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Telecommunications Advisory Committee
City of Apple Valley
December 5, 2005
7:00 P.M. Municipal Center
Minutes
1. Call to Order
Chair David Westbrook called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Members Present: Rollin Bible, Jerry Brown, Scott Hugstad-Vaa, John Magnusson,
Dale Rodell, David Westbrook
MemUers Absent:
Others Present: Charles Grawe, Denis LaComb
2. AUUroval of A eg nda
Mr. Westbroolc asked for changes to the agenda and there were none offered.
MOTION: Mr. Rodell moved, second by Mr. Hugstad-Vaa, to a�prove tlze agenda as
presented. Motion passed unanimously.
3. Auuroval Minutes of September 12, 2005
MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, second by Mr. Magnusson, to approve the minutes of
September 12, 2005. Motion passed unanimously.
4. Update on Audit Review with the Cities of Lakeville Farmin�ton, and Rosemount
Mr. Grawe said the joint powers Commission received the audit review and requested a
response to the review by Charter Communications. Charter has since responded and
offered counter arguments to the auditor's findings. As many of the argtmlents were
related to both technical accounting and legal issues, City staff did not believe it could
offer the best evaluation and analysis of the findings of the re�ort and the counter
arguments. The Commission authorized the auditor and the attorney to provide the
analysis of the counter arguments. The accounting portion has been conlpleted but the
le�al portion has not. Mr. Grawe noted that in general, the audit �ndings did not yield
clear omissions of payment, but instead areas of possible omission that has been subject
of much legal debate.
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5. Discuss Proposed Annual Basic Rate Justification for Charter Communications
Mr. Grawe said the City received notification from Charter filing for its annual rate
justification for 2006. The notice included FCC Form 1240 which calculates the
inaximum permitted rate for basic tier service. Mr. Grawe noted that preinium cable
services are not regulated. Under the calculation, the rate for the basic service tier could
increase from the current rate of $13.50 to $13.91 per month.
Mr. Westbrook opened the floor to puUlic discussion of the justi�cation. There were no
public comments on the justification.
6. Resident Request for Cable Service on 120`�' Street
Mr. Grawe said the City received an inquiry from a resident on 120`�' Street seeking to
have caUle service extended to the homes on the street. The street, located north of
Valleywood Golf Course, is isolated from other residential areas. Mr. Grawe estimated
the distance froin the existing cable plant to the last house on the street to be at least one
mile. Mr. Grawe said he has made Charter aware of the request and Charter is preparing
an initial cost estiinate to extend cable to the area. Mr. Grawe noted that the franchise
ordinance established a formula for calculating the share of the costs to be provided by
Charter and that to be provided by the residents receiving the service.
7. 4`�' Quarter Complaint Log
Mr. Grawe distributed the complaints received during this time period.
8. 4`�' Quarter Coordinator's Report
Mr. Grawe briefly discussed events in the fourth quarter. Mr. Magnusson said he
attended the amival MACTA Conference and noted that indexing the DVD recordings of
Council meetings allows for links from individual agenda items when web streaming.
9. E-Commerce and Business Development Issues
Mr. Grawe noted there were several new wireless articles distributed with the packet.
Mr. Bible asked if the City had current plans to provide wireless service. Mr. Grawe
said he was not aware of any plans to offer services to residents. He said he is aware of
general discussion among the cities within Dakota County as well as the County itself to
cooperatively explore a number of different communications avenues including fiber
optic networks and possibly wireless broadband service for public safety departments.
Mr. Grawe briefly explained how the cities and County are currently worlcing jointly to
provide joint public safety dispatching services and share a trunked radio system. Mr.
BiUle asked if representatives froin the City's Information Technologies division as well
as Dakota County could attend the next meeting to infonn the Committee of some of the
existing public fiber networks and possible plans for the future.
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10. Other
There were no other discussion items.
11. Adjourn
MOTION: Mr. Rodell inoved, second by Mr. Brown to adjourn the meeting. Motion
passed unaniinously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:02 p.m.