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RECEIVED 0 2 3 2 7 J a in, 'I'I '15 a rn TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOWN C 'ERK' MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 2022 LEXINGTON CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION 1. Call to order and roll call. Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM and called the roll. The meeting was conducted remotely via Zoom. Members Present (via Zoom): Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone, Dave Becker, Smita Desai, Dorinda Goodman, Nick Lauriat, P.K. Shiu, Ramin Taraz, Rita Vachani Members Absent: Dave Buczkowski, Steve Kaufman Quorum: A quorum of members was present. Others Present: Doug Lucente, Select Board; Niall Connors, Verizon Materials Referenced: Draft Minutes of the October 20, 2022 CAC meeting; Draft CAC response to the LexMedia FY22 Annual Report; LexMedia's FY22 Annual Report. 2. Review and VOTE to approve minutes of the CAC October 20, 2022 meeting The draft minutes of the October 20, 2022 meeting, as amended by B. Avallone were reviewed. B. Avallone moved to approve the minutes, R. Taraz seconded. The committee approved, with D. Goodman abstaining. 3. Select Board liaison report: Doug Lucente Board supported $100,000 item in budget to support loss of PEG revenue. D. Lucente indicated that this is a year when costs have increased significantly, and budgets are tighter than ever. D. Lucente said that LexMedia may be the only program improvement request approved this year. D. Lucente thought it was unlikely Town Meeting would strike the item once it's been approved by the Select Board. R. Vachani indicated that she heard from Michelle Ciccolo, one of the State Representatives for Lexington, that the Commonwealth may be pursuing mechanisms to ensure funding for public media. D. Lucente said he would put this on his list of questions for M. Ciccolo. 4. Service provider reports Niall Connors from Verizon indicated that he understood concerns about loss of PEG revenue. N. Connors indicated Verizon continues to renew licenses. They have 114 communities in Massachusetts, and while they're not looking to expand, they continue to renew licenses. N. Connors indicated that they consider Lexington to be a very important municipality to Verizon. N. Connors said they have never exercised a termination clause in any of their 1,175 locations in the numerous states served by Verizon.