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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 01/24/2011MINUTES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IR E C E MAR 0 7 2011 PRESENT Chairperson Steve West, Leo Estrada, Carolyn Moon, Latrice Sellers CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ABSENT Connie Gutierrez CITY STAFF Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney, Kim Womack, Director of Public Information Mr. West called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm and verified the necessary quorum. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ABSENCES No absences were considered for excuses at the meeting due to Ms. Gutierrez not being present. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MINUTES Ms. Moon made the motion to accept the minutes as presented and Mr. Estrada seconded. All Commissioners present were in favor. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS Producer Pastor Reynaldo Chavira with Faithful and True Ministries Program was not present to address alleged program identification violations. No action was taken. The producer has an additional opportunity to provide a written statement or appear before Commission on February 21, 2011 Producer Abba Akbar with the program Our Memorial Coliseum #1 appeared before the Commission regarding the alleged program identification violation. Mr. Akbar explained the issue with the program identification and said he felt he should not be issued a violation. After reviewing the program, Ms. Moon motioned to issue a violation, Mr. West seconded, the vote was taken and failed with a 2 — 2 vote (Sellers and Estrada voted no). No violation was issued. Producer Abba Akbar with the program Our Memorial Coliseum #1 appeared a second time before the Commission regarding the alleged program identification violation on a second program. Mr. Akbar explained the issue with the program identification and said he felt he should not be issued a violation. After reviewing the program, Ms. Moon motioned to issue a violation, Mr. West seconded, the vote was taken and failed with a 2 — 2 vote (Sellers and Estrada voted no). No violation was issued. Producer Hamid Khorasoni was not present but Producer Abba Akbar represented his program Our Memorial Coliseum #2 regarding the alleged program identification violation. After reviewing the program, Ms. Moon motioned to issue a violation, Mr. West seconded, the vote was taken and failed with a 2 — 2 vote (Sellers and Estrada voted no) . No violation was issued. Producer Reynaldo Madrigal with the program Original Coffee Club appeared before the Commission regarding the alleged program identification violation. Mr. Madrigal explained the issue with the program identification and said he felt he should not be issued a violation. After reviewing the program identification, Ms. Moon motioned to issue a violation, Mr. West seconded, the vote was taken and failed with a 2 — 2 vote (Sellers and Estrada voted no). No violation was issued. Producer Ashley Garcia with La Iglesia the Bridge #2 was not in attendance to appeal for a failure to turn in tapes. No action was taken. Ms. Garcia will remain off the air. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR COMPLAINTS No cable operator representative was in attendance at the meeting. Discussion pertained to the digital conversion and various complaints the City has began receiving relating to the transition. Mr. Gordy further noted the Time Warner customer service representatives were not offering the free boxes. Ms. Womack and Ms. Aguilar said they will follow up with Time Warner Corporate to make sure representatives had the necessary information to help customers. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEDIA DELIVERY LOGS All was well with the media logs. PAUG UPDATES Channel 10: Mr. Gordy noted there were only 4 slots left on Channel 10, discussed program identification and noted that the letters sent for violations was wrong. Channel 18: Mr. Nesmith said everything was running smoothly and they continue to help producers spot problems with on -the -spot monitoring. PUBLIC COMMENT Mr. Madrigal addressed the Commission regarding cable operators. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Ms. Moon moved that the meeting be adjourned, Ms. Sellers seconded the Commission agreed and the meeting adjourned at 6:54 p.m.