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TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 17, 2020 CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone, Dave Buczkowski, Smita Desai, Dorinda Goodman, Nick Lauriat, PK Shiu, Dave Becker Members Absent: Ramin Taraz, Rita Vachani Quorum: A quorum of members was present. Others Present: Mark Sandeen—Lexington Selectman, Tom Steel—RCN Materials Referenced: • RCN transfer of control cover letter and draft resolution; • RCN transfer of control FCC application (non-confidential portions); • Mass. DTC "Cable Television License Renewal Process" guide; and • Verizon license renewal status report to Select Board, December 14. 1. Call to order and roll call—Ken Pogran Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Ken Pogran conducted the roll call and called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM. Meeting held remotely via Zoom teleconferencing. 2. Review and approval of previous meeting minutes The draft minutes of the meeting of November 19, 2020 are not yet available. 3. Select Board liaison report -Mark Sandeen Mark Sandeen acknowledged The Chair's presentation to the Select Board earlier in the week. Mark Sandeen said the task to prepare design guidelines for wireless sites has been forwarded to a working group of the Select Board in preparation for a warrant for the spring town meeting. 4. Service provider reports Tom Steel said the effort to send Form 394 applications is underway. Tom reminded us that there is a requirement to have a hearing within 60 days, and to render a decision within 60 days of the hearing. Tom expects hearings will be scheduled at the end of January and beginning of February. Tom expects a busy stretch to get all the hearings in. Tom indicated that he hoped to have all approvals done in April, but he believes it may stretch in May. He expects it to be finished with everything in the second quarter. 5. Chairman's Report—Ken Pogran The Chair noted that the committee is not dealing with any LexMedia items at this meeting due to the absence of both Florence and Rita. The Chair said that we'll be reviewing annual financial statements and LexMedia's capital plan in the next meeting