HomeMy WebLinkAboutTelecommunications Board - Minutes - 10/05/1999TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
**** October 5, 1999 ****
*** 6:00 PM ***
Council Liaison: Kurt Kastein I Staff Liaison: Liz Stroh
Members Present: Bill Murray, Howard Lowell, Tim Tillson, Greg Smith, Tom Maher,
Larry Bontempo
Members Absent: Braun Minchner
Guests: None
Staff: Liz Stroh, Eric Dahlgren
Chair Greg Smith called the meeting to order at 6:05 PM. He introduced the new Board
member, Bill Murray who gave a brief self -introduction.
Approval of Minutes:
Tom Maher made a motion to approve the minutes as modified; seconded by Howard
Lowell; passed unanimously.
AT&T Cable Services Update: None
Council Liaison - Greg reported on his conversation with Kurt Kastein regarding how the
Board can work more effectively with him. Council Member Kastein explained that
Council was developing guidelines for boards and commissions which will help with
communication between the council liaisons and board members. Kastein indicated he
would like to see brainstorming from the Board on items, as well as any policy direction
generated by Council with their Policy Agenda for 2000. The guidelines will hopefully
better define what the Board can expect from City staff as well. Greg and Kurt
discussed meeting on a quarterly basis. Greg suggested setting up a meeting every
quarter to meet with him — which would require a change to the meeting date to
accommodate Kurt's schedule. Kurt believes the community is looking for a strong
telecommunications infrastructure.
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Tim asked about whether Kurt expressed a desire for the Board to present information
at a Council Study Session. Greg indicated it wasn't discussed, and felt Kurt would be
open to any discussions. Larry suggested that it might be good to meet with him to
brainstorm to determine some topics for the work plan.
2000 WorkPlan Items:
The Board members brainstormed potential items for the 2000 workplan.
• Public right of way management
• Tower siting and FCC involvement in local zoning.
• Franchising issues, Review SB10
• Equity and access issues — deal with issues of "cream skimming"
• Cable modem access to other ISP's.
• Grants to build out fiber network.
• Beanpole bill — legislative review efforts.
• Fixed wireless
• Investigate ITFS frequency.
• 800 MHz
• City's use of 24 MHz Cable TV bandwidth
• Any items related to IT Strategic plan.
• Ask for use of some of the funds for board field trip.
• Monitor other services offered by AT&T Cable services.
• Microwave and local effects. Research use of microwave for last mile access.
• Review other community's issues.
Other Business: Tom mentioned that he experienced a problem with the @Home
installation. He reported that @Home seems to run as fast as his CSU networked
connection. Tim suggested doing some downloads to compare times, and suggested
that the network configuration may not be finalized — that some changes to routers may
happen to improve performance. Tom will do some video downloads to compare
between @Home and his regular CSU connection.
Liz will send copies of the Tower Siting Ordinance to the Board, as well as copies of the
Charter related to franchising.
Adjournment:
Tom Maher moved to adjourn, Howard Lowell seconded; passed unanimously.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:10 PM
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