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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Call to order. CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the Parker
Room (G-15) of the Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Ave
Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Smita Desai; P. K. Shiu; Ramin Taraz; Ben Moroze;
Nick Lauriat; Bob Avallone; Dorinda Goodman; Dave Becker; David Buczkowski; Rita
Vachani.
Members Absent: None
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Joe Pato, Selectman; Florence DelSanto, Executive Director, LexMedia; David
Ilsley, LexMedia; Greg Franks, Comcast
Materials Referenced: (Draft) Minutes of the meeting of October 18, 2018; FCC Letter 18-131;
NATDA Section 621 FNPRM Summary; Comments from Quad Cities Cable Communication
Committee; LexMedia Annual Report 2018; Lexington Sample 18-133 Response; Draft
Response to LexMedia Annual Report 2018.
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of October 18, 2018 were unanimously approved as amended.
2. Selectmen's Report
Joe Pato indicated that the Lexington Board of Selectman had accepted The Committee
Chairman's recommendation to let the Committee draft the first response to FCC's proposed
rule (FCC 18-131) and then have the Board review and discuss the matter.
3. Service provider reports
Greg Franks from Comcast was present. No further updates.
4. Chairman's report
Ken Pogran will forward LexMedia Q1 report for review and response will be discussed at
the next meeting.
5. RCN license renewal progress report
The working group is continuing to work on the license renewal.
6. LexMedia update
Florence DelSanto mentioned that the annual meeting had been rescheduled to November
28'h 2018.
7. LexMedia 2017-2018 Annual Report
Smita Desai indicated that the annual report was missing two data points —on-demand
programs for the current and prior two years and on-demand viewers for the past 13 months
and the breakdown of required and non-required government meetings. Florence DelSanto
will forward the information to Ken Pogran.
The 2018 Annual Report and Response to the Annual Report were approved pending the
above-mentioned information.
8. Discuss potential impact on Lexington (Town, Schools, LexMedia) of proposed Federal
Communications Commission rulemaking (FCC 18-131) regarding inclusion of"in-
kind" contributions to Local Franchise Authorities within the statutory 5% franchise
fee limit; potential VOTE on recommendation to the Board of Selectmen regarding
Town of Lexington comments to the FCC
The Committee authorized Ken Pogran to draft a recommended response to the Selectmen to
be forwarded to FCC.
9. PEG accounts update
Rita Vachani updated the Committee on PEG accounts.
10. "Net Neutrality" update
No new update.
11. Town IT update
No new update.
12. Wireless site applications
There was no new activity.
13. Complaints
Dave Buczkowski (October), Bob Avallone (November).
No complaints were received. .
Upcoming: Bob Avallone (November), Ken Pogran (December)
14. New business
There was no new business.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Smita Desai
Recording Secretary