TC 02-03-99 Telecommunications Commission
Regular Meeting
February 3, 1999
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman L.T. Outtadauro at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: L.T. Guttadauro, Bill Mannion, Ernest Tsui, David Eggleston
Commissioners absent: Salvatore Algeri
Staff: Donna grey, Linda Lagergren
De Anza College: Bob Habcr
TCI: Dave Walton, Eddie Garcia
Guests:. Linda Grodt, Don Yaeger
APPROVAL OF JANUARY 3 1999 MINUTES
Mannion made a motion to approve the minutes as written; Tsui seconded and the motion
passed. David Eggleston abstained.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: Don Yaeger, producer of"On the Move" commented that there were no updates on the
status of the access channel that the Sunnyvale city council had agreed to pursue. As far as he knew,
the date to air programm/ng was still April 1.
Written: All written communication was included in the commissioner's packets.
OLD BUSINESS
Consideration of FUllS]) grant application - Commission agreed to delay discussion of this
item until Barbara Nunes, principal of Cupertino High School, arrived.
Calendar of important dates. Commission reviewed calendar and advised Linda Lagergren
of changes and updates.
Annual Report - projects - Mannion reported work had begun on the annual report video.
The video will be appwximatcly six to seven minutes long and will be completed by the middle of
February. Copies will be provided for city council.
NEW BUSINESS
Status of TCI upgrade project and checklist- Walton said at the last commission meeting he
reported that the upgrade was 90% completed and TCI expected to be completely finished by Jan. 19.
The expected completion date was now moved to Feb. 18. Walton displayed maps of the various nodes
that were not completed. Node #12, which includes Honeywell-Measurex, will be done by Feb. 5.
Node//4 would be completed by Feb. 18. Node//10 would be completed by Feb. 17 and Node #9
would be completed by Feb. 17. Walton said TCI's main problem was in getting good qualified
contractors who would stay in the area.
Guttadauro made a motion to recommend that the subcommittee, which consists of Ernest Tsui
and Salvatore Algeri, review the results of the TCI testing documentation and provide a
recommendation to the Commission. Mannion seconded and the motion passed.
Tsui and Algeri agreed to report to the commission at the March meeting. A recommendation is
planned to go to council on March 15.
Eddie Garcia thanked Donna Krey for her patience and assistance during the TCI upgrade.
OLD BUSINESS
Consideration of FUItSD grant application - Commission restated the concerns that were
expressed at the December meeting regarding the FUHSD grant application. Guttadauro requested
more substantiation of the project. He felt that it was very course specific. Manninn said it appeared
the project was geared to one select class. Tsui stated the district has a good technology vision for the
schools but questioned whether this project fit into the big picture.
Barbara Nunes said the district is trying to infuse technology into the curricul-m and provide
workplace skills. She stated the project is limited to students that are taking the animation class, but
there was a possibility an additional class could be added if more students were interested. She also
mentioned the media class may have the ability to be involved in using the new equipment.
Guttadauro said the commission would like to see a copy of the students' work when they were
finished. Nunes said she would arrange for the commission to view the completed project.
Guttadauro moved to accept the grant proposal from FUHSD as written and, upon completion
of the production, get a copy of the tape for the commission to view. Mannion seconded and all were
in favor.
Krey reported the recommendation would go before council for its approval on Feb. 16 and a
check would be released within two weeks.
NEW BUSINESS
Workplan for 1999 - Commission agreed to continue this item until the March meeting when
Alger/returned. The commission will e-mail their workplan items to Donna Krey before the March
meeting. Tsui shared his workplan ideas with the commission.
1. Monitor and help promote digital services.
2. Work with FUHSD on their technology plan- attend meetings and continue to act as a resource.
3. Freshen up Commission page on the website.
4. Bwaden scope of grants pwgram to include technology.
Reports from:
TCI: Walton reviewed with commission the TCI outage report of Dec. 1998. The outage times
were high. The telephone answering time was down to 58%, which is not acceptable, according to
Walton. The PG&E power outage contributed to the low percentage.
City of Cupertino: Krey reported the Commissioner's dinner would be held on Feb. 5. The
State of the City address aired once and would be airing again on Feb. 15. Krey reported she has begun
work on the annual SWING pwgram and 400 students are invited to come to city hall the week of
March 1 $ to March 19. A city informational fair is planned in April to welcome the Rancho Rinconada
residents.
De ?,nza CoHeRe: Haber reported their website is up and running. Hema Kundargi will have a
new Vegetarian Indian Gourmet show completed shortly. The program schedule is rmked to their new
website via www.tvguide.com. The Cupertino Access Pub show had a band called "Thc K/nd" come in
for a session on Jan. 14. Two new pwducers have been added for the Winter Quarter of 1999. "Laugh
Track," a new show produced by Brent Turner and Shn Barrett had a premiere at the ATC building on
campus on Jan. 23. Nearly $500 was raised for Cupertino Community Services at this event. BACE
award entries are nearly complete.
ADJOURNMENT
Marmion made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:03 p.m.; Eggleston seconded and the
motion passed unanimously.
ATTEST: APPROVED: