TICC 02-07-07
Technology, Information & Communications Commission
Regular Meeting
February 7, 2007
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Andy Radle called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Andy Radle, Bill Allen, Eric Klein, Charlie Ahem, Wallace Iimura
Commissioners absent: None
Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren
Guests: Linda Grodt
INTRODUCTIONS - Introductions were made to and by the new commissioner, Wallace Emura.
ELECTION OF 2007 OFFICERS - CHAIR & VICE CHAIR
Bill Allen nominated Andy Radle for Chair. Eric Klein seconded the motion. All in favor. Andy
Radle abstained. Motion carried.
Charlie Ahem nominated Eric Klein for Vice Chair. Andy Radle seconded the motion. All in
favor. Eric Klein abstained. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF JANUARY 3, 2007 MINUTES
1. Charlie Ahem / Eric Klein moved and seconded to approve the minutes as submitted.
limura abstained. The motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: Linda Grodt introduced herself and also distributed a news article from the Los Gatos
Daily, "WiFi a new challenge for parents".
Written: Commission reviewed the following written communications.
2. December 21, 2006 - Letter from Cupertino Roundtree HOA regarding Comcast Cable.
3. January 5, 2007 - Letter from Comcast regarding franchise fees on non-subscriber revenue.
4. January 5, 2007 - Letter from Comcast regarding current price list for services.
5. Comcast monthly service report for December 2006
The Commission discussed written item #2 - letter from Roundtree HOA regarding Comcast. The
letter was forwarded to Comcast. The Commission asked Kitson to follow-up and see if this issue had
been resolved. The Commission also suggested short articles or blurbs in the Scene with info on how
residents could get these low priority items resolved.
The Commission reviewed the Comcast price list and recognized the trends toward leading people
toward digital.
The Commission suggested we ask Glenda (the new Comcast rep) to fax the customer concern
surveys and ask if Glenda could visit a future commission meeting. The Commission was concerned
that the October and November service reports were exactly the same.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
6. 2007 Work Program. - Bill Allen presented all the proposed work projects and the
commission discussed each one.
1. Presentation to City Council on what the Commission is doing. The Commission
thought this was a good opportunity to propose a budget increase.
2. State franchise legislation - propose ordinances for City to implement
3. Update wireless master plan and related ordinances
4. Communications inventory
5. Proposed budget for TICC
6. Scene or web articles
The Commission discussed that they would like to bring all the ordinances up to speed. They are all out
of date. Bill Allen talked about the possibility of standing subcommittees. This would be the best way
for the commission to work on some of these projects. Eric Klein would like more focus. The
Commission needs to concentrate on a couple of things instead of spreading it over a number of
projects.
The Commission decided to bring back item #1 (City Council presentation) at a later date, do #6
(Scene articles) as needed, and drop #5 (proposed TICC budget) for now.
The Commission formed subcommittees to work on the remaining projects.
Subcommittees:
#2 - Legislation & Regulations subcommittee -- Charlie & Bill
#3 - Wireless subcommittee - Eric & Andy
#4 - Communication subcommittee - Wally & Staff
The subcommittees will meet and figure out how they want to approach the projects and then present
an update at the next commission meeting.
Reports from:
7. Mayor's Meeting with Commissioners - Charlie Ahem reported on the Mayor's meeting.
The upcoming schedule is as follows:
January - Charlie Ahem
February - Eric Klein
March - Bill Allen
April - Andy Radle
May - Wally limura
June - Charlie Ahem
July - Eric Klein
August - Bill Allen
September - Andy Radle
October - Wally limura
November - Charlie Ahem
December - no meeting
8. City of Cupertino - At the next meeting Rick Kitson will report on the following items:
a. Letter from Roundtree HOA to Comcast
b. Contact and invite Glenda to a future commission meeting
1. Fix service reports
2. Service levels
3. What is Comcast doing in 20077
9. Video Franchises - No report. The Commission stated that they don't know of any resident
that is on AT&T video as of yet.
MISCELLANEOUS
10. Activities Calendar - The Commission reviewed the activities calendar and had no
changes.
11. Action Item List - The Commission reviewed the action items.
ADJOURNMENT
Charlie Ahem / Bill Allen moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 9:32 p.m. The motion
carried unanimously.
SUBMITTED BY:
APPROVED BY:
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