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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 05/18/2009 MINUTES RECEIVED CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION May 18,2009 SEP 1 0 2009 C11Y SECRETARY' PRESENT S OFFICE Chairperson Connie Gutierrez,Vice Chairperson Steve West, Commissioners Leo Estrada,Latrice Sellers, Carolyn Moon ABSENT 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. All Commissioners approved the minutes from the April 20,20098 meeting of the Cable Commission REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS— Andrew Maldonado was not present to contend is violation on program identification or for failure to turn in tapes;thus his program"Revival Center"will be taken off air. Similarly Mr. Garza was not present to protest his failure to turn in tapes violation and thus is also off air. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RULES AND PROCEDURES— City Staff asked that the subcommittee allow staff time to compile all proposed changes to the rules and procedures which will then be presented at a future subcommittee meeting for review before being presented to the commission for approval. Ms. Moon asked about the letter to Time Warner regarding any changes that they would like to recommend to the rules.Ms. Womack informed the commission that she would like to present the compiled changes to the rules and procedures to Time Warner and that it has been a challenge to arrange a meeting with Time Warner. City Staff will send a letter to Time Warner when the approved rules and procedures from the subcommittee requesting input by certified mail. CHANEL 18 PAUGS REPREAT AIRING COMPLAINTS Mr. Nesmith was unable to attend the meeting. The commission wished to hear Mr. Nesmith's explanation of the repeat programming. Legal was asked by Ms. Moon if there were any other sanctions besides sending Jesse a letter regarding this issue. Ms. Aguilar felt there could be a potential violation to the producer of the repeat shows. Mr. West ask legal how much responsibility the PAUG had in making sure programming was not repeated and that the rules were followed. Ms. Aguilar agreed that there was responsibility on the PAUG to oversee programming. Mr. West inquired as to any sanctions that could possibly be applied to any PAUG that is consistently not being responsible for programming. Ms. Aguilar asked for time to gather information to present at the next meeting in regards to any sanctions that their may be but informed the commission that generally speaking there could be a decertification process against the PAUG. There was debate amongst the commissioner weather or not the responsibility of the repeat shows was against the producer or the channel 18 PAUG. The commission requested that a SCANNED letter be sent to Jesse making him aware of the issue and ready for discussion of the issues for next month. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR LL 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. Mr. West volunteered to be present and City staff would contact Ms. Moon to ensure that two non bias commissioners would be present. • J Channel 18: Mr. Nesmith let the Commission know that channel 18 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.