TICC 02-02-2011 Technology, Information & Communications Commission
Regular Meeting
February 2, 2011
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Peter Friedland called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Peter Friedland, Bill Allen, Wally Iimura, Rod Livingood,
Jitendra Jadhav
Commissioners absent: none
Staff present: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren
Visitors:
Introductions of new and current commissioners and staff.
COMMISSION REORGANIZATION
1. Elect the 2011 Commission Chair and Vice Chair.
Commissioner Bill Allen nominated Commissioner Peter Friedland for Chair. Commissioner
Wally Iimura seconded the motion. All in favor. Commissioner Peter Friedland abstained.
Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
Commissioner Bill Allen nominated Commissioner Wally Iimura for Vice Chair.
Commissioner Rod Livingood seconded the motion. All in favor. Commissioner Wally Iimura
abstained. Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
APPROVAL of January 5, 2011 MINUTES
2. Commissioner Bill Allen moved to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Wally
Iimura seconded. Motion approved 3 -0 -2. Commissioners Jadhav and Livingood abstained.
COMMUNICATIONS
3. Oral: Linda Grodt, Producer of Silicon Kids TV show, introduced herself to the new
Commissioners and distributed some news articles.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
The Commission reviewed the following written communications.
4. January 6, 2011 — Letter from AT &T regarding programming changes.
5. Quarterly statement from Comcast — PEG fees.
The Commissioners requested an updated report from Finance on Utility Users Tax (UUT).
Kitson will ask Finance to prepare a report — what is the City collecting or not collecting now?
Commissioner Livingood will look into the legal standing of UUT. Commissioner Livingood
announced that there is a conference•in San Jose on March 1 and 2 on the topic.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6. Discuss Work Program Subcommittee reports. — Wireless Subcommittee
The commission reviewed the subcommittees and what commissioners would be members
of each group.
a. Legacy Technology Efficiency Subcommittee — Peter Friedland / Wally Iimura
b. Cellular Subcommittee — Peter Friedland
c. Environmental /Green/Sustainability Subcommittee — Bill Allen / Jitendra Jadhav
d. Telecommunications Subcommittee — Wally Iimura / Rod Livingood
Commissioners Friedland and Iimura requested a meeting with City Manager Dave
Knapp and Rick Kitson to discuss cost savings measures.
NEW BUSINESS
7. Review and respond to Parks and Recreation Commission's letter to TICC regarding
recommended guidelines for future cell towers in City parks.
Peter will send an email to Parks and Recreation Commissioner Darcy Paul asking him to
attend a TICC meeting to discuss the issues of cell towers in city parks.
REPORTS
8. City of Cupertino
The commissioners asked if Erin Cooke could attend an upcoming meeting to give an
update on the Energy Service Agreement.
Commissioner Iimura heard that a temporary cell tower would be installed at St. Judes for
two years. Kitson will check into this.
MISCELLANEOUS
9. Activities Calendar -- The Commission reviewed the Activities Calendar. Commissioners
were assigned to attend the Mayor's meetings.
10. Action Item List Review -- The Commission reviewed the action item list, deleted the
completed items and added the following six additional items.
• Subcommittees meet and provide potential work plan for coming year. — All
• Set up meeting with Dave Knapp, Rick Kitson, Wally Iimura, Peter Friedland
regarding cost saving measures. -- Linda
• Legal standing for UUT — Rod Livingood
• Overall state of the UTT — check with Finance Dept. — Rick
• Invite Erin Cooke to attend TICC meeting to give an update on the Energy Service
Agreement — Rick
• Check into if a temporary cell tower will be installed at St. Judes. - Rick
The commissioners will give specific examples to Kitson on the difficulty of downloading
reports on the City website.
Kitson invited Randy Okamura to an upcoming TICC meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Livingood moved to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Iimura seconded the
motion. Motion passed 5 -0 and the meeting was adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY: APPROVED BY:
Linda Lagergren, R/or.ing Secretary Peter Friedland, Chair