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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 07/17/2006 MINUTES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION N JAN 211 o� �D A July 17,2006 < ,trul f Commissioners 4, +;y , Chairperson Juan Garcia, Jr.,Vice Chairperson Robert"Bob" White, Connie Gutierrez, Dr. Brice o;4' Stratton, Steve West L��J?g�_ � t j City Staff Present—Holly Houghton,E-Government Services and Doyle Curtis, Assistant City Attorney Absent—Susan Cable, Director of E-Government Services and Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney Cable Operators Paula Smith,Time Warner Cable Chairman Juan Garcia called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. and verified the necessary quorum. The minutes from June 20, 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 — Bob White motioned to table this item to the next meeting. Dr. Bruce Stratton seconded. All Commissioners approved. 2. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CHANNEL 10 PAUG FUNDING REQUEST —Holly Houghton explained that only $406.83 was appropriated to be approved for disbursement to the Channel 10 PAUG funding request. Jack Gordy stated that the commissioners could approve that the $406.83 to be used toward the request by Channel 10 PAUG for the equipment and he would pay $85.83 with Channel 10 PAUG membership dues collected. Bob White motioned to approve the remaining appropriated amount of$406.83 be disbursed for the Channel 10 PAUG request. Juan Garcia seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 3. DISCUSSION AND UPDATE FROM TIME WARNER REGARDING EXPANTION OF CABLE SERVICES TO DOWNTOWN AREA—Bob White motioned to table this item to the next meeting to allow Time Warner more time to prepare their information. Dr. Bruce Stratton seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 4. DISCUSSION REGARDING TIME WARNER ADVERTISING BETWEEN PROGRAMS — Bob White suggested that advertising is cutting off program tags at the end because the producers do not understand that the total program length is 29 or 59 minutes, including the program identification. Mr. Garcia stated that he thought fallow time was the time when a program did not air, not the time between programs. Juan Garcia motioned to table this item to the next meeting to discuss in more detail fallow time. Bob White seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 5. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS — Mr. Joel Garza stated there are two programs in the same organization and he did not understand that his program identification needed to be the same as what was submitted on his application, but he has SCANNED fixed the problem. Dr. Bruce Stratton motioned to grant the appeal. Connie Gutierrez seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC ACCES CABLECASTING—Bob White motioned to approve the change in Section 3, item a, from "...last week of..." to "...last seven days of..." Dr. Bruce Stratton seconded. All Commissioners approved. Dr. Bruce Stratton motioned to approve the change in Section 3, item b, from "...last week of..." to "...last seven days of..." Juan Garcia seconded. All Commissioners approved. Juan Garcia motioned to approve the change in Section 3, from "Forfeit of time slot" to "Forfeit of use of public access channels." Dr. Bruce Stratton seconded. All Commissioners approved. Dr. Bruce Stratton motioned to approve the changes in Section 3, Forfeit of time slot, paragraph one, from "...supply tapes for two consecutive weeks for a weekly program, the producer forfeits the time slot for the remainder..."to "...supply tapes for turn into the Cable Operator for two consecutive weeks for a weekly program, the producer forfeits the use of the public access channels for the remainder..." Juan Garcia seconded. All Commissioners approved. Juan Garcia motioned to approve the changes in Section 3, Forfeit of time slot, paragraph two, from "...forfeit the time slot for the remainder of that lottery period or the program...the producer forfeits the time slot for the remainder..." to "...forfeit the use of the public access channels for the remainder of the lottery period. The program...the producer shall forfeit the use of the public access channels for the remainder..." Steve West seconded. All Commissioners approved. Juan Garcia motioned to disapprove the change in Section 4, Program Identification that would take out the end tag of the programs. Steve West seconded. All Commissioners approved. Dr. Bruce Stratton motioned to add "including program identification" to Section 2, Length, items a and b at the end of the sentences. Bob White seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ELECTION OF OFFICERS — Juan Garcia motioned to table item to the next meeting. Dr. Bruce Stratton seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 8. CABLE OPERATOR REPORT — Jack Gordy stated that since August 2005, 39 letters have been submitted to Time Warner, so not only one producer is having problems with their program and he explained that Section 6 violations do not have any penalties associated with them. 9. STAFF UPDATE — Holly Houghton thanked Juan Garcia for his service on the Cable Communications Commission. 10. PAUG UPDATES — Paula Smith, Time Warner Cable, discussed the community projects they are involved with. 11. PUBLIC COMMENT — Robert Reyna stated that he continually has problems with Time Warner airing his tape and cutting the tag at the end. 12. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS—All Commissioners wished Juan Garcia luck in his future plans. Bob White added that there are many pending bills in Washington right now which could impact the future of public access and he explained that many of the producers need to improve the quality of their programs. 13. ADJOURNMENT—Bob White motioned to adjourn the meeting and Juan Garcia seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. The meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.