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TOWN OF LEXINGTON <br />COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 17, 2009 <br />Present: CACMembers: Jeanne Canale, Chair; Dave Becker; David Buczkowski; Jim <br />Goell; Ken Pogran; Linda Roemer; John Rommelfanger. Others: Florence DelSanto, <br />LexMedia; George Burnell, Board of Selectmen, Dorinda Goodman, Town of Lexington; <br />Jane Atkins, Lincoln Laboratory Children's Center. <br />Call to order. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. <br />1. Approval of previous meeting minutes. The minutes of the meeting of June 17, <br />2009 were approved, with Jim Goell abstaining. The minutes of the meetings of <br />September 17 and November 19, 2009 were approved unanimously. <br />2. Comcast report. Jane Lyman was not present. No report was received. <br />3. RCN report. Tom Steel was not present. No report was received. <br />4. Verizon report. Verizon's new representative to the Town, Mary Lou Frere, was <br />not present. She has indicated she will attend the January meeting. <br />5. Chairman's report. <br />a. Request from Lincoln Laboratory Children's Center. Jeanne Canale <br />introduced Jane Atkins, parent board representative from the Lincoln <br />Laboratory Children's Center (LINCC). LINCC is interested in upgrading <br />their Internet connectivity to broadband in order to meet parent demand for <br />"webcam" viewing of activities at the Center. LINCC has received an estimate <br />of $25,000 in construction costs to extend broadband connectivity from the <br />adjacent Minuteman High School, and is asking if there is any way the <br />Committee can intercede with one of the broadband providers to provide <br />connectivity at a lower cost. Ms. Atkins confirmed that all utilities at LINCC <br />were underground. As LINCC was constructed under the auspices of the MIT <br />Lincoln Laboratory, the committee suggested that LINCC approach the <br />Lincoln Laboratory facilities department to determine if there may be <br />available underground conduits, or if Lincoln Laboratory would fund the <br />Center's construction cost. <br />b. Chair's report on materials received. <br />i. RCN has not paid its fees in a timely manner. <br />ii. The Town has received materials from counsel for Montgomery County, <br />Maryland, which like Lexington is served by RCN, petitioning the Federal <br />Communications Commission (FCC) to stay, reconsider, and reverse its <br />