Telecommunications support $CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
January 10, 2001
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
In response to a request from the Board of Directors of the National Association of
Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, I respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval of a contribution of $1,000 to support submittal of reply comments in the FCC Notice
of Inquiry Concerning High-Speed Access to the Intemet Over Cable and Other Facilities.
M{chael C. Van Milligen
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Tim Moerman, Assistant City Manager
Merrill C. Crawford, Cable Franchise Administrator
~Merrill Crawford
From: Elizabeth Beaty [,beaty@natoa.org]
Sent: Friday, December 22. 2000 10:20 AM
To'.. 'members@natoa . or" g
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Ifa~ writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of the National Assoc
o elecor~munications Officers and Advisors. The Board has determined that
it is critical to the interests of NATOA's members and other jurisdictions
across the country that NATOA file reply comments in the FCC Notice of
Inquiry Concerning High-Speed Access to the Internet Over Cable and Other
Facilities, GN Docket No. 00-185. The Board is certain that the potential
consequences in this case are extremely high, including the loss of
franchise revenues in the range of $2 billion per year, and the long-term
viability of ~it!e VI and cable regulation generally.
NATOA, with the assistance of both member and non-member contributions was
able to raise the $20,000 required to cover the costs of initial comments in
this proceeding. We thank all of those co~untities and organizations who
aided us in this initial effort. At this time, 103 parties have filed
comments in the proceeding, raising a whole new challenge with respect to
the reply comment phase.
Ciearly~ alt local franchising authorities should recognize the importance
of this FCC case and to the extent they are able, be willing to share the
financial burden it places on NATOA to represent our mutual interests.
Without your financial support, NATOA and the hundreds of LFA's that it
represents will not have a voice in this crucial public policy issue and
regulatory decision.
We have determined that NATOA must raise a total of an additional $15,000 to
cover the preparation of reply comments. The Board will work with the
s~aries to determine appropriate and consistent policy positions that
should be reflected within the reply comments to be filed. We have again
engaged the services of Miller Van Eaton to prepare this work.
Time is of the essence. The reply comments are due at the FCC on January
10; 2001. I am requesting the support of all member communities interested
in being represented in this proceeding. I am also requesting that the
Chapter Presidents contact their member communities to invite any non-NATOA
community to join us as well. A copy of the initial comments are on NATOA's
website under News, and copies of all pleadings in this case are available
via the FCC URL below the signature line of this letter. I have also
included instructions for filing separate comments or letters within this
docket. We hope, based upon your review of the comments filed by NATOA and
other parties that you will be able to join us as a party in this next round
of most important reply co~ents.
i ask that any interested community contact me directly at
lbeaty@natoa.org as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Libby Beaty
Executive Director
Here is the complete URL for the FCC page containing comments. Please note
that if the URL breaks up, be sure to copy the entire contents to place into
your browser. Alternatively, you can go directly to the FCC website, select
E-Filing, select Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) from the list,
select "Search ECFS" from the list, enter 00-185 into block 1. of the form
for "Proceeding" and click "Retrieve Document List."
.~ttp://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/comsrch v2.hts?ws mode=ret
~rieve_list&id_proceeding=00-185&start=l&end=81&first time~N --
This is a "permit but disclose" docket for ex parte purposes. Any community
may file an ex parte letter through this system as well. Follow the same
instructions as above, but choose "Send a file or brief comment using you
Internet browser" or choose "Send a Comment using your e-mail." If you
select the first option, you can upload a letter from your system into the
electronic filing system, using a browse function for selecting the
appropriate drive and document. Any party making a written ex parte
presentation must copy those individuals designated by the FCC in paragraph
62 of the Notice for this GN Docket No. 00-185. A copy of the Notice can
be pulled from the FCC website by following the ECFS instructions above.