PEG Capital Grant Expenditure RequestT®: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FR®M: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: PEG Capital Grant Expenditure Request
®A'T May 12, 2009
Cable TV Coordinator Craig Nowack is recommending approval of the Cable TV Tele-
Programming Commission recommendation for funding from the Public, Educational,
and Government (PEG) Capital Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities in the
amount of $11,500 for an encoding station for the Mediacom public access facility.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Craig Nowack, Cable TV Coordinator
INTRO®UCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to forward a recommendation from the Cable TV Tele-
Programming Commission to approve a request for funding from the Capital Grant for Access
Equipment and Facilities.
BACKGROUND
The Capital Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities created by the cable franchise
agreement that went into effect on June 5, 2005, began FY09 with a balance of $307,680.
Quarterly adjustments and interest have added $30,791 so far this fiscal year. Currently there is
a balance to be awarded of $108,472.
At a meeting today, the Commission approved a request for $11,500.00 for an encoding station
for the Mediacom public access facility. This dedicated station include an editing station and
two hard drive recorders to facilitate the capture and encoding process for programs submitted
for the three access channels that originate at the Mediacom facility. This station will both
increase the speed and quality at which programs are encoded.
The grant application for this request is attached.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
I respectfully request that the Commission's recommendation for this request be forwarded to
the City Council to receive, file, and approve. Thank you.
cc: Randy Gehl, Public Information Officer
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The following form was submitted via your website: PEG Fund Grant Application
Organization Name:: Mediacom/Public Access Facility
Address:: 3033 Asbury Road
City:: Dubuque
State:: IA
Zip Code:: 50001
Organization Contact:: Craig Nowacl~/Jim Barefoot
Email Address:: cnowack@cityofdubuque.org
Telephone Number:: 563.589.4181
Fax Number::
Total Amount Requested:: 11,500.00
Provide a general description of what you are requesting and why:: This request is for an Adoboe Premie
Pro editing station with Matrox hardware, two Firestore FS-2E hard drive recorders, and installation of
everything at the Mediacom public access facility. This setup will facilitate the encoding of access
programming received at Mediacom for the three access channels that originate there. Being able to
encode on a system other than the on-air playback server will save time. It will also allow for a better on-
air viewing experience by standardizing audio levels.
Describe how the community will benefit from your request:: This system will save staff time at the publ
access studio by being able simultaneously capture programs for air and encode programs for air. The
viewer's experience will be enhanced by less frequent interruptions for re-bootin the on-air server after it
locks up and program audio levels will be standardized.
Item #1:: Encoding station
Price:: $11,002.00
Item #2:: Shipping/incidental costs
Price:: $498.00
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Additional Items/Comments:: Thank you for your consideration.
Please attach all applicable quotations:: No file was uploaded
Additional Information:
Form submitted on: 5/8/2009 3:07:19 PM
Submitted from IP Address: 64.22.219.238
Form Address: http://www.cityofdubuque.org/forms.asp?FID=46
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Equiprnent Quotation
Client Copy
Quotation ®ate: 05/06/2009
Valid Through: 06/10/2009
Page: 1
Mailing Address
Craig Nowack
Cable Franchise Admin.
City Hall Annex
1300 Main St
Dubuque, IA 52001-4763
563-690-6288 563-589-4299
Shipping Address
Craig Nowack
Cable Franchise Admin.
City Hall Annex
1300 Main St
Dubuque, IA 52001-4763
Qty Model No. Mfg Description Sell Ea Sell Ext
1 Buildup and testing of items listed below here at ECS 0.00 0.00
1 Creation of Emergency Restore DVD Image of the Boot-Drive 0.00 0.00
1 Onsite installation of equipment listed below 415.00 415.00
1 Four hours of onsite training (on s ame day as installation) 300.00 300.00
1 LKPREMPRO BSP PS2-only keyboard for Premiere Pro 90.00 90.00
1 SHUTTLEPR02BU Contour Shuttle Pro V.2 Bundle Version 75.00 75.00
N Design
2 FIRESTORE2ERB Focus Firestore 2E (Re-Furbished unit, comes with full 1995.00 3990.00
Enhancement manufacturers warranty)
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1 D32089 Harman SOUNDSTICK II 3PC POWERED SPEAKER SYSTEM 200.00 200.00
Multimedia
2 1899204 Hewlett. SMART BUY9GB DDR2 667MHZ ECC FBD 129.00 258:00
Packard
1 2006389 Hewlett SMART BUY XW8600 TWR XEON 5440 2.83G 12MB 2GB 2109.00 2109.00
Packard 250G6 SATA DVDRW XPP
1 2060190 Fiewiett PCI Front Fan Kit for XW8400/XW8600 65.00 65:00
- Packard
1 RTX2/PP4/EDUGO Matrox Includes the Matrox RT.X2 editing card, audio/video 1525.00 1525.00
V breakout box, RT.X2 documentation and installation DVD,
and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 software (Educational &
Government Pricing)
1 T03921 Microsoft 1 PK WINDOWS VISTA BUS SP1 64BIT OEM KIT SKU 169.00 169.00
ONLY
2 2230398 Samsung SMART BUY 241N WS LCD 1000:1 1920X1200 LP2475W 599.00 1198.00
DVI/HDMI/DP/USB
1 040811. Sapphire Radeon HD4870 512MB PCIE 256BIT DDR5 2PORT 242.00 242.00
DVI/TVO
2 ST31000340NS Seagate 1TB 7200rpm SATA-Enterprise 249.00 498.00
1 139415 Startech Data Transfer Cable - 1 x Male FireWire - 1 x Male FireWire 17.00 17.00
- 15ft -.Gray
2 SATA18RA1 Startech 18 inch Right Angle Serial ATA Cable (1 end) 10.00 20.00
Submitted By: Bailey, Paul
Accepted By:
Extension: 4369
P.O. #:
Equipnnent Quotation
Client Copy
Quotation ®ate: 05/06/2009
Valid 1°hrough: 06/10/2009
Page: 2
iVlailing Address
Craig Nowack
Cable Franchise Admin.
City Hall Annex
1300 Main St
Dubuque, IA 52001-4763
563-690-6288 563-589-4299
snipping Haaress
Craig Nowack
Cable Franchise Admin.
City Hall Annex
1300 Main St
Dubuque, IA 52001-4763
Qty Model No. Mfg Description Sell Ea Sell Ext
Equipment List Equipment Sell Custom Labor City Tax State Tax
$0.00 $16,456.00 $71.5.00 $0.00 $0.00.
Shipping Terms
$0.00 30
Notes
F.O.B. Customer #
Origin 476
Bid Total
$11,171.00
player/recording VTR and video/audio cables are not included in this quote but can be added at an additional charge. ECS
ovides technical support for the first six-months. After that a fee of $29.95 will be charged for every 15 minutes of technical
pport unless you have a valid Adobe Support Agreement.
Submitted By: Bailey, Paul
Accepted By:
Extension: 4369
P.O.
CAPITAL A°~ F ACCESS UII~ T CILITIES
FR PEG A I®E~' USE
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This Grant Award Agreement (the Agreement), dated for references
purposes the ! `f ~' day of "~/~ `~ 20 ~`r , is made and entered into by and
between the City of ®ubuque, Iowa (City) and MCC Iowa, LLC (Recipient).
Whereas, Section 6 (b) of the Cable Franchise Agreement between the
City of Dubuque, Iowa and MCC Iowa, LLC, dated June 5, 2005, provides for a
Capital Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities for capital support for PEG
and I®Net use; and
Whereas, Recipient has submitted a Grant Application; and
Whereas, City has approved the Grant Application, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
C, Tkl F , IT IS A Y A T EE CITY A
ECII T A LL S:
5. All equipment and facilities purchased with the Grant shall be used
solely for noncommercial purposes.
6. Failure by Recipient to abide by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement may result in forfeiture of the equipment and facilities purchased with
the Grant. City shall provide written notice to Recipient of any such failure and
Recipient shall have thirty (30) days in which to correct such failure. In the event
recipient fair t® cure such failure within such thirty (30) day peri®d, recipient
shall within ten (10) days thereafter return all equipment and facilities purchased
with the Grant.
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