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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCable TV - 1996 - 03_28E MINUTES CABLE TV AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING March 28, 19% Members Present Don Wing, Chairperson Mark Pacheco, Secretary Sherry Bennett Eric Willard Ty Westfall Members Absent Douglas Dreggors, Vice -Chairperson Bill Huber Staff Present: Michael Stanger, Assistant City Manager El Donna Miller, Secretary Amp 1 1 • • 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 7:12 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 1996 in the meeting room of the Allen Public Library, Two Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas. The following items were discussed: II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The March 14, 1996 minutes were approved as written with a motion made by Mark Pacheco and seconded by Sherry Bennett. All approved. III. CITIZENS COMMENTS None. IV DISCUSS FORM 1240 RATE FILING BY TCI AND CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL Michael Stanger informed the committee that TCI staff was unable to attend today's Page 2 of 4 a CTTAC Minutes March 28, 1996 meeting, but rescheduled to attend the next meeting and give a presentation about the 1240 form. Regarding the rate increase issue, Mark Pacheco stated he felt there should not be a rate increase before the upgrade is in place. All members of the committee agreed. Mr. Pacheco also mentioned he would like staff to ask JoAnn Holtzclaw to provide a breakdown of where the rates are increasing and why (i.e., future movie channel costs, upgrade, etc). After the committee briefly reviewed the 1240 form, there were several discrepancies found where numbers did not match or costs exceeded a maximum allowed. The committee decided to wait until the next regular meeting to discuss these discrepancies because JoAnn Holtzclaw would be at the next meeting to provide answers. V DISCUSS PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR SPRING PLANNING SESSION Mr. Wing took the floor and rehearsed the slide show presentation. Michael Stanger and Sherry Bennett both suggested Mr Wing use the terms "community access" or access" only in reference to the public channel, and not for the government or school channels. Staff will remove the word "access" from this item. Mr. Wing passed out a draft mission statement for the government channel. Mr Willard suggested that the mission of video production may be different than the mission of the City's cable channel; and in fact the former may not be subject to the committee. The committee would like staff to draft a written strategy/objective toward the government channel for discussion at the committee's April 11 meeting. VII. NEW BUSINESS Mark Pacheco asked that TCI be present at the next meeting to discuss the 1240 form and the TCI task list progress. Ty Westfall would like an update on the upgrade status and a firm time table. Eric Willard wants a report on the outcome of the Spring Planning Session presentation. Mark Pacheco would like a report on the status of the emergency override system. Due to the amount of information being requested for the next meeting, Mr. Wing Page 3 of 4 CTTAC Minutes March 28, 1996 VIH suggested the agenda be cleared of all non -required items in order to give time for the TCI issues to be discussed. All members present agreed. A. Overview of Telecommunications Act of 1996 Mr. Stanger gave a brief overview of a Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone memorandum regarding the 1996 Telecommunications Act and highlighted several areas of concern. Due to the number of concerns, Mr. Stanger said City staff will need to investigate this further. B. Updates: FCC Rule Making. Mr Stanger reviewed separate memoranda from Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone regarding local zoning for small satellite antennas and Open Video Systems. C. Updates: TCFs Progress on Franchise Agreement, Mr Stanger has not been able to connect with JoAnn Holtzclaw, therefore no update is available at this time. D Vpdates: Other Work Plan Learning Subjects, Mark Pacheco scheduled an appointment three weeks ago to meet with JoAnn Holtzclaw today to gather information on his learning subject, but her secretary called today and cancelled. E. Schedule Site Visits Mr. Stanger asked the committee their comments on scheduling other site visits. The members present unanimously agreed they would like to discontinue site visits for now Mark Pacheco suggested the committee meet twice a month maximum; a business meeting on the second Thursday, and a second meeting to include site visits, training or other opportunities. All members present agreed. F Calendar, The Committee was reminded of the following calendar schedule. 1. Spring Planning Session, Allen Public Library Meeting Room, March 29, 10:00 am. 2. Tour of Video Facilities Allen High School, Tuesday April 2, 7:00 pm. 3. Regular Meeting, Allen Public Library, April 11, 7:00 pm. A I Page 4 of 4 CTTAC Minutes March 28, 1996 G. Items of Interest to the Committee Sherry Bennett informed the committee of her correct home number of 390- 7135 and work number 889-4608. IX. ADJOURN Mr. Pacheco moved to adjourn the meeting and Mr. Willard seconded. This meeting was officially adjourned at 9:06 p.m. These minutes read and approved this 11th day of April 1996. r Don Wing, Chairperson