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Agenda
Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
City Cable TV Office, 10 S. Linn St., Tower Place Parking Facility, Level 3A
November 26, 2018, 5:30PM
1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes
3. Announcements of Commissioners
4. Short public announcements
5. Post-franchise role of the Telecommunications Commission
6. REPORTS
Consumer Issues
Mediacom Report
Local Access Reports
City Cable TV Office Report
7. Adjournment
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Minutes
Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
October 22, 2018 – 5:30 P.M.
City of Iowa City Cable TV Office, 10 S. Linn St. - Tower Place, Level 3A
Call to Order:Meeting called to order at 5:35 P.M.
Members Present:Matthew Brenton, Paul Gowder, James Pierce
Members Absent:Kyla Paterson
Staff Present:Ty Coleman
Others Present:Bond Drager
Recommendations to Council: None
Approval of Minutes:
Gowder moved and Pierce seconded a motion to approve the September 24, 2018 minutes as
presented. The motion passed unanimously.
Announcements of Commissioners:
Brenton said that the City Clerk had sent a message for those interested in engaging the
community as part of the 2020 Census effort. He said there were introductory meetings
scheduled for October 29 and November 1, 2018. Brenton said that if any of the commissioners
were interested in attending or wanted more information, they should contact Ty Coleman at the
City’s Cable TV Office.
Short Public Announcements:
None.
Post-franchise role of the Telecommunications Commission:
Brenton suggested there were options to remain as a City commission or to become more of an
advisory board. Coleman said that an ad-hoc committee might be another option. Brenton
summarized that the Iowa City Telecommunications Commission (ICTC) was formed as part of
a franchise agreement and that a number of its powers and duties, listed in the ICTC’s by-laws,
came from that agreement.
Pierce noted that the list of duties in the by-laws is long and that he felt there were enough
duties that would remain to make a case for the group to continue as a commission. He
suggested that the by-laws could be revised to include three or four clear duties the ICTC would
retain. Brenton agreed and said there were still plenty of issues on which the ICTC could
provide input.
Gowder recalled that when he began his time with the ICTC, he was surprised about the lack of
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authority held by it. He said that the one time he was glad the Commission existed was when
the group of residents working on creating mesh WiFi networks presented themselves at a
meeting. Gowder stated that the role of the ICTC, in whatever form it takes, should be
refocused on public engagement and telecommunications matters in which members of the
public have an interest.
Brenton said the ICTC could have a role in providing visibility to the need and benefit of having
a municipal broadband program. He said there were some hurdles and challenges that still
needed to be figured out. Brenton asked if there was a legal distinction between a commission
and an advisory board. Coleman said his understanding was that an advisory board could still
offer recommendations to the City Council, but that it would have more flexibility with regards to
the frequency of meetings and the number of members required to be present. He said he was
unsure as to how an advisory board and its members would be established but didn’t think it
would require Council appointment. Brenton said that the flexibility of an advisory board would
benefit a group like the one working on mesh WiFi if membership was decided by the board.
Pierce said that it would be a good thing if a board could be officially recognized by the City
while gaining some flexibility in the way it operates.
Brenton asked if there are currently any other advisory boards within the City. Drager
mentioned the Community Police Review Board (CPRB). Pierce said he knew someone who
needed to apply for appointment to the CPRB.
Coleman referred to the memo he wrote to the Commission that was included in the meeting
packet and said there were likely remaining questions about the options for redefining the
group. Brenton said he would like to know how the responsibilities might change if the group
became an advisory board versus remaining as a commission. Brenton wondered who would
be responsible for modifying the by-laws. Gowder pointed out that it is stated within the current
by-laws that the ICTC can vote on amendments. Coleman wondered if an advisory board could
have by-laws or if they would be required, or if they would use guidelines instead. Brenton
expressed he would want to be sure the group wouldn’t be giving anything up by shifting from
being a commission to an advisory board.
Pierce said the City’s website lists boards, commissions, and committees and suggested that an
existing board could provide some insight into what the differences are between a board and a
commission. Brenton said that a committee would likely be more focused, such as one for
municipal broadband. He suggested that the group could even make a recommendation that
such a committee be formed. Pierce said that issues such as affordability and access of
Internet and television could benefit from a board, commission, or committee that would focus
on them. Brenton said that if the group remained a commission, perhaps it could include
access and affordability of services as one of its missions listed within revised by-laws.
Brenton asked if the ICTC would continue to receive information about telecommunications
complaints even though the local franchise agreement had expired. Coleman said that the
City’s Cable TV Office would continue to receive complaints and work to facilitate resolutions by
connecting with staff from local service providers.
Brenton and Pierce expressed they would be interested in knowing if City Council had any
particular goals or a vision for the redefining of the group. Pierce suggested that once the group
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had come up with a proposal, it could be presented to Council in hopes of coming up with
something that works for both entities. Brenton asked, in a situation where the ICTC would
remain as a commission, whether the group would be able to amend the by-laws or if the
Council would want to play a part in revisions. Brenton suggested that once some of these
questions are answered, the Commission could likely make a decision at its next meeting.
Coleman said he would inquire about how the process of making a proposal to the Council
would work once the group had come to a conclusion.
Pierce stated that he is still willing to attend City Council meetings from time to time in order to
keep the Council updated on the activities of the Commission and to receive feedback from the
Council.
Consumer Issues:
Brenton noted there was a cable relocation issue in the Cable Complaints report that was not
yet resolved. Coleman said the cable was present, but that he had learned it may not be buried
until the first part of 2019 due to tight construction schedules as winter approaches. Brenton
mentioned that the report referred to boring rather than trenching for getting the cable in the
ground. Coleman said he was unsure as to what the specific situation was with the location, but
that one possibility could be that there is some kind of rock formation the cable needs to pass
through.
Gowder asked if there was any compensation offered for situations where a cable must be
temporarily placed on top of someone’s lawn. Coleman said he did not believe that
compensation was typically involved.
Gowder asked about the issue in the report dealing with a customer’s unexplainable high data
usage and whether it was for the same customer that had presented the problem several
months ago. Coleman said it was for the same customer and that this was the first time since
then that he had heard of a recurrence of the issue. Gowder said it was interesting that the
customer received a warning notification for high data use five days after her billing period
ended and wondered if there was some kind of database problem. Gowder said that the
technician’s suggestion for clearing the customer’s cache and cookies would not likely make a
difference in the notifications sent by Mediacom.
Mediacom Report:
Coleman reported that he had not received any information from Mediacom.
Local Access Reports:
Drager said the past month had been very busy with recordings of Book Festival and Witching
Hour events.
Coleman referred to the hard copy of a report submitted by Public Access Television that did not
make it into the packet in time.
City Cable TV Office Report:
Coleman referred to the report the Cable TV Office had submitted in the meeting packet and
added that Cable staff had recorded some Book Fest panels. He also mentioned that he had
set up a live stream of the recent University of Iowa Homecoming parade from a window in the
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Cable TV Office. Coleman said that there was a decent amount of engagement with the stream
on the City’s Facebook page. Coleman said that live streams have become a useful tool in the
City’s toolkit for getting messages out to the community. All five of the League of Women
Voters candidate forums recorded by City Channel 4 were live streamed.
Coleman said his office had recently recorded the Iowa City Fire Department’s Fire Prevention
Week performance at a local school.
Adjournment:
Gowder moved and Pierce seconded a motion to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.
Adjournment was at 6:05 p.m.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
12-MONTH ATTENDANCE RECORD
Gowder Bergus Brenton Johnk
11/27/2017 x x x x vacant
11/30/2017
Special meeting
x o/c x x vacant
01/22/2018
Meeting not held
due to lack of
quorum.
vacant
02/26/2018 x x x x vacant
03/26/2018 x x x x vacant
Pierce
04/23/2018 x x x x x
05/21/2018 x o/c x x x
06/25/2018 x x x o/c x
07/23/2018
Meeting not held
due to lack of
quorum.
vacant vacant
08/27/2018
Meeting not held
due to lack of
quorum.
vacant vacant
9/24/2018 x vacant x vacant x
Paterson
10/22/2018 x o x vacant x
(x) = Present
(o) = Absent
(o/c) = Absent/Called (Excused)
Re: Council work session discussion RE role of the ICTC
Good afternoon, all ‐
I’ve attached a few documents that will be useful as you consider your options. One is the list of questions I posed based off of the discussion
you had at the October ICTC meeting ‐ and the answers provided by Assistant City Manager Ashley Monroe. Another is the minutes from the
Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Steering Committee, who recently decided to convert to an advisor y board. The minutes give some
answers with regards to what an advisor y board would gain or lose, as compared to a commission. The third is the proposal ﴾a draft, I believe﴿
the group created to send to Council.
Thanks,
Ty
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Ty Coleman
Media Production Services Coordinator
City of Iowa City Cable TV Office
o: (319) 356-5454
m: (319) 631-9685
citychannel4.com
On Nov 7, 2018, at 9:45 AM, Ty Coleman <Ty‐Coleman@iowa‐city.org> wrote:
Good morning,
I wanted to pass along a link to a 5‐minute portion of last night’s Council work session where they talked about the ICTC’s
discussion of it’s post‐franchise role and duties. It may help you as you continue to think about your preferences before your
November 26th meeting, where you’ll continue the discussion. Also, I imagine that I’ll have some answers to questions posed at
the October meeting sent to you before that meeting.
https://youtu.be/D‐Ih0CDCMgc?t=9068
﴾This link takes you directly to the related por tion of the Council work session.﴿
Please let me know if you have any questions. To avoid any issues with violating open meetings laws, please do not reply to all.
Thanks!
Ty
•••
Ty Coleman
Media Production Services Coordinator
City of Iowa City Cable TV Office
Ty Coleman
Tue 11/13/2018 3:24 PM
To:Matthew Brenton <matthew.p.brenton@gmail.com>; Paul Gowder <paul.gowder@gmail.com>; James Pierce
<jimmypierce1@gmail.com>; Kyla Paterson <kylapaterson1@gmail.com>;
.3 attachments ﴾158 KB﴿
ICTC Q&A RE Advisory Boards 2018‐11.pdf; Minutes_CAAPSC_8‐10‐18.pdf; Iowa City Climate Action Advisor y Board bylaws proposal.docx;
Our commission discussed at its last ICTC meeting the idea of evaluating the commission’s role and considering
a process of redefining its form as well as its responsibilities. As I would expect, they asked some questions,
which I’ve listed below. Overall, the discussion leaned towards maintaining a similar presence, but there was
interest in the idea of becoming an advisory board.
1.What are the distinctions between a commission and an advisory board? Sue Dulek offered great
distinction between the two for the Climate Action Committee that recently opted out of staying a formal
commission. As an advisory board, they do not have an official affiliation with the City and are not strictly
advisory or compulsory for Council actions. They meet independently and include City staff in their meetings
as a liaison. I’ve attached meeting minutes when they discussed the issue – perhaps that will help!
2.Is there anything the group would be losing/giving up by changing to an advisory board? See above.
3.Are there currently any other advisory boards in the City? The Climate Action Advisory Board and the
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board
4.How would members of an advisory board be established? Does Council appoint them? Is there an
application process similar to serving on a commission?The Climate Action advisory board is currently
comprised of members of the prior City Committee. They decided to create a proposal identifying their
members, how they would be selected or sought, and what expectations they have of the members
participating. Once they move to an advisory board status, Council does not have a say in who is a member.
The advisory board may require an application process- I think it’s up to them.
5.As an advisory board, would the group be solely responsible for amending or recreating its own by-laws?
The group is not required to have by-laws but the Climate Board has chosen to start with some guidelines
that keeps everyone on the same page. The benefit of the Climate group is that they have an existing plan as
a tool to work from, for actions and objectives, as well as a relative time-frame for activity. If the
Telecommunications Commission members would like to modify the responsibilities of the Commission or
recommend alternative responsibilities, they would be responsible for identifying new or amended by-laws.
6.Has the Council expressed any vision or goals for the reorganization of the group? Council is looking to the
Commission for the upcoming trends and needs of the community as they relate to telecommunications. I
suppose this could expand to technology at-large or speak to the question of support for broadband. It was
at one time but I do not know if municipal broadband is still on the full Council’s radar.
7.Once they’ve agreed on what they feel their role and duties should be, how should they go about making
a proposal or recommendation to Council? Should they write a memo? Have them tell me what they
want and I write a memo? The Climate Committee met as a group and came up with their own ideas for
how to run their advisory board. We walked them through the difference between a formal commission and
an advisory board and they took it from there. A few members drafted a memo/document that states what
they came up with. I’ve attached it (but it might be the nearly-final draft). I’d recommend the memo come
from them. Since Council has indicated they’d like to connect with the Commission members, I would
suggest having them write something up and prepare to present it at a Work Session. We would include in
an Information Packet and have someone speak to any questions Council may have.
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Meeting Minutes
Steering Committee of the Iowa City Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
Friday, August 10, 2018, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Emma J. Harvat Hall
Iowa City City Hall
410 E. Washington Street
Members in Attendance: Members Absent:
Ingrid Anderson Anne Russett
Martha Norbeck Ryan Sempf
Charles Stanier Liz Maas
Katie Sarsfield
Jesse Leckband
Matt Krieger
John Fraser
Eric Tate
GT Karr
Eden DeWald
City Staff Present:
Brenda Nations, Sustainability Coordinator
Sue Dulek, Assistant City Attorney
Others Present:
Carol Trockmorton, Yanni Koutsonikolis
1. Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 4:00 a.m. by Ingrid Anderson, Committee Chair.
2. Recap, update and goals for the meeting
• Nations gave an update since the Community Meeting.
• Community meeting was very successful, all should have received the report that Elevate
provided with a summary of the public input.
• All 100 participants were added to the Sustainability Newsletter mailing list (as were attendees
of the first community meeting).
• The newsletter went out giving the attendees a link to the summary report, a video and the
online link to take the pledge online.
• Update on the CAAP: in final design, was going to be ready to go in the Council packet next
Thurs. to be adopted at Aug. 21st , Council Meeting. Should include within memo what action
this committee wants to take. The date just got pushed back to Sept. 18th
• Our Communications team is working on final design document. Estimated to be ready around
Aug. 31st. Nations will send ASAP and will be on vacation Sept. 1-9
• Other deliverables from Elevate:
Climate Action Toolkit-Our communications team just completed today
Still waiting on:
1. Adaptation Document with vulnerability assessment
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2. High level memo with associated costs, etc.
3. Excel spreadsheet to track progress of actions
4. Resource document (former 88 p. detailed report on each action)
3. Discussion of Advisory Committee vs. Formal Council Appointed Committee
Sue Dulek was present to answer questions about City Commissions and legal requirements.
Q: Would communications to the Council be the same for either group? A: yes, both could report to
Council and have a voice.
Q: Is their authority different? A: Not necessarily different. Officially appointed may have more clout.
Q: Would advisory group have size limits? A: No. If Council appointed committee, they would decide
how many would be in committee.
Nations mentioned that smaller is often more efficient to get things done and that the Climate Steering
Committee is one of the larger formal committees.
Q: What about working groups? Could that be done with formal committee? Could the Advisory group
be a working group to formal committee? Scope is larger than steering committee, that
working/advisory committee. Karr stated for example, he has-building codes expertise, may only like to
focus on that. Working groups could focus on action items and could meet more often. Liaisons could
meet less often and be looking at reporting or updates
Anderson said we could have advisory group meeting for a year and see how it is working, if see a need
to make it more formalized later we could, would hesitate to put together by laws for a formal
committee together at this stage.
A: Advisory groups are more flexible, but can also be open to public and have community meetings.
Could have minutes for the public, etc.
Q: Does anyone feel strongly about formal meeting?
Krieger mentioned that formal meeting would have more credibility.
Stanier said the scope is so large it warrants external formal committee to meet quarterly to hear about
the plan and advise both staff and city if things are going well or not, would be harder for it to fizzle out,
won’t stall. A group of volunteers to help out to implement the plan will make it more successful. Need
to put about $400,000/year to climate related activities to turn ship. Someone should have eyes on it.
Could be other money that is flowing through, not necessary all City funds.
Fraser discussed credibility. If we lose credibility to Council, that would be a concern.
Q: Krieger asked: how would getting on a committee/advisory group differ? A: Council would appoint if
formal committee. Often based on expertise.
Norbeck noted that the open meeting laws feel strangling, not effective, no freedom to communicate
outside, being on the committee has been far less effective than had hoped, would not be interested in
continuing formal committee.
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Q: How would a quorum be defined? A: Quorum is defined in bylaws, majority of committee.
Q How does the overall process compare? A: Slower if formal committee.
Fraser mentioned that the advisory group has not “invited” and wondered what is the best vehicle do
successfully do that? Noted that as long as there is a passion the group should continue.
Nations stated that the Mayor also said that he had hoped the group would continue for
implementation of the Plan in past meetings.
Nations mentioned that staff time would be allocated regardless of committee structure. More staff
time would be needed to deal with the administration of a formal committee. Much less time staff time
is needed for an advisory committee.
Q: Are there any additional resources that will be allocated? A: Not at this time. Council will decide
about budget in the future.
A: No money is usually expended on board and commissions, commitment is usually only staff time. A
transcriber could be hired and used for a formal committee to take minutes.
The group agreed that it would be important in having an implementation staff person or a consultant in
a contracted role for implementation to make all the items on the plan happen.
There could be an Implementation task force-doers could build community, make ad hoc groups of
experts, have a small formal body with an oversight role of ”grading” of how process is going, record of
quarterly grades and assessment.
Committee agreed that adding full-time staff should be added to memo along with recommendation. It
was asked “How do we integrate with non-city actions?” “We have to have a paid a person.”
Group agreed that in first year, would like to show tangible results with limited budget.
Norbeck moved that the steering committee should transition to an advisory group.
9 voted for, Stanier opposed.
Group decided to pilot for one year after which it will be evaluated if any changes are needed, such as to
form a formalized committee. Will make sure cross cutting community, racial equity, gender, etc. Would
like to consider including some other representation.
Ryan Sempf-has moved away and is no longer available
Anne Russett-is working for the City of Iowa City now and is unavailable
Liz Maas-was not able to attend this meeting but is interested in continuing and has no preference for
the format of the committee.
DeWald, Fraser, Anderson, Sarsfield, and Krieger will take responsibility on meeting again as a small
group to discuss organization of new advisory group and all that goes with it.
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Implementation planning priorities were discussed, since Council is interested in what to do first.
Norbeck suggested defining top three implementation items that could be done in the first year. What
could be accomplished with resources and will in the community. Priorities can be varied such as
marketing value---money, leverage power, showing quick victory, high value, visibility.
Idea is to pick something like existing buildings, and drilling into what action must happen next.
Wanted clear directions of what actions should be taken first, if subcommittee can meet, each review all
reviewed the list, each committee member can pick personal top three, data is out there already.
The steering committee group decided it would be the goals of group to collect initial thoughts, hash out
top three.
The Steering Committee determined they would like to meet again and the date decided worked best
for all was Monday Sept 10th at 4 pm. Fraser will call in.
Norbeck will put together all information about the personal top three priorities and cc: Nations when
emailing the group the information to prepare for the next meeting.
4. Adjourn
Meeting Adjourned at 5:27 p.m.
Iowa City Climate Action Advisory Board
Proposal to Iowa City City Council
Over the past year, the Iowa City Climate Action Committee assisted the City and its consultants
with development of Iowa City’s Climate Action Plan. The Committee’s term will end when the
Plan is adopted. Based on the actions outlined in the plan and the scope of work required to
implement such actions, the Committee proposes the establishment of a self-appointed, self-
organizing Climate Action Advisory Board to assist with implementation of the Climate Plan
actions. The board shall be established as follows:
The mission of the Advisory Board is to assist the City with implementation of the
Climate Action Plan actions to achieve or exceed the emissions reduction goals set by the
City Council. This includes, but is not limited to:
o Prioritization of actions
o Action implementation planning
o Financing recommendations and development
o Achieving diverse stakeholder representation and viewpoints
o Partner with area governments to develop comprehensive community approach to
plan actions, where applicable.
The Board shall be established for one year to develop implementation plans and
determine the most efficient scope and design of the board to facilitate implementation.
Board members shall be chosen based on specialty and expertise. There shall also be two
(2) at-large community member positions.
The Board shall consist of fifteen (15) members, initially consisting of members of the
Climate Action Committee that wish to serve on the Advisory Board. Any remaining
positions shall be filled by the Advisory Board members, based on identified expertise
not currently represented on the Board. Relevant areas of Board representation may
include, but are not limited to:
o Students
o Small and large businesses
o Government agencies
o Institutions, including but not limited to the Iowa City Community School District
and the University of Iowa
o Regulated utilities
o Non-profit organizations
o Professional Services, for example: architects, contractors, bankers/economists,
lawyers.
The Board shall be a working board. Board members duties include, but are not limited
to:
o Advise City staff regarding implementation planning and decision-making
o Assist City staff with outreach and coordination
Developing working groups for specific action implementation
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Leveraging existing community relationships and building new
community relationships
Communicating action plans and progress with the Iowa City community
and surrounding communities
o Assist city staff with documentation and data collection
o Provide recommendations to City staff and City Council, including but not limited
to budget and staffing recommendations for action implementation.
Board member requirements include, but are not limited to:
o Attend at least 75% of Board meetings, which shall occur once per month
o Serve on and/or lead at least one working group
o Participate in community outreach, including attending two (2) community events
per year
o Assist with fundraising.
Board leadership shall consist of the following:
o Two (2) co-chairs
o Secretary
o Recorder
o Communications.
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November 19, 2018
To: Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
From: Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator (MPSC)
Re: Cable Complaints October 2018
1.)
Date: 09/25/18
Method of contact: Email to MPSC
Complaint/Comment Summary:
Resident reported that, according to CenturyLink’s website, high speed Internet service is not available for his
home, even though his next door neighbor is eligible for service.
Resolution Summary:
MPSC inquired about the issue with CenturyLink. Leighton Griffith, an engineer with CenturyLink, investigated
and has put a ticket in to escalate the issue up the chain and said he would provide an update once he has more
info.
Date of Resolution: This issue is not yet resolved. Awaiting a final determination as to whether or not the
property is serviceable.
2.)
Date: 10/01/18
Method of contact: Submitted comments and questions through the City’s request tracker service.
Complaint/Comment Summary:
Resident inquired about the limitations for a new company from providing improved Internet service to Iowa City
neighborhoods. Resident also asked if fiber optic cable to neighborhoods was part of the City’s infrastructure
improvement plan.
Resolution Summary:
MPSC provided information to the resident, informing him of the challenges of attracting a new provider due to the
need for an extremely high initial investment that companies may not find desirable as they consider the potential
return on investment.
MPSC informed the resident that the City does not currently have plans to create its own municipal broadband
system for residents. MPSC explained how, in many cases, communities owning its own broadband system
already owned its own electric utility prior to building a fiber network.
MPSC contacted the City’s Information Technology Services (ITS) staff, who reported that the City does lease
duct and fiber to providers.
Date of Resolution: 10/12/18
3.)
Date: 10/05/18
Method of contact: Visit to Cable TV Office and email.
Complaint/Comment Summary:
Resident expressed a concern that Mediacom lacked some of the public television channels in its local lineup.
Resolution Summary:
MPSC responded to inform the resident that the current cable TV line-up in Iowa City contains four public
television channels and directed the customer to Mediacom’s channel line-up online, where a search mechanism
is available. The resident said he no longer has Mediacom service and has found that their channel information
can be confusing.
Date of Resolution: 10/12/18
Date: November 19, 2018
To: The Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
From: Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator, City of Iowa City Cable TV Office
Re: City of Iowa City Cable TV Office report for the November 2018 meeting
Media Production Services
Submitted by Jack Brooks, Special Projects Assistant, and Toni Ugolini, Media Production Assistant
Recent production activities:
●Produced weekly Iowa City Update programs. Topics included Halloween safety tips,
Thanksgiving waste reduction tips, and ‘Tis the Season events.
●Created an Iowa City In Focus that features the Emerald Ash Borer, flood mitigation efforts,
curbside collection tips, and more.
●Made PSA videos on How to use Curbside Collection, the Citizens Police Academy, and a
tribute to the City Park Rides that were recently closed.
●Recorded the Downtown Historic Survey Result discussion that was held at the Old Capitol
Museum. The purpose of this discussion was to provide the results from the Downtown
Historic Survey and answer any questions.
●Captured the Annual Human Rights Awards Breakfast, where several City employees,
recipients, and their friends & families attended to witness their awards.
●Recorded the 61st Annual Arc of Southeast Iowa Award Ceremony.
Upcoming productions:
●Upcoming Iowa City Update programs to feature new library director, Holiday with the
Hounds, and the final Holiday Market.
●Producing an Iowa City In Focus that will feature a push towards strawless restaurants,
service animal rights, and more.
●Recording and live streaming a League of Women Voters candidate forum for the Johnson
County Board of Supervisors special election.
●Continuing to produce weekly shows for the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
●Updating the Virtual Park Tour short video for City Park, to adjust to the changes that
occured.
●Recording and/or streaming the holiday tuba concert on December 7th.
Programming and Interactive Services
Submitted by Kevin Crawley, Communications Technician
Recent and Upcoming Projects:
So, we got past two election events, and now we are gearing up for one more before the end of
the year. ITS is in the process of updating their firewall/proxy server, and our office has a
surprising number of machines that need exceptions to the normal proxy server rules. We're
almost caught up, and looking forward to being able to update our machines without doing IP
magic tricks.
Website:
In October, we had 4,568 users access 7,960 pages in 6,276 sessions. Our most popular pages
were Mediacom's channel lineup page, Mediacom's channel rates, our home page, Daniel Clark's
MTC video, Dave Loesback's MTC video, our program schedule, our live video page and our
watch-online page.
On YouTube, we had 8,769 video views account for 30,282 minutes (504 hours and 42 minutes)
of watch time. We added 27 more subscribers, and our current total is 488. Our most watched
videos by views were the Welcome to Iowa City! video, Iowa City Voter ID Law, How to Use
Curbside Collection, the current In Focus episode, and an ICFRC presentation on Russian artists.
The most watched videos by time were the In Focus video, the ICFRC presentation, Iowa City
Voter ID Law, and the Deer Population
Management presentation.
Programming:
We cablecast 120 programs produced
in-house 909 times for 538 hours of
programming, 38 locally-produced (DITV,
Senior Center, Hoover Library, Task
Force on Aging, JC Board of Supervisors,
Coralville, North Liberty, University
Heights and Education Exchange)
programs 95 times for 96 hours of
programming, and 35 imported programs
128 times for 75 hours of programming.
We also showed 108 PSAs 1150 times
for 29 hours of programming.
Programs Completed by the Cable TV Office in October 2018
●35th Annual Human Rights Awards Breakfast
●Aging in Place Forum - Your New Home: Levels of Care in the Community
●Candidate Forums
○Iowa Secretary of State
○Iowa Senate District 43
○Iowa Senate Districts 37 & 39 and House District 73
○Johnson County Board of Supervisors
○U.S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District
●City High School Fall Choir Concert 2018
●Community Highlights
○2018 Jingle Cross Festival
○2018 Kids Day at the Farmers Market
○Light Art Tour
●Economic Development Committee Meeting of 10/29/2018
●Emerald Ash Borer Response Plan
●Fire Prevention Week 2018 Performance
●Flood Mitigation Efforts
●How to Use Curbside Collection
●Iowa City Book Festival 2018
○Panel: A Sense of Place
○Paul Engle Prize
●Iowa City City Council Meetings
○October 2, 2018
○October 16, 2018
○October 23, 2018 (special formal)
●Iowa City City Council Work Sessions
○October 2, 2018
○October 16, 2018
○October 23, 2018
●Iowa City Downtown Historic Survey Review
●Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Presents
○Bringing International Sports Competitions to Our Community; Diplomacy,
Logistics, and Challenges
○Political and Policy Obstacles to Feeding the World
○Religion and New Realities; Moscow, Kiev, and Shanghai
●Iowa City In Focus: Emerald Ash Borer Response Plan
●Iowa City Update
○City Council Special Election
○Halloween Events
○Halloween Safety Reminders
○Leaf it to Us
○Leaf Vacuum Program
●Iowa Women's Foundation 2018 Annual Luncheon
●Light Art Grand Tour USA (full recording)
●Market Music 2018: Adrian & Meredith
●Meet the Candidates 2018
○2nd District House of Representatives
■Christopher Peters
■Daniel Clark
■Dave Loebsack
■Mark David Strauss
○Johnson County Board of Supervisors
■Pat Heiden (recorded prior to primary, statement was reused for the
general)
■Janelle Rettig (recorded prior to primary, statement was reused for the
general)
■Phil Hemingway
○State Senate District 37
■Carl Krambeck (recorded prior to primary, statement was reused for the
general)
■Zach Wahls(recorded prior to primary, statement was reused for the
general)
○Senate District 43
■Joe Bolkcom
■Patrick Wronkiewicz
●Meet the Candidates Marathon Promo/Bumper
●Why flushable wipes shouldn't go in the toilet