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Program History. The current 9-1-1 call delivery network is based on switch-based network technology that is limited in its abilities, such as being able route automatically around network disruptions and deliver non-voice data to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) via the same network path as voice calls. This hinders the network’s ability to provide the functionality and resiliency that the public has come to expect of more modern, Internet Protocol- based network architecture. In 2018, the Commission approved a settlement and proposed tariff by the state’s incumbent 9-1-1 system service provider to migrate all of Colorado’s PSAPs to an IP-based 9-1-1 call delivery network, known as an Emergency Services IP Network (ESInet), starting in October of 2019 and completing in October 2020, with each PSAP being listed with a separate target migration date. The finalized version of this tariff was filed in Colorado Public Utilities Commission Proceeding 18AL-0916T, and was subsequently modified in Proceeding 19AL-0238T. The federal grant requires a 40% match of the total project cost. Through two different decisions, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has committed a total of $1.65 million from the CPAP Tier 2 Fund for the purpose of meeting this matching requirement. As a result, the Grantee will not be required to provide matching funds as part of this Grant Agreement1 Purpose The purpose of this grant is to ease the financial burden of the migration to the ESInet of each of the Grantee’s PSAPs and to avoid delay of the migration due to financial constraints. The use of grant funds will be to reimburse the Grantee’s expenditures for the Non-Recurring Costs and Project Management Fees as described in CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.E.6. Per CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.C.4, Project Management Fees are capped at ten hours per concurrent session. In the event that the full ten hours are not utilized, and the Grantee is charged less than the 1 See Decision C18-0751 and Decision C19-0331. amount that would otherwise be incurred for a full ten hours of Project Management Fees, the Grantee may also submit for reimbursement proof of expenditure for other costs directly related to the migration of its PSAPs to the ESInet. Examples of these expenses include the purchase of electrical work, software licensing fees, and electronic housing units necessary for migration of the PSAP to the ESInet. The reimbursement of these costs is dependent on approval of the Federal Awarding Agency. Under no circumstances will the total amount of reimbursements provided to the Grantee exceed the total reimbursement amount provided in Exhibit B. The designated PUC Staff and the Grantee shall work together to achieve the following goals:  Maintain accurate accounting systems for grant fund reporting.  Maintain accurate performance documentation for the grant.  Ensure that matching funds on each project comes from non-Federal sources.  Ensure grant funds are used only for the purpose of the migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, including related non-recurring costs and project management fees.

Program History. The current 9-1-1 call delivery network is based on switch-based network technology that is limited in its abilities, such as being able route automatically around network disruptions and deliver non-voice data to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) via the same network path as voice calls. This hinders the network’s ability to provide the functionality and resiliency that the public has come to expect of more modern, Internet Protocol- Protocol-based network architecture. In 2018, the Commission approved a settlement and proposed tariff by the state’s incumbent 9-1-1 system service provider to migrate all of Colorado’s PSAPs to an IP-based 9-1-1 call delivery network, known as an Emergency Services IP Network (ESInet), starting in October of 2019 and completing in October 2020, with each PSAP being listed with a separate target migration date. The finalized version of this tariff was filed in Colorado Public Utilities Commission Proceeding 18AL-0916T, and was subsequently modified in Proceeding 19AL-0238T. The federal grant requires a 40% match of the total project cost. Through two different decisions, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has committed a total of $1.65 million from the CPAP Tier 2 Fund for the purpose of meeting this matching requirement. As a result, the Grantee will not be required to provide matching funds as part of this Grant Agreement1 Purpose The purpose of this grant is to ease the financial burden of the migration to the ESInet of each of the Grantee’s PSAPs and to avoid delay of the migration due to financial constraints. The use of grant funds will be to reimburse the Grantee’s expenditures for the Non-Recurring Costs and Project Management Fees as described in CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.E.6. Per CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.C.4, Project Management Fees are capped at ten hours per concurrent session. In the event that the full ten hours are not utilized, and the Grantee is charged less than the 1 See Decision C18-0751 and Decision C19-0331. amount that would otherwise be incurred for a full ten hours of Project Management Fees, the Grantee may also submit for reimbursement proof of expenditure for other costs directly related to the migration of its PSAPs to the ESInet. Examples of these expenses include the purchase of electrical work, software licensing fees, and electronic housing units necessary for migration of the PSAP to the ESInet. The reimbursement of these costs is dependent on approval of the Federal Awarding Agency. Under no circumstances will the total amount of reimbursements provided to the Grantee exceed the total reimbursement amount provided in Exhibit B. The designated PUC Staff and the Grantee shall work together to achieve the following goals:  Maintain accurate accounting systems for grant fund reporting.  Maintain accurate performance documentation for the grant.  Ensure that matching funds on each project comes from non-Federal sources.  Ensure grant funds are used only for the purpose of the migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, including related non-recurring costs and project management fees.

Program History. The current 9-1-1 call delivery network is based on switch-based network technology that is limited in its abilities, such as being able route automatically around network disruptions and deliver non-voice data to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) via the same network path as voice calls. This hinders the network’s ability to provide the functionality and resiliency that the public has come to expect of more modern, Internet Protocol- based network architecture. In 2018, the Commission approved a settlement and proposed tariff by the state’s incumbent 9-1-1 system service provider to migrate all of Colorado’s PSAPs to an IP-based 9-1-1 call delivery network, known as an Emergency Services IP Network (ESInet), starting in October of 2019 and completing in October 2020, with each PSAP being listed with a separate target migration date. The finalized version of this tariff was filed in Colorado Public Utilities Commission Proceeding 18AL-0916T, and was subsequently modified in Proceeding 19AL-0238T. The federal grant requires a 40% match of the total project cost. Through two different decisions, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has committed a total of $1.65 million from the CPAP Tier 2 Fund for the purpose of meeting this matching requirement. As a result, the Grantee will not be required to provide matching funds as part of this Grant Agreement1 Purpose The purpose of this grant is to ease the financial burden of the migration to the ESInet of each of the Grantee’s PSAPs and to avoid delay of the migration due to financial constraints. The use of grant funds will be to reimburse the Grantee’s expenditures for the Non-Recurring Costs and Project Management Fees as described in CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.E.6. 1 See Decision C18-0751 and Decision C19-0331. Per CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.C.4, Project Management Fees are capped at ten hours per concurrent session. In the event that the full ten hours are not utilized, and the Grantee is charged less than the 1 See Decision C18-0751 and Decision C19-0331. amount that would otherwise be incurred for a full ten hours of Project Management Fees, the Grantee may also submit for reimbursement proof of expenditure for other costs directly related to the migration of its PSAPs to the ESInet. Examples of these expenses include the purchase of electrical work, software licensing fees, and electronic housing units necessary for migration of the PSAP to the ESInet. The reimbursement of these costs is dependent on approval of the Federal Awarding Agency. Under no circumstances will the total amount of reimbursements provided to the Grantee exceed the total reimbursement amount provided in Exhibit B. The designated PUC Staff and the Grantee shall work together to achieve the following goals:  • Maintain accurate accounting systems for grant fund reporting.  • Maintain accurate performance documentation for the grant.  • Ensure that matching funds on each project comes from non-Federal sources.  • Ensure grant funds are used only for the purpose of the migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, including related non-recurring costs and project management fees.

Program History. The current 9-1-1 call delivery network is based on switch-based network technology that is limited in its abilities, such as being able route automatically around network disruptions and deliver non-voice data to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) via the same network path as voice calls. This hinders the network’s ability to provide the functionality and resiliency that the public has come to expect of more modern, Internet Protocol- based network architecture. In 2018, the Commission approved a settlement and proposed tariff by the state’s incumbent 9-1-1 system service provider to migrate all of Colorado’s PSAPs to an IP-based 9-1-1 call delivery network, known as an Emergency Services IP Network (ESInet), starting in October of 2019 and completing in October 2020, with each PSAP being listed with a separate target migration date. The finalized version of this tariff was filed in Colorado Public Utilities Commission Proceeding 18AL-0916T, and was subsequently modified in Proceeding 19AL-0238T. The federal grant requires a 40% match of the total project cost. Through two different decisions, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has committed a total of $1.65 million from the CPAP Tier 2 Fund for the purpose of meeting this matching requirement. As a result, the Grantee will not be required to provide matching funds as part of this Grant Agreement1 Purpose The purpose of this grant is to ease the financial burden of the migration to the ESInet of each of the Grantee’s PSAPs and to avoid delay of the migration due to financial constraints. The use of grant funds will be to reimburse the Grantee’s expenditures for the Non-Recurring Costs and Project Management Fees as described in CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.E.6. 1 See Decision C18-0751 and Decision C19-0331. Per CenturyLink Tariff No. 25, Section 9.2.5.C.4, Project Management Fees are capped at ten hours per concurrent session. In the event that the full ten hours are not utilized, and the Grantee is charged less than the 1 See Decision C18-0751 and Decision C19-0331. amount that would otherwise be incurred for a full ten hours of Project Management Fees, the Grantee may also submit for reimbursement proof of expenditure for other costs directly related to the migration of its PSAPs to the ESInet. Examples of these expenses include the purchase of electrical work, software licensing fees, and electronic housing units necessary for migration of the PSAP to the ESInet. The reimbursement of these costs is dependent on approval of the Federal Awarding Agency. Under no circumstances will the total amount of reimbursements provided to the Grantee exceed the total reimbursement amount provided in Exhibit B. The designated PUC Staff and the Grantee shall work together to achieve the following goals:  Maintain accurate accounting systems for grant fund reporting.  Maintain accurate performance documentation for the grant.  Ensure that matching funds on each project comes from non-Federal sources.  Ensure grant funds are used only for the purpose of the migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, including related non-recurring costs and project management fees.