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<div>I believe what Brandon has asked in <b>bold</b> is an open question. That question will be very actively part of the Task Force discussion tonight. The following recommended motion was prepared by the BATF subcommittee (Jeff <span>Mischkinsky, Lorenzo Kristov and myself, with help from three other citizens/experts).</span></div><blockquote><blockquote><div><span><span><p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal"><span>The BATF Subcommittee
recommends that the BATF adopt the following or a similar motion to the City
Council at its March 27, 2019 meeting: </span></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“The
BATF recommends that the City Council defer action on Staff’s proposed Astound
contract and direct Staff to work with the BATF or a designated subcommittee
thereof to, at a minimum: </span></i></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“(1)
Have the City Finance Director perform a detailed financial analysis of the
proposed Astound contract; </span></i></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“(2)
Assess the potential impacts of the proposed Astound contract on the viability
of and support for a City-owned broadband network that can serve all Davis
residents and businesses; <span> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“(3)
Identify and comparatively assess alternatives, including an option whereby the
City owns and controls all fiber capacity in City conduit and leases shares of
capacity on an open-access basis to third-party ISPs and content providers; </span></i></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“(4)
Since the Comcast contract has expired, determine the amount of costs or fees
the City could face for continuing to use the existing Comcast fiber until an
alternative can be implemented; and</span></i></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“(5)
Examine the terms of </span>the recently expired Comcast contract to determine
what legal rights Comcast has to continue to use the City conduit and what
fair-market fees the City could be receiving from Comcast for such use.<span> <br></span></i></p></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:1.0in center 3.25in right 6.5in"><i><span>“The
BATF also recommends that the City Council direct Staff to consult with the
BATF and provide an opportunity for a BATF recommendation to City Council prior
to bringing the proposed or a revised Astound contract or an alternative to
City Council for approval.”</span></i></p>
<p class="ydp4ef05c31MsoNormal"><span>The BATF Subcommittee also recommends that
the BATF extend the charge of this subcommittee for the purpose of
collaborating with City Staff on the above items. </span></p>
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On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 3:31:03 PM PDT, Brandon Merritt <merrittb7@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309"><div><div><div>Gotcha, thanks for providing this info. <b>So, do we know which council meeting staff is planning on taking this agreement as an agenda item?</b></div></div><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309yqt9862218822" id="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309yqt05630"><div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309gmail_quote"><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 3:29 PM Matthews Williams <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:mattwill@pacbell.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mattwill@pacbell.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydp82431fcbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
<div>Brandon, here's some additional depth now that I have access to my laptop rather than my phone. The attached pdf shows the contract side by side with the issues the BATF raised both in the February 27th meeting and in the subcommittee report. You can see from the issues/questions in the right-most column that <b>none</b> of the eighteen (18) issues raised either with the staff report or with specific provisions of the proposed contract are addressed. 18 unaddressed issues is why I say the contract as proposed is fatally flawed.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Matt<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 2:30:56 PM PDT, Matt Williams <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:mattwill@pacbell.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mattwill@pacbell.net</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443"><div>Brandon, the subcommittee report addresses that possibility. The process has so many fatal flaws that adjusting contract language is putting lipstick on a pig.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" id="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443yqt5622266091" id="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443yqt34832"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">On Mar 26, 2019, at 9:25 PM, Brandon Merritt <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:merrittb7@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">merrittb7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Are there other alternatives we can suggest that can be added to the agreement, such as requiring open-access to the fiber in case other companies want to enter into the local market?</div></div><div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443gmail_quote"><div class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 8:41 PM Omsoft Systems Administration via Davisgig-announce <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydpa28bf29ayiv9332752309m_6430852494156572427ydpaf687d06yiv7676574443gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi All<br clear="none">
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