HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-09-12-CAC-min COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
THURSDAY, September 12TH, 2013
The meeting was called to order at 6 30 by Chairman, Ken Pogran, in the Reed room
Present: CAC members Frank Cai, Smita Desai, Dormda Goodman, Maria Kieslich, Ken
Pogran, Linda Roemer and Geoffrey Xiao
Selectmen Liaison Joe Pato
LexMedia Florence DelSanto, David Ilsley
Visitors Rob Addelson (Finance, Town of Lexington), Tom Steel (RCN)
Minutes - The minutes of the meeting of June 20th were approved as circulated after correction of
a typo
Selectman's Report- Nothing to report.
Carrier Reports —Tom Steel from RCN reported that HD local access channel was up and
running. This needed to be publicized at the Selectman's Meeting on October 7th 2013
No other Carrier reports were received.
Chairman's Report—
Upcomilw Meetings - Ken announced upcoming meeting dates as below-
October 17, 2013, November 21 2013, December 19, 2013,
January 17, 2014, February 20, 2014, March 20, 2014
All meetings are scheduled to be held in Parker Room, Lexington Town Hall
Complaints Assignments - Frank Cai, Maria Kieslich and Linda Roemer have Complaint
Assignments for the months of October, November and December 2013 respectively
Ken Pogran will publish and circulate Complaints Assignments for 2014
Ken will also circulate the updated Complaints Log file and updated Appeals file
Presentation of Proposed Redundant Fiber Protect—Dormda Goodman and Rob Addelson
presented information about the project.
The motion was passed unanimously as below
The CAC endorses expenditure of approximately of$30,000 for the first phase of the
Town Network Infrastructure Redundancy Project using The In-Lieu of I-Net funds
Both Dormda and Rob will present this endorsement to the Town Appropnations Committee
Group Photo—Group photograph of CAC members present at the meeting was taken.
Report from LexMedia -
Florence DelSanto and David Ilsley from LexMedia were present:
• RCN HD Channel—HD Public Access channel has been launched successfully This is
channel 613 on RCN
• Fourth channel—A request will be forwarded to Venzon and Comcast when the
LexMedia contract renewal comes up
• Broadband Connection to Backup Server—Quotes have been received from RCN and
Verizon. No decision has yet been made
• Closed Captionm —An informal survey would be done at Lexington Senior Center and
at Lexington Commission on Disability to assess the need for closed captioning.
LexMedia Quarterly & Annual Reports -
LexMedia had an excellent year covering Lexington's 300th Anniversary Celebrations and
launch of HD channel The next phase would be full audit and contract renewal
CAC is looking forward to Q4 annual report and will forward the response to Florence
Cary Memorial Building Wi-Fi -
No update
Contract Negotiation Update -
No update
Wireless Report
Frank Cai reported that two Appeals applications were received from AT&T—one each at Fallen
Church to replace the antenna and another at 177 Bedford Street to raise the height to 115 feet
and add three new antennas above that.
Complaints
Smita Desai reported that no complaints were received in July
CAC Wi-Fi Policy Recommendation to Board of Selectmen
No update
Position Paper on Use of CAC Funds for Technical Initiatives
No update
Communication with Mass DTC Reardirw Downed Communication Lines
No update
Open Discussion & Future Protects
Discuss and recommend to the Selectmen participation in Town Committee Meetings using
audio or audio/video devices This in response to change to Open Meeting laws in
Massachusetts
Adjournment -
The meeting was adjourned at 8 15
Respectfully submitted,
Smita Desai