br /> 22 • 76% with access are dissatisfied with current service <br /> 23 • Red = no service reported <br /> 24 • Yellow = service available but not satisfied <br /> 25 • Green = adequate service <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Capital Investment Plan <br /> 28 • Fiber Connections for County facilities - $1,160,000: Page 48 <br /> 29 o Multi-year project to connect County facilities with fiber connections <br /> 30 • Improved security, bandwidth, throughput, network services <br /> 31 o Phase 1 — Partnership with Town of Hillsborough to create fiber backbone <br /> 32 • Whitted Facility <br /> 33 • Revere Road — EAC Building <br /> 34 • Emergency Services <br /> 35 • Hillsborough Commons <br /> 36 • AMS North — Motor Pool/Orange Public Transit <br /> 37 o Future North-South network— Cedar Grove to Carrboro <br /> 38 o Future East-West Network— Buckhorn/Mebane EDD to Eno EDD <br /> 39 o Total cost - $3,251,350 <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Potential County Fiber Buildout <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Capital Investment Plan <br /> 44 • Technology Improvements - $510,000: Page 49 <br /> 45 o Information Technology Governance Council Recommended <br /> 46 • Crisis Damage Assessment Software— Emergency Services <br /> 47 • Jail Video Technology— Sheriff's Office <br /> 48 • Electronic Medical Records and Billing — Emergency Services <br /> 49 • Laserfiche License Upgrade — Social Services <br /> 50 • Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) System —Animal Services <br />