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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 04/19/2010 -* RECEIVED MINUTES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION JUL 16 2010 APRIL 19,2010 CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PRESENT Chairperson Connie Gutierrez, Commissioners Steve West, Carolyn Moon,Latrice Sellers ABSENT Leo Estrada CITY STAFF Lisa Aguilar,Assistant City Attorney, Kim Womack,Director of Public Information Ms. Gutierrez called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm and verified the necessary quorum. The minutes were incomplete prior to the meeting and no minutes were approved. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ABSENCES Motion was made by Ms. Moon to excuse Mr. West regarding absence at the March meeting. Second was made by Ms. Sellers and vote concluded with all approving. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS In an effort to clarify violation notification returned mail, Ms.Womack provided a detailed listing of all mail that had been returned by US Mail service as undeliverable. Ms. Womack asked for clarification regarding the mail and the violations. It was determined to begin the violation process over for Sinai Evangelistic Center since a new producer had taken over and never received notifications. The only remaining unsolved violation was Mr. Ruben Hernandez (Revival Center) in which March was his second meeting to attend. Ms. Moon motioned to issue a violation with Mr. Estrada seconding, all were in favor with the exception of Ms. Sellers who abstained. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PRODUCER GUIDELINES A brief update was given regarding the subcommittee work and a recommendation was give to approve the presented advertising memorandum for approval. Ms. Moon motioned to approve as presented, Mr. West seconded, all were in favor except for a no vote from Ms. Sellers. Another update was given regarding the subcommittee work and a recommendation was made to modify the existing producer application to be in line with the new copyright memorandum. Ms. Moon motioned to approve as presented, Mr. Estrada seconded, all were in favor except for a no vote from Ms. Sellers. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR COMPLAINTS No cable operator representative was in attendance at the meeting. A discussion occurred during the March meeting regarding a complaint regarding Time Warner from Mr. Mark DiCarlo (Channel 10 Producer of Voices of the Coastal Bend). Mr. DiCarlo's program was not aired in its normal time slot. Mr. DiCarlo's complaint alleges censorship and requests a response from Time Warner. Ms. Womack followed up with a letter requesting a response from Time Warner regarding the program from the City.The Commission asked to add the Time Warner letter to the SCANNED next agenda. Ms. Sellers made the motion regarding tabling the discussion with a second from Mr.West, all present were in favor. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SPRING LOTTERIES Channel 10 lottery will be held on April 24th at 2 p.m. in the Retama room of the Central Library. Ms. Moon and Ms. Sellers agreed to attend the lottery. Channel 18 lottery will be held on Thursday, April 29`h at 4:30 p.m. at Family Harvest Church. Ms. Gutierrez and Ms. Sellers agreed to attend the lottery. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PRODUCERS DISCONTINING PROGRAMMING Documentation was provided regarding producers that have chosen to stop producing public access programming. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEDIA DELIVERY LOGS All was well with the media logs PAUG UPDATES Channel 10: Mr. Gordy briefly discussed status of channel 10 lottery and stereo issues with Channel 10. Channel 18: Mr. Nesmith apologized for not being at the last meeting. PUBLIC COMMENT None. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Ms. Moon moved that the meeting be adjourned. Commission agreed and the meeting adjourned at 6:22 p.m.