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Chairperson Juan Garcia, Jr.,Vice Chairperson Robert"Bob" White, Connie Gutierrez, Dr. �
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City Staff
Susan Cable, Director of E-Government Services, Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney and Holly
Houghton,E-Government Services
Cable Operators
Paula Smith,Time Warner Cable
Chairman Juan Garcia called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and verified the necessary quorum. The
minutes from May 15, 2006 meeting were reviewed. Dr. Bruce Stratton motioned to approve the minutes
and Bob White seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved.
1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PROCESS FOR CABLE
OPERATORS PASS THROUGH GRANTS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS EQUIPMENT—Susan
Cable discussed the possibility of establishing a grant process to distribute the money received
from the cable operators for public access equipment and facilities and she said stated the City
recommendation is to amend the franchise agreement to allow the cable operators to disburse the
money directly to the Public Access User Groups. Bob White stated he does not feel comfortable
making a decision while they do not know what will be received from Grande. Ms. Aguilar will
research. Mr. White asked if the City could just divide the money and give the check to the
PAUGs. Ms. Aguilar stated that an agreement would need to be made between the City and each
PAUG. Ms. Cable explained the City's goal is to have an efficient process. Juan Garcia suggested
that a committee be set-up to discuss the possibility of a grant process. Bob White and Dr. Bruce
Stratton agreed to participate in the committee. Juan Garcia motioned to send this agenda item to
the committee. Steve West seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved.
2. DISCUSSION REGARDING EXPANSION OF CABLE SERVICES TO DOWNTOWN
AREA — Susan Cable explained that the Downtown Redevelopment Committee has a keen
interest in expanding cable services to downtown for new residential development. Lisa Aguilar
stated that there are certain provisions of the franchise agreement that must be met; however, if
the subscribers are willing to pay for the cable expansion, Time Warner must extend their
services. Paula Smith, Time Warner Cable, stated that there are certain buildings and hotels that
have cable services downtown and they have received numerous requests to expand their build-
out to downtown and they are looking at their options. Ms. Smith said she will provide, at the
next meeting, a detailed map of where cable services are available at this time and what it would
take to expand cable services downtown.
3. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CHANNEL 18 PUBLIC ACCESS
USERS GROUP BY-LAWS — The Commission reviewed the letter submitted by Jack Gordy
and the by-laws submitted by Channel 18. Dr. Bruce Stratton motioned to recognize the last
seven days as the final week of the month. Steve West seconded the motion. All Commissioners
approved. Juan Garcia motioned to approve the by-laws submitted with recommended
modifications which were to change the time the applications are due to "no later than the night
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of the lottery", the time the notice must be submitted to City Secretary's Office, proof of
identification, change the production location of the programs to Corpus Christi Region, and the
labeling on the spine of the tape. Dr. Bruce Stratton seconded the motion. All Commissioners
approved.
4. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS—Jack Gordy
stated the main problem is there are not any tags at the end of Judge Gonzalez' program because
they run longer than the allotted time. Juan Garcia motioned to deny appeal since Judge Gonzales
was not present. Bob White seconded the motion. Bob White, Dr. Bruce Stratton, Steve West and
Connie Gutierrez approved. Juan Garcia denied. Motion passed.
5. CABLE OPERATOR REPORT — Paula Smith discussed the preparations they are taking for
the upcoming hurricane season to help ensure that customers are safe and connected during
weather emergencies.
6. STAFF UPDATES — Juan Garcia and Steve West's terms expire in July. Steve West stated he
will seek re-appointment and Juan Garcia stated he would let the City know of his intentions the
next week.
7. PAUG UPDATES — Jack Gordy stated that they are still receiving new producers and having
problems with programs not being aired on Time Warner, and on Grande, Channel 18 audio is
being played on Channel 10. He also stated that Time Warner is advertising between programs
which is causing some programs cutting off the identification at the end.
8. PUBLIC COMMENT— Susan Booker stated that her program, 1/2 Hour of Deliverance, has not
aired the past two months in the time slots her program is scheduled for.
9. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS — Bob White requested the current program schedules for
Channel 10 and 18. Bob White and Steve West discussed their concerns about not being able to
hear Judge Gonzalez's appeal since he left the meeting. They also emphasized that the producers
must follow the rules and procedures.
10. ADJOURNMENT—Juan Garcia motioned to adjourn the meeting and Steve West seconded the
motion. All Commissioners approved. The meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.