Project Locations

Application locations and areas within Iowa, submitted by eligible applicants between 7/14/2023 - 8/25/2023 (5:00 PM CST) for Notification of Funding Availability (NOFA) #008. Application locations represent unserved and underserved point-based address locations in Iowa. Application locations were originally selected by Applicants using the Project Selection Tool (Broadband Map V5) and following the selection and submission guidelines in Exhibit 'K' as part of their NOFA #008 application. The application window was open from 7/14/2023 - 8/25/2023 (5:00 PM CST) in order for the OCIO to receive all timely and complete applications per the guidelines described in Exhibit 'A' to NOFA #008. Application areas were constructed based on the list of locations submitted by Applicants using a convex hull to enclose the locations within a polygon. Per NOFA #008 Exhibit 'A', section 1.2. Key Program Definitions: "100/100 Broadband" means reliable one hundred (100) megabits per second of download speed or faster and one hundred (100) megabits per second of upload speed or faster. "100/20 Broadband" means reliable one hundred (100) megabits per second of download speed or faster and twenty (20) megabits per second of upload speed or faster, but less than 100/100 Broadband. "Broadband Availability Map" means the statewide map that identifies whether and at which speeds a Communications Service Provider Facilitated Broadband to Broadband Unit as of the As of Date, whether a grantee has received a prior state or federal grant to Facilitate 100/20 Broadband to a Broadband Unit, and whether a Broadband Unit is an Eligible Service Location. The Broadband Availability Map is published at : https://ocio.iowa.gov/broadband-availability-map-version-5. "Broadband Intervention Zone" or "Zone" means a geographic area comprised of Eligible Service Locations selected by the OCIO upon completion of the evaluation of Applications to the Invitation to Qualify published at https://ocio.iowa.gov/invitation-qualify-001. "Broadband Unit(s)" means a Broadband-serviceable location identified on the Broadband Availability Map. "Community Anchor Institutions" or "CAI" means an entity such as a school, library, heath clinic, health center, hospital or other medical provider, public safety entity, institution of higher education, public housing organization, or community support organization that facilitates greater use of broadband service by vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to, low-income individuals, unemployed individuals, children, the incarcerated, and aged individuals. "Eligible Service Location" means a location identified on the Broadband Availability Map to which no provider offers service at speeds greater than or equal to 100/20 Broadband. The location must not have been previously awarded Federal or State broadband incentives for build out greater than 100/20 Broadband. An Eligible Service Location may include a Community Anchor Institution. "Project Area" means one or more Eligible Service Locations to which an Applicant proposed to Facilitate Covered Speeds. The Project Area is established by converting these addresses into a minimum bounding polygon or convex hull formed by enclosing/circumscribing the list of addresses. Reference section 2.2.6.1 (Project Worksheet) and the Project Worksheet for instructions on how to identify a Project. For more information on NOFA #008 and broadband, please visit: https://ocio.iowa.gov/empower-rural-iowa-broadband-grant-program-notice-funding-availability-008. NOFA #008 Exhibit 'A': https://ocio.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/exhibit_a_notice_of_funding_availability_nofa008_final.pdf. NOFA #008 Exhibit 'K': https://ocio.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/exhibit_k_project_selection_and_data.uctions_nofa_008.pdf. Project Selection Tool (Broadband Map V5): https://iowa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e9d5ba9cb3994b9c9fef59cee6bd4c4d. Broadband Availability Map: https://ocio.iowa.gov/broadband-availability-map-version-5. Iowa Broadband Map v5 Eligibility: https://iowa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f454e1dd4e1c405787b5f35c56bcfee3.