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Meeting Minutes Communications Advisory Committee January 20, 2005 Present: Jeanne Canale, Jim Akimchuk, Steve Ellis, Jim Baker, Miriam Boucher, Jeanne Krieger (Board of Selectmen representative) and Jane Layman (Comcast representative) Minutes for the December meeting not approved due to lack of a quorum. Jane Lyman's Comcast report. 1. Nick Cannalonga, the landlord at Kite's End, has agreed to let Comcast sublet the present studio space to the town until the end of June. Comcast will continue on the books as prime tenant. Comcast wants a certificate of insurance for a general liability policy for 1 million, prior to the middle of March. The beneficiaries would be Comcast and Kite's End. 2. Comcast will continue to cover monthly utility costs and payment of contractors (current Comcast employees/contractors). The Town of Lexington will pay just rent at $2,114 per month for the period of March 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005. 3. Studio equipment list. Jane will do a comparison of the original equipment list, the equipment list in the franchise renewal and Jim's list of current working equipment. This comparison does not include obsolete equipment. Jim's inventory is equipment that was working last fall that isn't working now. Jane pointed out that the language in the franchise includes an 'as is' clause. We all need to understand and agree on the current inventory and state of equipment . It is unlikely that any equipment will be replaced. Repair is possible. 4. Jane would like a letter stating what we intend to do in Kite's End during the month of March. The letter would say (1) that we would like Comcast to allow RCN into Kite's End for the purpose of installing a cable drop. (2) The purpose of this drop is to enable a live feed for Town Meeting. (3) In order to facilitate this we want access during the weeks of March ## to ##. Jim to draft and send a letter to Jane Lyman. 5. There is language in the license about Comcast connecting to the media center to the fiber network if/when it moves. It is unknown where the studio will move to it, thus it is unknown whether or not there will be a cost to connect, and if there is a cost, how much. Comcast would like as much advance notice as possible of any move. 6. Jim Baker asked how many Comcast subscribers are there. Answer: 4,400. He also mentioned an outage on Monday. Question as to whether or not a credit due to an outage is automatic. Automatic credits are given under some circumstances. A subscriber can always request a credit. There was a question as to how long the outage needs to be before it's legally defined as an outage with legal implications. 7. Steve Ellis asked if Comcast has a policy statement about providing service to schools. Answer: If the school is listed on the DOE website, they have to submit an application and contact Jane Lyman. Preschools and school administrative offices are not eligible. Connections are for K-12 and public schools only. One cable modem provided. School is responsible for all additional connections and costs. Free basic cable and free Internet access offered. 7. Complaint from subscriber with advanced boxes. $15.00 credit given. All fixed now.