TICC 04-05-2017 TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
April 5, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Conference Room A, City Hall
MINUTES
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Commissioner de Leon called the meeting to order at 7:09 pm
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Arnold de Leon, Vaishali Deshpande, Rajaram Soundararajan
Commissioners absent: Rod Livingood, Keita Broadwater
Staff Present: Bill Mitchell
Guests: Grace Huang, Teen Commissioner; Kathleen Rolinson, Open Signal
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Commissioner Deshpande made a motion to approve the March 1, 2017 minutes and
Commissioner Soundararajan seconded. The motion was carried 3-0 (Livingood and Broadwater
absent).
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
2. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the commission on any matter
not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes a person. In most cases, state law will
prohibit the commission from making any decisions with respect to a matter not listed on the agenda.
a. Grace Huang mentioned that the Teen Cominission is hosting a hackathon the weekend of
Saturday, April 8 through Sunday, April 9. She asked if any Commissioners would be
available on Sunday, April 9 from 8:00 to 10:00 am to act as judges. Commissioners
Deshpande and Soundararajan indicated that they will serve along with Commissioner
Broadwater who had previously confirmed his attendance.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
3. The Comcast Letter dated 2-27-17 and AT&T Letter dated 3-16-17 were received.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
4. Update on SMART Cities postponed.
5. Smart Region, Joint Venture Silicon Valley- Bill Mitchell reported to Commissioners that the first
meeting will be in April. He will send the meeting information to Commissioners. City Manager
David Brandt selected Bill Mitchell as the representative to sit on the steering committee.
6. NexLevel IT—Cornrnissioner de Leon and Commissioner Soundararajan each were interviewed
by the NexLevel IT technical consultants in order to provide input on for the City of Cupertino
Innovation&Technology 3-year strategic plan which focuses on applications and infrastructure.
The NexLevel IT consultants have a draft user survey and are presently weighting the responses.
7. Teen Commission Hackathon—Cornrnissioner de Leon recapped that three Commissioners will
serve as judges for the Teen Commission Hackathon.
8. TICC Work Plan—Conunissioner de Leon summarized his work plan proposal, which includes
education initiatives, hackathon, cell coverage review activity, NexLevel IT 3-year plan, Gateway
project, infrastructure (City of Palo Alto fiber network), Dig Once (City of Mountain View)when
laying fiber,microtrerching and SMART Cities.
9. Cellular Coverage—A presentation was made by Kathleen Rolinson from Open Signal.
10. TICC and local Technology Commission charter review postponed.
NEW BUSINESS:
11. Open Signal Presentation - Kathleen Rolinson from Open Signal presented about offering an
evaluation of cellular coverage in the city. She indicated that they're an independent authority and
not tied to any operators. The service involves a mobile app that will record a person's location
every 15 seconds. Kathleen recommended either packaging the information for the consumer or
getting the actual data from Open Signal.
REPORTS:
12. No report from the Mayor's meeting with Commissioners because it was cancelled.
MISCELLANEOUS
13. Reviewed Activities Calendar.
14. Reviewed Action Items, and provided updates.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Deshpande moved for adjournment. Commissioner Soundararajan seconded the
motion. Vote passed 3-0. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm.
SUBMITTED BY: APP R ED BY:
Lisa Maletis-Massey, Recording Secretary Ar old de Leon, Chair