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CTC 2002 TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES 2002 r Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting February 6,2002 A1GNUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL.CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri,L.T. Guttadauro,Ernest Tsui,Reggie Duh6 Commissioners absent: David Egglestor, Staff. Rick Kitson,Linda Lagergren Guests: Linda Grodt,Bob Haber APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 5,2001. MINUTES It was suggested by the commission that as action items list be created and updated each month.Linda will provide that information to the zommissior,at the next meeting. Guttadauro made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Algeri seconded the motion. All in favor.Dube abstained. COMMUNICATIONS Oval: Linda Grodt reported that Silicon Kids won a NAVE award. There were articles about the award in both the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences newsletter and the San Jose Film and Television Commission newsletter. Guttadauro and Tsui both gave brief reports on the prior Mayor's breakfast meetings. David Eggleston will present the annual video report to council at the April 1"council meeting. Kitson will prepare the bullet items and give them to Eggleston who will then send them on to Haber. Written:None OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar and added the dates for the producer's meetings. NEW BUSINESS Work plan for 2002—After discussion,commission had consensus on the following work plan for 2002. 1. Engage in joint project with Planning Commission to implement wireless facilities Master Plan for city, including siting ar..d design of aerial facilities. qP 2. Work with Pacific Bell to define DSL services and a timeline for deployment in Cupertino. e • 3. Continue to monitor citywide AT&T broadband performance standards through review of periodic technical reports. 4. Generate informational forum and video(DTV, Cellular,Cable—entertainment services) 5. Provide articles for the Cupertino Scene with current status of telecommunications services in Cupertino(100-150 words). 6. Update the Utility Users Tax as it applies to telecommunication services in Cupertino. Guttadauro made a motion to approve the work plan. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson reminded the commission of the Commissioner's Dinner on February 8. Kitson distributed the November AT&T customer service report. AT&T: No re-port. Eddie Garcia did not attend the meeting. De An= CoHW: Bob Haber reported the training program has been going strong for the winter quarter. Producing, directing, camera, audio and iape operation are among the studio class offerings. The deadline for the Hometown Award entries is March I". Haber said they have a new producer group that has gor+ through the new studio-training program and will have a dress rehearsal on February 14 and then the first studio taping on February 28. The program is about cultural issues affecting Muslim women. Haber also mentioned a Cupertino Union School District psychologist began training to do a program about community and national issues facing grade school children. The program is slated to begin production at the beginning of the spring quarter. ADJOURNW,,NT Guttadauro made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 p.m.; Tsui seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: 1 LG' til ' Ci Cierk tY Chairperson Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting March 6,2002 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri,L.T. Guttadauro,Ernest Tsui, David Eggleston Commissioners absent: Reggie Duhe Staff: hick Kitson,Linda Lagergren Guests: Linda Grodt,Bob Haber.Hema Kundargi APPROVAL OF 1FEBRUARY 6,2002 MINUTES Tsui made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Guttadauro seconded the motion. All in favor. Eggleston abstained. Eggleston asked if he could get a copy of the approved minutes. Lagergren will make copy of minutes and mail to Eggleston. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: None Written:None OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar and added dates for Alliance for Community Media Conference (July 12). Bob Haber will confirm date is accurate. The Hometown Awards will take place in Houston, Texas this year. The CODA applications will be available on August. 7. The education grant applications will be mailed to the school districts on September 4. Annual Report Kitson will get bullet statements to Eggleston by the end of next week. Eggleston will work with Haber to produce the video. NEW BUSINESS Grant request from Hema Kundargi—Hema mentioned the word about her cooking show is getting out to other access stations and reciprocal agreements are being made with these stations. The commission asked how much money is left in the budget for grants. Kitson said$1,875 out of a total of$2,000. Commissioners asked Haber to alert producers that money is available for grants. Tsui made a motion to accept the grant request for $500 from Hema Kundargi. Eggleston seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. Discussion of Forum topic — The commission discussed a variety of topics and ideas for forums. They included: high definition television, the future of television, new standards for television, wireless cellular, a hands-on fair, a news program on what is going on in access television, public access behind the scenes. After a lengthy discussion the commission agreed on doing a panel or forum on public access. Algeri made a motion for Guttadauro to work with Haber to come up with a work plan for the public access forum. Tsui seconded the motion.All in favor. Review of action Item List-- Kitson said the letter to AT&T is written and being re dewed by the City Manager. hick will prepare the bullet items for the annual report by March 14. Eggleston will find a contact for Pac Bell and pass the information on to Tsui, who will then pass on the information to Mayor Lowenthal. Haber said he would prepare a proposal for a new COPA selection process by the April meeting. One item was added to the Action Item List--Ask for work product from past educational grant recipients. Deports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson said the City i,: reviewing the terms of the transfer of the merger between AT&T and Comcast. The city is documf nting AT&T complaints and we are looking at our options for penalties. Kitson also mentioned that the library is only stocking videotapes of the council meetings,therefore there are no copies available of last year's Internet forum. AT&T: Eddie Garcia did not attend the meeting. Kitson distributed the customer service reports from AT&T. De Anza College: Haber reported the training program continues to get great support. The program consists of a series of basic studio classes. Each student that completes the program receives a certification ezrd that specifies the crew position for which they are qualified. April 0 is the new deadline for the Hometown Award entries. Haber said the new edit sue is now complete. The new system is designed to edit to or from Hi-8 and S-VHS to %" videotape. Another episode of"Indian Vegetarian Gourmet" has been completed. Haber mentioned they would be taping the Star Awards/Citizen of the Year awards ceremony for the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, March 9. ADJOURNMENT T Tsui made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:05 p.m.; Guttadauro seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: -A L��*4�11 A City Clerk PfAtA Chairperson Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting April 3,2002 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri,David Eggleston,Reggie Duhe, Ernest Tsui(arrived 7:05p.m.) Commissir,ciers absent: L.T. Guttadauro Staff. Rick Kitson,Linda Lagergren,Colin.lung Guests: Linda Grodt,Ted Kreines Commission did not have a quorum at this time to approve the minutes. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: None Written: None Ankh Reports from: City of Cupertino: Colin Jung reported that at the last commission meeting in March he had submitted reports from Ted Kreines. Jung distributed to the commission the Kreines & Kreines statement of qualifications. (Ernest Tsui arrived at 7:05 p.m. Jung said in the past mobile usage was the big issue with everyone, but cellular home usage is becoming more important. More and more people are beginning to use cellular service instead of landlines. Jung introduced 'fed Kreines and he reported on the progress of the wireless master plan. Jung will prepare the wireless master plan and Ted Kreines will critique it. They proposed the wireless master plan be free standing and not a part of the general plan. Xag will put together a work schedule; for the wireless masts- plan. Tsui and Algeri will work as members of a subcommittee on this project. APPROVAL OF MARCH 6,2002 MINUTES Tsui made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Eggleston seconded the motion. All in favor. OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar and no changes were made. Annual Report Video Update: David Eggleston reported that he is working on the annual report video and it should be completed soon. Action Item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. l) Letter to AT&T has gone through several drafts and is now completed and ready to be mailed to AT&T. 2) Kitson prepared bullet items for the annual report video and e-mailed then; to Eggleston. 3) Ernest forwarded the Pac Bell contact to the Mayor. 4) Haber sent an e-mail to Kitson with the information he prepared for the COPA selection process, but he wasn't in attendance at the meeting so the commission decided to continue this item until next month. 5) Jung will submit updates of the wireless master plan as he receives them. 6) Duhe is working on inviting Leon Beauchamp, PacBell representative, to a commission meeting. 7) Kitson has requested from AT&T the up-to-date reports. S) Kitson will try once again to set up a tour for the commissioners of AT&T. 9) Kitson will contact Cupertino High School and ask for a copy of the video they produced with the grant money we gave them for the project. NEW BUSINESS Report on Public Access Forum—This item was continued to next month because Guttadauro and Haber,who are taking the lead on this event,were not at the meeting. C®PA selection process This item was continued to May 1,2002. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson informed the commission that he has been spending a great deal of time on the AT&T/Comcast merger. Kitson distributed the letter he wrote to the Communications Workers of America. He also reminded the commission that the CREST awards ceremony will take place on May 16'' at the Quinlan Community Center and nominations are due by April 121' at 4:30 p.m. AT&T: Eddie Garcia did not attend the meeting. Kitson distributed the customer service reports from AT&T. De Anza College: No report. Haber did not attend meeting ADJOURNMENT Duhe made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 p.m.;Tsui seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Chairperson Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting May 1,2002 AC[NUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sad Algeri called the meeting to order at :01 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri, David Eggleston, Ernest Tsui, L.T. Guttadauro, Reggie Duhe(arrived 7:02p.m.) Staff: Rick Kitson,Linda Lagergren Guests: Linda Grodt,Bob Faber APPROVAL OF APRIL 3,2002 Ml N TTES Eggleston made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Guttadauro abstained. COMMUNICATIONS Oval:None Written:None OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar and made some changes on who would attend the Mayors breakfast meeting in November and December. The Forum date will change. Eggleston gave a brief report on the last breakfast meeting with the Mayor. Annual Report Video Update: David Eggleston reported the annual report video is in process and is tentatively scheduled to be ready for presentation to council on July 15". Action Item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. Reggie Duhe left a message for Leon Beauchamp of PacBell regarding attending a commission meeting to discuss the DSL rollout in Cupertino. Kitson is still working on getting test result reports from AT&T. Kitson will set up the AT&T tour for July. Tsui said he would take minutes at the Pac Bell meeting and write an article for the Scene. The commission requested that Kitson contact the recipients of the educational grants and ask them to bring their finished product to a meeting for the commission to review. NEW NEW BUSE9ESS Grant west from Linda Grodt — The commission reviewed the access producer grant request from Linda Grodt for $235. Aft a brief dismssion, Tsui made a motion to accept the grant request as submitted.Duke seconded the notion.All in favor.Motion carried. Report on Public Access Forum —Guttadauro and Haber reported on the plan for the forum. The forams would consist of 15-minute presentations from Public Access,the Educational element and the Government Channel. After the presentations, there w rild be a 15-minute won and answer period. The suggested date for the forum was August 7th and the suggested title for the forum was "Cupertino PEG Communications Forum." Kitson mentioned that promotion for the event may be limited if we hold it in August because them is no Scene published in that month. Tsui made a motion to accept the proposal from the subcommittee and hold the forum in August.Duhe seconded the motion.All in favor. CO PA selection pro —Haber had seal suggestions for the CODA selection process. ® Publish announcements for'the nomination proem in the.cable TV section of the Scene. Recruit at a Public Ass booth at the De Anna flea market. Application forms could be available at Senior Cfr,Library,City Mall,etc. • Change the waiting period frem 5 years to 2 years for repeat winners, ® Each producer who enters puts together a 5-minute `air cheap" or demo reel for the panel of judges to review as part of the application proems. Community judges could review each application and tape and make,recommendations to the commission. • Award for outstanding program instead of outstanding producer. o Recruit community judges- The commission suggested Haber put together a proposal for a new award process. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson distributed an application from Sempre Communications that is before the PUC to lay a fiber optic network of which Cupertino is part of the region. Kitson also distributed a letter from F. Kent Leacock, 'Vice President of Franchising and Government Affairs for AT&T. He also distributed a letter fiun AT&T stating they will meet service levels in the future. Kitson reported that the Rancho area is under a different franchise for service levels and standards. It expires in three years and we are reviewing it for futuree negotiations. AT&T: No report De Anna College: Haber reported that they have started automated playback on a.limited basis. Current projects include editing this year's STAR - Gitiaen off the Year Awards and a public service announcement for AARP. Recent remote productions include two episodes each of.Oustine Castle & You and Indian Vegetarian Gourmet. Two Sony DV Cryan gDSR 20 player recorder video decks were ordered this month. It is expmW that by the first week of June news will be out of the mists and winners of the Hometown Awards.The ceremony will be held in Houston,Texas can July I P. ADJ®URNMW.NT Eggleston made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 p.m.; Tsui seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Chairperson Telecommunications Commission ® Regular Meeting June 5,2002 1VIINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri,David Eggleston,Reggie Dube,L.T. Guttadauro(wrived 7-02) Commissioners absent: Ernest Tsui Staff: Rick Kitson,Linda Lagergren Guests: Linda Grodt, Bob Tuber, Laura Dominguez-Yon, Dale Dwelle, Matt Weiland, Bill Boggle APPROVAL OF MAY 1,2002 MINUWS Eggleston made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Duhe seconded the motion. All in favor. Gunadam arrived at 7:02 p.m. CON EM[UNICATI®NS Oral: Linda Grodt announced that the series of three programs that she did on fre National Association of Student Councils Conference would be cablecast in November. L.T. Guttadauro thanked Sal Algeri for the article he wrote for the June Scene. Written: None The Commission agreed to take New Business item—Presentation from Cupertino High School out of order. NEW BUSINESS Presentation from Cupertino '.high School — recipient of the 2001 Educational Grant — Cupertino high School brought the video project they were able to create with the grant money they received from the city. Laura Dominquez-Yon, school administrator, said the students felt there was a need to communicate the rules of the student handbook to all the students in several languages. Two students (Dale Dwelle and Matt Weiland) were present at the meeting to answer questions. instructor Bill Boggie explained in more detail about the making of the project.. The commission viewed the video and requested a copy be sent to the city for their files. OLD BUSINESS 1 Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar. The date of the July commission meeting was changed from the Td to the 10'and the location of the WAVE awards,which will be Santa Rosa,was added to the calendar. Annual Report Video Update: David Eggleston reported that he w.,sld present an oral report to council on July 15th instead of a video report. Action item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. 1)No updates were received from Colin Jung on the wireless master plan project. 2)Reggie Duhe spoke to Leon Beaucham and he will come to the July 101 commission meeting with an update on the DSL rollout. 3) Rick has not received any updates on test data from AT&T. 4) Eddie Garcia will suggest three possible dates for tours. The tour will begin at 3:30 p.m. 5) Cupertino High School educational grant recipient item was deleted from the list. This item was completed. 6)No action on this item. Ernest Tsui will write future art;cle for Scene on Pac Bell. Item 7 was added — Hold Forum. A tentative date was scheduled for October 20". NEW BUSINESS Review language — Educational Grant Guidelines and Application — The commission reviewed the educational grant guidelines and application. The commission recommended putting a revision date on the bottom of the document. It was also suggested to add language that the recipient selects a date for when they will come back with the finished product. It was the consensus of the commission to add to the guidelines that it is required that the applicant attend the commission meeting to answer questions when their application is discussed. L.T. Guttadauro made a motion to accept the educational grant guidelines and application as amended by the subcommittee.Reggie Duhe seconded the motion.All in favor. Proposal for CODA selection process — Bob Haber presented his ideas from his written report. Haber will compile the changes and additions to the CODA process and submit it to the commission at the July meeting for final approval. Discuss postponement or cancellation of July and August Commission meetings — The Commission agreed to postpone the July meeting to July 10' and wait until the J» y meeting to discuss the cancellation of the August meeting. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson distributed three items 1) article on Wireless Service Tower Zoning,2)May survey on Cell Towers 3)Notification from AT&T regarding rate increases. AT&T: No report De Anza College: Haber reported that they had just completed judging the Hometown tapes from other regions of the United States. Within the next two weeks they should received notification from the Hometown Awards regarding their award entries. The students of the new Broadcast Journalism class at De Anza began airing news segments on the channel during the month of May. Algeri thanked Haber for his work on the COPA process. ADJOURNMENT Guttadauro made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Duhe seconded and the motion passed unanimously. op ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Chairperson v Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting September 4,2002 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Vice Chair Ernest Tsui called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: David Eggleston,Ernest Tsui,L.T. Guttadauro Commissioners absent: Sal Algeri,Reggie Duhe Staff: Linda Lagergren Guests: Bob Haber,Linda Grodt APPROVAL OF JULY 101,2002 MINUTES This item to be continued due to lack of quorum. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: Linda Grodt anlounced that the Silicon Kids show of the National Association of Student Councils Conference would be cablecast Tuesday, September 24 and Friday, September 27'at 4 p.m. It is the first in a series of three shows. The editing was done on the Adobe Premiere system. She wanted to publicly thank Bob Haber for his help and patience on this project. She said she would now begin editing the next show in the series.The commission asked to view a short clip of the Silicon Kids show at the November commission meeting. Written:None OLD BUSINESS Review report to Council — videotape. The commission viewed the videotape of David Eggleston's annual report presentation to council. Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar. The October Producer's meeting was moved to the 10. The WAVE awards will take place in Santa Rose on the Th, 811 and 91 of November. The commission asked for Kitson to confirm that the Educational grant applications had been mailed. Action Item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. 1)The commission asked for an update next month from Colin Jung on the wireless master plan. 2) Ernest Tsui will give Eddie Garcia a deadline of October 2' for the test data reports. 3) Ernest will work with Eddie Garcia to set up another tour of the AT&T facilities. 4) The forum is set for October 2nd. 5) Ernest will write an article for the Scene. • The commission Aced for Colin Jung to come io the November meeting and give an update on the wireless master plan that Kreines and Kreines are preparing. Telecommunications Commission Forum: Bob Haber reviewed the plan for the Community Television Fc�:urn. Sal Algeri will give a brief introduction. Rick Kitson will do the first 15-minute presentation on the Government access channel comprised of a video and an oral presentation. Bob Haber will then present his 5-minute video and 10 minute oral presentation on public access and finally Marty Kahn will give his presentation on the educational channel. The commission asked for Rick to advertise the forum in the October Scene. Linda Lagergren reported that Kitson will advertise the forum in the Courier and on the website. He will also put a PSA on the city channel. NEW BUSINESS Final approval of COPA awl selection proses — Bob Haber presented the Cupertino Outstanding Producer Award (CODA) entry form and information. The commission reviewed it and made several changes. Haber will make the changes and e-mail the final form to Linda Lagergren. The subcommittee will consist of Chair Sal Algeri and Vice Chair Ernest Tsui. Guttadauro made a motion to approve the CODA entry form for 2002 as amended;Eggleston seconded the motion. All in favor. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Lagergren reported that the city did not receive a monthly report from AT&T. She also reminded the commission of some upcoming dates: Sept. 5' — Cinema at Lundown performance — Chinese Performing Artists of America. Film: Billy Elliott. Sept. 12'—Kala Vandana Dance Company. Film: Life Is Beautiful Sept. 21/22—Moon Festival Sept. 28/29—City-wide Garage Sale Oct. 12/13 --Oktoberfest AT&T: No report. De Anza College: Haber reported they received 27 entries for the WAVE awards. They are continuing to cove; community events and stories. They are in the process of dub rack upgrade. Training classes will resume the second week of October. "On the Move" and "What's Up Wit' That" received runner-up honors in the Hometown Awards this year. Haber reported they covered a campus event sponsored by Anderson Chevrolet. This event was entitled"Rock the Ride to Vegas." e ' • ADJOURNMENT Eggleston made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:58 p.m. to October 2' at 6:30 p.m.; Guttadauro seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Chairperson . o Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting October 2,2002 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: David Eggleston,Ernest Tsui, Sal A.lgeri,Reggie Duhe Commissioners absent: L.T.Guttadauro Staff: Rick Kitson Guests: Bob Haber,Linda Grodt APPROVAL OF JULY 10,2002 MINUTES Eggleston made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Duhe seconded the motion. All in favor. Ernest Tsui abstained. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 4,2002 MINUTES This item was continued due to lack of a quorum. CONUKUMCATIONS Oral: Rick Kitson stated that Larry Bettencourt, FUISD, wants a copy of the Silicon kids show. Written: None OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. The,October. Producer's meeting was changed to the 91. Action Item List: A tour of the AT&T Santa Clara facility will take place on October 8'b at 3:30 p.m. Rick will write a letter to AT&T from the City Manager regarding the late AT&T monthly reports. NEW BUSINESS Reports from: City of Cupertino: Rick distributed a letter from AT&T that included their emergency contact numbers. Milk 1p AT&T: No report. ADJOURNMENT Commission adjourned to the City Council chambers for the Community Television Forum. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Chairperson Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting November 6,2002 MINUTES CALL.TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri, Reggie Duh6, David Eggleston, L.T. Guttadauro, Ernest Tsui, Commissioners absent: None Staff Rick Kitson,Linda Lagergren Guests: Bob Haber,Linda Grodt APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 4,2002 MINUTES Guttadauro made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Algeri and Duhe abstained. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 2,2002 MINUTES Dube made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Guttadauro abstained. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: Linda Grodt announced that she had two finalists in the WAVE awards for her Silicon Kids show,Kids Vention in the category of Programming for Youth and Informational. Written: Three representatives from The Better Part distributed an access grant application. This item will be discussed at the December commission meeting. Kitson said we received a corrected version of the previous letter from AT&T. We can now begin discussion of the franchise renewal in the Rancho area. We are running everything through the Attorney. OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. No changes to the 2002 calendar. The 2003 calendar will be prepared and included in the December packet. Algeri and Tsui will attend the January Mayors breakfast meeting with Commissioners. Action Item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. 1. Colin is working on the final draft of the consultants report on the wireless master plan project. Colin will have a copy ready to present to the commission at the December meeting. 2. Tsui visited AT&T to review the test data reports. From the reports Tsui believed that AT&T passed the required tests. ::i&T will send the documentation to the City. Tsui spoke with Eddie Garcia about the commission touring the Santa Clara site. The commission suggested Tuesday, Nov. 19'h at 3:30 p.m. Lagergren will confirm date with Eddie Garcia. 3. Ernest will write another article that will be included in the December Scene. 4. Kitson reported that a letter is being drafted to AT&T about the failure to send monthly reports. The letter will be reviewed by the Attorney before it is sent to AT&T. NEW BUSINESS View chip of Silicon Kids show —The commission viewed a clip of the Silicon Kids show — 64'Annual NASC Teen Leadership Conference. Status report from Colin Jung on the Wireless Faster Plan—Colin is working on the final draft of the consultant report. He can't release it until it has been reviewed by staff. He will have a written copy for the December packet. Review judging sheet for the COPA awards selection and recommendation from CODA subcommittee — After discussion, Guttadauro made a motion to allow the subcommittee to make a determination of the COPA award winner for the year 2002.Duhe seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Review of educational grant applications — Three high schools, Cupertino, Fremont, and Lynbrook, submitted grant applications. The commission was intrigued by all the applications but had questions regarding all three of them. There were no representatives from any of the three schools present to answer the commission's questions. The commission will invite all three schools to attend the next meeting. They will ask that all the schools be prepared to discuss their budgets, specifically Lynbrook. Kitson will invite representatives from each school to attend. Consideration to cancel or postpone January 1,2003 commission meeting—Algeri made a motion to postpone the January commission meeting to January 8". Tsui seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Reports from: City of Cupertino: No report AT&T: No report. De Anza College: Haber reported that of the 27 programs which were entered, 13 were nominated for this years awards. Five producers entered in the COPA's competition. Haber said training classes resumed at the beginning of October. They have hired a new graphics person to keep the community television web site and community,announcement slides up to date. ADJOLTRI'ilVdlENT Outtadauro made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:37 p.m. Algeri seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: City';aerk Chairperson Y' Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting December 4,2002 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:28 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri, L.T. Guttadauro,Ernest Tsui, Commissioners absent: Reggie Duh6,David Eggleston Staff: Rick Kitson,Linda Lagergren Guests: Bob Haber,Linda Grodt NEW BUSINESS Public Access Grant Request from The Better Part—Four members(Ronald Moore, Chuck Johnson, Diane Bennedetti and Val Jeffrey) of The Better Part were present to answer questions. The commission questioned the group on the itemized costs in the proposal. After discussion, Algeri made a motion to accept the proposal for$250 as submitted, Guttadauro amended the motion to increase the grant to$312.Tsui seconded the motion for the increased amount and the motion carried. All in favor. OLD BUSINESS Review of educational grant applications—Fremont High School,Lynbrook High School, Cupertino High School. Paul Stout presented the proposal request for$7,483.94 from Fremont High School. Marie Jackson presented the proposal for $26,000 from Lynbrook High School. Bill Boggie presented the proposal for $9,825.00 from Cupertino High School. The commission agreed to discuss the selection of the recipient of the grant request at the end of the meeting. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: The Commission presented the CODA award to Val Jeffrey. Written: Kitson said the three letters included in the packet were self-explanatory. Reports from: City of Cupertino: Kitson reported the city is still not receiving monthly reports from AT&T. The last one we received was in August. AT&T: No report. s De Anza College: Guttadauro announced the winner of the CODA award was Valerie Jeffery. She is from the Better Part. She won this year's CODA award with her program entitled "Earthquake in El Salvador."This show was also a first place winner in the 2002 WAVE awards. Haber reported the last producer's meeting was held on December 2. He said they continue to cover community events and stories. The most recent coverage was the dedication of De Anza's new Science building and the 35`h Anniversary of De Anza football.Haber said they continue to move forward toward, automation. The most recent purchase is a hard disk recorder and event controller. This will allow up to 22 hours of automated playback with on-air traffic programmable over the internet. APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 6,2002MINUTES Guttadauro made a motion to approve the minutes as submiticd. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor.Motion passed unanimously. ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS(2003)—CHAIR&VICE-Chi?,1R L.T. Guttadauro nominated Ernest Tsui for Chair. Sal Algeri seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. Ernest Tsui nominated L.T. Guttadauro for Vice Chair. Sal Algeri seconded the motion. All in favor.Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. Ernest Tsui will attend the December tea with the Mayor. Sal Algeri will attend in January and L.T.Guttadauro will attend in February. Action Item List: One action itam was added to the list.That item is to modify the educational grant paperwork deadline dates and require the applicants to attend the commission meeting and give a brief presentation. Review of educational grant applications--Fremont High School,Lynbrook Highs School, Cupertino High School. The commission reviewed the three applications presented by Fremont, Lynbrook and Cupertino High Schools. The commission decided to narrow the choices down to two schools. Ernest Tsui made a motion to eliminate Cupertino High School. There was no second, so the motion died. L.T. Guttadauro made a motion to eliminate Lynbrook High School. There was no second, so the motion died. Sal Algeri made a motion to eliminate Fremont High School. No second was made,so the motion died. The commission continued to discuss the pros and cons of each application. Algeri made a motion to grant Cupertino High School $3,250 with the condition that they confirm they have digital camcorders available to do the project and they are still walling to do the project with the reduced funding. The second part of the motion was to grant Lynbrook High School$6,750 to buy three laptops and upgrade their server with the condition they have funding to do tht rest of the project and are still willing to do the project with reduced funding. Tsui seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. 4 ADJOURNMENT Algeri made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:52 p.m. Guttadaaro seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: f City Clerk Chairperson