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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 03/30/2009 RECEIVED MINUTES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APR 0 9 2009 March 30,2009 CITYSECRFjgRY,S OFFICE PRESENT Vice Chairperson Steve West, Commissioners Carolyn Moon,Leo Estrada and Latrice Sellers ABSENT Chairperson Connie Gutierrez City Staff Lisa Aguilar,Assistant City Attorney,Kim Womack and Andreina Keller,Public Information Office Steve West called the meeting to order at 12:08pm and verified the necessary quorum. Mr. West moved that the minutes be approved as amended. Ms.Moon seconded the motion.All Commissioners approved. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS— Because the March Meeting had been rescheduled 2 times from its original date, City staff asked if the Commission would table the violations for Falling Into Place and Reaching Out so that they may both have an opportunity to show for their appeals. Ms. Sellers moved that the two violation appeals be tabled to the April meeting. Mr. Estrada seconded the motion. Mr. West, Mr. Estrada and Ms. Sellers where all in favor,Ms. Moon against. The motion was passed. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RULES AND PROCEDURES— City Staff passed out the list of dates for upcoming subcommittee meetings. The next subcommittee meetings are to be April 9,2009 and April 23,2009. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PRODUCER APPLICATION RULEING Ms. Womack informed the commission that the City received a verifiable address from the producer Roland Garza. As such he was given the option to fill out an application to show his program on channel 18 based upon the motion passed at the January 2009 meeting of the Cable Commission which he accepted. City staff presented the commission with the video of the motion from the January 2009 meeting. After some discussion from the Commission it was decided that there was no action that needed to be taken on this item. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR COMPLAINTS. City Staff had contacted Time Warner and had discovered that there were a series of changes taking place in changes of staff. Vicki Triplett will continue to be the Time Warner liaison; however the government liaison and Time Warn. There were written responses sent from Time Warner in regards to programming errors. Also City staff is arranging a meeting date with Time Warner to discuss the programming and customer service issues. Ms. Sellers requested to be present at the meeting with Time Warner as well. In regards to the complaint letter sent by Mr. Di Carlo which was filed through the City Secretary, the commission requested that the letter be forwarded to Time Warner so that they may have an opportunity SCANNED Y y to respond as well as send a letter to Mr. Di Carlo letting him know that his letter had come to the attention of the Commission. DISSCUSSIN AND POSSIBE ACTION REGARDING CITY WEBSITE Ms. Moon requested that attention be turned to updating the Cable Commission's page on the City's website as many items were not up to date or incorrect. City staff informed the Commission that the city website has not had a web master for a couple of months which accounts for the lack of updates to the site. However it is possible to staff to update some of the pages and City staff will be sure to get the information correct and updated. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEDIA DELIVERY LOGS— Ms. Moon noticed various violations on Channel 18 logs however Mr. Nesmith was not present to discuss his logs. Ms. Sellers motioned that city staff send a letter to Mr. Nesmith asking for a letter to be sent to the Commission in regards to paper work procedures for issues for channel 18. CABLE OPERATOR REPORT— Ms.Triplett was not present to give report. PAUG UPDATES—. Channel 10: Mr. Gordy provided the current schedule. He also informed the Commission that the next lottery would be on April 25, 2009, at 2pm in the Central Library. Commissioners to be present at the lottery be decided at the next cable commissioner meeting. Channel 18: Mr.Nesmith was not present STAFF UPDATES Staff informed the commission that there still had not been any word from the attorney generals office regarding the issue Roland Garzas address. Also staff reminded the commission of the attendance policies and that meetings will still be held on scheduled days. PUBLIC COMMENT— Ms.Nesmith,the channel 18 secretary introduced herself to the commission. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING Ms. Moon had a suggestion of making the commission larger so that a quorum could be easily attained. Ms. Womack informed the commission that the subcommittee meetings have been going well and thanked the commissioners and all those involved who are part of the process. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING—Mr. West adjourned the meeting. The meeting at 12:45 p.m.