TC 07-01-87City of Cupertino
City Hall - 10430 S. Deanza Boulevard
252-4505
MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the Cable Television Advisory Committee
July 1, 1987
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Leonard Batchelor.
ROLL CALL/FLAG SALUTE
Committee members present: Batchelor, Mann, Chiavacci, Fletcher
Committee members absent: Schmid
Staff present: Donna Osterman, Dustin McKennan, Elliot Margolies
Guests present: Joe Wilcox
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the June 3, 1987, regular meeting were approved unanimously
with corrections to Agenda Item # 5- "When it comes time for the FCC
to make its report to Congress, the CATV Committee will present its
data to the FCC and to the local congressional representatives.
UPDATE ON UNITED CABLE AUDIT OF USE OF COMMUNITY ACCESS FACILITIES
Kathy Wilson was not present to give her report. This item will
reappear on the Agenda when the report is ready.
REPORT FROM JOE WILCOX OF UNITED CABLE
Joe Wilcox handed out a United Cable Status Report. The handout
dealt with subscriber statistics for Cupertino and Los Altos,
a phone system report, a Cable T.V. Guide report including line-
ups, channel 30 insert corrections, and delivery of the guides,
the channel 53 buzz and subsequent equipment corrections, and
the new pay-per-view programming to be offered. Also included
in Wilcox's report was the United Cable complaint log, which
was given to Donna Osterman. Michelle Mann suggested that the
complaint log have a cover page giving overall statistics deal-
ing with date, time, and number of customer complaints. Also
to be included would be an indication of how long it takes to
resolve complaints.
CITY STAFF REPORT ON THE LEVEL OF COMPLAINTS REACHING THE CITY
Donna Osterman reported that the level of complaints dropped
off considerably, with only a few complaints on Channel 53's
picture and sound quality.
ACCESS COORDINATOR'S REPORT
Elliot Margolies reported that Channel 30 had covered De Anza
Day, and that the channel had just published its first news-
letter. Also included were reports on the Channel 30 picnic
with Los Altos, the set -building class's work, and equipment
and studio problems.
PURCHASE OF A WOODCUT LOGO FOR CHANNEL 30
Elliot Margolies reported that he had looked into purchasing
a woodcut logo for channel 30. He said the cost estimate was
around $330. Leonard Batchelor asked Margolies to draw up a
more formalized report with facts and estimates, and to present
them to the committee at the next regualr meeting.
UPDATE ON ORDINANCE 930 REVIEW
A letter from the city attorney was given to CATV Committee
members on the 930 Ordinance. Len Batchelor said he didn't
fully agree with the city attorney's interpretation of the
franchise revenue base and asked to have a meeting set up with
the city attorney in August.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
There were no written communications.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were no oral communications.
A discussion on grants followed. Members asked about timelines
and deadlines for submitting and giving out grants, and the
procedure for putting them on the agenda. All agreed to discuss
the issue further at the next meeting.
UPDATE ON THE INFORMATIONAL "CALL-IN" SHOW TO BE CABLECAST IN JULY
Joe Wilcox and Elliot Margolies confirmed that the show will
air July 23, 1987, at 7:30 p.m., on Channel 30. Both agreed
that they should meet prior to the show and run through the
program. Format questions arose and both agreed to discuss
it at another time.
ADJOURNMENT
William Fletcher moved that the meeting be adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
Jane Chiavacci seconded and the motion carried unanimously.