Cable TV - 1996 - 03_14MINUTES
CABLE TV AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
March 14, 1996
Members Present:
Don Wing, Chairperson
Douglas Dreggors, Vice -Chairperson
Mark Pacheco, Secretary
Sherry Bennett
Bill Huber
Members Absent
Eric Willard
Ty Westfall
Staff Present:
Michael Stanger, Assistant City Manager
Karen Chapman Seals, Secretary
Citizens
Joe Peer
With a quorum of the committee present, the Regular Meeting of the Allen Cable TV
and Telecommunications Advisory Committee was called to order by Chairperson Don
Wing at 7.10 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, 1996 in the meeting room of the Allen
Public Library, Two Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas. The following items were
discussed:
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The February 22, 1996 minutes were approved as written with a motion made by
Douglas Dreggors and seconded by Sherry Bennett. All approved.
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The February 21, 1996 minutes were approved as written with a motion made by
Douglas Dreggors and seconded by Sherry Bennett. All approved.
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IV CITIZENS COMMENTS
The Committee welcomed their first citizen, Mr Joe Peer, to the meeting and asked if
he had any comments or concerns that he would like to discuss. Mr. Peer stated he
was just there to observe as a concerned citizen of Allen.
Mr. Wing handed out copies of the proposed report addressing the council on the Cable
TV and Telecommunication Advisory Committee's start-up, present work and future
duties.
Mr Huber stated that in the presentation to the Council he would like to see a time
table of the scheduled upgrades to TCI's cable system. Mr Pacheco suggested the
content should also include a list of the committee's study activities, such as their visits
to Richardson and TCI.
The Committee decided to have Mr Wing give the presentation to the Council at
Spring Planning Session, with assistance by Ms. Bennett. Mr. Wing asked Ms.
Bennett to go over the proposed report and make any necessary changes to make it read
better. The committee also decided that the presentation should be illustrated with
either computer-generated slides or overheads. Mr. Stanger offered to produce the
illustrations for the presenters.
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Mr. Stanger handed out a draft task list to implement the new City cable channel. He
pointed out that the schedule was contingent upon TCI providing the City's upstream
drop by January 1, 1997, and he agreed to contact TCI to see if this was true.
After discussion concerning the basic purpose of programming on the City channel, the
committee agreed to use part of it's next meeting to begin formulating a mission
statement.
VH. NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Wing asked Mr. Stanger to check with North Central Texas Council of
Government to see if they have any kind of meetings or group that deal with the city -
operated cable TV channels.
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Mr Pacheco asked that Mr. Stanger make arrangements for Ms. Holtzclaw to attend a
meeting to go over the scheduling of the rate increase and upgrade of system
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A. Updates: Reply Comments Concerning FCC Proposed on Uniform Pricing
Mr Stanger showed the committee a letter staff filed with the FCC on March
12 opposing published rules that would allow cable operators to separate
franchise fees and say they offer "uniform rates." The Committee asked Mr.
Stanger to check on the cost of doing a "rate study "
B. Tipdates: Letter to TCI Regarding Rate Review Continuation
Mr. Stanger informed the committee he learned that a pro -active letter would
not satisfy this question if asked again later.
C. Updates, Other Work Plan LearningSubjects
Mr Stanger distributed a memo from Mr. Willard about the latter's
conversations with AISD and City of Mesquite officials. Mr Willard will be
receiving information from the City of Mesquite on their public access
channels.
D Schedule Site Visits
The Committee asked Mr. Stanger to try and schedule a trip to the Allen High
School to see their equipment and technology during the fust week in April.
Mr. Huber will be trying to schedule a trip to the City of North Richland Hills
to see their public access setup sometime during the 2nd or 3rd week of April.
E. Calendar:
The Committee was reminded of the following calendar schedule.
1 TCI Production Equipment Training, March 20, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
2. Grand Opening, Joe Farmer Recreation Center, March 23, 5:00 p.m.
3 Regular Board Meeting, March 28, 7:00 p.m.
4 Spring Planning Session, Allen Public Library Meeting Room,
March 29, 10:00 a.m.
F Items of Interest to the Committee
The Committee asked Mr. Stanger to update TCI's progress toward fulfillingtl
obligations and duties of the 1995 Franchise agreement.
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Mr. Pacheco moved to adjourn the meeting and Ms. Bennett seconded. This meeting
was officially adjourned at 9:04 p.m.
These minutes read and approved this 28th day of March 1996.
Don Wing, Chairperson