TC 06-01-94Cable Television Advisory Committee
Regular Meeting
June 1, 1994
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by chairman Laird Huntsman.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Huntsman, Jane Chiavacci (arrived 7:02 p.m.), Carol Marble (arrived 7:02 p.m.),
Donna Poggi, J.M. Wincn
Staff: Donna Krey, Laura Newman
TCI Staff: Daryl Henderson (arrived 7:04 p.m.)
Guests: Len Batchelor, Linda Grodt
APPROVAL OF MAY 4, 1994 MINUTES
Donna Poggi made a motion to approve the minutes as written; Mike Wincn seconded and the
motion passed unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: Linda Grodt informed the committee that three of her "Silicon Kids" programs had
received First Place in the BACE Awards. Also, two other shows were selected as finalists in the
Hometown Awards. The members congratulated her for a job well done and encouraged her to keep
up the good work.
Poggi reported on some of the issues discussed at the recent Mayor's lunch with
commissioners.
Written: Donna Krey referred to the letter in the packet she wrote to Pam Wasserman, the rate
regulatory specialist for TCI West, Inc., regarding the 393 forms. The city of Cupertino submitted
several questions to TCI for further 393 explanation. The questions had not been answered and thus
the letter was sent. Responses were received the next day. The city requested TCI to lower its rate to
the benchmark and will take an additional, authorized month to continue the form review. Huntsman
extended the committee's thanks to Krey, Wincn and Len Batchelor for reviewing the 393 forms and
keeping the members up to date on the various issues.
OLD BUSINESS
Status of re-franchising effort: Huntsman reported that there was discussion about the
minimum amount of equipment needed to hook-up individual school sites for I-NET. Krey said
sanctions will be discussed at the next meeting.
Review of grant applications: There were no grant applications. Huntsman requested that
discussion of the grants policy be placed on the agenda for the next meeting.
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NEW BUSINESS
Insurance program for public access: Krey reported that she sent a request out over City
Link, a state-wide computer network, asking if any other city had any insurance programs for public
access. She did not receive any response. She also discussed this with Run Fish who said he will be
attending the Alliance for Community Media conference next month and will check out the subject
while he's there.
Huntsman asked whether the committee was going to send a representative to the same
conference, which will be held in Hawaii. The consensus of the committee was to have Huntsman
attend. This item will be placed on next month's agenda for further discussion and approval.
Update on remote package proposal: Due to the absence of Ron Fish, this item was
continued to the next meeting.
City of Cupertino: Krey told the committee about a recent meeting held with Pacific Bell and
hosted by Don Brown. The purpose of the meeting was to explore whether there were common areas
and try to coordinate each city's response to PacBell's request to provide cable television services. A
second meeting was held with city attorneys from the various cities regarding what could and couldn't
be asked for in the way of fees from the phone company.
She stated that the usual practice of the committee is to cancel one meeting during the summer
due to vacations. The consensus was to cancel the August meeting. This item will be placed on the
agenda for the next meeting.
Krey also informed the committee that thc city council held its budget workshop and approved
the CATVC budget as submitted.
De Anza College: There was no report this month.
TCI: Daryl Henderson distributed copies of his report to thc committee members. The
committee requested Henderson include a separate page of statistics that encompasses the previous
Heritage Cable territory. He said he would check with his staff to see whether this could be
accomplished. The new Fox network began broadcasting today. The new service and maintenace
representative is Paul Cooper. Chris Hernandez will be responsible for all installations. There was a
question from Chiavacci as to the reason why thc Pay-Per-View numbers would not be provided in
Henderson's statistical report. Following some discussion, the committee requested that TCI's policy
regarding Pay-Per-View payments, which has been included as part of his monthly report, be placed on
the agenda for the next meeting.
I-NET/Educational: Marble reported that Doug Fowler of Cupertino Union School District
(CUSD) said that he thinks the I-NET cable came in across the field on the telephone wires, but does
not know where it is connected into the Portal School. He was on a two month medical leave and it
was done while he was gone. He has tried to call Gary Hacker several times, but phone calls
unreturned. He just needs TCI to send someone out to meet with him and show him where line is
connected. (This is work agreed upon in 1980 franchise agreement.) Daryl Henderson will look into
this. Also, Harvey Barnett of CUSD has a question about number of feet TCI allows for free
installation of cable to schools. Kimberly Lawrence of TCI will call to explain the policy to Mr.
Barnett.
Karen Burnett of Fremont Union High School District reported that her district plans to partner
with Sunnyvale with the television studio at De Vargas School.
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ADJOURNMENT
Poggi made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:03 p.m.; Marble seconded and the motion
passed unanimously. Following the meeting, Henderson guided interested committee members to the
San Jose TCI office for a tour of the facilities. The committee will meet next on July 6.
ATTEST:
City Clerk