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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 09/17/2007 • " & MINUTES 7.•' CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION September 17,2007 / �' / � JAN 2008 1 PRESENT . r cs, Steve West, Carolyn Moon, Joan Veith CIFRE ABSENT 4'O Chairperson Connie Gutierrez, Vice Chairperson Dr. Bruce Stratton City Staff Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney, Holly Houghton, E-Government Services Steve West called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and verified the necessary quorum. The minutes from August 13, 2007 meeting were reviewed. Joan Veith motioned to approve the minutes and Carolyn Moon seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. 1. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS — Gayle Owens, producer of"Glad Tidings Assembly of God", discussed that she reviewed the program in question and certain information was missing. She stated it was a simple mistake on their part. Joan Veith motioned to grant the appeal. Carolyn Moon seconded. All Commissioners approved. Eldridge Sneed, stated he made a mistake and did not get authorization from C-SPAN to broadcast the program. Steve West motioned to table the item to the next meeting to allow Mr. Sneed to get permission from C-SPAN. Joan Veith seconded. All Commissioners approved. Holly Houghton informed the Commission that Roland Garza, producer of"Civil Rights Show PAC 10 & Public Info" failed to attend the August and September commission meetings, so he would receive notification that his program will be off the air for sixty (60) days. Also, Ms. Houghton stated that Josh DeLeon, producer of "The Green Shadows Variety Hour" and Reverend Ed Jump, producer of "Teaching Greek" failed to attend the August and September meetings, so they will be notified by a letter stating they forfeit their timeslots for the remainder of the lottery period for failure to supply tapes for two consecutive months. Mr. Garza, Mr. DeLeon and Reverend Jump have the opportunity to appeal the decisions to the City Council within 30 days of this meeting. 2. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR COMPLAINTS — Jack Gordy explained that he spoke with Time Warner regarding Latrice Seller program, "Community Outreach", and they mistakenly aired the program from the week before. Mr. Gordy also explained that Mark DiCarlo's complaint had been resolved by Time Warner and this was explained during the August commission meeting. 3. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEDIA DELIVERY LOGS — All programs met the criteria of turning in tapes for Channel 10 and Channel 18. 4. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE USE OF BLACKSPACE ON TIME WARNER—Jack Gordy stated he spoke with Vicki Triplett, Time Warner Cable, to air programs during the blackspace time when public access shows are not broadcast. Mr. Gordy said Ms. Triplett stated they could get something aired, but would need a letter from the Commission giving Time Warner the authority to broadcast programs other than public access. Carolyn Moon motioned to table the item to allow for all Commissioners and the cable operator to be present for the discussion. Joan Veith seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. SCANNED i 5. CABLE OPERATOR REPORT—Vicki Triplett,Time Warner Cable, was absent. 6. STAFF UPDATES—none 7. PAUG UPDATES — Jack Gordy, Channel 10 PAUG, gave the Commissioners a copy of their meeting agenda on October 29. Mr. Gordy also stated that he has a copy of a DVD that was submitted to Time Warner, which displays incorrect labeling. William Lumry, Channel 18 Vice President, stated that Jesse Nesmith makes sure that all DVDs are labeled properly, even if he has to properly label the DVDs himself. 8. PUBLIC COMMENT—none 9. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS — Carolyn Moon stated she thinks we need to bring that a DVD player needs to be purchased. Steve West agreed. Holly Houghton stated she would have an agenda item at the next meeting for discussion. 10. ADJOURNMENT — Steve West motioned to adjourn. Carolyn Moon seconded the motion. All Commissioners approved. The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.