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RECEIVED 2023 '1 ,Jain, &55 am TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN CL,ERK COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LEXINGTON MA MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF OCT 20, 2022 CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION 1. Call to order and roll call. Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:37 PM and called the roll. The meeting was conducted remotely via Zoom. Members Present (via Zoom): Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone, Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Steve Kaufman, Nick Lauriat, P.K. Shiu, Rita Vachani. Members Absent: Smita Desai, Dorinda Goodman, Ramin Taraz Quorum: A quorum of members was present. Others Present: Doug Lucente, Select Board; Kelly Morris, Comcast Materials Referenced: Draft minutes of the September 15, 2022 CAC meeting; Astound Rate Notice Letter; Astound Rate Notice Information; Town Manager"Board and Committee" memo; Draft CAC contribution to the Town Annual Report. In addition, the following materials were provided for information: Revised minutes of the May 19, 2022 meeting; LexMedia contract extension; LexMedia contract amendment. 2. Review and VOTE to approve minutes of the CAC September 15, 2022 meeting The minutes of the September 151h meeting were reviewed and approved by all. 3. Select Board liaison report: Doug Lucente Doug Lucente noted that the Fall Special Town Meeting will kick off November 1, 2022 as a remote meeting with an option for participants to gather at Cary Hall. He reported that the public safety communication equipment, the two-way mobile radios, is having problem after moving the police station headquarters to 173 Bedford Street. The Police Chief, the Fire Chief and the Facilities Director put in an urgent request to the select board to replace the equipment. The Select Board decided to use 750,000 of the town's reserve funds to pay for the replacement equipment. 4. Service provider reports Kerry Morris informed the committee that she has been connecting the Comcast Community Affairs team with municipalities in her region to possibly make use of the Affordable Connectivity Program from Comcast. This program can help qualified customers in paying for part of their broadband bill in the amount of up to $30. Comcast has two basic programs: Internet Essentials and the Internet Essentials Plus, that may be of interests to those customers. Comcast