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Staff Report
To: Board of Directors
From: Alan Harry, Director of Telecommunication Services
Subject: Staff Activity Report; November ‘02
Date: January 10, 2002
During the month of December 2002, I focused my attention on five (5) areas: Fiber to the Home
Implementation; Public Relations & Marketing; Financing; and Legal Issues
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We continue to progress with the implementation of the District’s FTTH Pilot Project. Due to both
internal and external issues occurring in December we now estimate that the Pilot design will be
completed in February ’03. I have been in contact with a FTTH design firm regarding the
preparation of the full system PON design. It is estimated that a final design could be completed
by March ’03. I have been in contact with potential Voice/Video and Data providers and will soon
bring a proposal to the Board for action.
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I continue to meet with local businesses and residents to share the District’s proposal to provide
competitive voice, video and data services. Business presentations in December totaled 3, with
each business employing between 15 and 50 local residents. In each case I was asked to
provide them with a Charter sign up form when available.
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Aggregate Networks and I continue to be in contact on a daily basis. The sale of a portion of the
conduit deeded to the District by Williams Communications is underway, with a formal offer due
in late January ’03. Five lending institutions have been contacted regarding the funding of the
District’s project of which three have shown a high level of interest. Specific information
regarding methods of financing the project will be brought to the Board within the next thirty days.
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In addition to keeping abreast of recent Court rulings pertaining to Broadband issues, Staff and
Legal Counsel continue to work toward the end of our lawsuit with USA Media Group.
Finally, staff and Sauers Engineering completed the Master Services Element , thus completing
one of the three conditions set forth by Nevada County LAFCo.
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As with all departments, December’s storm activity took priority for a portion of the month. My
personal involvement focused on communicating electric and water outage and repair activity to
the Town, Special Districts and the local press.
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