Late on Friday afternoon, the "time certain" for public testimony was changed from 1:45 to 2:45. Business Information Services (BIS) Public Testimony - Time Certain: 2:45 p.m. 26. Minneapolis Wireless Broadband Initiative: a) Approve Business Case to pursue a private-public partnership to procure Broadband Data Access Services to support the City's internal data communications requirements and provide affordable broadband internet services to City residents and businesses; b) Authorize proper City officers to implement the pilot phase of the Broadband IP Data Access Services program with the two RFP finalists, Earthlink and U.S. Internet; and c) Authorize proper City officers to negotiate a contract for Broadband IP Data Access Services with one or both of the RFP finalists and to return to Council for final approval. Becca Vargo Daggett Research Associate, New Rules Project, Insitute for Local Self- Reliance, http://www.newrules.org 612-379-3815 x209, becca at ilsr.org, Mobile: 651.283.1850 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.tcwug.org/pipermail/tcwug-list/attachments/20060221/231c4244/attachment.htm