TC 12-07-88~bleTelevisionAdvisozyCc~mit'tse
Dec. 7, 1988
was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by ch~trm~n ~
Cu,~itteememberspresent: Batchelor, Jane Out ava cci, Bill Fletcher,
Micb~lleMann (left at 8 p.m.) and Dorothy S ch mid.
Staff present: Do~naKrey, O-~-~.-%ityP~-latio~sOffioer
Elllot~a~golies, Aocess~4~, Ohanne_~! 30
?~-~lie Lo~ez, Assistant City attorney (fiz~5 item)
DISCUSSION OF GILLCABLE PROPOSAL/~ A~_oC~S AW~R~_~ q
Batchelor reported on the Gillcable subou.~i~ ~ which took
place prior to the regular CTV meeting. ~he suboum=ittee reviewed a
made in the draft which would force Gill to reco~nize all of
CupertJno,s P~S channels. ~he city's response will be to ~k the cable
~ to carry the three access charnels, 29, 30 ar~ 53, and to
r A st for o erating ountin to $100
city will seek a 5 percent franchise fee in lieu of the present 3
percent that Gill is providing. The city also will request that a Gill
office be located within a five mile radius of City N~l 1.
Chiavacci mentioned the importance of addressing signal quality and
outage problems and Lopez said ~,~h wording is carried in the
ord/nance.
~he fir~l draft will be sul~mltted to council for its appz~val a~d sent
to Gill. ~e cummittee asked_ Lopez to try and have the document rea~_ay
of tb~ fi~al draft beforehand.
A discussion was held on what efforts tb~ _~ittee could make to
encourage residents to become involved in the franchise renewal
process. Mann suggested drawing up a list of ~ to be divided among
omm~i~ m~m~_rs for persoD~l contact. It was decided that Schmid
would contact the Senior Center, F~3olies would har~le access
producers, area churohes and schools, Fletcher would oontact service
and Cu~_rtino C~unity Services. Batchelor will writs a sta~d
letter to be presented to the co,~ittee at the January m~ct/ng.
APPROVAL OF ~ FOR NOV. 2 MEETING
Mann mad_e a motion to approve the m/nutes as written and Fletcher
ORAL CC~9~JNICATIONS
Let~ers f~-~ Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Carlson, L.A. He,er an~ Ardith West
expressing ~atisfactic~ with Gillcable.
Ek-ey told c~~ ~mhers that City Manager ~hert ~,~lan will
retire Dec. 20 ar~ that a o~...-,~ity ban~ was planned Jan. 28 at the
REPO~ FRC~ JOE WILCOX. UNITED CABLE
Krey passed cut Wilcox's ~page report, saying he was ur~hle to
attend the ~ ~,- to a conflicting meeting in Scotts Valley.
the o:*_¥_,:unity use of United's ~ile producti~ van and subscriber
statistics. Also included was a cuse~r cc~pla~nt
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APPROVAL OF CMAI~tN'S SANTA BARBARA (I~'~CE ~
DISCUSSION OF GOAL SEITING TIMETABLE
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DISOUSSI(~; OF LIAISON WITH UNITED CABLE
Batc_~_e!or reported on his =ting in Southern Calif~znia with Bill
Cullen, manager of the California division of Unit_,~__ ~ble, saying
that it was very pro~ve in the sense that Cullen seemed eager to
deal with the ma/ntananoe and repair probl~ at De Anza. Batcb_e!or
also re~orted that the ~ager b~ sc~e ideas c~ improving service for
resid_ents in both Gill and Unit_~__ areas and that the ~3et ie~,~
re~-~ by Joe Wil~ for Cbmrmel 30 ~uld have no problem meeting
btm apDroval. Ba~nh-lor was able to tour the Los Angeles facility and
said he invited Cullen to look at both the 30 and 53 cpexatio~s when
Batche!or discussed a ~_ctin~ he att~ at De Anza with ~vi~
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AD3OURNMm~
(~davacci moved to adjourn the meet/rig at 8:40; Schmid seconded and
the ~zfcic~ carried ~k~ly.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
Chairperson