8.c IAC Minutes 04 21 2022
CITY OF SCANDIA
INTERNET ACTION COMMITTEE
AGENDA
Thursday, April 21, 2022
6:30 p.m.
Location: Online Streaming (Boxcast and Zoom) and
Scandia Community Center, 14727 209th Street North
(Committee Members attend in person.)
Members in Attendance: John Carney, K.C. Douglas, Vice Chair Marshall Smith, and Chair Robert
Wilmers.
Absent: Steve Collier.
Others in Attendance: City Administrator Ken Cammilleri, Mayor Christine Maefsky ( arrived
6:47pm), City Council Liaison Steve Kronmiller, and City Council Liaison Patti Ray.
Call to Order – The meeting was called to order by Wilmers at 6:32pm.
Approval of Agenda – Motion to by Wilmers, seconded by Smith to approve the agenda with
amendments to add discussion of Midco Day (7.b) and updates to the website on internet buildout
progress to be included with the discussion of housing data(5.a). Motion carried.
Approval of Minutes from the March 17, 2021 meeting – This item was tabled until the next
meeting.
Public Comments – No public comments were presented.
Discussion and Consideration of Housing Data Used in Planning – Kronmiller explained that
historically we have been using addresses from Midco and Frontier, Census Data, and County
general housing data. He suggested that we start using the County’s cumulative data on housing
units. It was noted that there was no way exactly the data of what is served but we have been able to
get confirmation that the number of addresses served as ISPs consider this information to be
proprietary. However, the City has been able to obtain fairly reliable data from service availability
data from the ISPs and the data from state, federal, and local buildouts. It Motion by Wilmers,
seconded by Carney, to use quarterly housing data submitted to the state by Washington County to
track buildout progress. Motion carried.
Discussion on Website Update – Motion by, seconded by , to update the web
Update and discussion on the 2022 Midco buildout plan proposal
Discussion and Consideration of Continued Planning for Broadband Buildout
a. Estimated internet expansion costs and long-range plan (see spreadsheet and
attached email from Council Member Kronmiller).
SCANDIA INTERNET ACTION COMMITTEE
April 21, 2022
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Items for Future Discussion
Next Meeting – Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 6:30 PM
Adjournment
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