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RESOLUTION NO. R- 98- 02- 12 -13I
WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock wishes to provide external
Internet access into the library computer system through the
Connectivity Grants for Public Libraries Program ( "Program "), and
WHEREAS, the City has filed a grant application with the
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board for funds to establish
the Program, and
WHEREAS, the grant application has been approved by the
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board, which has submitted
a Grant Acceptance Agreement to the City to fund and establish the
Program, Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute on
behalf of the City a Grant Acceptance Agreement with the
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board to provide external
internet access into the library computer system through the
Connectivity Grants for Public Libraries Program, a copy of said
Agreement being attached hereto and incorporated herein for all
purposes.
The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this
Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to
the public as required by law at all times during which this
Resolution and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered
and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and the Act.
ATTEST;
RESOLVED this 12nd day of February, 1998.
LAND, City Secretary
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Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund
Grantee Acceptance Notice
AGREEMENT:
Whereas Round Rock Public Library, hereinafter referred to as Grantee, has therefore submitted a grant
application to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board (TIFB), entitled Connectivity Grants for Public
Libraries, and further identified by grant number QE- 1997 -LCB -523; and
Whereas, the TIFB has approved the grant application as evidenced by the Statement of Grant Award from the
Director of Programs dated January 23, 1998 ; and
Whereas, the Grantee desires to accept the grant award, the state of Texas Uniform Grant Management
Standards, the Grantee's Application ( #) as amended by TIFB, the RFP Application Packet instructions, TIFB program
regulations, handbooks, guidelines, manuals and special requirements, if any, as evidenced in the Statement of Grant
Award;
Now, therefore, the Grantee accepts the aforementioned Statement of Grant Award, the state of Texas Uniform
Grant Management Standards, the RFP Application Packet instructions, TIFB program regulations, handbooks,
guidelines, manuals, other conditions that may be promulgated by the TIFB, and any special requirements as evidenced
by the agreement, executed by the project director, the financial officer, and the official authorized to sign the original
grant application, or the official's successor, as presiding officer of and on behalf of the governing body of the Grantee;
and
NON - LOBBYING CERTIFICATION:
We, the undersigned, certify that none of the grant funds, regardless of their source or character, including local
cash assumption of cost funds, shall be used in any manner to influence the outcome of any election or the passage or
defeat of any legislative measure.
A finding that the grantee has violated this certification shall result in the immediate termination of funding of the
project and the grantee shall not be eligible for future funding from the TIFB. /�
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DATE: February 5, 1998
SUBJECT: Council Meeting, February 12, 1998
ITEM: 13.I. Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an
agreement with the Telecommunications Infrastructure
Fund Board for the library to provide internet access into
the library computer system.
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Dale Ricklefs
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
In October the Council approved the grant application for $43,300 for the project
identified above. The library was awarded this grant in full. The agreement is required by
the TIF Board.
The project will allow, in addition to internet access into the library computer system, a
Windows interface for the library "card catalog ", 3 more internet stations, and the ability
to provide outside access to all databases loaded on the library's CD -ROM or application
servers, as software and licensing allows.
The project will be completed by Fall 1998.