[Davisgig] Fwd: IMPORTANT - RE: Sharing Proposal for Municipal Fiber as part of the "Potential Tax Measure"

[Robert Nickerson]

Hi All

Anyone planning to be at the City Council and could make a small 
statement during Public Comment it would be appreciated.
I will send some written remarks in, you can reference if you wish.

If you plan to attend  drop me a private email with your name, I'll add 
it to the commentary I send in as Sarah directs below..



Thanks
RAN

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	IMPORTANT - RE: Sharing Proposal for Municipal Fiber as part 
of the "Potential Tax Measure"
Date: 	Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:36:37 +0000
From: 	Sarah Worley <SWorley at cityofdavis.org>
To: 	'omrob at omsoft.com' <omrob at omsoft.com>
CC: 	Kelly Stachowicz <KStachowicz at cityofdavis.org>, Diane Parro 
<DParro at cityofdavis.org>



Hello Robert,

Thanks for this email. It would be very appropriate for you to share 
your ideas with the Council on this item tonight.  As it is expected to 
be a long agenda tonight it might make most sense to select one or two 
representatives that can speak for your group of supporters and include 
their names in your remarks or written comments.  If you are able to 
send your ideas to the City Clerk  <CityClerk'sOffice at cityofdavis.org> 
  before the meeting they can be distributed to the Council members and 
you can refer to them in making any oral remarks.  I have copied Diane 
Parro, our new Chief Innovation Officer in this email as she will be 
joining our efforts to increase Broadband access opportunities for Davis 
businesses and residents. Please let me know if you have any additional 
questions.  Best, Sarah

Sarah Worley, AICP

Deputy Innovation Officer

City of Davis

(530) 747-5882

sworley at cityofdavis.org <mailto:sworley at cityofdavis.org>

www.cityofdavis <http://www.cityofdavis/>

@sarahacworley

*From:*Robert Nickerson [mailto:omrob at omsoft.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, July 02, 2015 2:22 PM
*To:* Sarah Worley
*Cc:* Kelly Stachowicz
*Subject:* Municipal Fiber as part of the "Potential Tax Measure"

Hi Sarah and Kelly,

Saw the Potential Tax measure item on the City Council agenda,

With DavisGIG, our idea is to give the City an asset, the fiber optic 
network,  that will support the city  through new revenues for the 
coming decades.
All the city  has to do is own it.  IT  wouldn't have to support it, 
that could be done by directing some of the revenues DavisGIG generates 
to fund  maintenance
by the non-profit community network we have in town already, DCN.

Similar to the way Davis Waste Removal manages the city waste management 
utility.

Our main idea of getting it funded is through a ballot measure June 
2016, which is likely when this "Potential Tax" for a sports park
along with the road repairs would be voted on.   So you can see my 
dilemma here. 2 taxes, 2 measures, one election, difficult.
Personally, I think fiber optic goes better with road repairs because it 
has to be buried anyway, but that doesn't mean it all can't happen.

Is there any desire for fiber optic funding to be part of this tax 
amongst City Staff/Council?   I thought I'd ask before making
arrangements to mobilize anyone to come speak about this at the City 
Council meeting.

Thanks for any insight you can provide

-- 
Rob Nickerson

CEO
Om Networks
UCD Class of 96
C: 530-848-3865

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