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_ 125 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 103. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 overall cost and further assist in the timely completion of construction, including assistance with permits, rights of way, easement and other issues that may hinder or delay timely construction and increase the cost. 3. The department shall post electronic copies of all submitted applications to the department's website after the deadline for application submissions has passed but before project approval and shall establish a process for providers to challenge applications where providers assert the proposed area is served by another broadband provider. 4. The department shall consult with the Broadband Advisory Council to designate the unserved areas to receive funds. 5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the department shall allow public broadband authorities to apply directly for Virginia Telecommunications Initiative funds without investment from the private sector. The cumulative total of any grants awarded to public broadband authorities shall not exceed 10 percent of total available funding in any fiscal year. 6. For grants awarded from the amounts appropriated in paragraphs B.2.b.2) and C.1. of Chapter 1 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session II, Item 114, Paragraph L. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, and this paragraph, for the construction of broadband infrastructure through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI), the Department of Housing and Community Development shall deliver a quarterly performance report to the Governor, Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Chairs of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, and Broadband Advisory Council, starting in Calendar Year 2022. To the extent possible, the quarterly performance report shall contain information by grant recipient and year on the following metrics: (1) Number of passings; (2) Grant dollars expended by fund source (State and Local Recovery Fund, Capital Project Fund, general fund state grants and match); (3) Contract performance period, and on-time progress towards project delivery; (4) Maximum advertised project speeds available; and, (5) Achievement of key project milestones. The quarterly report shall be due within 30 days of the close of the quarter. The quarterly performance report shall include an evaluation of any projects under risk of incompletion or underperformance. The department in providing such risk assessment shall include a reason for the project's delay. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall develop a public facing dashboard to be updated quarterly that contains key performance information by grant recipient and year and includes the key performance indicators outlined above. Information in this public facing tool shall contain data beginning with grants awarded in the fiscal year 2022 Virginia Telecommunications Initiative grant cycle, and any future VATI grant cycles. 7.a. Out of the amounts in this paragraph, the department shall utilize up to $30,000,000 in the first year from the general fund to establish a program to provide supplements to current Virginia Telecommunication Initiative grant projects for “make ready" costs. Projects receiving money from these funds shall be limited to projects funded with resources from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund or the Capital Projects Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which were awarded during the fiscal year 2022 Virginia Telecommunication Initiative grant round. The department shall limit “make ready" costs to utility pole replacements and mid-span pole installations. Any balances, for the purposes specified in this paragraph 7., which are unexpended on June 30, 2025, shall revert to the general fund. b. The department shall establish an application process for the unit of government under contract with the department for the delivery of passings in mutual agreement with its private-sector partner to apply for a grant to supplement “make ready" costs occurring on or after January 1, 2024. Applicants shall be required to submit the following information: (i) the number, cost, and location of pole replacements or mid-span pole installations; (ii) documentation sufficient to establish that the pole replacements or mid-span pole installations described in the application have been completed or will be completed within 120 days of the receipt of funds; (iii) documentation sufficient to establish the costs for which funds are requested; (iv) documentation that demonstrates estimated project costs for utility pole replacements and mid-span pole installations included in the approved fiscal year 2022 Virginia Telecommunication Initiative grant application; and (v) any