residents early in the process.“I encourage people to meet with the whole team—engineers, planners, and building examiners—so we can discuss their project and help them overcome challenges,” he explains. Oroville is additionally working to ensure its residents and businesses have access to high-speed internet. Mayor Pittman elaborates on the city’s current connectivity. “Most of our residential areas already have fiber on poles, and Comcast service is strong,” he notes. However, the business and industrial areas have lagged in fiber access, a gap the city is actively working to address. Oroville’s location on a major fiber optic route—aligned with the railroad rightof-way—gives it unique connectivity advantages. “We have a 60,000-square-foot underground storage facility here that supports major fiber optic infrastructure for the West Coast,” Pittman says. PRIORITIES FOR A THRIVING FUTURE As Oroville looks to the years ahead, city leaders are focused on infrastructure, community safety, 52 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 12
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