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MINUTES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 Present: CAC members Jeanne Canale, Linda Roemer; LexMedia representatives Alan Lazarus and George Preston; Carl Valente, Lexington Town Manager, Kevin Batl, Town Counsel; Jane Lyman, Comcast; Kevin Johnson. George Burnell, Selectman, arrived at 7 p.m. Jill Reddish, Verizon, arrived at 7:15 and , Jim GonzalezCAC member, arrived at 7:30. LexMedia The LexMedia proposal to amend its contract with the Town was discussed. LexMedia asked to have 80% of the franchise fees paid directly to LexMedia. The Town Manager and Town Counsel explained why this was not a possibility. LexMedia also requested an additional $30,000 in its annual operating budget. The Town Manager pointed out that there was provision in the contract for changes and that the annual amount paid to LexMedia by the town could be adjusted. Similarly, some arrangement could be made to take care of the problem of operating funds once the initial $150,000 was spent down. The Town Manager said that LexMedia should make a proposal regarding these matters to the CAC which would make a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen. George Preston also requested that all the years under which LexMedia operated should be standardized to run from July 1 to June 30. This could also be taken care of by an amendment to the contract. It was noted that the $400,000 bids for Kline Hall included construction only -- “bricks and mortar”. The discussion of the LexMedia evaluation was held over until 8:30 when there was a special meeting devoted to it. Comcast – Jane Lyman said that Comcast had received a question about the tower at Walnut Street. She doesn’t know the answer and is consulting with the engineering people. In response to a citizen concern, she stated that Comcast does not sell its click stream data. She asked about the date of the move and was told that it would not be before January 1, 2008. RCN – Although Tom Steel was not present, he had informed Jeanne Canale that RCN does not do anything with the click stream data.