Board of Supervisor chambers packed for AT and T presentation this morning

In the morning session of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, the first item after the consent calendar is:

AT&T Presentation on the Network Upgrade on the North Coast.

Supervisors questioned AT and T representatives regarding outages and their plans to address the issue. AT and T is,getting federal money to subsidize building more broadband areas to places that currently have less options.

The Board of Supervisors chambers were packed, mostly for the AT and T presentation.

Public comment included Sean McLaughlin, executive director Access Humboldt and Connie Stewart. Speakers thanked County Supervisors for their vigilance on this issue.

From the letter to the Board of Supervisors:

The North Coast has experienced a number of recent communication outages resulting from fiber optic cable cuts. AT&T representatives Marc Blakeman, AT&T's Vice President - External Affairs CA, Gregory Brown, AT&T's Director - Technology Planning & Engineering and Rhuenette L. Alums. AT&T's Area Director - External Affairs North Coast, will be making a brief presentation to the Board of Supervisors as a follow up to the Dec. 16,2015 announcement from AT&T regarding network upgrades on the North Coast.

Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission got a proclamation from Supervisor Virginia Bass.

Executive Director Cassandra Hesseltine has been asked to be President of FLICKS.

Department Reports:

H. DEPARTMENT REPORTS County Administrative Office 1. 2016 Five Year Financial Forecast Report That the Board of Supervisors receive a staff report on the financial forecast of the county's major funds for the next five years.

Department of Health and Human Services: Public Health Continue Discussion on the Homeless Strategy and Implementation Plan from Focus Strategies and the Department of Health and Human Services