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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2019
Call to order. CAC Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM in the
Harris Room of Cary Memorial Building.
Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone; Dave Becker; Dave Buckowski;
Dorinda Goodman; Steve Iverson; Nicholas Lauriat, Ben Moroze; Ramin Taraz, Rita
Vachani.
Members Absent: Smita Desai, P.K. Shiu
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Florence DelSanto, Executive Director, LexMedia; Mark Sandeen,
Selectman
Materials Referenced: (Draft) Minutes of the meeting of May 16, 2019; (Draft) RCN
Renewal License; chart showing changes included in the RCN Renewal License.
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes.
The minutes of the meeting of May 16, 2019 were unanimously approved with
corrections.
2. Carrier Reports
There were no service provider representatives present, and no carrier reports were
submitted.
3. Selectman's Report
Selectman Sandeen had no news to report but there was discussion about the need for
providers to clean up their wires; this may prove difficult to get agreement on. The
question was raised, can we get them to do this based on safety hazard? We will wait
until September to further discuss this issue.
4. Chairman's Report
a. Committee member reappointments
Ken mentioned that Dave Buckowski and Rita Vachani have terms ending in
September and should let him know whether or not they wish to be reappointed.
Ken's term also ends in September.
b. Meeting Dates
This is the last CAC meeting for the "academic year." Our next meeting will be
on September 19. We will continue to meet on the third Thursday of the month at
6:30 PM. The Parker Room has been reserved for all of next year's meetings.
5. RCN 2019 license renewal update: Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Nick Lauriat
a. Public hearing Thursday. Nick Lauriat will attend the hearing as the CAC rep.
Comments will be allowed until Friday at 1 PM. Mark Sandeen will need a script
to close the hearing just before the BOS meeting.
b. Review of the final draft RCN license. We need to update the list of town sites
and their addresses. Dorina will scrub the list to be included in the final draft.
Dave Becker says we do not have a list of the buildings; we need to. This list is
nonexclusive and can be updated later. We need a review of the draft Board of
Selectmen "public written statement"regarding license renewal
c. The Committee voted to recommend that the Board of Selectmen sign the RCN
license and issue the public written statement, subject to satisfactory outcome of
the June 20 Public Hearing.
d. There is a need to file the final contract with the State,though not immediately.
The Committee voted to authorize the signing of the license and to authorize the
subcommittee to draft a statement.
6. Verizon FiOS 2021 license renewal update
Once the RCN renewal license is signed, the Committee will ask the Board of
Selectmen for authorization to begin the license renewal process for Verizon FiOS.
Verizon has asked for 5 years instead of 10 years. We intend to follow our practice of
keeping our agreements with the various as alike as possible.
7. 5G wireless technology and concerns about potential health impacts
Discussion took place about possible activities prior to the Committee's September
meeting. We need to learn more about this topic. Committee members generally
agreed that we each need to do our own research over the summer and resume
discussions in the fall. Mark Sandeen talked about the aesthetics on the new 5G poles.
Are there any zoning issues?
8. Regulatory updates
a. FCC "in-kind contributions"proposed rulemaking —Ken Pogran. There is no
news.
b. "Net neutrality"—Bob Avallone There is no new news.
9. Town IT update: Dorinda Goodman had no news except that a conduit is being
planned for the new Minuteman High School I-Net connection. Mark Sandeen
brought up the antenna to be included with construction of a cell tower near the police
station.
10. Wireless applications: Nick Lauriat, Ben Moroze
There are no current applications.
11. Complaints: Nick Lauriat(May), P.K. Shiu (June)
No complaints were received in this period.
Upcoming: Smita Desai (July), Dave Buczkowski (August), Bob Avallone
(September)
12. New business: None was brought up.
Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:37 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Avallone
Recording Secretary