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TC 06-01-88Cable Television Advisory Committee Regular Meeting Wednesday, June 1, 1988 Cupertino City Hall --Conference Room MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Leonard Batchelor, Chairman. ROLL CALL Committee members present: Len Batchelor, Jane Chiavacci, Dorothy Schmid, Michelle Mann, William Fletcher Staff Present: Donna Krey, Community Relations Officer Carol Frausto, Community Relations Assistant Elliott Margolies, Channel 30 Director Guests Present: Joe Wilcox, General Manager, United Cable APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 4, 1988 Mann moved to approve the minutes as written; Fletcher seconded and the motion carried unanimously. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Jim Cochrane, Channel 30 producer, was present and announced he had an AARP tape regarding seniors he would like to show to the committee. Committee members agreed to view the tape after the .teeting. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Batchelor read Cupertino Chamber of Commerce program flyer regarding "Cupertino Cares". He also asked that Coastal Access information be put in the next agenda packet. STAFF REPORT Krey has not heard anything back from Gillcable regarding their renewal proposal. Krey was informed by City Attorney Chuck Killian that the insurance carrier for Gillcable has canceled their insurance. Gillcable has 10 days to come up with a new insurance policy, a condition for operating the franchise is that they do have insurance. The City Clerk sent them a letter requesting proof of replacement of insurance. Krey passed out copies of the most recent CTVAC budget which will be presented at the City budget hearing on June 7. Krey reported one complaint regarding United Cable which Wilcox handled. REPORT FROM JOE WILCOX, UNITED CABLE Wilcox reported the subscriber numbers continue to look good, with a goal of 10,000 subs systemwide. Wilcox received a letter from Batchelor requesting the Depreciation Schedules for studio and production equipment provided by United Cable. Wilcox explained the VAC Minutes June 1, 1988 policy of United Cable was to put equipment into general categories and give it an estimated service life. Wilcox also met with Margolies to discuss equipment needs for the new year, and he included some of those in his Capital budget. He could not guarantee approval of all budget requests. Wilcox reported that the switch -over to the Master Headend in Hayward will occur about July 6. At that time Channel 32 will be back on the air. Customers without a converter will not get certain channels because they will be scrambled through the Hayward Headend. United will carry the Spinks VS. Tyson fight as a Pay -Per -View event in June. Wilcox also voiced concern regarding United Cable's building use permit, which does not allow trucks to be parked at the facility overnight. ACCESS COORDINATOR'S REPORT Margolies reported the arrival of several new pieces of equipment purchased with the remaining capital assets budget. He reported that several new pieces of equipment were recommended for replacement by United's engineer Bob Austin. Margolies updated the commission on the problems with several pieces of equipment including the character generator and the 4800 portapak deck. Channel 30 was chosen as one of the finalists for "Overall Excellence in Public Access Programming." July 3-9 will be proclaimed "Public Access Week" in Cupertino. On July 6, a Call -In Extravaganza will be held at Channel 30. Margolies also reported in May that two different physically challenged crews were trained - one on portapak and one in the studio. An outreach mailer and talks were generated to get community groups involved in summer production. He presented a proposal for a studio skeleton crew which would be a pool of technical people used for groups that would like control room help. Over the summer Margolies will put together a pool and make several time slots available and report back to the committee members. The committee agreed up to $2,000 could be used to orginate this program UPDATE ON CTVAC BUDGET MATTERS There were no questions on the budget. NFLCP AD FUNDING Margolies presented an idea for an ad for Channel 30 to be included in the NFLCP program. Batchelor moved to approve the expenditure of $145 for one 1/6th of a page ad in the NFLCP Convention program; Mann seconded and the motion passed unanimously. FUNDING FOR BATTERY ANALYZER Mann moved to approve the payment of the battery analyzer not to exceed $1,730; Batchelor seconded and the motion passed unanimously. This amount represents one-third of the cost of the analyzer. DISCUSSION OF NFLCP CONVENTION Batchelor asked committee members to programs they will attend at the convention. information between the committee members. attend convention as one of the delegates. will attend as delegates from Cupertino. delegate from Mountain View. discuss the different He asked for trading of Margolies requested to Batchelor and Margolies Mann will try to go as a VAC Minutes June 1, 1988 REQUESTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP TO NFLCP CONVENTION Committee members discussed the disbursement of grants based on --tethree applications received. Fletcher moved to approve a grant of $500 each for two applicants, Jim Cochrane and Bill Heath, to attend the NFLCP Convention. A condition of the grant is that recipients supply- a written report on how they benefited from the conference. Batchelor seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Krey said she will try to get the grant out of this year's budget. Batchelor will send a letter to the third applicant. ACCESS PICNIC FUNDS Mann made a motion to approve $100 for the Access picnic; Chiavacci seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Chiavacci moved to cancel the CTAVC meeting in July; Mann seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Mann brought up the issue of Access and Municipal cooperation. Committee members discussed the issue and decided to form a subcommittee with Channel 53 Producer Kellyn Yamada, Margolies, Krey, Mann and Batchelor. ADJOURNMENT Schmid made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 p.m.; Mann seconded and the motion passed unanimously.