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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1986-04-21 '. SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING April 21, 1986 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., with Chairman Mr. Peter Arnold calling the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Roll Call Present: Chairman Mr. Arnold Members: Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones Absent: Mr. Covington Also Present: Ray Allebaugh, SBCCF Staff Mr. Arnold amended the agenda to include a special presentation of a plaque honoring Mrs. Teresa Jones for her leadership and dedication as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors from January 1985 to March 1986. The plaque was presented on behalf of the Board of Directors and staff. Minutes of March 17, 1986 Mr. Looney moved to approve the minutes as written. Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carries ~OLD BUSINESS--Tape Pool Purchase Approval Mrs. Jones moved that the Board approve the allocation of $1,173.74 for tape stock to be used by public access producers, as recommended by a previous staff report. The tape stock, to be purchased from 3M, consists of the following: ~orty twenty minute 3/4" tapes at $9.48 each; Forty thirty minute 3/4" tapes at $11.39 each; Ten sixty minute 3/4" tapes at $15.33 each; and Twenty ~" tapes (VHS format) at $5.63 each. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carries Business Card Purchase Approval Staff requested the Board approve the allocation of $51.41 to Print N' Copy Center of Los Alamitos for printing costs of 1,000 business cards to be used in the field by certified public access users. Mrs. Jones moved to approve this request. Mr. Loonev seconds. AYES:'~r. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Investment in Local Agency Fund Mrs. Jones explained that the Board had passed a resolution at its March 17, 19~6 meeting approving investment of Foundation funds in the Local Ar-encv Investment ~und of the State of California (LAIF). The LAIF has since noti~ied Financial Director .Denis Thomas that the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation does qualify for investment under their guidelines. The purpose of this agenda item is to prepare a written directive to Denis Thomas to move ~oundation funds into the LAI~. At this point, Mr. Covington joined the meeting. Mrs. Jones moved that the Board keep $5,000.00 in the Bank of America Cash Maximizer account and direct Denis Thomas to take the balance of the Foundation's funds as they mature and invest them in the ..... ':..... Local Agency Investment Fund. Mr. Covington seconds. ..~: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington Noes: None Motion Carries NEW BUSINESS-- Funding Request, Jeffrey Peters, Municipal Usage Corporation Mr. Peters presented to the Board the background of his request for funding a production of the Los Alamitos High School Choir during their perform~nces in Washington, D.C. on a recent trip. During discussion of this request, Mr. Arnold stated that he has a difficult time granting money to a private entity for editing and post-production work if and when the local (SBOC) facilities were not inquired about first. Mr. Arnold later said that he felt it was imperative that such projects come before the Board and be funded prior to any expenditures by the producer. Mr. Covington stated that he felt it was important that the Board recognize the fact that the Municipal Usage Corporation is a completely different entity than the average community producer, and that as such the Board's guidelines of $150.00 per program should not apply. Mr. Covington then made a motion that based on the status of the M.U.C. as an entity for which there is no precedent, the Foundation fund $1,200.00 for the production "Los Alamitos High School Choir in Washington, D.C." on the following basis: That S2,400.00 of the request has not yet been spent, and the figure of $1,200.00 would be 50% of that amount. Mr. Stein seconds. Before voting, Mr. Stein remarked that he is reluctant to spend money from Seal Beach for productions in other cities, e~pecially when these cities do not have the same funding arrangement as exists in Seal Beach. Mr. Stein also said that he recognizes the im- portance of these projects, considering that Los Alamitos High School does service the students of Seal Beach. e~: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Noes: Mrs. Jones Abstained: Mr. Looney Mr. Covington Motion Carries Mr. Arnold, with the consent of the Board, directed staff to prepare for the next agenda guidelines for this type of proposal, and to work with representatives of the M.U.C. towards establishing a meeting between the Board and members of the M.U.C. Funding Request--Jim Clow During discussion of Mr. Clow's request, Mr. Covington made a Aotion that on funding requests under $25.00, staff be granted a discretionary right by administrative review to approve those amounts prior to including them on the agenda for Board approval. Mr. Arnold seconds. AYES: Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein Noes: None Motion Carries Returning to Mr. Clow's proposal, Mrs. Jones moved to accept his proposal and production budget for "Two Stories by Author Derek Gill", with the videotapes to be supplied bv the Foundation. Mr. Covington seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--James Courter Mr. Covington moved that Mr. Courter's production budget of $84.31 ($69.31 in production ecosts plus S15.00 in travel costs) for his production of "Touring Leisure World Community Church of Seal Beach" be approved. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Rob Roy Mrs. Jones moved that the Board grant $450.00 for production costs of three eoisodes '.Of his series "Seal Beach Live". Mr. Covington seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones NOeS: None Motion Carries Allocation of $50,000 in Annual Monies to Group W Cable Mr. Arnold informed the Board of Directors that at their April 14, 1986 meeting, the Seal Beach City Council received from Group W Cable $75,000 which was in turn allocated to the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation. Mr. Covington then moved that $50,000 be allocated,lto Group W Cable in conformance wi th the franchise agreement. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Noes: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington None Motion Carries Suzan Grab, Public Access Coordinator Suzan appeared before the Board to request the purchase of a Panasonic AG150 Camcorder and introduced Mr. Dan Leplante of Video Tape Products, who brought the camcorder for demonstration. During the discussion, it was clarified that this camcorder wocld be primarily used by the Leisure World Portapak Club, and that the existing portaoak equipment in Leisure World wo~ld be returned to Group W in Seal Beach for use in public access and local origination. It was also clarified that if the Board aoproved thi~ purchase, the camcorder would become the property of the Foundation. Mr. Stein stated that he felt it was the Foundation's responsibility to promote the use of professional equipment by access users, not equipment such as the camcorder, which he felt was for personal and home use. Mr. Covington said that he agreed with Mr. ~tein, but felt ethat in this case the Board was recognizing the needs of the Leisure Wotld communitv, and in particular the fact that tpe existing access equipment is sometimes difficult to use because of weight and complexity. Mr. Looney remarked that he knew of access producers in Leisure World who did not participate in productions unless they could arrange for someone to carry and lift the portapak equipment for them. During the discussion, Suzan confirmed that the picture quality from the camcorder is comoarable to the existing equipment in Leisure World. Mr. Covington then moved that the Board approve the purchase of the Panasonic Camcorder AG150 plus two batteries plus an appropiate tripod at the shown price of $1,372.00 unless staff is able to determine from other vendors that a better price is available. Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney Noes: Mr. Stein Motion Carries AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS Rob Roy asked that the Board consider accepting funding requests every month, instead of the current guideline of every two months. After a brief discussion, the Board decided to accept funding requests monthly, considering that the tape pool will be available to access producers. Mr. Stein brought up the issue of insurance for the Board, and the Board was advised that the City Attorney was currently preparing a letter of explanation and opinion on this insurance. Mr. James Clow thanked the Board for their consideration of the Leisure World community in purchasing the Panasonic Camcorder. e It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:10 p.m. Ray Allebaugh SBCCF S taU