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TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 19, 2020 CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION Call to order. CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:56 PM using Zoom. Mr. Pogran then read the Governor's Order. Present: CAC Members: Ken Pogran, Chair, Smita Desai, Bob Avallone, Dorinda Goodman, Nick Lauriat P.K. Shiu, Rita Vachani and David Buczkowski. Others: Florence DelSanto (LexMedia), Tom Steel (RCN) and Niall Connors (Verizon) Members Absent: David Becker and Ramin Taraz Quorum: A quorum of members was present. Materials Reviewed: Draft Minutes of the October 15, 2020 meeting; Press release regarding the sale of RCN; LexMedia quarterly report; Draft CAC response to the LexMedia quarterly report; and PEG Accounts analysis 1. Service Provider Reports: a. Mr. Steel reported that RCN was in the process of being purchased by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. The sale is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021. Customers are not expected to see any changes. A Form 394 will be filed and a hearing will have to be scheduled on the transfer. b. Mr. Connors reported that FIOS continues to be excellent. He stated that he knew nothing about the coming 5G service or its replacing cable service. Mr. Pogran thanked Mr. Connors resolving a customer problem. Verizon replaced a major piece of equipment. 2. LexMedia Update: LexMedia held its Virtual annual meeting on November 18 —the new slate of officers is the same as the current board Reggie Gibson, Lexington Poet Lauriat and Kimeon Rem who produced the Lunar New Year's Celebration became new board members The board is pleased with how the new contract is going. New equipment—4K camera monitors, pan/tilt/zoom camera above the kitchen Liveview- allows streaming over cell back to studio New staff member John E O'Neil as Ryan Voto left