TICC 09-04-2019 TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION &COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
September 4, 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Conference Room A, City Hall
APPROVED MINUTES
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Chair Mohanty called the meeting to order at 7:06 pm
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Prabir Mohanty, Naidu Bollineni, Rajaram Soundararajan,
Ilango Ganga
Commissioners Absent: Arnold de Leon
Staff Present Bill Mitchell, Staff Liaison
Speakers: Kitty Moore, Cupertino Resident
Nori, Cupertino Resident
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approve Minutes from the August 7, 2019 regular meeting.
Commissioner Ganga moved and Commissioner Soundararajan second to approve the
August 7, 2019 regular minutes as amended to note Agenda Item No. 5C below:
5G Education
The existing education subcommittee will take on this.
POSTPONEMENTS
A. None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
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. Guest Speaker Kitty Moore spoke regarding Agenda Item No.4.,asking
what the purpose of 5G on the poles for autonomous vehicles.
B. Guest Speaker Nori spoke regarding Agenda Item No.4. Nori thanked the
GIS division for providing a map of the Cell Towers.
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WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
2. Subject:Letters from AT&T dated June 13 and August 15, 2019. 1
The Commission received and filed the letter. J
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3. Subject:Review 5G Written Communications dated August 26,2019.
Staff Liaison, Bill Mitchell presented the 5G written Communication'received from
Rahul Vasanth regarding Smart Cities and 5G.
During the discussion, Commissioner Ganga cited the letter from Rahul raises two
issues, 5G radiation and violation of privacy from the Video Intelligence.
Following the discussion, the Commission supported hosting an Educational Outreach
and Privacy concerns.
OLD BUSINESS
4. Subject: Discuss Commission Work Plan
4.1 Wireless Master Plan
Chief Technology Officer Mr. Mitchell relayed the Request for Proposal (RFP) for
Wireless Master Plan has gone through various reviews and is closed to finalizing. He
further relayed the schedule of the RFP, stating it will be posted in the coming weeks.
4.2 Smart Cities and 5G
Chair Mohanty commented on the Microsoft Corporation Meeting Bill,himself, and
Commissioners Ganga had with the Company's Executives. He further commented that
he has been researching massive organizations that work with Cities all over regarding
Internet of Things (IoT). Commissioner Ganga elaborated that the TICC subcommittee
started meeting with Vendors and collecting information to identify resources. The goal
is to make a recommendation to the Council on adopting the technologies.
During the discussion, Commissioner Ganga further elaborated the Commission is in
the process of identifying the City of Cupertino's priority items when meeting the
Interested Parties. Staff Liaison Mitchell detailed that the interested parties consist of
Verizon, Sprint Management, and Microsoft Corporation. Disclosing that if the City
uses a Traffic Management system, it will not be a Microsoft System, rather a Vendor
owned system that will depend on Microsoft's cloud and other services, thus it is a
Partner of Microsoft.
In response to Guest Speaker Kitty Moore's question, Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Bill Mitchell explained that an autonomous vehicle will not work relying solely on 5G
network,rather it will be an additional sensor to prevent accidents, thus the sensor is
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very, very valuable. CTO Mitchell further explained that 5G provides 5G latency (signal
sent and received). Indeed, when cars are driving 60 miles per hour, and they start
moving over the signage lane,you want to know immediately, within a couple of
milliseconds. And that is the value of the poles,providing information very quick,very
real time, rather than the increase cellular speeds.
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Following discussion, the Commission communicated the goal is to provide Council
with a list of items they can prioritize and provide funding for. The Commission also
expressed they will educate the Public and do Outreach duties.
5. Subject: Discuss the Subcommittee Reports
• Wireless Master Plan
Chief Technology Officer Mitchell provided and update.
• Internet Needs in Cupertino
The Commission discussed.
• 5G Education
The Commission briefly discussed the Health effects of 5G Radiation.
NEW BUSINESS
6. Discuss Staff Liaison Bill Mitchell's upcoming October meeting absence
Mr. Mitchell informed the Commission of his upcoming Vacation. The Commission
requested for Bill to have a Staff member to be present in his absence to make sure
Commissioners can enter the Facility, as well as set up Zoom Room recording.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
7. Commissioner Report from the Mayor's Meeting
Commissioner Bollineni provided an update.
8. Commissioner Update
General Comments provided.
9. Review Activities Calendar.
Activities calendar is filled in thru December.
10. Reviewed Action Items list.
Action items were reviewed.
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ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Mohanty moved for adjournment at 9:22 pm. Commissioner Ganga
second the motion. The motion passed 4-0-1.
SUBMITTED BY: APPROVED BY•
Marily onrea ecording Secretary Prabir Mohanty, Chair