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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1989-07-24 . . . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING July 24, 1989 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach'Cable Communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:00 p.m., with Chairman Mr. Peter Arnold calling the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Absent: None Minutes of April 24, 1989 Mr. Stein Moved that the minutes be approved as written. Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Clow. Mr. Looney abstains, as he was not present at the April meeting. Noes: None Motion Carries Minutes of May 22, 1989 Mr. Looney moved that the minutes be approved as written. Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Arnold. Mr. Stein and Mr. Yglesias abstained, as they were not present at the May meeting. Noes: None Motion Carries NEW FUNDING REQUESTS--NFLCP Fees--Staff After a brief discussion of this proposal, Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $108.00 for annual membership fees to the National Federation of Local Cable Pro- grammers; this membership is in the Foundation's name. Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold.. Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries FundinR ReQuest--Suzan Grab This proposal was for the printing of the summer '89 edition of the SBTV Newsletter, which will be done through desktop publishing. Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $328.02 to Kinko's for the cost of such printing; Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Clow, Mr'. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Phone Bill--Staff This requeat was for the funding of the installation of a phone line in the new control room at City Hall. Mr. Arnold had gone ahead, in what he believed to be the Board's best interest, and ordered this installation. Mr. Clow and Mr. Looney asked what reason there were for this installation, and the Board agreed to not act upon this request until later in the meeting, under News Business--Control Room. There was a brief discussion of the needs for such a phone in the control room, then the Board turned their attention to the next agenda item. OLD BUSINESS--Checks Requested for Mav There was no action necessary or taken on this item; the Board was told that a sep- arate check,for $487.50 to Karl Deeds for cablecasting, had been prepared and issued to Mr. Deeds with the signature of Mr. Arnold. " I 'I . . . financial Report from City There was no action necessary or taken on this item; it was for the Board's infor- mation only. ProRramminR Update--Comcast Cable The Board had some questions for Mr. Mike Ewing about some of the listed productions, and Mr. Arnold suggested that Comcast develop a 12-month calendar of events, which would benefit both Comcast and the Foundation in developing programming ideas. Mr. Yglesias said that he hoped eventually Comcast would develop a more creative list of program ideas in the future, instead of perhaps automatically recycling the list or excluding other events because of traditional programming. Mr. Ewing suggested that the Board contribute more input to the decisions on this list, and Mr. Stein asked if there was any information available concerning how the cable company in Los Ala- mitos is funding television coverage of Los Alamitos High School events. Audience Communications Mr. Henry Marquis spoke to the Board about his new effort to form a bowling league targeted for young people, and told the Board that he didn't know who to turn to for coverage of the event. Since the league would encompass most of Orange County, the Board suggested that he contact the various cable companies within Orange County for information. Mr. Joe Hunt also addressed the Board concerning the recent expansion of the San Diego Freeway, and the resulting excessive noise level in certain areas of Leisure World. He asked the Foundation for their help in bringing this matter to the attention of the City and its residents. The Board suggested putting a program together on the issue, either as a public access program or as a news story for the upcoming "SBTV News." M ss Grab then told the Board that a compilation tape of Andre Dupuy's series "Bar- ~ra!" had won a first-place award in the NFLCP Hometown Video Contest. NEW BUSINESS--Comcast Move--Comcast This was an update on the upcoming move of Comcast Regional offices to the Old City Hall; this move is expected to be complete by mid-August. EditinR Bays--Pete Arnold Mr. Arnold expressed the need for two separate, quiet editing bays, which Comcast will be arrangin to have installed upstairs in the Old City Hall. New Control Room--Pete Arnold Mr. Arnold briefly touched on the issues of insurance, security, keys, general rules and telephones for the new control room at City Hall. The Board discussed the fact that the phone line had been installed on the direction of Mr. Arnold, without ap- proval of the Board. Mr. Arnold explained that he has indeed gone ahead and ordered the installation of the phone, considering that the construction of the room was at a point where the decision needed to be made. Mr. Ewing explained the various needs for and capabilities of the phone during productions. Mr. Clow expressed his dis- pleasure over the ordering of the phone, by the Chair, without the vote approval of the Board. After a full discussion of this incident, Mr. Stein moved that the Board fund $130.71 to GTE for installation of the phone line in the new control room. Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Looney Noes: Mr. Clow Motion Carries 4-1 S-VHS Equipment Purchase Update--Suzan Grab Miss Grab told the Board that the recently purchased equipment is not yet at Pacific Video. There was a discussion concerning the delay in shipment of this equipment, and Mr. Arnold expressed his disappointment that the Board had funded the purchase, as he had put together what he felt was a viable alternative purchase. Mr. Clow then ) 'suggested that he take the broken camcorder in to a shop for repair, and that he would return to the Board with the cost of repair. After a brief discussion, Mr. Stein moved that Mr. Clow be given authority to spend up to $300.00 to have the camcorder re- . paired, if possible to do so under that amount. Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow Noes: None Motion Carries Football CoveraRe, Community Television--Pete Arnold The Board was given a season-long football schedule for Los Alamitos High School, with the proposed coverage by Comcast Cable of three l.o. produced games and two public access produced games. Ther was a full discussion of this proposed coverage, and Mr. Arnold at one point suggested that any tapes of games funded by the Foun- dation be withheld from any other cable franchise. The Board questioned why Los Al TV covers certain games, and why Comcast covers others; there was also a lengthy dis- cussion of why productions are almost always geared towards the football games, while other activities throughout the district are sometimes ignored. Mr. Arnold suggested that Miss Grab meet with the school district to get a master calendar of all events for the district, and present a proposed list of public access coverage for the events that may be several months in the future. Mr. Arnold wanted to have such a calendar for several reasons, including easier planning for Comcast staff and ad- vance notice for the Foundation that such events were upcoming and were to be covered by the access program. Mr. Stein asked staff it it was possible to get a schedule of Los Alamitos TV planned events for the school district, so the two companies would not overlap coverage. The complete discussion centered around these ideas, but no action was taken by the Board. . BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Staff told the Board that he had failed to notify the Board to send to Comcast in 1988 their payment of $50,000.00 per the Franchise Agreement with the City of Seal Beach. Comcast has prepared the $75,000.00 check for 1989, but were withholding pay- ment until receipt of the $50,000.00 from the previous year. Mr. Yglesias then moved that the Board fund $50,000.00 to Comcast to comply with the guidelines established in the Franchise Agreement. Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Mr. Arnold then thanked the Board for their effort in contacting their council rep- resentatives and urging them to oppose the proposed 5% Utility Tax on cable tele- vision subscribers, a proposal tha the City Council eventually withdrew. It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:45 p.m. Ray Allebaugh/Foundation Staff . /-