HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 2010-11RESOLUTION NO. 2010-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT DECLARING ITS
SUPPORT FOR THE CALIFORNIA EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND'S
(CETF) GET CONNECTED! PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN
THE CITY OF PALM DESERT HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES, AND
ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, closing the Digital Divide is vital to the economic prosperity and quality
of life for residents in the City of Palm Desert and throughout Califomia; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert finds and declares that high-speed Internet
access -referred to generically as "broadband" and including both wireline and wireless
technologies -is essential 21st Century infrastructure in a digital world and economy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert acknowledges that 38% of all Californians, and
40% of low-income households are not connected to the Internet with broadband, leaving
more than 14 million Californians without high-speed Internet access at home; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert is committed to helping families and children be
healthy, productive, and self-sufficient and realizes that the use of broadband can save
both time and money for residents, while helping them bridge the economic divide; and
WHEREAS, The City of Palm Desert is committed to helping students obtain the
highest -quality of education possible incorporating digital literacy and understands that
high-speed Internet connectivity and the availability of computing devices both at school
and at home are critical teaching and learning tools for academic achievement; and
WHEREAS, The City of Palm Desert is committed to reducing its carbon footprint
and recognizes that broadband is a strategic "green" technology that decreases
greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil by enabling e-government and
the provision of more services online; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert is committed to Digital Inclusion and increasing
citizen participation in the public process through expanded engagement using broadband;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert recognizes that it has the opportunity to impact
broadband deployment and adoption in its several government roles and responsibilities,
including as a policy leader, planning body, land use approval agency, purchaser -
consumer of communications equipment and information technology, and a service
provider; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert welcomes the opportunity to partner with the
California Emerging Technology Fund along with the Governor, Legislature, other local
governments, civic leaders, community organizations, employers, labor representatives,
educators, and policymakers to encourage adoption of broadband technology.
RESOLUTION NO.
2010-11
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City of Palm Desert Hereby joins with the California Emerging Technology
Fund in launching and promoting Get Connected! -a public awareness program to
close the Digital Divide -and declares 2010 as a target year for all residents,
businesses, and community organization to Get Connected!
2. That the Palm Desert City Council authorizes the use of their names as champions
of Get Connected! on the websites of the California Emerging Technology Fund
(www.CETFund.orq and www.GetConnectedToday.com) and in printed materials
pertaining to Get Connected!
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 11th day of March 2010, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, FERGUSON, KELLY, SPIEGEL, AND FINERTY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
//ALI, AA*, 0/
CINDY FINdRTY, MAYOR 4
ATTEST:
RACELLE D. K SSE , CITY CLERK 3
CITY OF PALM DESERT