Decision on Google Fiber Community Connections sites postponed

All Austin ISD high school campuses are included as potential sites to receive Google Fiber. Other proposed sites to receive the high-speed Internet service include The Long Center for the Performing Arts, the African American Cultural Heritage Facility, The Arc of the Capital Area and numerous branches of the Austin Public Library.

"We adopted a resolution that said, 'We want to make sure we have the organization geographically dispersed as well as addressing and targeting and serving many different components of our community,'" Councilwoman Laura Morrison said.

City staff also wants to include a diverse selection of organization types, Morrison said, including those related to education, arts and social services.

Google has agreed to provide its Internet service to Austin City Hall, the new Central Library and 100 other sites in Austin until 2023. City officials said they had more than 300 applicants ask to be included in the Community Connections program.

Morrison said the council has the discretion to modify the potential list of sites.

"If someone wants to start all over, that's fine, or if people are interested in adding a particular organization, just remember that we have a limit of 100, so you might also want to make a suggestion of what to take off," she said.