[Davisgig] City Staff Lunch

[Douglas A. Walter]

Hi all. Taking the notes from Robert and Bill together, I don't have too much to add. So thank you two for doing such a good job, both during lunch and in making reports.

There's a whole lot of politics and lawyering that will go into making a parcel tax proposal -- and we don't need to sweat the details right now. Rather, we need to realize how big a deal this will be, how big a fight we can expect from telco/cable companies, and how great the rewards can be. One point I hadn't fully grasped is that Davis does have one municipal utility right now: our water provider. Oh, and did you know that there's been mild controversy around that subject recently?? [I'm making a joke; anyone who wants to hear about CBFR and other non-Gig trivia and write me off list.]

I'm really glad we've started working up our web page. As Rob indicated, there are a number of ways we need to re-pack and re-use these points. The "listening tour" is one important opportunity.

On Mar 25, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Bill Broadley wrote:

> 
> Interesting lunch.  I wasn't taking notes, corrections welcome.
> 
> My read is that City of Davis wants this to happen.  If we can generate
> the demand and sell it to the community they will do what is needed on
> their end.  If it's not our proposal. it's likely to be something else
> that meets similar goals.
> 
> Depending on how the proposal is written, to be passed it needs either
> 50% or 66% of the votes.
> 
> They mentioned that there are 24,000 or so residential parcels in Davis
> and 6,000 or so business.  They also mentioned that 3-5 year projects
> seem best, and that the project should be self sufficient after that
> period.  So it's a one time tax, not forever.
> 
> I found this URL:
> http://www.businessinsider.com/t30e-cost-of-building-google-fiber-2013-4
> 
> This URL claims that google brought internet, fiber, and tv to 149,000
> homes for $84M.  Scaled to 30,000 parcels that's $17M, assuming we can
> do so at the same cost per household.
> 
> Other data points are needed, but certainly sounds like $30M or less is
> a reasonable estimate.  $30M / (30,000 parcels * 5 years) = $200 a year
> per parcel.    Of course less would be an easier sell to the voters.
> 
> 
> 
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