HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996/04/22 - ADMIN - Minutes - Community Technology Advisory Commission - RegularMINUTES
Cable TV Advisory Commission Meeting
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
6:00pm April 22, 1996
at City Hall Third Floor Conference Room
1. Call to order 6:05pm by Chairman Bruce Browning
2. Roll call Also attending were Commissioners Mike Ganyo, Beth Corgan-
Porth and Tony Raiber; Gary Berry of NIS Communications; Bruce Thompson,
Kim Roden and Mark Hammerstrom of Paragon Cable; and John McHugh and
Reg Dunlap of City staff.
3. Minutes of 4/8/96 Moved by Commissioner Ganyo, seconded by
Commissioner Raiber to accept as amended at Commissioner Brand's request.
Passed 4-0.
4. Adoption of agenda (add public comment if necessary)
5. Old business
A. Paragon upgrade and extension
6. New business
A. Independent Engineer's report on Paragon upgrade
Gary Berry attended to present his report and answer questions. Mr. Berry
tested and inspected the cable system on April 9. He stated that the upgrade
met and exceeded all applicable FCC standards. In his report he identified
three area of concern that he recommended Paragon address:
1. fastening to pedestals
2. looping the fiber in the nodes
3. return path interference from the School District
Mr. Thompson discussed the steps that Paragon is taking to address all
three concerns.
1. As is, meets industry construction standards.
2. The spec was to not exceed the bottom of the amp; will be checked as
the final inspection and trimming of the system is done.
3. A design flaw in the I-Net return path that is being addressed and
retrofitted.
In addition, will try duplex filters to separate the forward and return
signals on the I-Net.
Commissioner Raiber asked about the "old and still used St. Louis Park head
end," and whether it was satisfactory for the new technology. Mr. Berry
stated that the St. Louis Park head end is used to insert the local
channels and for retransmission, that the main head end was in Eden Prairie.
After further discussion, Commissioner Corgan-Porth moved to recommend
that the Council adopt the staff proposed franchise ordinance language.
The second was by Commissioner Ganyo, and passed 4-0.
B. Meeting schedule for remainder of 1996 & work plan topics
6:00pm May 13 at High School tv studio; District request for funding & Paragon
annual filings
7:00pm July 22 Publicity; encouraging programming & services; annual
subscriber survey
7:00pm September 16 Annual subscriber survey; annual meeting; elect officers;
revise by-laws;
7:00pm November 18 Cable technology & application of new services; other
7. Reports
A. March Paragon Cable report Passed around; will bring to future meetings
for other commissioners to examine
B. Civic 35 & TV 33 March programming reports
8. Communications: Chairman Browning
9. Communications: Paragon Cable
10. Communications: City staff
11. Other
12. Adjournment Moved by Commissioner Corgan-Porth, seconded by
Commissioner Ganyo and passed unanimously to adjourn at 7:50pm.