HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-03-23-CAC-min.pdf LEXINGTON: CABLE TV AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Lexington Massachusetts
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE, 23 March 1989
The meeting was called to order by William Spencer who t. h_t:i.red
the meeting, At .J FM Fr'esent. were ,Julian Eus .gaing, Stella Liu
Theodore Halr•son, Leo Mc::Sweene?y and Phyllis Wilner
Caleb Warner, re?crsenting the South Le; ington Civic
Association waa visitor So was Feonie Lont'.t.m who intr oduc+='cl
Henry Penis (General Manager ) and jay Scim� r"a (Director of
Government Affairs) repress :nti.ruj Cab1s' imion
Fer'r i .0 described the renal' gani. at.ion CM Cable'ision with new
renrtr al i. ed telephone service in Hudson J3us•;gang a .L:ed if
i L..et :ingtorr Bedford-Hanscom remain' 4 :separate entity for ac.:c `unti.rig
1 purposes The answer wa aft i r-mati VEE.
The minutes of 9 February 1 989 were approved subject to
corrections requested by Wilner (re:? forms 'for rel::rortinc:! mainten .rice
crobl.eine ) and 1'Sua;sgarig (re status of performance bond) Spencer
commented that both he and DiGi.amtnarino had been very busy with
.liooi matters pertaining to Town Meeti rig and that the forms and
staat.0 would be tended to as :oon as time. permita
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Cantos requested that.: a copy of minutes and agenda be tent
regularly to
jay :3r]mers
Director of Government Affairs
Cablevision
Hudson, MA Cil it
£'t.ant.:on .} report on the status of the Insti'tution41 Trunk was
held for consideration at a later time
'; Y e ` eEIread s letter 1 ` af " Efe' rip, " Ca n re the t_C( p
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review Liue ,gang moved that the chairman be authori ed to sinal ite
the 1;1 t..{e:?s't:l cri'an<aa l"een to issue 'f I-i C'" document to 1..i31t:1 l es!`I;i. ion And to
request a written reply Ferris .W'tlted that three w"eks would I:: e
Adequate t:i.m for Cablevision .:, answering the rt: que' t:. The motion
was adopted unanimously
The pre•;entation to Town Meeting of Article 54 will be made ty
McSweeney and it will be di scu-.sed by Esussgang Bu:s'sgang suggested
that a handout be prej: areci for Town Meeting McSweeney suggested
that :if Cablevision wanted to make a statement on the article they
ahould get in touch with the Moderator X.ius ,gang cautioned t.1`r t:. tt :;,,
<_.rticle may be labelled a " filler article "
Eus<sgang suggested that the chairman should plan to give a
verbal report to Town Meeting at out the activities o3 thi
I committee
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I' a:i.r :ar„„ln :i I qui r ed about tht r Eaprocitic t::t on Ian cl ::I:1.str I bLrt.:i.Can of the:.
.f our basic: d :?cc.unents wiii.ch di 'fine the rel.atianchip bet.wesn the "!"awry
and Cablevision The matter wits be re+erred to the ch. i.rman
Warner of the :iouth Le i.rrgton Ci vi r._ A.,soc::i. at :i on r epor ted on a
quest:ionnai r e tie had prepar ed and di. :itr I buteci to member s a' that
aassoc•i at ion A mot i on of appr eLi.at i on was voted unani.ma(•Asi. / and a
r equest made that the questionn,.i.r e? I:)e e tended to the other civic
associations in town and that the results I:aE.. returned to this
commi tt-tei' in 'gime t :lr the camp l i anc..e Vc--b 1 Ei?w
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sweeney at..l:ed i. #' Caab:t e=v i. ,:i.an had been paid f or damage_ at the
high school which they repaired Cantos said that the work which
had been done earl.y in the school year had not yet been paid ear
McSweeney will '{'L:1.l. low 't.h.t]. s rrrattc•?r..
Bussyang reported that he had tip' ti tied re House Fii. 11 '9 Wh:ic..h
provides that •financial statement. (ilea by Lable companies should
be public: rec :is: Fe'r•ris commented that it war not proper to
I:u.lbi. :i.sha _,uchl pr oprietary i.niormat ion It was muived;, :ie_c:onded and
voted unanimously to a:.,k i:he Selectmen to send a letter to tl- state
in support at t.ht article
{ C ilittoF di ;Ct.(Siiektd re V '.^ i.(::)n _.l'{' the L cm plaint 'i or m rind c(:a '* aye of
i tht' approaching Town Meeting
The date for tha ne' t meeting wa:a set. at April 1909 The:
meeting adjourned at .'J Is f'N!
Repect.fu11y submitted,
Theodore (Hair son,, we(...ret:.ar y
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