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TOWN OF LEXINGTON
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Call to order.
CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM in the
Parker Room (G-15), Town Office Building.
Members Present:
Ken Pogran, Chair; Ben Moroze; David Becker, Dorinda Goodman;
Nick Lauriat; Steve Iverson; Rita Vachani and David Buczkowski.
Members Absent:
Tim Zack; Smita Desai
Quorum:
A quorum of members was present.
Others Present:
Joe Pato, Selectman; Tom Steel, RCN; Elaine Aston, Town Meeting
Member.
Materials Passed out:
October 20, 2016 meeting minutes, draft Response to LexMedia
Q1 2017 Report, LexMedia FY 2017 Q1 Report, photograph of a "fully installed" utility
pole small cell site on Concord Ave., and meeting agenda,
1.Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes.
The minutes of the meeting of October 20, 2016, as amended, upon motion to
approve, second were unanimously approved. A discussion was held regarding
quotes in the minutes.
2.Carrier Reports
No representatives were present from Comcast or Verizon. Mr. Steel of RCN
reported that the license transfer approvals were going well; the FCC should be
done in a few weeks. RCN exchanged escalation lists with Ms. Goodman in her
role as Town IT Director, and there will be two more LexMedia HD channels
after the first of the year.
3.Selectman’s Report – Joe Pato
No report.
4.Chairman’s Report
a.The Chair welcomed Ms. Vachani to the Committee and reported that Mr.
Zack has tendered his resignation as he is moving to San Francisco.
b.Nothing new on new member solicitation. The committee will be short two
members.
c.Tom Case, the new Town Chief Information Officer, will be at the December
meeting.
5.RCN Cable TV License
a.Mr. Becker made a motion, seconded by Mr. Lauriat , it was unanimously
voted to recommend to the Selectmen that they vote to approve the transfer of
the license.
b.A discussion was held regarding the license renewal timeline and the renewal
process including FCC Form 626, ascertainment regarding municipal NEEDS,
PUBLIC HEARINGS. The hearing should be scheduled between September
17, 2017 and May 18, 2018.
c.Mr. Steel reported that the Town will get a draft of the license modification
due to the hub relocation sometime in January 2017.
6.Service Provider payments to the town.
Mr. Becker met with Ms. Lyman of Comcast. He is awaiting a response from her.
Ms. Vachani will replace Mr. Zack working with Mr. Becker on service provider
payment issues.
7. Discussion of LexMedia Q1 report
There was no feedback from Florence DelSanto of Lex Media. A motion to
approve the edited report was made, seconded and unanimously approved. The
Chair will formally transmit the report to LexMedia.
8. Wireless services update
a.Mr. Pogran reported that he emailed Verizon regarding small cell sites. One of
those approved by the Board of Selectmen in July was installed on Concord
Avenue and is fully operational; Verizon Wireless' attorney Dan Klasnick
provided a photograph.
b.The police station cell tower RFP has not gone out yet.
c.The contract with AT&T has been signed and the carrier is now working on
installing the temporary cell site.
8. Town IT Updates
Ms. Goodman met with the school IT person, a vendor, Mr. Steel and Mr. Case.
9. Wireless Applications
Mr. Morose reported one new application, noting that the applicant wanted it
expedited as it is on an existing site.
10. Complaints
In October, Mr. Zack resolved one that Mr. Pogran reported. Comcast replaced
some equipment with no further problems reported. Ms. Desai had one involving
a service outage. There were no complaints reported as yet for November.
11. New business
None.
12. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned on time.
Respectfully submitted,
David J. Buczkowski