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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Call to order. CAC Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM in the
Parker Room (G-15) of the Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue.
Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Steve Iverson, Dorinda Goodman, Ben Moroze,
Smita Desai, Dave Buczkowski, Rita Vachani
Members Absent: Dave Becker,Nick Lauriat
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Joe Pato, Selectman; Tom Steele, RCN; Elaine Ashton,resident
Materials Referenced: Minutes of the June 2017 meeting; RCN license amendment
1. Carrier Reports:
Tom Steel reports that RCN was bought by TPG in Feb, which is also buying another
company called Wave; RCN will manage both; doubles RCN's size. RCN now
offering a gigabit plan to residents for $69.99. Losing cable customers, "as is
everyone."
2. Selectman's Report-- Joe Pato
Nothing to report.
3. Chairman's Report--Ken Pogran
a. Jill Reddish has left Verizon. Interim is Pamela Goldstein, located in upstate
New York.
b. Committee reappointments: Dorinda Goodman,Nick Lauriat, Steve Iverson,
and Ben Moroze are all up for reappointment. All will do another three-year
term, except for Steve, who will serve one year more. Some members will
have to do the conflict of interest training. Ken will try to fill empty positions,
as the committee is down two right now.
c. Meeting dates & assignments: Still third Thursday of Month. May meeting
will probably be at LexMedia. Recording secretary & complaints assignments
have been distributed.
d. Working Group Assignments: We will continue to have five working groups:
LexMedia Oversight: Smita and Steve will continue, and Rit,a Vachani will
join the group.Negotiation and Licensing: Dave Becker,Nick and Dave
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Buczkowski; Dave Buczkowski said he'll continue. Nick and Dave Becker
were not present. Wireless Communications: Ken, Dorinda and Ben, all will
continue; PEG Account Analysis: Dave Becker and Rita Vachani will both
continue; Wireless License Application Review: Ben and Nick; Ben will
continue (Nick was not present to ask).
e. Town Annual Report: At end of October, a write-up of our activities for Town
Report is due; Ken will write it.
L RCN License Amendment re: hub location: Handout provided, written by
Tom Steel, draft; requests change in wording; 2nd paragraph is the relevant
section; copy of current wording was distributed; Joe Pato says Selectman
support the change(s).
g. Carl Valente spoke to the Superintendent of Minuteman Tech; a new school is
being built, and they want to cooperate with LexMedia on programming.
There is no means for transmission of programming from there as of now; an
existing RCN fiber connection on a pole near the new high school could
perhaps be connected. The new building is in Lincoln, 100 yards from the old
building; Tom Steele says the Lincoln location shouldn't create any problems
regarding the fiber.
h. Cell site at Police station: No update was available.
i. Ken received copy of email from Carl Valente to Florence DelSanto; the
Town's 10-year lease on the LexMedia space is up for renewal; Carl asked if
Florence is requesting any changes to the lease agreement.
j. Updating video equipment in Selectman's meeting room; will be procured by
town with PEG funds; LexMedia is providing recommendations re:
equipment; capital expenditure for FY 2019. New equipment won't be in
place for another year.
4. LexMedia Update--Florence DelSanto
No update; Florence was not present.
5. Town IT Update—Dorinda Goodman
IT is looking at equipment replacement and bandwidth expansion; both may or may
not draw on PEG funds. School IT news: There is a new Director of Instructional
Technologies, Jenn Jenkins.
6. Small Cell Wireless—Ken Pogran
a. Verizon has a new application for small cell wireless on utility pole on Park Drive
near high school; the pole is on private property but belongs to the Town. Zoning
regulations apply, and a permitting process is required, same as is required to
build a full size cell site.
b. Small cell on Baskin Road resident complaint: Board of Health is planning to hire
someone to do RF measurements there.
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7. PEG Account Analysis—Rita Vachani
Rita and Dave Becker are monitoring trends re: subscribers, and will have an analysis
for our next meeting, or at the following meeting. They are requesting full accounting
of "in lieu of iNet" funds, and expect to receive data from the Town soon.
8. Wireless Applications—Ben Moroze
New rooftop installation application at 65 Hayden Ave for Verizon; Ben and Nick to
review.
9. RCN License Renewal—Dave Buczkowski
Dave Buczkowski stated that he anticipates no problems with the renewal process .
Ken will check with the town to see if they want any changes.
10. Complaints
Rita handled one complaint in June about a charge from Verizon; Verizon said the
charge was correct. There were other complaints. Steve Iverson will handle
complaints for September.
11. Review and VOTE to approve minutes, June 15 meeting
The minutes of the June 15 meeting were approved.
12. Election of Committee Chair, 2017-2018
Committee voted unanimously for Ken Pogran to continue as Committee Chair.
13. New Business
There was no new business.
14. Adjournment
The Committee voted to adjourn at 7:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Iverson
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