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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1996-11-18 cl-~ . . . ~ n SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 18,1996 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met November 18, 1996 at 7:00pm at Comcast Cablevision in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Anninos called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Anninos. ROLL CALL Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold, and Mr. Anninos were present. Mr. Mueller and Mr. Clow were absent. Ms. Linda Hossinger, Ms. Marilee Jackson and Ms. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 21, 1996 Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that she had omitted a portion of the minutes in which Mr. Rob Roy objected to the pre-empting of his Halloween program. Mr. Arnold said that he appreciated Ms. Fort-Lincke's concern for accuracy and stressed that he felt it was especially important during the negotiation discussions to document all comments. Mr. Arnold made a motion to accept the minutes with corrections of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation meeting on October 21, 1996. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Anninos stated that the Board had received copies of two financial reports and Mr. Mueller was not present to discuss the financial report but he knew that the Board was still solvent. Mr. Rowland made a motion to accept and file both September and October financial reports. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 .. . . . , PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 11118/96 CHECK REQUEST Mr. Anninos stated that the Board had received a check request. He said that on the left side of the request there is a place which indicates which category the monies will be accounted from. Mr. Arnold made a motion to accept and pay the items on the check request. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Anninos stated that he had spoken to Mr. Pilnick and he had reported that things were moving slowly and that there was no new news. Mr. Arnold said that Mr. Till would be meeting with Mr. Pilnick during the current week and that he would be developing a time line. He said that it was important to meet with the city council and be involved in all that happens with the negotiations. He stated that he spoke to Mr. Till about the existing bank account for the Board and that it should not be any part of the negotiations or general fund and Mr. Till was unhappy about it. Mr. Anninos explained that the Board's bank account is set up completely apart from the city as the non-profit organization that it is. Mr. Arnold said that there should be some kind of information in about 10 days. He stated that March 8th was the expiration of the current franchise and that he would recommend that if the negotiations go past that date, the $75,000 get pro-rated month to month. He said that Mr. Till also agreed that the city council should be brought up to speed and suggested a study session with the Board and city council in executive session. He said that he spoke to Mr. Till about public hearings and stressed that the Board should listen to all that people was to complain about or discuss. There was discussion about the legal requirements for public hearings for negotiations and that is normally a required part of the process. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION No one from the audience spoke. ... . . . . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 11/21/97 NEW BUSINESS PUBLIC HEARING AND PROPER PROTOCOL FOR THE SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION MEMBERS Mr. Anninos stated that perhaps the Board should ask for city council approval or perhaps it should it be a city council meeting with the Board in attendance. Mr. Rowland stated that he felt that the Board members should not be contacting city people individually. He said that he felt Board should not be asking the city council what they want the Board to do. He said that the city council should be contacting the Board. He said that Mr. Till Should attend a Board meeting. Mr. Anninos said that he agreed that Mr. Till should attend a Board meeting and he explained that sometimes people don't always know what to ask. There was discussion about proper contact between Board members and city council members. Mr. Arnold stated that his city council person requested that he find out what was going on with the consultant and the negotiations. Mr. Anninos said that part of the function of the Board is to advise the city council and provide them with the information they need to make their decisions. He said that he has been trying to provide the city council with the proper information per their request. Mr. Rowland said that he was concerned about private independent meetings with council members and not including the Board. Mr. Arnold said that he does not tell the city what to do. He said that he understands the procedure and what to ask for. Mr. Rowland said that he felt favorable if there was a joint meeting with the city council at the request of the city council. He asked the Board members to stop having private discussions with the city until the next meeting. Mr. Anninos said that he had also been asked by his councilmember to provide information and he explained that he felt it was essential for all the Board members to be communicating with their council representatives. he suggested that maybe he should write a letter asking the council what they'd like the Board to do. Mr. Rowland said that he felt that Mr. Anninos's councilmember should be writing the letter to the Board, that the Board should not be soliciting letters about what to do. He said that the Board gave the city the money for the consultant with no strings attached. Mr. Arnold stated that he had every right to contact the consultant at the request of his councilmember. There was discussion about contacting the consultant. -, . . . ; PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 11/21/96 It was decided to table this item until the next Board meeting. FUNDING FOR THE LEISURE WORLD CHRISTMAS PARTY Mr. Anninos said that he has attended the Leisure World Christmas party for the past 3 years and he was very impressed, particularly with the turnout. Mr. Arnold made a motion to agree to pay $200 for the Leisure World Christmas party. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FUNDING FOR OLD TOWN CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY PARTY Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that she this item had been added by Mr. Clow who was not present, and she said that she had spoken to him about putting money towards an entry in the Christmas parade instead of having another party and he like that idea. Mr. Rowland said that he was uncomfortable with the request as it was because if was unclear. There was a discussion about whether there was even going to be a party on old town and what the parade entry would be. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that in past years the access producers had a vehicle in the parade with signs of SBTV-3 and lights and that this year they would like to have cameras and tv monitors to shoot the crowd. It was decided that Mr. Anninos would clarify the request and call each Board member by phone for a vote. Mr. Anninos made a motion to adjourn the meeting for a emergency at 8:05pm. Mr. Anninos called the meeting back to order at 8: 06pm. REIMBURSEMENT FOR WAVE AWARDS AND lOR ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES Mr. Arnold stated that he felt that the letter written by Mr. Means was very eloquently written about the subject of the WAVE awards. He said that he was still against funding for the awards, certificates and entry fees. Mr. Anninos stated that he felt that the program received alot of very good publicity generated by the awards and he thought it would be fair to fund at least the entry fee and perhaps monitor 2 entries per person per year. He said that Mr. Rob Roy had entered two programs and both were finalists. " . , , PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 11/21/96 Mr. Arnold said that he would agree to fund not more that $35.00 per applicant for the entry fee, but he was not in agreement with paying for additional copies. Mr. Rowland said that he felt that people don't know the difference between SBTV 3 and Comcast and that producers should pay their own entry fees. - Mr. Arnold made a motion for the Board to recognize any recipients of the WAVE Awards and reimburse no more than one of their winning applications of $35.00 each, with the immediate winners being Mr. Rob Roy and Ms. Robin Fort-Lincke. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 Mr. Anninos said that he felt that the producers should be compensated for the entry fees and that in the future, the Board should maybe limit the amount they would fund to 6 and no more than two per person. HANDLING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOARD, LW VIDEO PRODUCERS CLUB AND OLD TOWN . The Board decided to table this item until the next Board meeting. FUND RAISING AND SOLICITING . The Board decided to table this item until the next Board meeting. STATUS OF STUDIO CAMERAS Mr. Anninos stated that the cameras in the studio are very tired and said that it is difficult to get a decent picture out of their realm. He said that they are being temporarily fixed, but it is a situation difficult to live with. Mr. Arnold asked Ms. Hossinger who is responsible for the maintenance of the studio cameras. Ms. Hossinger said that she would look into who's responsibility it is to maintain the studio equipment. She said that if the franchise names specific pieces of equipment, that that would be an item to discuss during the franchise renewal. She explained that any information she provides to the Board regarding the franchise will be forwarded to the city, because the contract is with the city. Mr. Anninos said that he understood the contract to read all equipment is to be maintained by the cable company. STATUS OF REBUILD Ms. Hossinger said that the rebuild had begun in July and the design has been completed. She said that fiber splicing would be done in December and that the ~ . . . , , PG 6 SBCCF MINUTES 11/21/96 power supply applications have been filed with the city. She explained that there would probably not be any more information until after the first of the year. CHANNEL 55 RECEPTION Ms. Hossinger stated that systemwide the ITS frequency was sold to Pac- Bell and the problem appears to be in the return from Pac-Bel. There was a discussion about analog and digital signals. REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that Mr. Earl Chessher who designed had attended the last months' meeting and who had designed the newsletter, was unable to attend this meeting to discuss the production of it. Mr. Anninos suggested tabling it to the next meeting. Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that Mr. Russ Bauman, an access producer, had just told her that he would like to produce a Christmas show and wanted to request funding from the Board. Mr. Anninos asked Mr. Bauman, who was present in the audience, what type of a program he was looking to produce. Mr. Bauman explained that it would be a Holiday show, not a Christmas show and that he had seen backdrops that could be used for other shows, not just this show. Mr. Arnold said that he would not support the funding of the program because he did not like it coming in this way. There was a discussion about the lack of time for proper notification to the Board since they meet once a month and it was suggested to submit a reimbursement request to the Board for any productions that come up this way. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that the tape exchange with Los Alamitos TV for the football games was going very well and she said that Seal Beach would also be receiving anything else that LATV would be taping at the high school. LOCAL ORIGINATION Ms. Hossinger said that since Ms. Jackson had to leave the meeting that she (Ms. Jackson) could provide an update on the LIO productions within the next week. There was a discussion regarding the CG and Ms. Fort-Lincke said that it was her understanding that more pages had been added to the CG for more capacity. Mr. Bauman said that in fact, 150 pages had been added. . . . , . , PG 6 SBCCF MINUTES 11/21/96 It was stated that the Family Channel is listed as Channel 32, but that it is really Channel 62. CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Anninos said that there had been recent articles in the Sun Newspaper on Time- Warner and the city of Los Alamitos regarding the cable franchise and that the Board members may want to read them. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Arnold asked Ms. Hossinger what the basic rates for cable service were. Ms. Hossinger said that $9.91 &. $17.36 were the basic rates. There was a brief discussion about minimal additional charges and what they are for. Mr. Arnold read an announcement about a performance on Handel's Messiah that he would like added to the CG since there are now more pages. Mr. Anninos made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8: 55pm. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 ~-"-l~ .. Peter J. Anninos, Chairman, SBCCF Robi Fort-Lincke, PA Coordinator, Comcast