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TC 08-02-00 Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting August 2, 2000 bflNUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair L. T. Guttadanro at 7:01 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: L.T. Guttadauro, David Eggleston, Reginald Duh6, Sal Algeri (arrived 7:05 p.m.), Ernest Tsui (present by conference call at 7:18 p.m.) Commissioners absent: Staff: Donna Krey, Linda Lagergren, Colin Jung De Anza: Bob Haber Guests: Linda Cyrodt APPROVAL OF JUNE 7, 2000 MINUTES Eggleston made a motion to accept the minutes as submitted, Duh6 seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion passed. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: Linda Grodt thanked the commission for the grant money. Grodt told the commission about her experience taping the NASC Leadership conference at Monta Vista High School. Algeri arrived at 7:05 p.m. Guttadauro asked how the commission's cable service had been over the past month. All the commissioners said that their service was fine. Guttadauro explained he called AT&T for service because of poor picture q~ality. Eggleston said he was having poor (~Iome service. Written: Krey routed around to the commission a thank you note fi'om Linda Grodt and a memo fi~m Colin Sung. ' Commission took agenda item "Wireless and Optical Master Plan" out of order. OLD BUSINESS Wireless & Optical Master ?lan - (Tsui was present at 7:18 p.m. by conference call) Guttadauro said the Telecommunications Commission met with the Planning Commission. Colin Jung reviewed the master plan assumptions. He said they are mainly interested in having a doc]~ment that states where antennas can be placed. Jung said up to this point they have never had a denial and they have never been challenged in court. Guttadauro said everyone on the commission is interested in participating on the antenna committee, but it was suggested there be a subcommittee of two commissioners. Krey suggested they appoint one person to sit in on the meetings with the consultant. Tsui said he was interested in attendi.g the meetings. ICrey said she was hopeful they could get an ordinance that spells out the requirements. Jung reviewed thc dollar amount that thc Planning Commission was requesting from -- Council for the consultant. Commission asked for a copy of W. xh/bit C, the statement o£ the consultant's q~_~a!ificati0ns. Tsui said we might want to ask the consultant to attend thc forum. Jung said there were three antenna applications on the Aug. 14t~ Planning Commission agenda. Tsui will provide some information to Colin for the Planning Comm/ssion meeting. Tsui will be the single point of contact from the Telecommunications Commission to thc Planning Commission on antenna requests. Sal Alger/will be the backup for Tsui. Jung said the p!Annlug Commission's next step is to go to City Council on Aug. 21. Guttadauro made a motion to accept the report from Jung on the consultant services as submitted. Algeri seconded the motion. There was a unanimous decision to accept the plan. Motion carried. Activities Calendar. Commission updated the activity calendar. Duhe will attend the September Mayor's breakfast meeting. Guttadauro will attend the October meeting and Algeri will attend the December meeting. Krey asked the commission to notify her if they were interested in attending the WAVE awards in Sacramento. Follow-up on Interuet Access Forum - Krey reported at least one councilmember was interested in getting DSL in Cupertino. The commission would like to be proactive and have Cupertino be one of the first communities to have Pac Bell's remote switches. Krey said she received quite a few e-mails from residents during the forum. She also mentioned the City Channel crew was very happy to videotape the forum for local programming. Krey said she sent videotapes and thAni: yOU notes to all the presenters at the forum. Haber asked for a copy of the tape for rebroadcast at De Anza. Commission requested that Krey draft a letter to be signed by the Mayor requesting Pacific Bell to make a presentation discussing their plans. Eggleston said he would like to see a forum on a quarterly basis. Krey recommended having the forum once or twice per year so it doesn't become too commonplace. She suggested commission invite a special guest to their meetings for specific presentations. Commission agreed they liked the panel format of the forum. Suggestions were made for future forum topics. These will be discussed at the September meeting. NEW BUSINESS Inter-Commission Telecom Support - Eggleston reported the Library Commission is interested in getting input from the Telecommunication Commission on thc new library. He said the commission could be asked to play a role in what happens at the new library. Krey reported there is a new suggested site location at the Town Center for the new library. Appointment of COPA subcommittee - After brief discussion, Guttadauro and Duhe volunteered to be the two members on the COPA subcommittee. Reports from: AT&T: Krey reported she did not receive a report from AT&T. She will call and ask thc,- to mail it to the commission. Algeri asked why AT&T was not attending the monthly Telecommunications Commission meetings. Krey said she has sent letters in the past end will send another one asking AT&T to attend. Krey reminded the commission that AT&T is not required by our franchise to attend the monthly commission meeting, however, they have been regular participants in the past. -- Tho commission asked Krey to send a letter Asking AT&T to attend thc meeting and let them know we have service issues to discuss with them. Krey will also ask for test reports on the Rancho Rinconada rebuild. City of Cupertino: Krey discussed the article in the Courier that was included in the packet. She also announced that the new city manager is David Knapp and mentioned Leadership Cupertino had openings if any commission member was interested. De Anza College: Haber said the post-production of "Every FiReen Minutes" is going well. They have plans to complete the editing in time for the WAVE awards deadline on Aug. 18. The De Anza station was honored with a first-place award at the Hometown conference. De ,~,nza received two more mini-DV decks plus a Fv'C mini-DY camcorder. The Foothill-De Anza Bwadcast Media Center, formerly known as the De Anza TV Center has begun process of automation of program playback. Haber also mentioned their quarterly newsletter is now in its second printing. ADJOURNMENT Algeri made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:21 p.m.; Eggleston seconded. Motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: