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LEXINGTON CABLE TV& COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF TILE MEETING, DECEMBER 18, 1997
The meeting was called to order at 5:50 PM in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town
Offices Building by Jane Gharibian, Chair; with David Kanter acting as Clerk. Other
members present were David Becker, David Buczkowski, Julian Bussgang, Stephen Ellis,
Theodore Mairson, Julie Triessl, and Robert Warshawer Also present were Rob Travers
(Director of Programming) and Ron Rego (Director of Local Programming) representing
A-R Cable Services, Inc. (Cablevision).
Minutes of the Previous Meeting
It was moved seconded, and unanimously agreed to accept the Minutes of the
November 20, 1997 meeting after amending them to reflect that Julie Longcope was also
in attendance.
1998 Point-of-Contact Assignments for Subscriber-Service Issues
Members were asked to sign up for the month during which they would be the point of
contact for the Selectmen's office regarding any queries received from residents on cable-
TV matters.
Candidates for Committee Membership
After review and discussion of the three applications by persons wishing to join the
Committee, it was moved, seconded, and unanimously agreed that Raul Marques-Pascual
be the primary recommendation to the Selectmen, and that David C Carver be the
alternate recommendation, to replace resigning member William Lucas.
Massachusetts Cable Division Hearing (November 6, 1997) on CATV Form 100
David Kanter reported on his attendance at the Division's public hearing regarding the
proposed revision of their license-application form. There will be a follow-on working-
group meeting in ,Ja nuary and the Division accepted David's offer to be a member of that
group.
Massachusetts Cable Division Hearing (December 2, 1997) on Rates
Julian Bussgang report on his and David Kanter's attendance at the Division's public
hearing regarding Cablevision's filing for new rates. The Town had submitted questions in
advance. Those, and related issues were addressed during the hearing. Cablevision is to
reply to the Division and the Town by December 22, 1997 Julian extended an invitation to
Ms Audrey Hall, Cablevision's General Manager, who was also at the hearing, to attend a
meeting of this Committee.
Licensing of a Second Cable-TV Provider
David Becker reported on the status of the actions related to the licensing of
RCN-BecoCam as an additional cable-TV franchisee. It was moved, seconded, and
unanimously approved to authorize the Committee's Chair to request, whenever she feels
that adequate progress has been made on negotiations with RCN-BecoCam; that the
Selectmen then select and announce the date for the required public hearing to assess
RCN-BecoCom s qualifications
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The Committee discussed Cablevision's reply to the Committee's earlier request
addressing matters related to the concurrent operation of two franchisees. As it was not
felt that reply was responsive, the Committee recommended a follow-up letter be sent.
Cablevision Matters (General)
Rob Travers advised that Peter Atherton, Cablevision's most-recent usual attendee at
the Committee':: meetings, was no longer with the company
There was a general discussion of the cable-TV operations. Matters addressed included
Picture-in-Picture (ideas on connection options were welcomed), Cable Guide (content not
descriptive enough), Internet Access (Cablevision can't provide until they rebuild the
system), Religious-Access Outage (Cablevision to determine where and when service was
being checked) and an upcoming Connector-Change-out Program (Cablevision will be
alerting subscribers about the 8-week, midnight-to-6 AM, potential interruptions).
The Committee commended Cablevision on their prompt on-the-air posting of the
results from the Tow' 's voting on December 8, 1997
David Kanter reported that Cablevision had made an offer earlier that day which may
resolve the long-standing issue that the Drummer Boy Green condominiums have with the
company's operation, at that property
Next Meeting
Following discussion the next meeting of this Committee was scheduled for Thursday,
January 15, 1998, at 5:45 PM in the Town Offices Building(specific place to be announced
later).
Adjournment
There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and passed
unanimously at 7:02 I'M.
Respectfully i.ibmitted,
David G. Kanter
Clerk Pro Tern
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