[Davisgig] Tax Measure at City Council 07/07/2015

Robert Nickerson rob at omsoft.com
Mon Jul 6 17:34:49 PDT 2015


Hi

I think 1-3 people mentioning it at Public Comment would be good.

We have one person who spoke up at Farmer's Market saying they would go. 
I'd appreciate anyone else too.

Perhaps you can ask the Council to consider funding the Formal needs 
assessment with any current
telecommunications funds, as it would be a valuable asset going 
forward.  There are a lot of feuding funding needs right now, but none 
of them deliver
revenues directly to the City. They need to know this.


We can't afford to wait until the following 06/2018 election to get this 
voted  on and funded.
This needs to be considered at some level at the next election if 
citizens are going to be
paying for this network through some sort of city bond.


Thanks
RAN



On 7/2/2015 9:59 PM, Douglas A. Walter wrote:
> I appreciate that comment, Jim. You might be right. We have a needs 
> assessment in the Yolo Broadband Plan, but that's not formal in 
> respect to digging trenches, etc. But for an implementation plan, you 
> bring up the problem of "when" and "with what money?" On occasion that 
> seems like "which comes first, chicken or egg?"
>
> On Jul 2, 2015, at 9:46 PM, Jim Frame wrote:
>
>> I'd be careful with this.  Absent a formal needs assessment, 
>> substantial -- perhaps even majority -- community awareness and 
>> support, *and* a detailed implementation/business plan, my sense is 
>> that municipal fiber will get tarred with the "nice to have" brush 
>> during council deliberations, and any proposal to include it on a 
>> near-term tax measure will be relegated to the "not now" bucket along 
>> with swimming pools and sports parks.  That could be worse in the 
>> long run than no mention at all during this agenda item.
>>
>> One or two remarks at the podium about the importance of muni fiber 
>> might help with councilmember awareness, but swarming public comment 
>> with pleas for inclusion on a 2016 tax measure doesn't seem like a 
>> good idea to me.
>>
>> On 7/2/2015 11:57 AM, Robert Nickerson wrote:
>>> HI Davisites
>>>
>>> Looks like this item is being discussed at City Council - would a TAX
>>> measure like this be happening at the next 06/2016 election?
>>> Municipal Fiber Optic should be a "priority capital project"
>>>
>>> Anyone think it worthwhile to speak up for DavisGIG at the Public
>>> Comment ? Or during this item?
>>>
>>>
>>> Item 6
>>> 7:00 Potential Tax Measure (City Manager Dirk Brazil/Assistant City
>>> Manager Kelly
>>> Stachowicz/Budget Manager Kelly Fletcher)
>>> Recommendation: Consider a General Utility User Tax to address unfunded
>>> needs,
>>> including, but not limited to, capital needs such road maintenance,
>>> bicycle paths/trails,
>>> and other priority capital projects, provide direction on the scope of
>>> such a tax measure
>>> and direct staff to begin analysis and return to the City Council with a
>>> draft Ordinance
>>>
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