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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1985-09-16 . . . " .. SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING September 16, 1985 The Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:35 p.m., with the Chairwoman, Mrs. Teresa Jones. calling the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Ro 11 Ca 11 Present: Chairwoman Jones Members: Arnold. Covington, McCurdy, Stein None Dan Joseph, Assistant City Manager Ginger Bennington, Recording Secretary Ray Al1ebaugh, SBCCF Staff Support Absent: Also Present: Mrs. Jones introduced and welcomed Ray Allebaugh of Group W Cable, Inc. who will be providing staff support to the Foundation per the Group W Cable Inc. Franchise Agreement with the City of Seal 8each. Minutes of August 19, 1985 The minutes were corrected to reflect the presence of Dan Joseph as City staff, rather than Allen Parker, City Manager. Mr. Covington requested that the revised proposal the Foundation approved, whl~h City staff presented to Council, be rewritten so that the content would more clearly relate to the proposal given to the Council. After much discussion between Board members, Mrs. Jones felt that clarification could be addressed in Agenda Item IV. B. "Amendment to Franchise Agreement" of this meeting. Mr. McCurdy seconds. AYES: Noes: Arnold, Jones, McCurdy, Stein Covington (as he felt minutes did not reflect what happened at the previous meeting). Motion Carried OLD BUSINESS - Review of Grant Applicati~n Guidelines Mr. McCurdy felt that the Board could work well with the guideline forms as presented. Mr. Joseph stated that the Indemnification form would delete the word "California Cablesystems" and replace with Group W Cable, Inc. Mr. Covington moves to adopt guidelines as corrected; Mr. McCurdy seconds. AYES: NOES: Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein None Motion carried OLD BUSINESS - Franchise Agreement Amendment Mr. John Monsen, General Manager of Group W, offered to bring back Mr. Covington's original languange regarding franchise proposal discussed at last meeting. Board members discussed this fully. Mrs. Jones suggested staff be directed to make a supplemental report showing the Foundation's position with regarding to the $75,000 annual grant, that report to be brought back to Foundation. Mr. Covington made a motion incorporating that suggestion, seconded by Mr. Arnold. . . .. .. - Page 2 AYES: NOES: Arnold, Covington, Jones McCurdy, Stein Motion Carried Mr. Monsen indicated that the City Council requested staff to get the Foundation's input as to the definitions of the local origination commitment to be used in lieu of ' Form K in the franchise agreement. Mr. Monsen indicated that the words "including studio" were omitted from part b) and should be included after "maintain and operate facilities". Board members discussed the matter. Since the original Form K was not included in this packet of materials, Mr. Covington moved to request staff to presellt the Foundation with appropriate materials in a timely manner, at which time, Foundation would act upon the matter. Mr. McCurdy seconGs the motion. Mr. Monsen stated that the Board is free to recommend what years they think are appropriate for the agreement. The original proposal, he stated, was for an interim period of time, but that he had no problem if the Board wished to expand that time. Mr. Arnold indicated he would like to leave the 3-year commitment in. It was also the concensus of the Board to leave it at 3 years. AYES: NOES: Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy. Stein None Motion Carried NEW BUSINESS - Gary Berland Funding Request Mrs. Jones felt that the Board should develop a budget for grants, to more appropriately use the Foundations funds. Kathy Risk of Group W indicated that public access productions cost approximately $100, depending upon the level of production, while local originatlon costs run approximately $800. She indicated that local origination productions were done by professionals, while public access was voluntary. John Monsen also indicated that requesting funding proposals in cycles so that the requests could be reviewed and compared, rather than to have requests trickle in one at a time. Group W indicated they would be happy to help review those funding requests prior to Foundation review. Mrs. Jones directed staff to come back next meeting with a proposal for funding guidelines and to adopt a budget for dispursing grants. She indicated that the Board has $25,000 that has not been committed for this year. She also requested that the funding requests brought before the Foundation for this evening, not be acted upon until a budget is prepared. Mr. Arnold seconds. Mr. Stein felt that Mr. Berland's production more accurately reflected local origination and should be a part of Group W's productions (for which the Foundation funds). Mr. McCurdy requested the 1985 local origination production schedule from Group W. Mr. Monsen agreed that Mr. Berland's project was more appropriate to local origination rather than public access. Funding Request - Mark Ewing Mark Ewing presented a video of his request for funding "Getting Involved", a community awareness program. He indicated that his program has been in production for one full year, is a bi-monthly series, and he is committed to providing 24 shows per year. Kathy Risk of Group W, spoke in support , . . . . ., of Mr. Ewing's project. Knowing that no action would be taken regarding funding requests at this meeting, the Board members discussed the program fully. Mrs. Jones also suggested that the Board might consider funding two or three productions rather than the full year's productions. Mr. Covington also requested that applicants include their Seal Beach address in all applications. It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to amend the agenda and view the video at the end of this agenda. NEW BUSINESS - Authorization to Release Funds Mr. Joseph indicated that the $75,000 annual grant had been received by the City from Group W. He stated that pursuant to City Council action of September 23, 1985 releasing funds to SBCCF, that the Foundation authorize release funds to Group W - $25,000 for administrative costs and $10,000 remaining for local origination for 1985. Mr. McCurdy moves, second by Mr. Covington, to so release fund, pending City Council release to the Foundation. AYES: NOES: Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein None Motion Carried NEW BUSINESS - Consideration of Sale of Office Equipment After discussion by the Board, it was the consensus of the members to retain the office furnitur~ purchased by previous Foundation Manager, but to cancel telephone line. COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Arnold presented members with current newsletter. It was also determined that a VCR is available at the Senior Center dnd will be repaired by the City, as it is now not operating. Mr. Arnold also received agreement from members to develop library of videos for community, and that the Foundation would provide funds for the tape. Mr. Francis Looney also requested additional funds of $92 for three more shows he is producting. Board indicated that no funding requests would be acted upon at this meeting. ADJOURNMENT It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:15 p.m. Ray Allebaugh/G. Bennington