Cable TV - 1998 - 07_22MINUTES
CABLE TV AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
JULY 22, 1998 - 7:00 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Don Wing, Chairperson
Eric Willard
Carl Johnson
Bill Kapka
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Doug Dreggors
Sherry Delling
Remy Tholen
STAFF PRESENT:
Michael Stanger, Acting City Manager
Ann Maas, Administrative Secretary
Marcie Diamond, Senior Planner
GUESTS PRESENT:
None
I. CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of the committee present, the special called meeting of the Allen
Cable TV and Telecommunications Advisory Committee was called to order by
Chairperson Don Wing at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 1998, at the
Municipal Annex Conference Room, One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas. The
following items were discussed:
II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 9, 1998, REGULAR
MEETING
MOTION: Eric Willard made a motion to approve the minutes for the July
9, 1998, meeting with two spelling corrections. Carl Johnson
El seconded. The Motion carried 4 for, and 0 against.
Michael Stanger introduced Marcie Diamond, Senior Planner for the City Ms.
Diamond handed out information she obtained from the website
www.olannersweb com and gave an overview of land use impacts of
telecommunications. The following is a list of topics in the handouts, which
were reviewed
1. Telecommuting: Possible Futures for Urban & Rural Communities.
2. Land Use Impacts of Telecommunications.
3 Executive Summary
4. Life in the Fast Lane.
5 MicroTimes: Commercial Real Estate Roadkill On The Information
Highway
6. How the Information Revolution Is Shaping Our Communities.
7 Reduction of Automobile Use and Non-renewable Resource Consumption.
Ms. Diamond recommended these articles as a good source of information for
future planning of the telecommunications needs of the City Discussion then
took place on the present demographics of the City and what is projected for the
next 10 years. Ms. Diamond advised that 2/3 of the City is already developed
or zoned - the 121 corridor is not zoned.
The Telecommunications Zoning Ordinance was discussed briefly and Ms.
Diamond advised that the Committee would be getting together again early next
month to finalize it. After fielding questions on the topics discussed Ms.
Diamond then left the meeting.
The Committee then discussed the various future telecommunications needs of
the citizens and business community and how they can help plan to meet those
needs.
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Calendar.
Y The next regular meeting will be on August 13, 1998, in the
Municipal Annex Conference Room, at 7:00 p.m.
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III. DISCUSS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLAN
Michael Stanger introduced Marcie Diamond, Senior Planner for the City Ms.
Diamond handed out information she obtained from the website
www.olannersweb com and gave an overview of land use impacts of
telecommunications. The following is a list of topics in the handouts, which
were reviewed
1. Telecommuting: Possible Futures for Urban & Rural Communities.
2. Land Use Impacts of Telecommunications.
3 Executive Summary
4. Life in the Fast Lane.
5 MicroTimes: Commercial Real Estate Roadkill On The Information
Highway
6. How the Information Revolution Is Shaping Our Communities.
7 Reduction of Automobile Use and Non-renewable Resource Consumption.
Ms. Diamond recommended these articles as a good source of information for
future planning of the telecommunications needs of the City Discussion then
took place on the present demographics of the City and what is projected for the
next 10 years. Ms. Diamond advised that 2/3 of the City is already developed
or zoned - the 121 corridor is not zoned.
The Telecommunications Zoning Ordinance was discussed briefly and Ms.
Diamond advised that the Committee would be getting together again early next
month to finalize it. After fielding questions on the topics discussed Ms.
Diamond then left the meeting.
The Committee then discussed the various future telecommunications needs of
the citizens and business community and how they can help plan to meet those
needs.
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Calendar.
Y The next regular meeting will be on August 13, 1998, in the
Municipal Annex Conference Room, at 7:00 p.m.
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V. ADJOURN
MOTION: Eric Willard moved to adjourn the meeting and Bill Kapka
seconded. The Motion carried 4 for, 0 against. This meeting was
adjourned at 8:32 p.m.
These minutes read and approved this 13' day of August, 1998.
Don Wing, Chairman -
IS,
Sherry D ng, Secretar