TC 06-05-02Telecommunications Commission
Regular Meeting
June 5, 2002
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Sal Algeri, David Eggleston, Reggie Duhe, L.T. Guttadauro (a~dved 7:02)
Commissioners absent: Ernest Tsui
Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren
Guests: Linda Grodt, Bob Haber, Laura Dominguez-Yon, Dale Dwelle, Matt Weiland,
Bill Boggle
APPROVAL OF MAY 1, 2002 MINUTES
Eggleston made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Duhe seconded the motion. All
in favor.
Guttadauro arrived at 7:02 p.m.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: Linda Grodt announced that the series of three programs that she did on the National
Association of Student Councils Conference would be cablecast in November.
L.T. Guttadauro thanked Sal Algeri for the article he wrote for the June Scene.
Written: None
The Commission agreed to take New Business item - Presentation from Cupertino High School out
of order.
NEW BUSINESS
Presentation from Cupertino High School - recipient of the 2001 Educational Grant -
Cupertino High School brought the video project they were able to create with the grant money they
received from the city. Laura Dominquez-Yon, school administrator, said the students felt there was a
need to communicate the rules of the student handbook to all the students in several languages. Two
students (Dale Dwelle and Matt Weiland) were present at the meeting to answer questiOns. Instructor
Bill Boggle explained in more detail about the making of the project. The commission viewed the
video and requested a copy be sent to the city for their files.
OLD BUSINE88
Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar. The date of the July
commission meeting was changed from the 3rd to the lOth and the location of'the V~AME awards, which
will be Santa Rosa, was added to the calendar.
Annual Report Video Update: David Eggleston reported that he would present an oral report
to council on July 15th instead of a video report.
Action Item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. 1) No updates were received
from Colin Jung on the wireless master plan project. 2) Reggie Duhe spoke to Leon Beaucham and he
will come to the July 10th commission meeting with an update on the DSL rollout. 3) Rick has not
received any updates on test data from AT&T. 4) Eddie Garcia will suggest three possible dates for
tours. The tour will begin at 3:30 p.m. 5) Cupertino High School educational grant recipient item was
deleted from the list. This item was completed. 6) No action on this item. Ernest Tsui will write future
article for Scene on Pac Bell. Item 7 was added - Hold Forum. A tentative date was scheduled for
October 2nd.
NEW BUSINESS
Review language - Educational Grant Guidelines and Application - The commission
reviewed the educational grant guidelines and application. The commission recommended putting a
revision date on the bottom of the document. It was also suggested to add language that the recipient
selects a date for when they will come back with the finished product. It was the consensus of the
commission to add to the guidelines that it is required that the applicant attend the commission meeting
to answer questions when their application is discussed.
L.T. Guttadauro made a motion to accept the educational grant guidelines and application as
amended by the subcommittee. Reggie Duhe seconded the motion. All in favor.
Proposal for COPA selection process - Bob Haber presented his ideas from his
written report. Haber will compile the changes and additions to the COPA process and submit it to the
commission at the July meeting for final approval.
Discuss postponement or cancellation of July and August Commission meetings -
The Commission agreed to postpone the July meeting to July 10th and wait until the July meeting to
discuss the cancellation of the August meeting.
Reports from:
City of Cupertino: Kitson distributed three items 1) article on Wireless Service Tower
Zoning, 2) May survey on Cell Towers 3) Notification from AT&T regarding rate increases.
AT&T: No report
De Anza College: Haber reported that they had just completed judging the Hometown tapes
from other regions of the United States. Within the next two weeks they should received notification
from the Hometown Awards regarding their award entries. The students of the new Broadcast
Journalism class at De Anza began airing news segments on the channel during the month of May.
Algeri thanked Haber for his work on the COPA process.
ADJOURNMENT
Guttadauro made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Duhc seconded and thc motion passed
unanimously.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Clerk