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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-01-13 Bd Comm minutes?� 3 MINUTES BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1980 4:30 P.M. CIVIC CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM i MEMBERS PRESENT: Pepper, Terry, Eskin MEMBERS ABSENT: Washburn, Madsen OTHERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT: Dahm, Blough and Yutkin of Hawkeye Shaffer RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None. MATTERS PENDING COMMISSION - COUNCIL DISPOSITION: None. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION TAKEN: Two of the Broadband Telecommunication Commission members terms will expire March 13, 1981. Shaffer reported the County government is becoming interested in cable TV and in forming as a governmental consortium to participate in government access channel programming. Shaffer also reported two City government programs being completed for the government access channel 29. Hawkeye reported accepting phases 3 and 4 of the Iowa City cable TV system. Kalergis reported continued growth in public access channel programming. Pepper requested a report from Hawkeye on a comparison between what was projected in their proposal and what has in fact been accomplished regarding access equipment and personnel. Shaffer reported on Library progress and requested Hawkeye consider the move to the new Library location, and send a letter stating their time requirements. Eskin reported continued regular meetings and progress of the educational consortium for the educational access channel 27. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at 4:38 p.m. MINUTES: Moved by Eskin, seconded by Terry to approve minutes. Minutes approved unanimously. j MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES L, 3 MINUTES BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1980 4:30 P.M. Page 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS: The next BTC meeting is Tuesday, January 20, 1980, 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Civic Center. Shaffer reported two of the Broadband Telecommunications Commission members terms will expire March 13, 1980. They are Bill Terry's and Bruce Washburn's terms. Pepper stated Washburn is resigning because of job responsibilities and commitments and will send his letter of resignation. PUBLIC DISCUSSION: None. SPECIALIST REPORT: Shaffer reported making contact with County government representatives. Soon a government user consortium of sorts may be formed to assist in the development of the government access channel. Shaffer said a memo was going to Council to bring them up to date on cable TV construction and installation progress, access channel progress, equipment needs and budget revenue projections from Hawkeye. Shaffer complimented Hawkeye on a card they send out to subscribers which identifies and cross-references the local access channels. Shaffer gave an update on the new Library construction progress. The Library indicated Hawkeye could come in to wire the building any time After February 1, 1981. Shaffer reported at least two City video programs are ready to be edited and shown but the video switching board at Hawkeye is down (which is necessary for good editing). Hawkeye is trying to get the manuals necessary to repair the switchboard. Shaffer said the most complaints over the last months dealt with underground cabling (people in underground areas not being able to get cable TV because the ground is getting too hard to excavate): All complaints, with the exception of one, have been dealt with and/or are resolved. This one complainant has taken their case, to the County Attorney's office who is handling the problem. Shaffer is completing the bid documents and specifications for the equipment to be received from the NTIA (National Telecommunications Information Administration) grant funds. HAWKEYE'S REPORT: Pepper asked Blough what areas of downtown Hawkeye could serve and could not serve (as a result of construction and underground scheduling). Blough said they could now serve Washington Street from Clinton to Linn 3 i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES MINUTES BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1980 4:30 P.M. Page 3 Street on the south side. They can also serve in the mall area, the north side of College to.Dubuque Street. Blough reported Hawkeye has taken delivery of the third and fourth phases of the .cable system in Iowa City. This completes activation of eastern Iowa City and Manville Heights. There is still some undergrounding to be completed in these phases (and in phase 2B). Fourteen miles of a total of 20 miles of underground cable is now in place. Ten or eleven miles of the 14 miles is activated. Pepper asked about the marketing schedule in the newly served areas. Dahm replied priority customers (those who have called in and requested cable TV) will be contacted first. After these, j door-to-door sales will proceed in phases 3 and 4, respectively. According to the ordinance, after Hawkeye has achieved a 90 percent completion level in Iowa City, they can proceed and start wiring and j serving adjacent communities. It was determined a letter is needed to be I sent to the BTS and BTC notifying the City this level of completion has been attained. Blough emphasized the Iowa City system is the most important goal to him. Dahm passed out a report from Kalergis describing some of the public access programs being produced in announcing the showing of the first educational channel program. A discussion of new program offerings via satelite for cable followed. Dahm said Iowa City will probably receive ABC's new program offerings (conference, opera, etc.) sometime in April, 1981. Blough reported little or no progress has been made in the University regarding the development of a cable contract. Dahm stated she approached the Press -Citizen about allocating a separate box in the Diversion section dust' for the local access channels. The i Press -Citizen is still considering this idea. Dahm suggested calls from !( Shaffer and/or Pepper and letters from the public viewing audience might help. This advertising box would assist in identifying the following channels, what is on them and when: the public library, government access, public access and educational access channels. Pepper requested Hawkeye and/or Kalergis put together a report looking at the first six months of operation, comparing with'Hawkeye proposed they would do in their proposal and less has actually been done. This report should deal with access equipment, access personnel and access programming. Shaffer asked Blough about the hum eliminators needed for the local access channels. Blough said they have not arrived but would follow-up on finding their status. These hum eliminators are necessary to clean up the distorted images now being sent on all local channels, particularly the public library channel. MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L.'. 3 MINUTES BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1980 4:30 P.M. Page 4 Shaffer also said the library needs a letter from Hawkeye stating how much time they need to move into the new library. The goal here is to avoid down time and to allow opening the studio and video equipment sections of the new library on the same date as the whole library opens. (Approximately May 10, 1981). NEW BUSINESS: Eskin reported the educational consortium is still meeting regularly (every other week) and is working out the particulars and practicalities of cablecasting (such as the location of the playback equipment, who plays the tapes back, who pays these costs, etc.), ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Terry, seconded by Eskin to adjourn. Unanimously approved. Adjournment at 6:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, William Shaffer Broadband Telecommunications Specialist MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 3 MINUTES IOWA CITY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION RLCRLATIOW CENTER, ROOM B DECEMBER 10, 1980 MEMBERS PRESENT: Berry, Crum, McLaughlin, Phelps, Riddle, Robertson MEMBERS ABSENT: Hillman, Humbert, Wooldrik STAFF PRESENT: Showalter, Lee, Howell, Christner, Harney GUESTS PRLSLNT: Anne Glenister (Project GREEN), Roger Schol ten, Mark F. Grady, _...._ _..-- - Ronald D. Osborne RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL None. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION TAKEN Moved by Crum, seconded by Riddle that the minutes of the November 19 meeting be approved as written. Unanimous. The Parks and Recreation Five Year Plan for 1981-1985 has been completed. It needs to be approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning and Zoning, the Riverfront Commission, and the City Council, then filed with the State Conservation Commission in order to apply for grant monies. We will discuss the plan at the January 14 meeting. After discussing use of shelters for non -recreational purposes, it was decided that a committee would be appointed to suggest department policy. Phelps was named chair; other members will be Riddle, one person from St. Francis Church, and one Parks and Recreation staff member. The committee will report to the commission on January 14. The proposed rehabilitation of the City Park pool was discussed. Engineer Richard Buss estimates a cost of $328,000, and to add a bathhouse would bring the cost to approximately $500,000. A new pool of similar size and design would cost approximately $1,115,000. One possible alternative to a regular pool would be a Wave -Tek pool, which has 3'-4' waves and a shallow beach area. A 'short film on this type of pool will be ordered and shown at a future meeting. No further cuts have been made in any of the budgets, and it is not anticipated that others will be made. DIRECTOR'S REPORT The water line to the new Hickory Hill shelter has been completed. CHAIR REPORT i During a meeting with the Babe Ruth group, they were asked if a recreation staff member might be assigned to serve as a liaison with them to circumvent any problems that might arise. Lee reported that Tab Ray, physical activities supervisor, had agreed to be the liaison. i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L. el V. December 10 Minutes, Page 2 OTHER BUSINESS leer RiddIv reported Llid L over I60 ,youth attended the first basketball program at Hoover school. If this continues to be a success, it would be a prospective program for other schools. There was a short discussion on the services the Parks and Recreation Department provides to Babe Ruth, Little League, Girls Softball, Kickers, Strikers, Swim Club, etc. McLaughlin suggested that all services provided, schedules, facility use schedules, etc. be put down on paper so that all groups know what we would do for them. Glenister also suggested asking the school district to coordinate use of their sports fields with the city. Berry presented certificates of appreciation to McLaughlin and Crum to commend them for their service on the Parks and Recreation Commission. Both have completed four-year terms. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. MICROFILMED BY !JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•OES-MOINES L.." MINUTES IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION NOVEMBER 24, 1980 CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Costantino; Kuhn; Marcus; McGuire; Portman; Reyes; Yates. MEMBERS ABSENT: McCartt (excused). STAFF PRESENT: Mejia; Williams. GUESTS: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: Recommend Council consider the following Commission weaknesses in making new appointments: (1) Hispanic; (2) prior experience in handling grievances; (3) blue collar worker; (4) lawyer. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY MANAGER AND STAFF: McGuire to write thank you letter to Showalter; Marcus and Williams to write letter to housing complex; McGuire to write letter to City Council regarding appointments; Mejia to mail letters regarding brochures to local businesses; Portman to write letter regarding speaking engagements; Civil Rights Specialist to send Monthly Activity Report to Commissioners prior to January meeting; Civil Rights Specialist to prepare cases to be presented for training purposes beginning with January meeting. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION: 1. Meeting called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Chairperson Linda McGuire. 2. Minutes of October 27, 1980 amended to show Yates as an excused absence. Marcus moved and Kuhn seconded that the minutes be approved as amended. Motion passed unanimously, 3. A list of organizations for minority recruitment was rli!,tributerl. Commissioners comments regarding these sources were discussed. 4. A memo from Anne Carroll citing minority statistics within the City work force was distributed. The Commission felt that a breakdown of these statistics by salary level would be more informative. 5. A staff member of the West High School student newspaper contacted the Commission seeking information for an article on racial discrimination. Dick Yates volunteered to contact the student. 6. The Human Rights Commission Newsletter was discussed. Commissioners requested the Civil Rights Specialist continue to prepare the MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB —CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 5 7 Human Rights ommission November 24, 1980 Page 2 Newsletter. The Specialist noted that the next issue would probably be distributed in January. 7. Complaints pending: a. E/S, 5-2-7905. Deadline for submitting additional materials - jDecember 1, 1980. b. E/R, 7-10-7906 and E/R, 7-10-7907. Deadline for submitting additional material - December 1, 1980. C. E/R, 7-18-7909. Respondent will not accept terms. Awaiting decision from respondent. i d. E/R&S, 9-25-7910. Awaiting more information which Scholten will request. - i e. H/S, 7-17-8001. Portman added to the team with Marcus as Chair. The team felt there was not enough evidence for a probable cause finding. The team felt the issue was a poor business procedure II 1 and would like to write to respondent requesting he let someone else handle this area of the business. It was decided that the i Civil Rights Specialist would write a predetermination settlement in lieu of further investigation. 8. Willow Creek Accessibility. The handicapped path and parking space have been completed. McGuire to write letter of thanks to Showalter. 9. Housing. Informal complaint to be addressed in a letter to the complex involved. Marcus to work with Williams. 10. Affirmative Action Task Force. Committee members reported that the i policy has been completed. On behalf of the Commission, McGuire thanked the Committee members for all the time and effort they put 5 into the formulation of the policy. The next step is approval by City Council. } 11. Position vacancies. Joe Penny's resignation due to his movp I.n Minneapolis was submitted. The Commissioners discussed the type of appointments desirable to have a representative group on the Commis - Sion. McGuire to write letter to City Council requesting they consider the following needs of the Commission in making appoint- ments to fill the three expired terms and Penny's unexpired term: (1) Hispanic; (2) prior experience in handling grievances; (3) blue collar worker; (4) lawyer. 12. Brochure distribution. Letter to businesses is printed and ready Lo mail. Mejia to mail as soon as possible. ' MICROFILMED DY JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES L", ! - Human Rights ,.ommission November 24, 1980 Page 3 13. Speaking engagements. Portman to write letter. 14. Chamber of Commerce Affirmative Action. Marcus attended planning session for next year. The general feeling was that the membership fees are too high which impacts on new businesses (particularly women -owned). Marcus felt the Chamber needs to make an effort to recruit women and minorities. Next month's meeting will formalize the plans and goals. 15. December Monthly Meeting. Due to the holidays the Commissioners decided not to hold the regularly scheduled (Dec. 22) meeting. 16. Civil Rights Specialist Monthly Report. This will start again in January and be mailed to Commissioners prior to the meeting. Cases to be presented as a training tool to start at the January meeting. 17. Kuhn moved and Reyes seconded that the meeting adjourn. Passed unanimously at 9:00 p.m. MICROFILMED BY '�JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIOS•DES MOINES n, Board ldinutes United Action for Youth, Inc. October 20, 19PA 7100 P.m. lioard ihmbers Presents Dennis Ifedges, Jeff Schabillon, Selma Cnnnor, Al Ilolianan, Join ilurray, Jon Lown, Roberta Patrick, Joanle henry. Hoard Members Absent; Paul hIeCne, ilaoe Braverman, ifark ilgleneder, Nina nnmilton, Jody Yell•y, Mary I nrew, Neal ilorris, Staff ifembers Present; Jim Swaim, Craig Wnnderlich, Per, NeHlroy. Approval of Minutes.. Roberta Patrick moved to accept the minutes from the hoard meeting in July. Seconded by Al noihanan. Unanimous approval, Director's Report Jim Swaim and the board discussed the Director's Report. 'Highlighted was tlue planned retreat for the staff which was scheduled for the 12th and 13th of October but was cancelled due to illness. A retreat is planned for the future and Dennis and Robe to are committee members for possible participation with,the hoard. _-7-ST571 me tinge are being held weekly on Tuesdays. Jim reported that Craig Wunderlich attended a workshop on school problems to assist young people who'are being expelled from school. Jim and -Pat Date attended as excellent workshop on Step family consoling. rthan and Jim gave testimony on the juvenile ,justice code. Nathan was an effective. spokesman. Jim reported that due to the budget onto in administrative staff and the inability to find someone to fill the Ceta Title II -D office assistant trainee position office coverage has been difficult. Staff members and agencies are encouraged to call -between the hours of 10� 12 Noon and 1-4 p.m. as the entire staff is scheduling hours during that period. No approval is needed. (hmrterly Report - Synthesis The quarterly report was presented for the period April, Hay, June of 1980. Selma moved that we accept the gnartorly report nod Roberto seeondnd. There was upanimous approval by the boardo Audit Report Pop presented the Fiscal 1980 audit completed by Greenwood h Crim, P.C, The audit has been sent to the appropriate funding sources. There were no internal weaknesses noted. It has been recommended by Greenwood k Crim that the Balance Shoot accounts and the Revenue aed Support be listed as restricted and nnreatrfoted. The motion to accept was not included for the audit report. United Wav lleerinn Jim reportod that the hearing went well. 7 young people train the youth advisory honrd of Syntheilm came to the hnnr.ing and b staff members trnrn pronont. Chnnnnl I Ormit - TWA Crnig nnd.Peg reported that a grant availnbl.e from +,ho lown Dmmmrtnant of Substance Abunc and funded by Prudential for programs rolatod to provnntion of suhatnncc nbuse hnn been written by.Jnck Bobinnon, Director, l•'mnr'n Ynrth i9•min3amen6 i'ro,�rnm. _ G MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Ilonrd Minutes continne.4 i i II I � CTinnnel 1 Grant - II)SA cont•innnd Jncicy Craig, and 1'c;{ have cloveloped a j,rnnt that wonld sot lip n young persnno businens with a cart in the, mini-nnrlc next srrin;,. Several ideas for sales hnve Leen considered nnd•tlie nteerin;; eemmnittoe of ynnng pennlr with'Inch, Crat,, and Per, will, nninple slims of the suggestions ns well as di.scnss the ;gent on Thursdays Novnnber 211 nt 7:00 p.m. I(risty Vissnl is helping on the. project. Adolascoat Sexuality Coalition Peg reported that the Johnson County Coalition for lhunan S1Paunitty Rnd'Development in meeting the 3d Wednesday of each month nt 3:30 p.m. Replacement for Jiin•Illnislci - Spnthesie Jin reported tont Jim Elninlct Tine resigned .from Studio Ooordinntor position at, :synthesis, A). llohnnnn moved that we jlolny nailing Jima position nn a possibility exists tont 11411 Newborn wil•1 lie considered for the position when hie contract ands with Cl'TA 'pitle VI. It was neaonded by John Murray,. Unanimoun board approval, hoard 11eeting Time - A diecusai'on on quarterly hoard meetings rather than monthly lett wno no•t unproved, bnolc.o'• cmmm:nteation was the main objection. Synthesis and Center East - Jim announced that we should be loo!-.infor other apace ne it in possihlo that Synthes.in trill need to move in 1901. i!ext lloard Meoting - The next neetin, will he sot in late November. Jeff moved'that wo adjourn tile. meeting. It was seconded by John Ihirroy. J41hpoeti'ttlly rill hill ftta Ool.ma Connorep Secretary MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES G .-I 7