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Letter of Support for DEED Grantkxammilleri From: pray Sent: Monday, October 14, 2019 9:27 AM To: Cc: b.eklund Subject: Letters of Support for DEED Grant Attachments: Request for DEED Support Letter.docx; ScandiaAddresses.xlsx Midco has suggested that we ask for a letter of support from all the households on the DEED Grant application list. I have attached the address list that Midco sent me. I have also attached a letter that I wrote for your review. I'm looking for suggestions on how to sign the letter. Is it signed by Mayor Maefsky and City Council or by the City Administrator? We are under a time crunch for getting this letter out to the addresses so they can get their letters to DEED. Can the office staff work on mailing this letter to the 219 homes? Thank you. Patti Ray Scandia City Council Member Dear Scandia Household, The City of Scandia has applied for a DEED Grant with Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development for the expansion of the Internet in partnership with Midco.  Scandia has asked for $510,000 from DEED with contributions of $350,400 from Midco and $160,085 from Scandia’s General Fund. If Scandia is awarded the DEED grant, your home is one of the addresses that will be wired by Midco for high- speed Internet.  Available Internet speeds will be 1000 Mbps down and 100 Mbps scalable up. It would strengthen our application if you could write a letter or an email of support for our DEED application. Please inform DEED how access to reliable, high- speed Internet will improve your life and that of your family.  Will reliable, high-speed Internet help you work from home or start a new home-based business?  Will high-speed Internet help your children complete and submit their homework?     Also, inform DEED if it has been a hardship for you and your family not to have access to reliable, high- speed Internet. Please let DEED know you are writing to them about the Scandia DEED Grant application. Mail to: Office of Broadband Development Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development 332 Minnesota Street Suite E-200 St. Paul, MN 55101   Or email to: deed.broadband@state.mn.us   Please submit this letter of support by October 26th.     Thank you so much for your help.