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dc tech�no(ogy energy <br />' 1 <br />m <br />. . . .. <br />.. .............. <br />engineering <br />*r. ♦business consulting <br />May 2, 2019 <br />Ms. Denise Linn Riedl <br />Chief Innovation Officer <br />Department of Innovation and Technology <br />City of South Bend <br />227 W. Jefferson Blvd. <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Via email. dr e 6 uthbpn in,gav <br />Subject: Proposal to facilitate interactive broadband workshop and support broadband planning <br />Dear Denise: <br />I enjoyed our conversation last week and am really excited by the City's creative approach to <br />improving broadband competition, affordability, and equity within South Bend. As we discussed, <br />this letter is CTC's proposal to perform a number of tasks for South Bend related to broadband <br />infrastructure planning and strategy. <br />Task 1: Facilitate an Interactive Workshop <br />First, I propose that my colleague, Dr. Andrew Afflerbach, and I will conduct an in-depth, <br />interactive workshop with City staff regarding issues such as: <br />Broadband priorities <br />0 Strategies to attract competitive private fiber deployment <br />Strategies to protect the City's wireless mounting assets in light of preemptive state and <br />federal laws —while leveraging those assets to the greatest degree possible to support <br />the City's broadband goals <br />During this four- to six -hour session, I will present an interactive workshop in which we explore <br />the current state of broadband in South Bend and nationally; work through a process of <br />identifying the City's broadband priorities; and evaluate potential strategies in light of lessons <br />learned elsewhere. I will address issues such as the ways in which the City might make itself <br />attractive for private investment —while also seeking to ensure that private investments meet <br />the City's vision and policy goals for broadband opportunity and equity. <br />ConcordColumbia Telecommunications Corporation <br />r 20895 <br />