PEG Access Grant Mediacom access studio
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MEMORANDUM
June 27, 2006
TO:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM:
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: PEG Access Capital Grant Expenditure/Mediacom Request
The Cable TV Community Teleprogramming Commission is recommending a $2,000
grant be awarded to Mediacom from the Capital Grant for Access Equipment and
Facilities Fund for networking equipment for the public access studio.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Craig Nowack, Cable TV Coordinator
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MEMORANDUM
FROM:
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Craig Nowack, Cable TV Coordinator (A--)
TO:
DATE:
June 27,2006
RE:
PEG Access Capital Grant Expenditure/Mediacom Request
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to forward a recommendation from the Cable TV
Community Teleprogramming Commission to approve a request from the City for
funding from the Capital Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities.
BACKGROUND
The cable franchise agreement that went into effect in June 2005 established a Capital
Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities with an initial balance of $176,400.00.
Subsequent quarterly adjustments and interest have added $16,182.25 to the fund. On
June 20,2006, the annual grant for FY 2007, $178,114.00, was received. On the
immediate horizon are an interest payment on June 30, 2006, and the 4th Quarter
adjustment to be received by July 20, 2006. Currently there is a balance of
$196,097.22.
At the June 26, 2006, Commission meeting, Mediacom submitted a request for
$2,000.00 for networking equipment for the public access studio. Recently, Mediacom
migrated to server-based playback for the three PEG channels that originate at its
facility on Asbury Road. The money in this request will allow them to record studio
productions directly to a hard drive, and enable them to move material to and from their
on-air servers and non-linear editing systems via file transfer, saving considerable time
and improving quality.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
I respectfully request that the Commissions' recommendation of the $2,000.00 grant be
forwarded to the City Council to receive, file, and approve. Thank you.
Craig Nowack
Cc: Cable TV Community Teleprogramming Commission
Randy Gehl, Public Information Officer