TELECOM 02-01-06
Technology, Information & Communications Commission
Regular Meeting
February 1,2006
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Steve Ting called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Steven Ting, Eric Klein, Andy Radle, Bill Allen, Charlie Ahem
Commissioners absent:
Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren
Guests: Linda Grodt
Bill Allen and Charlie Ahem are new to the commission. Introductions were made.
ELECTION OF 2006 OFFICERS - CHAIR & VICE CHAIR
Charlie Ahem nominated Steve Ting for Chair. Bill Allen seconded the motion. All in favor.
Ting abstained. Motion carried.
Eric Klein nominated Andy Radle for Vice Chair. Steve Ting seconded the motion. All in
favor. Radle abstained. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF JANUARY 11,2006 MINUTES
I. Andy Radle made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Eric Klein seconded the
motion. Ting, Allen and Ahem abstained. Motion passed.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: Eric Klein reported on his attendance at Mayor Richard Lowenthal's meeting with
Commissioners. Klein said the commission received an action item from the Mayor to look at concerns
raised by residents regarding cell coverage in the City. Allen and Ahem took the lead on looking into
this matter. The phone outside the Library was discussed and the commission will look into it.
Linda Grodt arrived and introduced herselfto the new commissioners.
The Commission asked Rick Kitson if he could prepare an orientation session for all the
commissioners. Kitson will set a date for this session.
Written: Commission reviewed the following written communications.
2. January 18,2006 - Comcast letter and monthly service report for December, 2005.
3. January 18,2006 - Letter to Comcast re: Customer Service Report. The Commission asked
Kitson to look into inviting Eddie Garcia to come to a meeting in the next three months.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
4. E-Services Update - Eric Klein sent the revised mission statement and objectives to the
Commissioners. The commission reviewed the mission statement and objectives and asked
Kitson to review it with Dave Knapp and Carol Atwood. The changes included changing E-
govemment to E-services in the mission statement and objections. In mission statement add
business and item #4 of the mission statement change private to commercial. In the
objectives change add to #8 via appropriate multiple channels.
Klein made a motion to approve the mission statement and objectives as amended. Radle
seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried.
5. Report on Scene articles - Andy Radle and Eric Klein met in a subcommittee and came up
with a series of topics.
APRIL SCENE - Article I - Eric Klein -- Intro to the series and forum. What is out there
and what does it enable vs. the past when we didn't have pervasive cellular, Internet
connectivity, etc. What is coming would also be covered.
MAY SCENE - Article 2 - Bill Allen -- How to connect to e-services such as City, County,
Library, etc. Cover what the City is doing to improve e-services access.
JUNE SCENE - Article 3 - Andy Radle -- Operating safely in this networked city. Ways to
protect your information and computers on wireless networks at home and around the city.
Protecting yourself with high-speed networks.
JULY SCENE - Article 4 - Charlie Ahern -- Article summarizing forum and any key
issues.
Possible 5th article if there is a particularly hot topic from the forum.
6. Report on Public Forum - Andy Radle and Eric Klein met in a subcommittee to discuss
the public forum and reported on the following details.
Target - 90 minutes
· 5 minutes for introductions
· 8 - 10 minutes per speaker, 4 to 5 speakers (40-50 minutes)
· 35 minute panel for Q&A
Possible speakers
· Comcast - HS Inet, VOIP, etc.
· AT&T (SBC) - triple play, phone, IPTV, etc.
· MetroFi - wireless offerings
· E-services
Logistics
· Date - June, before July 4th
· Set up webcast
· Record for later broadcast
· Televise via PEG
· Take questions over net?
Advertising
· PEG channels
· Scene
· Courier
· KMVT bulletin board
· Website
· Press release
· Senior Center newsletter
· Commissioner meet with reporter
Chairman Ting asked the subcommittee to fine tune the details of the forum and report back at
the next commission meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
None
Reports from:
7. City of Cupertino - Kitson distributed a number of articles.
a. Metro-Fi
b. Wireless Silicon Valley Task Force
c. How the Telecommunications Revolution will affect your City (Franchises are on
the way out)
d. Letter from Comcast - programming changes
e. Letter from City Manager to Comcast, Re: performance review
f. Article - Battle Over Antennas May Continue (from Colin Jung)
g. Article - Cell Towers (from Linda Grodt)
8. Comcast - No report
MISCELLANEOUS
9. Activities Calendar - The Commission reviewed the activities calendar and made updates.
10. Action Item List - The Commission reviewed the action items, deleted the completed
items and added the following items:
· Invite Nidhi (Webmaster) to April meeting. Eric will formulate questions for Nidhi.
(Rick)
· Connect with Richard Lowenthal on concerns raised by residents regarding cell
coverage. Get clarification on concerns. (Bill/Charlie)
· Orientation session for TICC. Confirm date. (Rick)
· Invite Leon Beauchman (AT&T) to TICC meeting. What does AT&T provide?
(Rick)
· Send PDF copy of survey to commissioners. (Rick)
ADJOURNMENT
Charlie Ahem made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:15 p.m. Bill Allen seconded the
motion. All in favor. Motion passed
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