[Davisgig] Fwd: Community broadband agenda item, NC City Council meeting tomorrow Wed. night @ 6:30 pm, 1/8/2020

[Robert Nickerson]

HI All

I met with Mike Anderson and the President of Encore Networks in Davis 
in November. At that meeting, I was telling my woes about getting the 
City to participate in a community broadband deployment, and they 
recommended the COOP model to achieve the same ends, without directly 
involving City of Davis in the process. There seems to be a lot of 
community support for controlling the network locally, and making it 
open access to multiple providers.

Omsoft is embarking on the construction phase a small fiber deployment 
project north of the City limits  with a Woodland construction company. 
We should be done by July 2020, and will have first hand experience to 
share as to the feasibility of leading an effort in the town.

Looks like Michael is proceeding with a cooperative effort in Nevada City.

Is anyone up for participating /organizing a fiber optic community coop 
for our area?


Thanks

RAN



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Subject: 	Community broadband agenda item, NC City Council meeting 
tomorrow Wed. night @ 6:30 pm, 1/8/2020
Date: 	Wed, 8 Jan 2020 05:13:07 +0000
From: 	Michael Anderson <mikea at clientworks.com>
To: 	Michael Anderson <mikea at clientworks.com>




Hello,

You are receiving this email because I have discussed with you the 
concept of community broadband sometime in the past months or years. If 
you know of anyone else who is interested in community broadband, please 
feel free to pass along this email.

Nevada County has a broadband grant opportunity currently in process and 
I have submitted a grant application on behalf of the nascent Northern 
Sierra Fiber Broadband Cooperative. To learn more, please come to 
tomorrow night's meeting.


Here are the details, from the agenda--

https://www.nevadacityca.gov/files/documents/CityCouncilAgenda01-08-20050359010320PM1315.pdf
"5. DEPARTMENT REQUESTED ACTION ITEMS AND UPDATE REPORTS:
A.Subject: Nevada County Last-Mile Broadband Grant Application 
Recommendation:City Council to review and consider the Nevada County 
Last Mile Broadband Project information provided and provide staff 
direction as to how the Council may or may not want to support the 
proposed project."

Project details / supporting information are in the packet--
https://www.nevadacityca.gov/files/documents/CityCouncilPacket01-08-20050359010320PM1315.pdf
Pages 46-112

www.nevadacityca.gov 
<https://www.nevadacityca.gov/files/documents/CityCouncilPacket01-08-20050359010320PM1315.pdf>
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 , 2019 Regular Meeting 
- 6:30 PM City Hall – Beryl P. Robinson, Jr. Conference Room 317 Broad 
Street, Nevada City, CA 95959 MIS
www.nevadacityca.gov


If you have any questions please feel free to call me directly on my 
cell phone tomorrow. Thank you!

*/Michael P. Anderson/*

President

Clientworks, Inc.

721 Zion St

Nevada City, CA 95959

www.clientworks.com <http://www.clientworks.com>

530.470.0104 x102 - office

530.902.3549 - cell


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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL City of Nevada City 317 Broad Street Nevada City 
CA 95959 January 8, 2020 www.nevadacityca.gov <http://www.nevadacityca.gov>
___________________________________________________________________________
TITLE: Nevada County Last-Mile Broadband Grant Application
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to reviewand considerthe Nevada County Last 
Mile Broadband Project information provided and provide staff direction 
as to how the Council may or may not want to support the proposed project.
CONTACT: Catrina Olson, City Manager Bryan McAlister, City Engineer
Michael Anderson, Clientworks
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: City Council and City staff have discussed the 
necessity for the City to explore opportunities to provide fiber 
technology in the City of Nevada City. The City Engineer, Bryan 
McAlister and City Manager, Catrina Olson metwith Michael Anderson of 
Clientworks, Inc. on December 17, 2019 to discuss the Nevada County 
Last-Mile Broadband Project (a fiber project), The Northern Sierra Fiber 
Broadband Coop., a utility cooperative and a grant application that was 
submitted for the project. The name of the project is the Nevada City 
Fiber Hub for Base Industry and Opportunity Residential. The project 
will utilize single-mode fiber to the premise technology. The project 
will be 100% underground, with an active Ethernet topology and fuel cell 
backup power to provide continuous uptime capability during power 
outages. The POP (point of presence) will be located in a vault at the 
corner of Reward and Zion Street in the Seven Hills District of Nevada 
City, with a mini-NOC (network operation center) located in the Liberty 
Hill Building.The boundary streets for the project are Zion Street to 
the east, the service loop road for the old Grass Valley Group buildings 
to the west, Reward Street to the north, and Providence Mine Road to the 
south (a map is provided in the grant application). If implemented the 
installation of this broadband infrastructure could potentially provide 
service to approximately 75 households, 100 businesses and 5 anchors. 
The Northern Sierra Fiber Broadband Coop is the grant applicant and the 
entitythat would be initiating the project and once complete managing 
the utility as a cooperative.The projects estimated cost is $924,800 and 
the grant request from Nevada Countyis for $25,000. Staff is seeking 
Council direction on how the City may or may not want to support the 
proposed project.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS: None.
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS: None.
ATTACHMENT:
Nevada County Broadband Strategy– Approved by the Board of Supervisors 
October 2019
Nevada County Broadband Strategy Appendix
Nevada County Broadband Grant Application –Northern Sierra Fiber 
Broadband Cooperative
Nevada County Broadband Grant Application
Nevada County Broadband Grant Guidelines

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