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The Chair recommends LexMedia to include and highlight any achievements in the report for official record. The committee voted to accept the LexMedia Q2 report, and approved the CAC response. 5. LexMedia update—Florence DelSanto Ms. DelSanto said LexMedia is preparing for a virtual Patriots Day for Lexington with the Town Celebration Committee. Last year only the parade was done virtually. This year the goal is to have the entire Patriots Day celebration be virtual. LexMedia will be busy gathering all materials in house for editing before the day, including their own segment on what is the true meaning to be a patriot. Ms. DelSanto said LexMedia has hired a new IT contractor to complete the final piece of the technology update. LexMedia now has the capability of live streaming both on YouTube and on the cable channel directly. Ms. DelSanto also noted that they had a board meeting recently and are working on forming new committees but nothing to report yet. Ms. Desai asked about any update on close captioning on programs. Ms. DelSanto said that close captioning is expensive as it is done manually. LexMedia is only captioning meetings. Ms. Desai suggested looking into realtime automated captioning but the cost and accuracy is unclear. Mr. Taraz asked for an update on removal or donation of old equipment at LexMedia. Ms. DelSanto gave the Town Manager a list of the equipment. The Town Manager said he will see if there are interests from his senior staff. Wait a few months before full disposal. 6. Chairman's Report—Ken Pogran The Chair noted that Ms. Vachani has reviewed the form 500 from both Verizon and Comcast. She could not be at the meeting tonight and will present the data next meeting. The subscriber count and revenue are on a steeper downward trend then forecasted. There is no leveling off of the decline. The CAC has been updating the Select Board of the situation. Regarding the RCN license transfer, the Chair said the Select Board held a public hearing on Jan 25'', 2021. The Select Board met on Feb 81h, 2021 and voted to approve the RCN license transfer, as recommended by the CAC. The Select Board sent relevant documentation to Mass DTC and copied RCN. Tom Steel, our RCN representative, acknowledged the receipt of such letter. The matter is considered closed. A discussion was held on how many municipalities in Massachusetts had to perform similar license transfer approval. The Chair informed the committee there is still a vacancy on the committee and that he is chatting with potential candidates. The Chair ask everyone to continue to reach out to different community groups to continue get a diverse representation from the town.