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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 04/20/2009 • RECEIVED MINUTES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SEP 1 0 2009 April 20,2009 CIN SECRE/RY'S OFFICE PRESENT Chairperson Connie Gutierrez,Vice Chairperson Steve West, Commissioners Leo Estrada and Latrice Sellers ABSENT Carolyn Moon City Staff Lisa Aguilar,Assistant City Attorney,Kim Womack and Andreina Keller,Public Information Office Ms. Gutierrez called the meeting to order at 12:05pm and verified the necessary quorum. Mr. West informed staff of several grammatical errors in the March minutes and moved that the minutes be approved as amended. Ms. Sellers seconded the motion.All Commissioners approved. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS--- Chris Chaves was able to attend this meeting of the cable commission in regards to a complaint filed against his show for commercial advertising. Mr. West moved that this not be deemed a violation due to the non profit status of the church. Ms. Sellers seconded and the motion passed. Mr. Salinas was not present at the meeting for his appeal. Commission voted to remove him from public access for the remainder of the lottery period. William P. Maher failed to make his appeal for failure to turn in tapes; thus taken off air till the next lottery period. Andrew Maldonado was not present at this meeting. He will have one more opportunity at the May meeting of the Cable Commission to appeal his violation. Mr. and Ms. Melendez were not present for their appeal for failure to turn in tapes; thus taken off air until the end of the lottery period. Robert Reyna was not present for their appeal for failure to turn in tapes; thus taken off air until the end of the lottery period. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RULES AND PROCEDURES— Ms. Sellers requested that Mr. West be the permanent commissioner assigned to the subcommittee meeting in her stead and that she be placed as the alternate due to scheduling conflicts. Mr. West agreed and it was decided that Mr. West and Mr. Estrada would be the official commissioners to attend the subcommittee meetings with Ms. Sellers as the alternate should one not be able to attend. Mr. Gordy expressed he is of the opinion that Time Warner should be sent a letter asking for recommended changes. The Commission asked that City Staff send Time Warner a letter in regards to any changes they would like to see in the new rules and procedures and be informed of SCANNED dates for subcommittee meetings. Mr. West moved, Mr. Estrada seconded and the motion was passed. List of upcoming subcommittee dates were also presented to the commission. 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 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. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR COMPLAINTS Ms. Sellers inquired about the meeting between Time Warner and the City regarding operator complaints. Ms. Aguilar informed Ms. Sellers that meeting had not taken place yet and was still being scheduled. Ms. Sellers asked that as a commissioner she and the PAUG presidents be allowed direct contact to the Time Warner technician to ensure that programs are shown correctly and ensure better communication. Ms. Sellers moved that a letter be sent to Time Warner as well as verbal contact be established with Time Warner asking for direct communication phone numbers and Mr.Estrada seconded the motion and it was passed. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF CURRENT CHANGES AT TIME WARNER CABLE Ms. Aguilar let the commission know that City Staff is sending letters to the various contacts at Time Warner however Vicki Triplet will continue to be the contact person for the Commission • and Time Warner CABLE OPERATOR REPORT Ms. Triplett was not present to give report. However staff let the Commission know the Mark Di Carlo letter had been forwarded to Ms.Triplet. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FOR EQUIPMENT City Staff had forwarded the request for funds to purchase equipment to the City Finance Department. Staff was still waiting for a written letter from Finance. The item was tabled. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEDIA DELIVERY LOGS Jesse explained to the commission why there were several errors in his past logs and let the commission know that he is working to correct the errors to make sure that logs are turned in on time in the future. PAUG UPDATES— Channel 10: Mr. Gordy reminded the Commission that the channel 10 lottery was to be April 25, 2009. Ms. Sellers asked that City Staff be present at the lottery. lvfr. West volunteered to be present and City staff would contact Ms. Moon to ensure that two non bias commissioners would be present. Channel 18: Mr. Nesmith let the Commission know that channel I8 lottery would be held on April 30,2009. Ms. Sellers and Ms. Gutierrez volunteered to be present as commissioners. • STAFF UPDATES City staff let the commission know that it was of the opinion of the Attorney General that Producer Roland Garza was public information. PUBLIC COMMENT— Mr. Gordy was unhappy with the letter that the City had sent to the Attorney General. Ms. Nesmith let the commission know that he was going to refer any questions about producer addresses to the City to avoid conflict. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING —Ms. Gutierrez motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Mr. West.The meeting ended at 12:45 p.m.