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BOARD OF COI.INTY COMMISSIONERS COTINTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTIONNO. 2025 - O I b AUTHORIZING APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO SEVEN PROJECT AREAS IN KITTITAS COUNTY TO THE WASHINGTON STATE BROADBAND OFFICE FOR THE BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS DEPLOYMENT (BEAD) GRANT PROGRAM IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT oF uP TO $90,000,000. WHEREAS:The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NITIA) has awarded Washington State $1.2 Billion in funding for broadband deployment under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD); and WIIEREAS: ln20l9, under RCW 43.330.532, the Washington State Department of Commerce created the Washington State Broadband Office (WSBO) to administer Broadband Infrastructure Programs; and WHEREAS:The Washington State legislature has approved funding to support a twenty-five (25) percent match to Federal BEAD funding for qualifying public projects to fulfill the match contribution requirement for BEAD applications (WSBO Match); and WHEREAS: Kittitas County is qualified to apply for this match funding; and WHEREAS: Collectively, BEAD and the WSBO Match shall be refered to herein as the "Grants"; and WHEREAS: Kittitas County intends to pafiner with a broadband service providers to apply to WSBO for BEAD funding to build broadband networks in Kittitas County; and WHEREAS: The Grant requires an authorizing resolution of the Board of County Commissioners prior to submitting applications for project areas (Exhibit "A" identifies the BEAD project areas as listed by WSBO); and WHEREAS: Grants require a Performance Bond equal to seventy-five (75) percent of project cost; and WHEREAS: The cost of the Performance Bond is a qualified expense for reimbursement under the grant, if awarded. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the best interest of the public, does hereby authorize submittal of up to seven (7) project area applications in the BEAD Grant program, and if awarded and accept grant funding up to $90,000,000 for project areas identified in Exhibit A; and NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: If awarded, execution of a bond for seventy-five (75) percent of the project cost naming the Washington State Broadband Office as benefactor; and NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: If awarded the grant funding, that an Indefeasible Rights of Use (IRU) will be entered into with a provider(s) to operate the broadband network for the term of the grant; and NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: If awarded and accepted, adoption of the private sector broadband provider's Cyber Security and Supply Chain Management plans as presented in the BEAD applications; and