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TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 18, 2024 CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order via Zoom at 6:37 PM and conducted roll call. The meeting was conducted over Zoom. CAC Members Present (via Zoom): Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone, Smita Desai, Steve Kaufman, Rita Vachani, Dorinda Goodman, Nick Lauriat, Dave Becker (6:54 PM), Shabbir Bagasrawala (7:14 PM), David Buczkowski CAC Members Absent: PK Shiu, Nick Lauriat Others Attending Remotely: Mark Sandeen – Select Board Quorum: A quorum of members was present. Materials Referenced: Draft minutes of March 21, 2024 meeting. FCC Press Release: “FCC Increases Broadband Speed Benchmark” dated March 1, 2024. 2. Review and Approval of Minutes of the March 21 Meeting Motion by Mr. Avallone, second by Ms. Desai. Minutes of the March 21, 2024 meeting were approved unanimously. 3. Select Board Report - Mark Sandeen Publicly available WiFi service will be installed in the Town Center from the Police Station to the Battle Green, as well as at Town Athletic Fields. The goal is to have WiFi in place by the 250th Anniversary celebration in April 2025. This service will be separate from the current public WiFi service in Town buildings, and will be cellular-based. 4. Service Provider Reports No service provider representatives were present. 5. Chair’s Report – Ken Pogran Mr. Pogran reported that Florence Delsanto of LexMedia has asked about the streaming of LexMedia’s channels on Astound’s IP channels. It is unclear exactly what this means, and what impact this might have on PEG access in Lexington. Mr. Pogran stated that he had invited our Astound representative, David von Moritz, to attend a future CAC meeting to discuss.