TELECOM 09-13-06
Technology, Information & Communications Commission
Special Meeting
September 13,2006
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Andy Radle called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Andy Radle, Bill Allen, Eric Klein
Commissioners absent: Steve Ting, Charlie Ahern
Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren
Guests: Linda Grodt, Andrea Dorry, Diane Benedetti, Ron Moore, John Heather
APPROVAL OF JULY 26, 2006 MINUTES
1. Allen/Klein moved and seconded to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried
unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: Linda Grodt distributed two Mercury News articles regarding WiFi.
Rick Kitson mentioned that Cupertino was the last city to join Joint Venture Silicon Valley
WiFi initiative.
The Commission took Item #8 out of order.
NEW BUSINESS
8. Cupertino Senior TV Productions (CSTVP) Proposal for supporting materials for the
Cupertino Library - Andrea Dorry and John Heather of the Cupertino Senior TV
Production group presented a proposal to the Commission to supply the Cupertino Library
with a video collection of their shows. She reminded the Commission that before the new
Library was built the Senior TV group supplied videotapes to the Library of the shows they
created. They would like to pick the very best of the archived shows and restore the
collection in a DVD format. They would like to start in 2007 supplying the Library with
their new shows on DVD. Cupertino Senior TV Production is looking for financial support
from the City for this project. Diane Benedetti said when she joined the group in 1993
CSTVP received grants from the Telecommunications Commission to help with the
production of these tapes. Diane said Mary-Ann Wallace is very excited about this
undertaking.
The Commission said they did not have a budget for grant money at this time, but were
interested in reinstating the program.
Allen/Radle moved and seconded to bring back the $15,000 grant money; which would
include $10,000 for educational grants and $5,000 for producer grants. The motion carried
uminimously.
Klein/Allen moved and seconded to recommend that the City Council fund the Cupertino
Senior TV Productions proposal as submitted to the Technology, Information and
Communication Commission. The motion carried unanimously.
Written: Commission reviewed the following written communications.
2. August 9,2006 - Comcast "letter regarding programming services
3. August 10, 2006 - Comcast letter regarding programming services
4. Comcast monthly service report for July 2006
5. August 16, 2006 - Comcast letter regarding programming enhancements
6. Assorted news articles from Linda Grodt
The Commission asked if Lagergren could graph the current months Comcast service levels.
The Commission asked Kitson to invite Glenda or another representative from Comcast to
come to a Commission meeting to talk about service.
Eric Klein said he was interested in information from the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Group.
Kitson invited Klein to attend the meetings.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
2. Update on Wireless Master Plan Action Items Subcommittees
1. Meet with Mayor (key players) Eric/Charlie No report
2. Survey Charlie/Eric No report
3. What is the reasonable aesthetic Bill/Colin/Rick No report
standard for towers?
4. ConsistencyfUpdate Wireless Master Bill/Andy Bill reported that City regulations
Plan & Ordinance and ordinances are out of date,
especially in regard to wireless. .
5. Review State & federal regulations & Charlie/Andy Andy reported on the Assembly Bill
new bills 2987 (Nunez) -- cable & video
service. He will wait until next
month to see if the bill is signed
and then go from there.
He also reported on the status of
Senate Bill 1627 (Kehoe) - relating
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to wireless telecommunication
facilities. The League was neutral
on this issue. (Legislation was
changed to collocation of wireless
antennas.)
6. White paper/Study Session with the Will be assigned
City Council at a later date
Reports from: "
12. Mayor's Meeting with Commissioners - No report.
13. City of Cupertino - No report
14. Com cast - No report
MISCELLANEOUS
15. Activities Calendar - The Commission reviewed the activities calendar.
Allen/Klein moved and seconded to cancel the October 4th, 2006 Commission meeting. The
motion carried unanimously.
16. Action Item List - The Commission reviewed the action items, deleted the completed
items and added the following:
a. Invite Glenda or another Comcast representative to a Commission meeting to talk about
the customer service reports. (Rick)
b. Graph service levels for current months. (Linda)
c. Change MetroFi public terms and conditions. (Rick)
d. Get Legislation analysis ASAP. (Rick)
AD.JOURNMENT
Klein/Allen moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 9:55 p.m. The motion carried
unanimously.
SUBMITTED BY:
APPROVED BY:
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