Click here for the final Telecommunications Master Plan as approved by Council.
MEMBERSHIP OF SANTA MONICA's
TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP
(appointed by Santa Monica City Council 5/13/97)
Neil Schmidt Superintendent, Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District
Alan Buckley President, Academic Senate Santa Monica
College
Jim Hake* Chairman, National Information
Infrastructure (NII) Awards, Exec.
Director Access Media
Kevin McKeown* Computer & Network Consultant: Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District,
Neighborhood and Human Services
Organizations
Gerald Chaleff Attorney and former President, Los
Angeles Information Technology
Commission, former County Bar
Association President
Barry Boehm* Former Chair, Santa Monica Library Board
USC Professor of Software Engineering
Michele Wittig* PEN Participant/California State
University, Northridge, Professor of
Psychology
Mark Flaisher LA Freenet and advisor to Mayor Richard
Riordan on Technology issues
Susan Herman President, SHC, former General Manager
of the Department of Telecommunications
for the City of Los Angles and a member
of President Clinton's National
Information Infrastructure (NII)
Advisory Council
* Santa Monica residents/business
BACKGROUND
City Council approved undertaking a Telecommunications Master
Plan in the FY 96-97 budget and awarded a contract to Media
Connections Group on November 12, 1996 to assist the City in that
regard. The master plan is intended to result in policies and
initiatives that will enhance the quality of life and economic
vitality in Santa Monica through the strategic use of
telecommunications technologies. The plan will identify the
City's current telecommunications infrastructure and needs and
determine potential roles and partnership opportunities to meet
them. The methodology will include: a right-of-way analysis; an
assessment of citywide telecommunications needs; identification
of telecommunications systems and platforms; financial
analysis/models for partnership opportunities for public and
private initiatives, municipal ownership and/or continued
reliance on third party networks.
The working group will assist in the assessment of the City's
distinctive telecommunications needs and opportunities. The
group will be asked to offer suggestions, challenges and support
during the study phase of the Master Plan as it pertains to their
technical expertise on issues such as: right-of-way
considerations, and assessment of community opportunities. In
particular, members will be asked to consider the community
outreach methodology and results of the City-wide
telecommunications inquiry. In addition to the working group,
staff will undertake a community survey and conduct workshops,
focus groups and forums on master plan components to solicit
broad community and business input.
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