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TELECOM 10-26-06 . Technology, Information & Communications Commission Special Meeting October 26,2006 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Andy Radle called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Andy Radle, Bill Allen, Eric Klein Commissioners absent: Charlie Ahem, Steve Ting-Resigned Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren Guests: Leon Beauchman, John DiBene, Michael Wolf APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 MINUTES 1. Klein / Allen moved and seconded to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried unanimously. The Commission took Item # 8 (AT&T - Review proposed interim agreement to offer video services to Cupertino residents) out of order. NEW BUSINESS 8. AT &T - Review proposed interim agreement to offer video services to Cupertino residents. Leon Beauchman said that AT&T would like to begin service in Cupertino if they could fast track an agreement. Leon Beauchman, Michael Wolf and John DiBene all from AT&T were present to answer questions. They said they were targeting Comcast and satellite customers. Right now they were looking for a gap agreement. The commission asked when the service would begin. AT&T said the launch date had not been announced, however, the plan was to turn it on before the end of 2006. The Commission had a number of questions that AT&T was not able to answer at this time. AT&T planned to have answers to the questions by the November 6th Council meeting. The questions were: . Will U-Verse in-home equipment be leased or sold? . What other language programming other than Spanish will be available? . Will customers be able to buy single services rather than packaged offerings (e.g. do you have to buy phone service to get video? Do you have to buy DSL internet service to get video? Do you have to buy video to get phone or DSL service?) . When will AT&T provide to the City product information such as pricing and specific feature offerings? . What percentage of the City will be included in the initial launch ofU-Verse? . What is the battery life for the Lightspeed cabinets? (In the event of a regional earthquake, how long will batteries last?) . Will AT&T provide a list of the installed Lightspeed boxes? . Will AT&T offer a senior discount? . How will AT&T connect with the City's Emergency Response system? . At what rate will PEG be supported? (1 %,3%) . How will Cupertino connect to AT&T? Th~ commission questioned why they should recommend approval of an agreement, if AT&T couldn't provide all the information, and if there was uncertainty about what actual services would be offered. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: None Written: Commission reviewed the following written communications. 2. Comcast monthly service report for August 2006 3. September 27,2006 - Comcast letter regarding TiVo Series3 High Definition Digital Media Recorder 4. October 6, 2006 - Comcast letter regarding channel lineup (Fear Net - channel 166) 5. Comcast monthly service report for September 2006 6. Graphs - Comcast customer service UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. 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. ConsistencylUpdate 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 to wireless telecommunication facilities. The League was neutral on this issue. (Legislation was changed to collocation of wireless antennas. If there is an existing antenna, you can't add antennas to that location. 6. White paper/Study Session with the Will be assigned City Council at a later date The Commission asked what the progress was on the recommendation for funding for grant money, particularly the request from The Better Part Senior TV group. Kitson said the mid year budget adjustments will go to Council in December. Rick said he would check into the progress of the request and get back to the Commission in December. Reports from: 12. Mayor's Meeting with Commissioners - Andy reported on the Mayor's meeting with the commissioners. He said the Mayor would like the commission to write an article for the Scene on How Does MetroFi work? 13. City of Cupertino - No report 14. Com cast - No report MISCELLANEOUS 15. Activities Calendar - The Commission reviewed the activities calendar. Bill Allen will attend the November 1 st Mayor's meeting with Commissioners. 16. Action Item List - The Commission reviewed the action items and added the following: a. Write Scene article - How does MetroFi work? ADJOURNMENT Klein / Allen moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 10:25 p.m. The motion carried unanimously. SUBMITTED BY: ~. APPROVED BY: ./l (+,~t,-< ~<- Andy Radle, Vi e Chair