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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 <br /> Main Phone: (651) 766-4029 <br /> www.littlecanadamn.org <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Honorable Aric Putnam <br />Chair, Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development <br />95 University Avenue W. <br />Minnesota Senate Bldg., Room 3215 <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br /> <br />Re: HF 974/SF 2045 – Equal Access to Broadband Act <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Chair Putnam and Committee Members, <br /> <br />The City of Little Canada is pleased to support HF 974/SF 2045, the Equal Access to <br />Broadband Act. It is time to refresh the local franchising laws to recognize the changing <br />communications landscape and that broadband is the future. HF 974/SF 2045 will allow cities to <br />franchise broadband similarly to how cable systems are currently franchised. Cable franchising <br />resulted in residents having the same quality of cable television service. As technologies have <br />converged into broadband, the law needs to be refreshed to allow local franchising of broadband with <br />the goal of ensuring that all residents of every city have equal access to the same quality of broadband <br />service. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration of the Equal Access to Broadband Act. We urge the <br />committee to support this important legislation. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Tom Fischer <br />Mayor <br />City of Little Canada <br /> <br />MAYOR <br />Tom Fischer <br /> <br />COUNCIL <br />Dave Miller <br />Amanda Gutierrez <br />Chris Kwapick <br />Angie Malone <br />