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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF MAY 17 2012
Present: CAC Members Smita Desai, Dave Buczkowski, Frank Cai, John Rudy, Maria Kieslich,
Linda Roemer, Dave Becker; Lexington Resident Nick Lauriat
Minutes - Of the April 12 meeting were approved.
Selectmen's Liaison Report - There was none.
Chairman's Report -- Acting Chairman Dave Buczkowski opened the meeting at 6:35 and gave
the Chairman's Report.
He thanked LexMedia for their prompt report and Maria Kieslich and Linda Roemer for their
quick response to it.
The CAC's charge has been changed by the Board of Selectmen to 11 as requested.
David George, Town Zoning Administrator, had a concern about whether five -year reports as
called for in the Code of Lexington are enforceable. Our counsel, Peter Epstein, believes they
are.
Carrier Reports — There were none.
LexMedia Report Response -- The discussion centered on future reports and reviews. It was
agreed that LexMedia should not have to submit a quarterly report for the quarter ending June
3 0 th but that the data for that should be rolled into the annual report and that there should be no
review prior to the receipt of that annual report.
There was a discussion about apparent lags in getting material up on to LexMedia (e.g. Veteran's
programs, Boy Scout PSA) and it was agreed that when LexMedia came to the June meeting, we
would ask about this. The committee was reminded that LexMedia's resources were limited and
that organizations needed to carry out this work. Maria will ask Florence about it.
LexMedia Backup Plans - The Committee agreed that LexMedia would be asked if it had a
plan for testing the various backups that it had.
LexMedia Comcast Channel Change Publicity — Maria will contact LexMedia (Florence) to see
if they have done anything and offer assistance.
Backup Server Location - There was no report.
Comcast Channel Change - The committee noted that Comcast had notified its customers but
that there was a need for more publicity.
Storm Outage Refunds on the Town Website - John Rudy said that he would take this up again.
Comcast Negotiations — There was no report but Dave, Dave and Linda agreed that they would
try to meet over the summer.
Carrier Revenue Dave Becker distributed a report that explains the spreadsheet that he will send
the Committee shortly. He explained that he had combined accounts into virtual accounts,
indicating simply PEG and non -PEG, and the important part was the bottom line indicating
whether we had enough money to continue to support LexMedia.
Wireless Report — Frank Cai provided further clarification of the meeting with David George and
the relationship of review to FCC regulations. A Special Permit review by the CAC would only
be done if there were significant changes to the footprint. Multiple sites would be considered
together if they were similar.
Complaints — Ken Pogran had submitted a report on 2 complaints which had been resolved.
Open Discussion — The members thought we should not meet during July and August as there
did not appear to be anything pressing although this can be revisited in June.
The Committee discussed with Mr. Lauriat the possibility of his joining the Committee. John
Rudy thought it would be useful if the Committee had a group of "advisors" — people who were
not on the Committee but had expertise who could help us with particular issues.
There was a discussion of the Ethics questionnaire which some members of the Committee had
received.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Roemer