Cable TV and Communications Advisory Committee minutes 11-13-1987.pdf

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. ' LEXINGTON:. CABLE TV AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE| Lexington, Massachusetts . MEETING OF THE COMMITEE 13 November 1987 The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Frank P. DiGiammarino, at 3: 30 P. M. Present were Leo P. McSweeney, selectman, and members Kenneth E. Arnold, Stella Liu, Theodore Mairson, William T. Spencer , Martha Stanton and John E. Ward. The chairman introduced the letter he had written to Richard W. Chandler, General Manager of Adams Russell and the 'letter he had received in reply. These dealt with issues which had been identified at this committee' s meetihg on October 22, 1987. Mr. Chandler' s letter did not deal with the issues listed. It did mention the departure of Wayne Ezell , Chief Technician, some ten days earlier and stated that the performance time-table would be set back three weeks. An enclosure to Mr . Chandler' s letter contained a table labelled "LEXINGTON FRANCHISE COMMITMENT ANALYSIS" which was supposed to provide " . . . substantiation of the financial commit�ments for equipment operating expenses" . . . " Discussion concluded that- the table was not "ANALYSIS" and that it provided no substantiation. Mr. Chandler' s letter enclosed a letter he had received from Anthony F. Peduto, General Manager of American Cablesystems Northeast (CATV in Arlington) about service to residents of the Golden Avenue area. Mr. Pedutko stated that they would be happy to service the residents of this area if he received written permission from the Lexington Board of Selectmen. Mr. McSweeney said that he .would requ\est this permission from the Lexington Selectmen. Mrs. Liu called our attention to the minutes of the meeting on 22 October 1987. The list, " Issues identified at Cable Advisory Committee meeting, October 22, 1987" did not mention the problems which have plagued the Institutional Trunk data link between the Main library and the East Lexington branch. This has been the most troublesome of all our data link problems on the Institutional Trunk and has been sufferred the longest. The library has been forced to install a telephone line as an emergency standby. The list in the minutes has been amended to include the following: Data link problems between main library and branch of Cary Memorial Library The financial details of ownership control submitted by Cablevision have been examined by John J . Ryan, Comptroller of Lexington and by Julian Bussgang. iheir reports are being forwarded to the Selectmen. Remarks made by Michael J . O' Sullivan, Chairman, Appropriation Committee, at the CATV meeting on 22 October 1987 are being forwarded to the selectmen. /V164/A1441r:1 MVEMBER 19B7 PAGE 1