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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 19, 2018
Call to order. CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM in the
Parker Room (G-15), Town Office Building.
Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; David Becker, Nick Lauriat, Steve Iverson, Rita
Vachani, Smita Desai, Bob Avallone, Dorinda Goodman, Ramin Taraz and David
Buczkowski.
Members Absent: Ben Moroze
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Joe Pato, Selectman
Materials Referenced:
1. Draft minutes of meeting held on March 15 (Agenda item 1)
2. Email from Town Manager Carl Valente re license renewal requests to RCN
(Agenda item 7a)
3. PEG revenue and subscriber trends (Agenda item 9)
4. CAC Complaints Log spreadsheet (Agenda item 12)
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
The minutes of the meeting of March 15, 2018, upon motion by Mr. Buczkowski
to approve and second by Mr. Taraz were unanimously approved.
2. Service Provider Reports:
None
3. Selectman's Report—Joe Pato:
Mr. Pato requested information about RCN negotiations. Mr. Becker informed
of an upcoming public hearing, schedule for June 11 and the required procedures
for posting public notices.
4. Chairman's Report
The Chairman set the next meeting for May 17, 2018 at LexMedia facility.
LexMedia's Q3 report will be reviewed.
Committee emails will be prepended with "CAC:"in the subject line for easy
finding and classification.
Lexington Center AT&T cell site is progressing through approvals.
5. "Net Neutrality" Update
Mr. Avallone provided a summary report, based on publicly, available
information on "Net Neutrality"
6. LexMedia Update
Ms. DelSanto was not present to provide a report.
7. RCN 2019 License Renewal:
A public hearing will be planned for June 1 Ph 2018 at BoS. Public notices will be
posted two and one week prior to the meeting.
Public requests, if any, will be merged with the town manager's requests and
provided to RCN.
8. Wireless technology: potential impact on Cable TV licenses, subscribers, and PEG
revenues:
Mr. Becker provided information on the possibility of Verizon moving to wireless
technology for delivery of home services and therefore, getting around cable
regulations and paying fees to towns.
Possible strategies are to follow other towns in combining local access services
and sharing costs.
9. PEG accounts review:
Ms. Vachani provided data that showed a reduction in subscribers across all three
service providers along with a constant amount PEG payment to the town.
Although payments to town have not been affected, possibility due to higher per-
subscriber cost, the eventual direction is toward a lower PEG revenue for
Lexington.
Conclusion was made that, given the projected trend, CAC's funding of
LexMedia will be in jeopardy as we get closer to 2020.
10. Town IT Updates:
Ms. Goodman reported that we have received a bill from RCN for services that
might have been needed a consequence of RCN's move to Arlington. If resulted
due to the move, the town should not be responsible for fees. The committee will
help sort out the situation.
12. Complaints
No new complaints. The upcoming complaint persons are as follows: Mr. Pogran
(April), Mr. Iverson (May), Mr. Taraz (June)
13. New business
None.
14. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ramin Taraz