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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 04/18/2005 � MINUTES r.21 s 93��r /��t� CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION /i„7 JIM 2b0 Aril 18 2005 COVED 0-3 PRESENT `' C,Iti`Sl;C,€:�1aR1 S tia INVICiE cr Chairman Richard Pulido,Norma Torres, Juan Garcia, Jr., Adria Palacios, Sylvia Dancer p"^ City Staff ;y�L Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney, and Holly McCarty, E-Government Services -•. • Cable Operators Paula Kolda,Time Warner Dottie Lane, Grande Communications Chairman Richard Pulido called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and verified the necessary quorum. The minutes from February 7, 2005 meeting were reviewed and approved. Norma Torres motioned to approve the minutes and Juan Garcia seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 1. PRESENTATION BY TIME WARNER ON OPTIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCESS CHANNEL PROGRAMMING—Time Warner presented option for On-Demand programming for the educational access channels. 2. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADVERTISING BY TIME WARNER ON PUBLIC ACESS CHANNELS — Lisa Aguilar stated she received complaints about Time Warner advertising on public access. Richard Pulido asked about the outcome of the meeting held between Time Warner and the City. Ms. Aguilar stated they reviewed the franchise agreement and talked about amending the franchise agreement. Paula Kolda explained that Time Warner defines the channel as public access when the channel is being utilized by public access and the rest of the time is Time Warner space. Ms. Kolda stated that each billboard costs $200 and they get shown six to eight times an hour and it is understood by the company that there is no guarantee their billboard will be shown at any certain time. She stated that the Time Warner and Grande franchise agreements read two different ways, but in another place she read the statement that each franchising authority shall contain the same level of burden. Richard Pulido asked what the City needs to do. Lisa Aguilar stated that the franchise agreement would need to be amended. Mr. Pulido recommended amending Time Warner's franchise agreement to read the same as Grande's. Adria Palacios seconded the motion. Norma Torres, Adria Palacios, Sylvia Dancer and Richard Pulido approved. Juan Garcia abstained. 3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING COMPLAINTS RECEIVED ABOUT REPEAT PROGRAMMING ON CHANNEL 18 PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL — Jack Gordy explained that on Channel 18 a lot of the programs are the same name and they have more than one repeat and according to the Rules and Procedures, each producer can have one original and one repeat. He said that each church have morning, night, Wednesday services, but would like to know if the producers are different. Richard Pulido and Norma Torres recommended the City get a copy of the applications and find out why there would be one church with multiple programs and give a report to the commission at the next meeting. 4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CHANNEL 10 AND CHANNEL 18 PUBLIC ACCESS USER GROUPS RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS TO RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS USER GROUPS— Per the letter dated March 30,2005, from Jack Gordy, the following was recommended: SCANNED a. Item 1: All Commissioners agreed with revision. b. Item 2: All Commissioners agreed with revision. c. Item 3: Only the capitalization of City Council is required. d. Item 4: All Commissioners agreed with revision. e. Item 5: Only the word"monthly"needs to be added. f. Item 6: All Commissioners agreed with revision. g. Item 7: All Commissioners agreed with revision. Adria Palacios motioned to the City to make then changes and then send to Time Warner to be reviewed. Sylvia Dancer seconded. All Commissioners approved. 5. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CHANNEL 10 AND CHANNEL 18 PUBLIC ACCESS USER GROUPS RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC ACESS USER APPLICATION FORM — Jack Gordy stated they recommend the following changes be made to the application: a. Would like the producer's name, address and phone number at the top of the page under the date. b. In "Frequency" line, would like to add "occasional." c. In item 5, they would like to add "List the groups, individuals, agencies or PAUG to which the application authorizes the Cable Operator to release the program tape should it be requested." d. In the statement of compliance, they would like to add, "I certify that I have read, understand and received the Statement of Compliance and current the Rules and Procedures for Public Access Cablecasting adopted by the City Council and will comply with all provisions." e. In section 7,they would like to add, PAUG Board of Directors. f. In section 9, instead to saying "I may..." they would like it to read, "it could be grounds..." Richard Pulido motioned to approve recommended changes. Sylvia Dancer seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 6. DISCUSSION REGARDING CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONERS TERMS — Informed Commissioners that Richard Pulido's and Norma Torres's terms are completed in July. 7. STAFF UPDATE 8. UPDATE FROM CABLE OPERATORS — Paula Kolda, Time Warner, informed the Commission that the Buccaneer's Day Parade will be broadcast live on Saturday, April 30, 2005. Dotti Lane, Grande Communications, stated she was happy to attend the meeting and it was nice to meet everyone. 9. UPDATE FROM CHANNEL 10 AND CHANNEL 18 ACCESS USER GROUPS — Jack Gordy, President of Channel 10 Public Access User's Group (PAC 10), stated that everything is running smoothly. He stated that the bi-annual lottery will be held on April 28, 2005, and they will have training and review the Rules and Procedures and thanked the City of Corpus Christi for allowing them to hold the lottery at the library. 10. PUBLIC COMMENT—Robert Reyna stated that he has been having trouble with Road Runner and the same equipment continues to have the same problems. He also said he enjoys working with Jack and the Commission. 11. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS — Adria Palacios said she thanks Time Warner for the presentation and hopes to hear more from them later. Norma Torres also thanked Time Warner for the presentation and thanked the PAUG for their professionalism and their reviews of the Rules and Procedures. She also stated she would like to see the talks continue regarding the educational channel. Richard Pulido thanked Time Warner for the presentation and allowing the meeting to be held in their offices and he is happy with the performance of the Channel 10 PUAG. Juan Garcia explained that the program "Mundos" is not receiving any audio on Grande and he asked Time Warner is they are able to use MiniDV. Paula Kolda responded that is the next technology they are implementing and hopes to add it soon. 12. ADJOURNMENT — Richard Pulido motioned to adjourn the meeting and Sylvia Dancer . seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.