ADOPTED - SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 16

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF

A LANSING PUBLIC ACCESS CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT

FOR VIDEO AND EDITING EQUIPMENT FOR THE POTTER PARK ZOO

RESOLUTION #10-291

WHEREAS, the Potter Park Zoo staff applied for a Lansing Public Access Capacity Building Grant in the amount of $25,000; and

WHEREAS, the grant is funded by the City of Lansing’s Public, Education, and Government (PEG) Fund which consists of revenue collected from cable subscribers via a 2% PEG fee which is used to fund public access channels; and

WHEREAS, the proceeds of this grant are in the form of video, audio, and editing equipment purchased by the City of Lansing Office of Community Media and enables local organizations to contribute content to the community media outlets; and

WHEREAS, Potter Park Zoo staff identified preferred equipment based on the Zoo’s need to produce content for the internet and public access television; and

WHEREAS, no matching funds are necessary, however, staff time at the production level is considered a contribution to the grant program; and

WHEREAS, in addition to equipment, the grant provides access to one hour of public access content programming time for a 24 month period (after the 24 month period no contributed staff production time is required); and

WHEREAS, this grant provides a great way to promote the programs, events, guest speakers, and animal collections at the Zoo; and

WHEREAS, the Potter Park Zoo Board and the Ingham County Parks & Recreation Commission supported the acceptance of this grant with resolutions passed at their September meetings.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes acceptance of the Lansing Public Access Capacity Building grant and approves entering into a contract to purchase the specified audio, video, and editing equipment.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board Chairperson is authorized to sign any project agreements consistent with this Resolution.

ADOPTED - SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 16

RESOLUTION #10-291

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board Chairperson and County Clerk are authorized to sign any contract documents consistent with this Resolution after approval as to form by the County Attorney.

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Copedge, Celentino, Grebner, McGrain, Vickers

Nays:  None          Absent:  Schor        Approved 9/21/10

FINANCE:   Yeas:  Grebner, Tennis, Bahar-Cook, Holman, Dougan

Nays:  None         Absent: Schor,    Approved 9/22/10