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TC 12-05-01Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting December 5, 2001 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair David Eggleston called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: David Eggleston, Sal Algeri, L.T. Guttadauro, Ernest Tsui Commissioners absent: Reggie Dub6 Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren Guests: Linda Grodt, Ted Kreines, Laura Dominguez-Yon, Dale Dwelle APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 7, 2001 MINUTES Tsui made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Algeri seconded the motion. All in favor. Guttadauro abstained. NEW BUSINESS Review of educational grants applications - Cupertino High School Laura Dominguez-Yon and Dale Dwelle presented to Commission the Cupertino High School grant application. The application was for $10,000 for a project to enhance communication between the school and the students and their families. The project was a multimedia, multi-language, electronic "Orientation to high school" for the limited or non-English speaking students, parents, newcomers and visitors. Students record the information in English and dub the information in other languages. Reports from: City of Cupertino -- Mr. Ted Kreines presented to the commission the white paper produced by Kreines & Kreines, Inc. on the City of Cupertino Scope of Authority to Review Health and Safety Issues Involving Radio Frequency Radiation and Memorandum B which covered the scope of authority to regulate wireless facilities and wireless industry trends. After review, Colin Jung distributed Memorandum C. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: Linda Grodt announced to the commission that she was a winner of a WAVE award and brought her plaque to show to the commission. Written: None NEW BUSINESS Recommendation from the COPA subcommittee - Algeri made a motion to give the COPA award to the applicant Ernie Piini. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. The commission will present the COPA award to Emie Piini at the December 13th producer meeting. OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. The commission appointed which commissioner each month would attend the Mayor's breakfast meeting at Hobee's Restaurant. The January meeting will be attended by Gutttaduaro, February - Duhe, March - Algeri, April - Eggleston, May - Tsui. The remaining months will continue in this order. Discussion regarding ways to promote more applicants for the COPA awards - Commission suggested Haber select the tapes, view all of them and rate them. Haber did not feel this was appropriate. Another recommcndati°n by commission was to have residents in thc community do the first screening of the videos. After discussion, the commission was in agreement to have Haber come back with a proposal for a new COPA selection process. Review of education grants applications (Homestead High School & Cupertino High School) - The commission reviewed the application submitted by Homestead High School. Algeri commented that the application was not applicable to the grant guidelines. Algeri said the Cupertino H.S. proposal was much more direct. Guttadauro liked the idea of putting the camera in the hands of the students. Kitson read the guidelines and purpose of the grants. The commissioners asked Haber's expert recommendation on the cameras that Cupertino was selecting. Haber said they were on the low-end, but said it was a superior camera. Algeri made a motion to accept the Cupertino High School recommendation as submitted for $10,000. Eggleston seconded the motion. Three commissioners voted aye, with Tsui voting nay. The Commission did not accept the proposal from Homestead High School. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson distributed several pieces of correspondence. Kitson confirmed that the tour with AT&T would be held on Jan. 9th. KitsOn proposed canceling the January Commission meeting because the Chamber of Commerce would be using City Hall that evening for their Installation Ceremony. Commission agreed to tour AT&T in lieu of a January meeting. Guttadauro made a motion to cancel the January meeting. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. The majority of the commissioners were not going to be available on the 9th of January and suggested the tour be moved to the l0th of January from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The commission asked Kitson about the annual report video. Kitson said he would do a PowerPoint presentation of the commission's accomplishments for 2001. He will list in a bullet point format all of the accomplishments. Kitson told the commission that he confirmed with the City Manager and City Attorney that a letter of reprimand will be sent to AT&T. AT&T: No report. Eddie Garcia did not attend the meeting. De Anza College: Bob Haber said the Access 15 community television station was honored with two first place awards out of nine nominations for the 2001 Westem Access Video Excellence awards. The ceremony was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The awards ceremony was also web cast. Coverage for community events for November included the groundbreaking ceremony for the new child development center on the De Anza College campus. Final development stages of a new training program for access producers and volunteers are in progress. ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS (2002) - CHAIR & VICE-CHAIR Guttadauro nominated Algeri for Chair. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. Guttadauro nominated Tsui for Vice Chair, Eggleston seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Tsui made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 p.m. to the January l0th tour; Algeri seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Cha[rperso~;