[Davisgig] City of Davis Staff Report on Broadband Released & Article about El Macero

Shneor Sherman szsherm at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 1 00:09:31 PST 2015


Once again, I have to say that if individual city council members are not on board, nothing will happen.If anyone is acquainted with any city council member, please have a conversation with them about this. We have made a pretty good rough cost estimate of $30 million. We don't necessarily need a bond, as a utility tax will do just as well. The franchise, as far as I understand, applies just to the city and school district. Pulling the item off the consent calendar  is definitely the best way to go. City staff might be pro comcast (status quo), if they have any position at all. That's why educated city council direction is vital. 

Shneor Sherman
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On Mon, 11/30/15, Steve McMahon <steve at dcn.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Davisgig] City of Davis Staff Report on Broadband Released & Article about El Macero
 To: "Robert Nickerson @ Omsoft" <omrob at omsoft.com>
 Cc: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com" <davisgig at list.omsoft.com>
 Date: Monday, November 30, 2015, 9:56 PM
 
 I think
 the possibility of a Spring 2016 measure was ruled out the
 moment that we knew we would have other financial matters on
 the ballot. Nobody wants multiple tax measures before the
 voters at the same time. The risk of everything failing is
 too high.
 I see this as a
 reminder that the interests of the institutional city and
 the staff are not identical with ours. We need to make sure
 that the creation of a task force does not eliminate or even
 reduce activist efforts. There needs to be some pressure
 from the outside. This will help keep a task force that may
 well have some pro-cable or anti-tax representatives
 honest.
 Whether the
 item gets pulled from consent or not, I don't think it
 would hurt to have some speakers pushing for an aggressive
 timetable and a high priority.
 On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at
 9:24 PM, Robert Nickerson <omrob at omsoft.com>
 wrote:
 
   
     
   
   
     Hi 
 
     
 
     Yeah so anyone else please give it a neutral read, is
 our
     characterization misplaced, in regards to this report
 ?  Don't want
     to mess up our graduation to task force status,
 but...
 
     
 
     Could be we have to queue up in the public comment 
 tomorrow and ask
     to be removed from consent. 
 
     
 
     I've emailed the city staff about the document and
 its priorities to
     see if I can get more understanding and clarity
 verbally. 
 
     I'll post results tomorrow. 
 
     
 
     Thanks
 
     RAN
 
     
 
     
 
     On 11/30/2015 8:22 PM, Douglas A.
       Walter wrote:
 
     
     
       Hi. It seems clear to me that we should
 not let the current
         Council accept the staff recommendation. I would
 argue that in
         2018, when the Comcast franchise agreement expires,
 the
         City+Schools will feel desperate to assure that
 their pipes to
         the Internet don't get cut off (or busted back
 to modem speeds),
         and that will help Comcast's negotiating
 position on franchise
         renewal. I haven't taken the time to read the
 report, but does
         it not sound like this is a very important deciding
 point?
       
 
       
       I'd say NO to the timeline, and no to the
 Task Force as
         proposed.
       
 
       
         On Nov 30, 2015, at 7:53 PM, Robert
 Nickerson wrote:
         
 
         
           
            Hi 
 
             
 
             I can only agree on that, now that I have read
 this over. 
 
             
 
             The last interactions I've had with the City
 Staff have been
             negative 
 
             on having a June 2016 vote because of the 
 competing tax
             measure,
 
              and they suggested 11/2016 as more
 appropriate. 
 
               ked them to look into the reported
 requirement that an
             election where there is a bond issue
 
             needed to be a city council election, and have
 received no
             definitive answer. 
 
             
 
              Looks like this task force is a step back from
 even getting
             municipal Fiber optic,
 
              but more  focused on studying broadband in
 Davis,  and a
             lot of extra effort.
 
             
 
             Anyone have any ideas on what to do with this ?
 
 
             
 
             The staff report and recommendation will be
 presented as a
             consent item tomorrow at the city council. 
 
             
 
             Thanks
 
             
 
             P.S. How does this relate to the Sports
 Complex?
 
             
 
             
 
             
 
             On 11/30/2015 11:34 AM, Shneor
               Sherman wrote:
 
             
             
               The timeline will not allow for a 2016
 referendum or any popular vote in 2016. This proposal calls
 for a second timeline to be started in July, 2016 for policy
 revisions, public hearings, etc. It's probably more
 realistic to look at 2018, when Comcast's franchise
 expires.
 
 Shneor Sherman
 --------------------------------------------
 On Mon, 11/30/15, Robert Nickerson <rob at omsoft.com>
 wrote:
 
  Subject: [Davisgig] City of Davis Staff Report on Broadband
 Released & Article about El Macero
  To: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com"
 <davisgig at list.omsoft.com>
  Date: Monday, November 30, 2015, 11:08 AM
  
  
    
  
      
    
    
      Hi All 
  
      
  
      1) Thanks to all your efforts, we have a council item
 on
  the consent
      calendar for Tues Dec 1 meeting to recommend Davis
 adopt
  the Yolo
      Broadband Plan and make a Task Force to help the city
  decide what is
      best to do for Davis for fiber. 
  
      
  
      A copy of the staff report is here: 
  
      
  
      http://documents.cityofdavis.org/Media/Default/Documents/PDF/CityCouncil/CouncilMeetings/Agendas/20151201/05F-Broadband-Update.pdf
  
      
  
      Its a rather large document because it has the Yolo
  Broadband Plan
      attached to it. The details about the Task force are in
  the first
      pages.  I don't think this would have materialized
  at all at the
      City level without everyone being a force, and asking
  for and
      delivering on meetings, and Public Outreach. 
  
      
  
      2) An article about community businesses funding an
  Upgrade for El
      Macero - 
  
      
  
  http://www.davisenterprise.com/business/real-estate-company-enhances-el-maceros-internet-connectivity/
  
      
  
      Does anyone have any insight on whether this is really
 a
  Fiber
      deployment or just paying a deposit to fund a build out
  by Comcast?
      
  
      
  
      Thanks
  
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