Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Amendment B to the Washington State Broadband Office - Infrastructure Acceleration Grant Between Snohomish County and Washington State Department of Commerce
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DEPARTMENT: Business Operations & Support
ORIGINATOR: Dee White
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: To execute Amendment B to the Grant Agreement with the Washington State Department of Commerce for American Rescue Recovery Plan Act state and local fiscal recovery funds (SLFRF) for the Snohomish County and Ziply State Route 530 Broadband Project which reduces the withholding from 5% to 2%.
BACKGROUND: The County received a grant award from the Washington State Department of Commerce, Broadband Office ("WSBO") to expand broadband services into rural areas of Snohomish County. The County submitted a joint application for the award with Ziply Fiber NW, LLC a broadband system provider to construct a Fiber to the Premise (FttP) network along or near the State Route 530 Corridor from the City of Arlington to the Town of Darrington. The communities to be connected include Bryant, Trafton, Cicero, Oso, Rowan, Hazel, Swede Heaven, Whitehorse, and Darrington. The Agreement was executed in 2023 and the project is underway which will enable gigabit fiber connectivity to approximately 4,510 addresses. The approved project spans multiple years, includes several complex, industry-specific agreements and is funded through more than $16M in federal recovery grant funding and over $9M in matching funds provided by Ziply Fiber NW. The grant agreement was amendmended in 2024 to extend the end date to October 31, 2026. WSBO has reduced the amount that is to be withheld from Contractor payments from 5% to 2%. Approval of this Amendment B formally reduces the withholding amount.
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