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Consider Directing Staff to Explore Offering Free Public WiFi Throughout the City. (Mayor Spencer) [Not heard on September 5, 2017]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): July 31, 2017
Council Meeting date: Sept. 5, 2017
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Ask Council to consider giving staff direction to explore offering free public WiFi throughout the City of Alameda including but not limited to working with our business districts, shopping centers, business partners, the Alameda Unified School District, the Alameda Free Library, and non-profits (Elks, Kiwanis, Rotary), as well as seeking grants. Other cities have made progress in this area. Free public WiFi reduces or eliminates the “digital divide” and “mobility gap” so that everyone (or at least more people) has access to the internet. It can also help in emergency situations.
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