20250711 15264200 1.0 FALSE PAUs_Snapped 002 Projected GCS_North_American_1983 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/3.4.0'><WKT>PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-105.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",26913]]</WKT><XOrigin>-5120900</XOrigin><YOrigin>-9998100</YOrigin><XYScale>10000</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>26913</WKID><LatestWKID>26913</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N 20250710 17460600 20250710 17460600 20000000 5000 ItemDescription Esri ArcGIS 13.1.0.41833 BEAD_PAUs_Ver2_1_SECURE Project Area Units (PAUs) are regions across the state for which stakeholders will bid for BEAD funding for broadband projects. They were designed using various factors such as geographic boundaries, proximity to existing network infrastructure, economic and technical viability, and community needs. Tribal lands and high-cost areas defined by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) were additionally assigned their own PAUs. PAU BEAD Project Area Unit <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>This layer contains the Version 2.1 BEAD Project Area Unit (PAU) boundaries, last updated March 28th, 2025.PAUs define the areas where prospective applicants can bid for funding under the federal BEAD program. The final version of the PAUs comes after OBAE made extensive changes in response to public comments and suggestions. These changes resulted in a greater number of PAUs that took greater account for existing network infrastructure, allowing applicants to better design successful BEAD projects.Note: OBAE has received formal approval of the BEAD Challenge Process results by NTIA. However, in the time since the Challenge Process has ended, OBAE has been made aware of new enforceable commitments and defaults. OBAE is currently in the process of deduplicating the NTIA BEAD-Eligible BSLs using this new grant information. When this deduplication process is complete, the PAUs will be updated to contain attributes which summarize the amount of Unserved (BEAD-Eligible), Underserved and Served BSLs within each unit. Additionally, PAUs without any eligible locations for BEAD will be removed from the map.Prequalified Tribal communities, nonprofits, internet service providers, cooperatives and other entities may submit applications for BEAD, the state’s largest funding program to deploy broadband infrastructure, starting January 3, 2025. The state will be awarding $675 million in grants through BEAD.If you have any questions about the PAUs or the BEAD program in general, please email OBAE at: <A href="mailto:Broadband@connect.nm.gov" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Broadband@connect.nm.gov</A>OBAE used the following geographic boundaries to split the state of New Mexico into 255 PAUs:<OL><LI>NTIA High-Cost Areas – NTIA High-Cost Areas were given their own PAUs, represented by the abbreviation "HC" in the PAU name (note: many of these High Cost Areas were subdivided into a collection of smaller PAUs). </LI><LI>Tribal Boundaries – Tribal areas were made into their own PAUs (non-contiguous regions of the same Tribe/Pueblo are all one PAU). PAUs representing Tribal Land are denoted with the abbreviation "TL" in their name.For Tribal areas partially overlapping NTIA High-Cost Areas, separate PAUs were created from the overlap (similar to a Venn diagram). These areas contain the abbreviation "TL/HC" in their PAU name.</LI><LI>School Districts – School district boundaries were used as the starting point for the majority of the PAUs.</LI><LI>Census Tracts/ Block Groups – For larger or densely populated areas, Census Tracts or CBGs were used to further subdivide. </LI><LI>Other infrastructure/geographic boundaries (roads, rivers, mountain ranges, wire center boundaries, etc.) -- for larger or more densely populated areas that could not be subdivided by the above boundaries, other infrastructure/geographic boundaries such as major highways, geographic features, and wire center boundaries were used.</LI></OL>The features in this GIS layer are "topology-correct," meaning there are no gaps or overlaps between features.Source data used to digitize PAU boundaries:<UL><LI>NM Census Block Groups + Tracts -- U.S. Census Bureau 2023 New Mexico TIGER/Line Geodatabase <A href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB23/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Index of /geo/tiger/TGRGDB23 (census.gov)</A></LI></UL><UL><LI>NM School Districts -- "School Districts 2023," New Mexico Public Education Department School District Boundary Atlas, EDAC/RGIS <A href="https://rgis.unm.edu/rgis6/dataset.html?uuid=a17e046c-7524-484e-9a8b-7b8e97c28c86" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Browse rgis data School Districts 2023 (unm.edu) </A>NOTE: this layer originally contained topology errors (overlaps and gaps between features) when downloaded from RGIS. During the creation of this PAU layer, school districts were simplified to correct topology errors. Please contact michael.felzan@respec.com with questions or to request the topology-corrected version of this layer.</LI><LI>NM Tribal Land (Pueblos, Reservations, Off-Reservation Trust Land, Joint-Use Areas) -- 2020 Census American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas (AIANNH) New Mexico <A href="https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/tiger-line-shapefile-2020-nation-u-s-american-indian-alaska-native-native-hawaiian-aiannh-areas" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2020, Nation, U.S., American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) Areas - Catalog (data.gov)</A></LI><LI>Navajo Nation Regions -- shapefile obtained via Navajo Nation Land Department</LI><LI>NM High Cost Areas -- NTIA Block Group Extremely High-Cost Areas <A href="https://www.internetforall.gov/program/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program/bead-allocation-methodology" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">BEAD Allocation Methodology | Internet for All</A></LI><LI>NM Hydrography Lines -- U.S. Geological Survey, 2023, <A href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/57645ff2e4b07657d19ba8e8" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR) - USGS National Map Downloadable Data Collection - ScienceBase-Catalog</A></LI><LI>NM Road Lines -- New Mexico Road Centerlines, NM911, published 4/30/2024 via https://rgis.unm.edu/</LI><LI>Wire Center Boundaries -- data obtained from GeoTel</LI></UL>Spatial Reference: NAD83 / UTM Zone 13N (EPSG: 26913)Field Descriptions:<UL><LI>PAU_Name -- Name of PAU. Each name generally describes the School District/Tribe or Pueblo the PAU falls within + two-digit number. PAUs which represent Tribal Land, NTIA High Cost areas, or areas in which Tribal Land intersects NTIA High Cost Areas are denoted by the abbreviations, "TL," "HC," "TL/HC," respectively.</LI><LI>PAU_OID -- Unique numeric ID given to each PAU.</LI><LI>Area_SqMi -- Area of the PAU in square miles.</LI><LI>PctBSLsLowIncome -- Percentage of BSLs which are low income within the PAU.</LI><LI>Num_Served -- Number of Served BSLs within the PAU.</LI><LI>Num_Underserved -- Number of Underserved BSLs within the PAU.</LI><LI>Num_Unserved -- Number of Unserved BSLs within the PAU.</LI><LI>Tot_BSLs -- Total number of BSLs (Served+Underserved+Unserved) within the PAU.</LI><LI>BSLStatsVintage -- Date/Vintage which corresponds to the Served/Underserved/Unserved BSL counts per PAU.</LI><LI>Info -- Version and Last Updated Date of layer.</LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV> The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) File Geodatabase Feature Class dataset EPSG 6.11(3.0.1) 0 Simple FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE PAUs_Snapped Feature Class 0 OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. Info Info String 255 0 0 PAU_OID PAU ID Integer 4 0 0 Num_Served Served BSLs Integer 4 0 0 Num_Underserved Underserved BSLs Integer 4 0 0 Num_Unserved Unserved BSLs Integer 4 0 0 Tot_BSLs Total BSLs Integer 4 0 0 BSLStatsVintage BEAD Availability Data Vintage String 255 0 0 Area_SqMi Area (Sq Mi) Double 8 0 0 PAU_Name PAU Name String 255 0 0 NumReasonCode_v1 NumReasonCode_v1 Integer 4 0 0 NumReasonCode_v2 NumReasonCode_v2 Integer 4 0 0 v1Status_ReasonCode v1Status_ReasonCode String 255 0 0 GlobalID GlobalID GlobalID 38 0 0 Shape_Length Shape_Length Double 8 0 0 Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Shape_Area Double 8 0 0 Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. 20250710