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Here is my incomplete thoughts on the lunch meeting today. Perhaps
Doug and Bill can chime in with any additional impressions...<br>
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<br>
CInO - Chief Innovation Officer<br>
DepCInO - Deputy Chief Innovation Officer<br>
<br>
<br>
Meeting with City Innovation Officers<br>
KetMoRee<br>
3.25.15 Noon<br>
<br>
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, but....<br>
<br>
City Staff seem to be motivated to get a Gigabit Fiber install
completed for Davis. <br>
<br>
Seem to want to work with local experts, so the council can look to
the experts for recommended solutions. So for us, DavisGIG, to
continue our efforts to bring it about. <br>
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CInO encouraged us to continue our efforts around this goal, full
speed ahead.<br>
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CInO will be organizing 4 or so community "events" about this topic,
we are encouraged to be at these events to offer our point of view
as local experts. At least one of these events will have "providers
invited" to offer their PoV. This definitely means SureWest, now
CCI, and perhaps Comcast, ATT, and whatever others.<br>
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A fair hearing of all fiber deployment strategies needs to be
given in order for things to be passed. <br>
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We were able to tell them the strengths of our model versus other
deployment models, and they are aware of, other models, for
instance, Chattanooga Gig, and SonicNet's build out in city of
Brentwood and the arrangements it has made with the City government.
<br>
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DepCInO wants us to help articulate what the winning proposition
that we need to deliver to the community to change the conversation
from a when we get it, or if we get it, to a more urgent call to
have it now. <br>
<br>
They understand that having this as a utility investment will help
them in their efforts to foster locally based innovation, as well as
bring in larger businesses that will come for the University and the
Fiber.<br>
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I was not able to ask some detailed questions, about the citys'
offers from other vendors to do this, and about the feasibility
study the council is looking to have done. <br>
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BIG TAKE AWAY POINTS<br>
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1) The current model for funding this is through a parcel tax
backed bond measure. Detractors are noted ;) Elections for a parcel
tax can only be held on city council election, "elections." So
June 2016 is the next election, and then the window is closed until
June 2018. This gives us a target date for mustering the voter
support and passing this vote in 06/2016. This is a good thing,
timing is about right for something of this scale, and it helps
frame our effort by giving us the next big goal point to work for.
It also means we should actively move to get the council to approve
this before hand so it is included for the ballot. <br>
<br>
2) DepCInO indicates these measures pass when there are local
"champions" that the community trusts to implement these types of
projects, and a 66% pass rate was needed. <br>
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3) There is a wide disparity in numbers, City staff are thinking
$100 million, we are thinking more like $30 million<br>
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I'm sure there was other nuances I did not pick up on, but that is
all my poor brain can think on now. <br>
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Rob Nickerson <br>
<br>
CEO<br>
Om Networks<br>
UCD Class of 96<br>
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