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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/09/1998 4 ' • � Telecommunications Advisory Committee City of Apple Valley March 9, 1998 7:00 P.M. City Hall Minutes l. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairperson Bible. Members Present: Dale Rodell, Rollin Bible, Jerry Brown, David Westbrook, John Magnusson, Scott Hugstad-Vaa Members Absent: Others Present: Tom Creighton, Charles Grawe, Dennis LaComb 2. A��roval of Minutes The minutes of December 18, 1997, January 28, 1998, and February 9, 1998 were approved unanimous. Motion by Mr. Westbrook, second by Mr. Magnusson. 3. Franchise Renewal Discussion--Future Provision of Public Access TV Mr. Creighton presented his memorandum on Options for Community Programming in a Renewed Franchise. He briefly defined the terms and assumptions as used in his memo. He explained that in his proposal, he used the term "staff' loosely to mean paid part-time or full-time City staff or consultants. He explained that the purpose of the memo was to provide the groundwork for the franchise and the operational details could be determined at a later date. He said the funding for the proposal would be derived from an initial $1 per month, per subscriber PEG fee. The PEG fee would increase annually by an inflationary factor. Mr. Bible asked how the City is accountable for the expenditures from the PEG fee. Mr. Creighton explained the PEG fee would be part of the City's annual audit and that by law, the City must use the PEG fee for PEG purposes. Mr. Creighton said that the Cable Company also has an incentive to monitor the use of the PEG fee to make sure it is used for things which would increase or maintain subscribers. Mr. Creighton explained the PEG fee could be increased annually at the City's discretion. In the proposal, the fee could be increased by $1 over the 15 year term, but by no more than $.15 annually. Mr. Creighton briefly explained the capital funding plan for each city. Mr. Bible said he didn't like placing a dollar figure on the annual capital grant because Rosemount and Farmington are growing rapidly. He suggested using some sort of inflationary factor which would increase with the growth in each city. Mr. Creighton said he would use an s e Mr. Creighton said that he would have Mr. Vose from Bernick and Lifson review the document and contact the City if the increase was out of the ordinary. 5. 1997 Annual Re�ort Mr. Rodell moved, second by Mr. Hugstad-Vaa, to approve the 1997 Annual Cable TV Report with the Marcus Cable section and forward it to the City Council. Motion passed unanimous. 6. 1 st Ouarter Com�laint Lo� The Committee reviewed the First Quarter Complaint Log. 7. Public Access News Article The Committee reviewed the public access news article. 8. NLC Letter The Committee received the NLC letter. 9. Tamkin Fiber Letter The Committee received the Tamkin Fiber letter. 10. Other Mr. Brown requested the City salvage any equipment it contributed to the public access facility in Lakeville and give any surplus usable equipment to organizations which may be able to find use for it, such as small schools. 11. Ad'ourn Mr. Rodell moved, seconded by Mr. Westbrook to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimous. The meeting was adjourned at 8:28 P.M..