[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
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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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