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WTANYIN <br />A Resolution of the City of E,lk River Supporting the Minnesota Broadband <br />Vision Created at the Minnesota Border to Border Broadband Conference <br />by Conference Attendees <br />WHEREAS, The Minnesota Broadband Vision states "F.ve.n.,one in Minnesota will be able <br />to use convenient, affordable, world-class broadband networks that enable us to survive and <br />thrive in our communities and across the globe"; and <br />WHEREAS, broadband, or high speed internet, is essential today and increasingly essential <br />for community vitality, including competitive economic development, affordable and quality <br />health care, equitable education and effective government; and <br />WHEREAS, vast areas of Minnesota and thousands of Minnesotans lack access to <br />affordable and reliable broadband services that rneet or exceed the federal broadband <br />standard of 25/3 Mbps; and <br />WHEREAS, the long- and short-term benefits of achieving our broadband vision will be <br />spread widely across our entire Minnesota community while failing to reach our broadband <br />vision will. sentence some rural areas to second class status and permanent decline. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk <br />River, Minnesota, as follows: Adopts the Minnesota Broadband Vision and encourages the <br />Minnesota Legislature and Governor provide sufficient leadership, resources and legal <br />framework to ensure that the State of Minnesota achieves this vision by 2020. <br />Passed and adopted this 19"' day of January, 2016. <br />n . <br />7 A'ITEST: <br />id <br />TU'la Allard, City Clerk <br />l NAfUR : El <br />r�lkf <br />