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SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION MEETING
DECEMBER 17, 1984
The Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met for the first session
at 6:20 p.m. with Daniel Joseph, Assistant City Manager, calling the meeting
to order.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Foundation Members: Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein
Also Present:
Daniel Joseph, Assistant City Manager
Ginger Bennington, Recording Secretary
Rod Mirand, General Manager, Group W
Fred Esters, Group W
Kathy Risk, Group W
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
As the first order of business was for the election of officers, Mr. Joseph
pointed out that Foundation could consider Denis Thomas, the City's Finance
Director, as the Chief Financial Officer and himself (Dan Joseph) for
the position of Secretary. This could be done on an interim basis should
the Foundation desire.
Milton Stein moved, second
the position of Chairman.
following vote was taken.
by Mr. Covington, to appoint Terri Jones for
As no further nominations were submitted, the
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
Arnold, Covington, McCurdy, Stein
None
Jones Motion Carried
Ter];i Jones moved, second
Chief Financial Officer.
following vote was taken:
by Mr. Arnold, to nominate Denis Thomas as the
As no further nominations were submitted, the
AYES:
NOES:
Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein
None Motion Carried
Terri Jones moved, second by Mr. Covington, to nominate Dan Joseph for
the position of Secretary. As no further nominations were submitted,
the following vote was taken:
AYES:
NOES:
Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein
None Motion Carried
Howard McCurdy nominated Peter Arnold for the Vice Chairman position,
second by Mr. Covington. As no further nominations were submitted, the
following vote was taken:
AYES:
NOES:
Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein
None Motion Carried
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Mr. Joseph presented a brief history regarding the creation of the Cable
Communications Foundation. He indicated that when the cable TV franchise
was under negotiations, it was agreed by Group W to give the City an annual
remittance of $75,000 to be used for cable TV activities. He further
indicated that these funds have been received for three years, which now
totals $225,000. The interest on those funds. belongs to the City's General
Fund. The Foundation will make the determination as to the vehicle by
which these funds can be used. He stated that while this Foundation is
an autonomous group, the Council is the funding agency. He also indicated
that the City Attorney's recommendation was that all funds since accrued
for the Foundation be turned over to them in full for their discretionary
use. The Foundation members discussed various methods of funding cable
TV activities; i.e., production costs for community projects such as Xmas
parade, Rough Water Swim, increasing staff at cable TV to accommodate
more hours on local origination channel, to funding "seeding" projects
in the initial stages whether it be education, cultural, etc. Mr. Fred
Esters explained the programming available at Group W. Mention was made
of Channel 6, Local Origination (LO) programming, which are activities
produced by staff focusing on the Seal Beach co~nunity. Cable 10, Public
Access channel, would be on line in a few weeks; that channel is specially
designated as a non-profit channel available to those who live and work
in this community. Free workshops are available for the community members,
taught by Kathy Risk. She indicated that the response from the community
was enthusiastic, that she was booked for 4-5 months in advance. She
also inivited Foundation members to attend workshops to better understand
the subject. It was also mentioned that Channel 8, the educational channel,
is ready for use. Mr. Covington read a letter from Dr. & Mrs. Egan regarding
need to broadcast those educational series that have been broadcast in
Los Alamitos, since our students attend that school district also. Mr.
Arnold urged for more hours available on the LO channel, rather than only
Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Group W indicated that all operations
are manual at this time and an employee is needed for those extra hours
to operate the cable casting. Mention was made by Group W that the members
will be receiving copies of two proposals that have prepared - dealing
with the need for equipment and the other for additional staffing.
Mr. Joseph mentioned that he would bring a proposed budget before the
members at the next meeting. He also mentioned that a determination should
be made whether to use fiscal year that City uses or calender year. After
some discussion, Mr. Covington moved, second by Mr. Arnold, that the
Foundation accept as its fiscal year, the same schedule as the City, i.e.
July I through June 31.
AYES:
NOES:
Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein
None Motion Carried
After some discussion regarding need for Foundation to have funding turned
over to them as soon as possible in order to being accruing interest,
Mr. Stein moved, second by Mr. Covington to request the City Council to
release funds that have been accrued for the Cable Communications Foundation.
AYES:
NOES:
Arnold, Covington, Jones, McCurdy, Stein
None Motion Carried
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ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Stein moved, second by Mr. Covington to adjourn to January 10, 7:30
p.m. in the Council Chambers at 7:45 p.m. A tour of Group W will be available
on that date at 6:30 p.m.
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Recording Secretary