Municipalities, unincorporated communities, and counties will be required to submit:
- (1) The name of the community applying to get service;
- (2) The rank of the application in the community’s order of preference if multiple applications would qualify for funding, since no more than one (1) application can be funded for each community;
- (3) The provider or providers to whom residents will be able to apply for consumer broadband service after the project is completed;
- (4) Any caveats about the interdependence of projects that may be applicable;
- (5) A statement of any cost sharing or facilitation that the community commits to do in order to assist the deployment process;
- (6) If applicable, statements from any nonprofits or local businesses of any financial or other support that they have offered to provide to assist the project;
- (7) If applicable, statements of any commitments that the ISP has made on pricing in return for the community agreeing to coapply for ARC grant funding;
- (8) The name and office of the public official who will submit biannual reports to the Arkansas Department of Commerce Broadband Office;
- (9) Disclosure of any conflicts of interest on the part of public officials representing the community;
(10) A narrative explanation of less than one thousand (1,000) words about how the community developed the application, emphasizing efforts to make the process:
- (A) Transparent;
- (B) Competitive; and
- (C) In the public interest;
- (11) A declaration of the project closure date if it is earlier than January 1, 2030; and
- (12) An affirmation that all the information submitted by coapplicants has been reviewed and is acceptable.