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Minutes Cable TV Teleprogramming 10 9 07MINUTES OF CABLE COMMUNITY TELEPROGRAMMING COMMISSION MEETING October 9, 2007 HISTORIC FEDERAL BUILDING - 2"d FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS MEMBERS PRESENT: Sr. Carol Hoverman, George Herrig, Pauline Maloney, Jennifer Tigges, Burton Everist arrived at 4:35 p.m. MEMBERS ABSENT: Two seats remain vacant on the Commission. OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque Cable TV Coordinator Ms. Tigges called the meeting to order at 4:14 p.m. 1. Acceptance of the Agenda. Upon a motion by Ms. Maloney, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the agenda was accepted unanimously as published. 2. Approval of the Minutes of the September 4, 2007, Meeting Upon a motion of Sr. Hoverman, seconded by Ms. Maloney, the Minutes of the September 4, 2007, Commission meeting were approved unanimously. 3. Public Comment None. 4. Access Equipment Expenditures Mr. Nowack reported that $144,362 remains to be awarded in the Capital Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities fund. He stated that his figures were updated in a rush because he received Mediacom's quarterly adjustment check earlier in the day. He also informed the Commission of an accounting snafu on Mediacom's part which came to light in the past month. Two of Mediacom's previous quarterly adjustments were base on estimates of gross revenues rather than on actual gross revenues and affects both franchise fees and the PEG fund. Mr. Nowack noted that in the case of the PEG fund, Mediacom underpaid based on estimated gross revenues. The correction received today adds another approximately $1400 to the fund. Ms. Tigges asked if the installation of cameras at the County courthouse was completed. Mr. Nowack informed her that it was not. The fourth camera has been purchased, but the three existing cameras have not been removed from the Library auditorium and installed in the Supervisors chambers at the County courthouse. He intends to schedule this project once ECS is finished with al the work at the Federal Building. 5. Access Programming and Promotion Ms. Tigges informed the Commission that she received the Tri-State Business Times yesterday which contained a picture of Jim Barefoot and awrite-up about the Chamber ribbon-cuttings that he videotapes and airs. 6. Mediacom Cable Report No one from Mediacom was present. 7. Cable TV Division Report Mr. Nowack welcomed the Commissioners to the newly renovated Council Chambers at the Historic Federal Building. He reported that he recently attended aChamber-sponsored ribbon-cutting for the Mediacom downtown wi-fi project. It occurred on a rainy afternoon at the Town Clock Plaza. He informed the Commission that it is now City budget time. He said he is not asking for any Capital Improvement Project money for FY09 because none is needed. Between the PEG fund, the Federal Building project, and recent CIP money, the Cable TV Division has undergone almost a complete capital transformation. As for the operating budget, he plans to ask for an additional person and a web streaming/archiving solution that will allow for Internet access to CityChannel 8 programming. Mr. Nowack mentioned the two main concerns at the NATOA conference he attended last week: the need for a national broadband policy and the digital television transition. He hopes to obtain a copy of the recording of one outstanding seminar on the national broadband crisis. The major concern of the digital television transition is educating the public as to what the reality will be on February 18, 2009. Because of the low number of over-the-air television viewers in Dubuque, he does not think this will be a major crisis locally, but Dubuque-area residents will still need to know what is going on. At this point Mr. Everist arrived. Otherwise, the Federal Building project has been occupying most of Mr. Nowack's time since mid August. The audio-visual work is mostly done, but a few things remain. Mr. Nowack reported that two companies responded to the City's RFP for I-Net management. The responses have been examined and the next step is to interview the respondents. Ms. Tigges asked when a management plan might be in place, because that is when the Commission might begin to expect funding 2 requests related to the I-Net. Mr. Nowack guessed that it might be six to eight months away. 8. Video On Demand Mr. Barefoot was not present to discuss any changes in the VOD process on Mediacom's end. Mr. Nowack said that the City still supplies DVDs of meetings for VOD, but he knows of no progress in activating a direct fiber link between Dubuque and Des Moines which would eliminate the need to physically ship the DVDs there. 9. Future Agenda Items No new items were discussed. 10. Adjournment Upon a motion by Ms. Maloney, seconded by Mr. Everist, the meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.