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

Russell Neches russell at vort.org
Tue Dec 1 02:03:16 PST 2015


I agree with this general assessment. I have alway been taken aback by
how conservative the city staff is. It makes for a weird contrast with
the city polity. They are, nevertheless, extremely professional.

It's critical to have support of the Council, preferably unanimously.
If there are any council members opposed, we need to figure out why,
and what to do about it. 


Russell

On Tue, 2015-12-01 at 08:09 +0000, Shneor Sherman via Davisgig wrote:
> 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
> --------------------------------------------
> 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/Ci
> tyCouncil/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-enhance
> s-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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