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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes March 19, 2014 7:01pm - Town Hall Office, Princeton, MA
Committee Members Present:
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Ned Utzig
Rich Wagner
Dag Olsen
John Kowaleski
Chris Lynch from Millennium Design, Phyllis Booth (Landmark) and one Princeton resident also attended.
Discussion
- Approve 3/5 Minutes: Unanimously Approved.
- Cable License Process / Millennium update. Stan reported we did not have an applicant that submitted both a CATV form 100 and check for $100 on or before the designated process deadline. Millennium however did submit a check but not the form 100, due to outstanding questions Millennium had. Select Board is working with town attorney to determine if the Millennium application should still be treated as a CATV application or whether the town should proceed into negotiations directly.
- Wired West discussion membership. John K. reports we have invited two people from Wired west to present to us on 3/26. $1000 to join, $1000 annual assessment. Money must be allocated. Could be a reserve fund transfer.
- Timeline / Town Meeting planning. Stan drafted two placeholder articles for Warrant. MLP part 2 and Broadband Network Readiness (consulting, legal counsel, association membership)
- Update on FCC expression of interest application by Ned. 1000 EOI submitted, 450k lowest, 2 from MA. List is online. Workshop held by FCC this week, mostly feel-good declarations of the need, librarians, schools, VA hospital, farm coops etc. FCC will move on formal proposals after budget allocation, assessment of EOI’s “later this year”.
- Stan forwarded details to Ned on a New Patrick Administration “Community Innovation Challenge” competitive grant program for municipalities. Ned will investigate the parameters of the program and propose several possible submission possibilities relating to the Broadband build.
- Chris mentioned e-rate funding possibilities exist that the town should also look into.
- Timeline discussion. Chris shared the Leverett timeline with us. Discussion on when we would have a special town meeting for any required borrowing for the project.
- Stan talked to Phil last week regarding marketing, demonstrating high bandwidth (50Mb service) at the Library April 22-26th. Stan in the process of getting bids for connecting CAIs (Library/Town Hall/Safety), three bids received, need to decide who to award bid to. Chris offered to bring a Roku box linked to an IPTV service for this demo.
Action Items
- Stan working on finalizing the ISP contracts for CAIs
- Set up future meeting with MBI. (Steve)
Upcoming Agenda Items
- Review responses from town Attorney on negotiations.
- Discussion on marketing/planning for demonstration/demo.
Meeting adjourned 7:55PM
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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