TC 09-06-00 Telecommunications Commission
Regular Meeting
September 6, 2000
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chair L. T. Guttadauro at 7:06 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissione~-.~ present: L.T. Guttadauro, Sal Algeri, Ernest Tsui
Commissioners absent: David Eggleston, Reginald Duh6
Staff: Donna Krey, Linda Lagergren
AT&T: Eddie Garcia
De AnT~t: Bob Haber
Guests: Linda Grodt
APPROVAL OF AUGUST 2, 2000 MINUTES
Algeri made a motion to accept the minutes as submitted, Guttadauro seconded the motion. All
in favor. Motion passed.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: None
Written: None.
Commission took AT&T report out of order.
Reports from:
AT&T: Gm*cia reported he has not been at the last several commission meetings because he
has been working on franchise renewals for four different cities. He said his depa~huent has been
restructured and the Monterey and Salinas areas have been added to his territory. The day-to-day
paperwork has been centralized in the San Ramon office. The monthly reports will come out of the San
Ramon office.
Gareia reported the telephone statistics have been below standards since April. AT&T is hiring
more people to address the problem and answer calls. Garcia suggested the director of the Call Center
come to a Telecommunications Commission meeting to answer questions about the Call Center or if
the commissioners preferred, they could go out to the Call Center and tour the facility. AT&T's goal is
to have 90% of all calls answered within 30 seconds.
AT&T officially t~mdnated the Rancho Rinconada project on July 10, 2000. By July 10,
customers had not responded to their notices. Company representatives made door-to-door contact with
these customers and as of the previous week, $7 customers had not yet responded. And then as of the
morning of Sept. 6, it was down to only 30 people who had not requested appointments to have old
equipment switched. On Sept. 7, AT&T had plans to cut over to the new system. The commissioners
asked for test results from the rebuild. Tsul also asked for FCC test results from thc ~ntire system.
Gareia told commissioners he would make these documents available.
OLD BUSINESS
Activities Calendar. The Western States Conference in Sacramento will be held on Oct. 27
and 28, which are the same dates of thc Community Congress. Chair Guttadauro said he would like to
do a video for the Telecommunications Commission annual report.
Wireless & Optical Master Plan Update - Tsui said he met with Colin Jung to discuss the
wireless master plan and antenna ordinance. In thc meantime, there werc three applications submitted
to the Planning Commission for approval. The first application concerned a height exception for a
Nextel antenna on a light standard on the Cupertino High School sports field. It will go before the
Plapnlng Commission on Sept. 11. The second application was for an artificial tree at the Service
Center yard with additional natural trees planted next to it. The third application was on the PG&E
tower at Stokes Ave. The company wanted to add 12 feet of. antennas on top. Thc application was
denied.
The City Council approved the budget for $35,000 to hire a consultant for the preparation of the
Wireless Master Plan. The plan was to get a consultant on board, meet with him, discuss safety and
coverage issues and establish an ordln~,~ce. The commission will look at every application until the
ordinance is in place. Krey will call Jung to see what the schedule is for meetings with the consultant.
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion of"forum" topics (ISPs, Wireless Internet Access, Ins and Outs of Antennas) -
Krey mentioned she was very happy with thc last forum. She said RCN and Pacific Bell DSL arc
interested in presenting to commission the services they provide. It was the consensus of thc
commission to have another forum. Thc commission identified next spring as a tentative time for the
next for~m. It was suggested "Antenna Awareness" be a possible topic for the next forum.
Report on Pac Bell DSL - Tsui reported Carmen Lyrmugh, Bert Viskovich, Donna Krey,
David Eggleston and himself had participated in the meeting with Pacific Bell regarding DSL. Pacific
Bell has a two-year plan to put in mini switching stations throughout the city. They identified certain
areas with high density as the priority areas. If they have any problems getting agreements, they will go
to the city where it would be the smoothest transition to begin work. Pac Bell will go back and supply
maps to thc city, identify locations and get permits.
Report on RCN meeting- Tsui reported RCN would offer cable, Interact, telephone and long-
distance service. They would have free reign as a telephony, but a franchise is required for cable
service. Tsui said we need to wait for RCN to bring in maps and a site design. RCN has agreed to
match what we have from AT&T's franchise. RCN's plan is to go from city to city and then begin
work with whatever city is ready first. They are looking for a 1S-year agreement. The core negotiating
team will include the city manager, Donna Krey, an attorney and one member from the commission.
Reports from:
City of Cupertino: Krey encouraged the commission to go by the Senior Center to see the
progress. The project is currently 28 days behind schedule because of.rain delay. At this time, the
opening of the Senior Center is tentatively scheduled for the beginning of February.
De ,~,nv.a College: Haber said 46 entries were submitted to the WAVE awards. Having
installed new software in thc Mac G3, they now have thc latest video editing software version of
Adobe Premiere as well as Final Cut Pro. Haber mention~l he submitted the Alliance for Community
Media m~mbership renewal application.
ADJOURNMENT
Tsui made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 p.m.; Algeri seconded and the motion
passed unanimously.
ATTEST: APPROVED: