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34 <br /> 1 Slide #10 <br /> Communications Plan <br /> • Email notice to 130 residents interested in Broadband <br /> • Press,social media prepared to go out tonight <br /> • Broadband Task Force Town Hall Meetings <br /> — North State partIclpatlaro <br /> • North State marketing including mailers to home addresses <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> MIRM[GkROLGNA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #11 <br /> Manager's Recommendation <br /> • Approve and authorize the County Managerto sign the contract and <br /> any amendments that do not exceed the contract amount with North <br /> State Communications Advanced Services,Lt_G <br /> • Allocate an additional$5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, <br /> for a total of$10 million, to fully fund this agreement. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTJ[CAROLINA <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Chair Price asked if in the motion the Board should state the date of approval. <br /> 7 Travis Myren said it was not necessary. <br /> 8 Commissioner Richards asked what the communication plan is for the other 120 homes <br /> 9 or 9,000 people. <br /> 10 Travis Myren said the representative from North State will discuss the marketing plan. <br /> 11 Commissioner McKee said those 120 have been communicating with the Board for <br /> 12 years on the issue. He said that their concerns about current providers have been voiced and <br /> 13 they were part of the conversation. <br /> 14 Commissioner Hamilton asked about the network outage time frame and what the <br /> 15 industry expectations are. <br /> 16 Travis Myren said that realistically the outage would be taken care of well within the time <br /> 17 frame, but that it represents a little better than industry standard. <br /> 18 Chair Price asked if North State would take care of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund <br /> 19 (RDOF). <br />