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Monday, April 27, 2020
Electronic Regular Meeting – 5:30 PM
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Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes
3. Announcements of Commissioners
4. Short public announcements
5. Municipal broadband research
6. REPORTS
Consumer Issues
City Cable TV Office Report
7. Adjournment
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Minutes
Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
February 24, 2020– 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 5:32 P.M.
Members Present:Matthew Brenton, Adam Stockman, Gina Reyes, Andrew Austin
Members Absent:Kyla Paterson
Staff Present:Ty Coleman
Others Present:none
Recommendations to Council: None
Approval of Minutes:
Stockman moved and Austin seconded a motion to approve the January 27, 2020 minutes as presented.
The motion passed unanimously.
Announcements of Commissioners:
None.
Short Public Announcements:
None.
Senate Study Bill 3009:
Austin asked if there was anything in the bill applicable to the municipal broadband discussion, aside from
not being able to advertise a municipal utility within an already-existing utility bill. Brenton said the bill
puts restrictions on municipalities with regards to municipally-owned broadband operations, but noted that
one of the goals of proponents of the bill was to ensure a level playing field by requiring municipal
networks to do their own advertising. Austin agreed that this wouldn’t pose a big issue for municipal
broadband and felt that people tend to naturally gravitate towards municipal service.
Brenton said the bill didn’t appear to be anything concerning for which the Commission should
recommend action by City Council. All members of the Telecommunications Commission present at the
meeting agreed that no action was necessary.
Municipal broadband research:
Stockman said he was able to get an email out to the list of Iowa municipalities that have their own
broadband service. The message asked staff from the cities to fill out a survey to provide information and
insight into the process they went through to create their systems. Stockman said he received responses
from Vinton, Osage, Waverly, and one other he couldn’t recall.
Stockman said he added a question to the survey regarding the impact the city’s municipal broadband
networks had on accessibility, given that the Commission had been discussing the importance of access
to affordable broadband. He said some of the responses indicated the networks provided competition
and also provided service to areas that otherwise would not be serviced.
Stockman said Waverly, who already owned its own electric utility, had initially approved the pursuit of its
own broadband network back in 2000, but that, largely due to cost, the vote to get started wasn’t until
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2014. He said this showed they were concerned about the cost, but that the price had become more
acceptable to them over time.
Stockman said he hoped more responses to the survey would be coming in, but felt good about those he
had received. He said he had sent 20-30 emails, some going to multiple people at the same municipality.
Brenton said that one follow-up email to those who hadn’t yet responded would be fine, but that if
someone doesn’t respond, it won’t help to keep bugging them.
Austin noted that three of the four responses indicated in some way that the project has paid for itself or is
profitable. He wondered if other responses that could come in would be similar. Austin said that knowing
more about the cost-factor for these projects would be helpful and suggested that a more focused survey
could be an option to consider.
Brenton said that Osage responded about factors that contributed to the feasibility of their broadband
project, including being able to leverage bonding using their electric utility, which he said sounded like
something that Senate Study Bill 3009 might restrict.
Brenton mentioned the cost of 100Mbps service for three of the respondents was between $50 to $65 per
month for subscribers. He said he thought Mediacom’s 100 Mbps service was at or below that price
point, though he noted that it can vary depending on multiple factors. Stockman agreed that Mediacom’s
price seemed to be in the same ballpark as the others. Austin mentioned that promotional pricing can
vary the cost greatly, saying that his $70 per month Gigabit service would increase to $195 per month
when his promotion expires. Stockman said it seemed that the responses regarding the municipal utilities
indicated they were not simply providing cheap internet prices, but that they were able to charge enough
to remain profitable.
Coleman said he wondered about how much time it could take a new municipal broadband utility to start
making money after making such a large initial investment in building its infrastructure. Reyes said a
couple of the responses showed a cost of $15,000,000 to build. Brenton wondered how much of those
costs were for new infrastructure, noting that smaller locations may have smaller costs due to having less
space to cover, having less development in some areas, and other factors.
Brenton said the Commission had spoken to the City Council approximately six months ago and
wondered if Council had been looking for information from the Commission. He suggested the
Commission put something in an upcoming meeting packet to express that the group expects to have
information to present in two or three months. Brenton said the group would need to have at least
another meeting to discuss any new survey responses that may come in. Stockman said that a
subcommittee could put the information gathered into some kind of report for Council.
Austin brought up a report he had found from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). He said
the report looked at the economic development impact of broadband access when provided to those
formerly without access. He said the report indicated that a 10% increase in broadband resulted, on
average, in a 3.6% increase in business efficiency and output in the areas that were analyzed.
Reyes said she further investigated the broadband coverage map she had referred to in the previous
meeting. She said the first version had been created by an LLC, while the second version of the map had
used information pulled from FCC data. She said the data was collected in June of 2018, but wasn’t
published until September 2019. Reyes also said the FCC data was generally focused on rural access.
She said it would be good to know about the small pockets in Iowa City that were shown on the map as
not having access to broadband.
Brenton reported he had reached out to Ryan Goddard, who used to work for Muscatine Water and
Power (MPW). He said he asked Goddard some of the questions from the survey. He also asked about
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whether Goddard thought 5G would have an impact on municipal broadband deployments. Brenton said
Goddard presented the following opinions:
●Municipalities should base decisions on existing services and what is needed to provide service
to underserved areas.
●Municipalities run a litigation risk any time the government competes with private industry.
●MPW was subject to the Mediacom bill, which prohibits a municipal entity from self-funding
internet services from other utilities within that entity, requiring a city to use public funding sources
and not public revenues.
●Not owning poles can be an issue. MPW pays for use of all poles used.
●He foresees the future being most cities using a transport model for these services and leaving
the administration and operation aspects to private entities who pay stipends to the municipalities.
●5G won’t have a big impact until it is fully built, which will be a long time. As providers are putting
fiber in the ground instead of copper, 5G won’t likely steal customers away from them, but would
definitely capture the rural, underserved markets.
●Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet service may be the future of internet service to homes.
●Municipalities should stay out of cable TV and phone service as long as those needs are being
met by other providers.
Brenton noted that Iowa City now has three providers, depending on the area of town you live in,
including Mediacom, CenturyLink, and now ImOn. Brenton said satellite internet service can suffer from
latency, making it less desirable.
Brenton said he learned that 5G is divided into millimeter-band (higher frequency), mid-band, and
low-band waves. He said millimeter-band is the fastest, but the reach is short and has difficulty traversing
walls and windows. He said mid-band is the most widely deployed. He said 5G low-band offers similar
capacity to surpass 4G.
Brenton referred to an article in Ars Technica about whether 5G would be able to replace everyone’s
home broadband. The article said carriers can address the issues with millimeter-wave frequencies by
building many more cell sites with a fiber backhaul. Brenton said that it appears that 5G won’t
appreciably cut down on the need for fiber when compared to a municipal broadband deployment and
that 5G as a solution for home internet would practically require the access point to be in the home, where
then devices would connect wirelessly to it.
Austin said it seems like a 5G home broadband solution would essentially be like creating a fiber to the
block solution like a traditional internet service provider, but instead changing the last stretch to the
millimeter wave technology, which appears to be more susceptible to problems. He said there will be
areas where 5G will offer improvements, but he is not yet sold on the idea of 5G as a home broadband
solution. Brenton agreed that it is not likely to be a good solution for Iowa City residents.
Austin said he could see those living near the downtown and University areas having access to 5G
options, but that when you get out to the underserved areas, it is unlikely that it would be available there.
Brenton said the article referred to one existing 5G deployment in Sacramento, where Verizon had only
signed up under three percent of the single-family homes located in range of the 5G signals and that the
homes within that range only constituted six percent of all of the residential addresses in the area studied.
Brenton said an analyst in the article expressed that millimeter-wave spectrum propagation is too limited
for the economics to be compelling.
Brenton said T-Mobile is going more for the mid-range spectrum and claims that its 5G home broadband
service is expected to cover 52% of U.S. zip codes by 2024. Brenton said he suspects that Iowa City
has enough of a population density to be included in that 52%.
Brenton mentioned an article he found about SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-based broadband service, saying
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that its coverage would begin in 2020 and that the company had applied for putting thousands of satellites
into orbit. He said the Pentagon has a contract with SpaceX and that the U.S. Air Force is currently
testing this technology, delivering high bandwidth into Air Force planes. Brenton said that other
companies are planning to enter the satellite-based broadband market.
Austin said he was curious about the latency typically associated with satellite service. Brenton said this
newer technology appears to rely on satellites that are much closer to Earth and said he assumes that the
technology has improved enough to further reduce latency. He said that while there are not currently 5G
or LEO satellite services available to customers in Iowa City, such solutions are on the horizon, though
still with many unknowns.
Brenton said these technologies are still worth considering to present to City Council as potentially being
additional options for Iowa City residents in the future. Austin said that if these technologies are the
answer that Iowa City could still utilize them to improve access for those who otherwise couldn’t get it.
Brenton said that if there are more options, the extra competition could drive prices down.
Brenton said he could start to draft what he thinks the communication to Council should look like. He said
he would also send the links to the articles he mentioned to Coleman for sending out to the other
Commission members. Brenton asked if Stockman could start to compile some of the data acquired from
survey responses and to identify the highlights.
Brenton said that the ITU report presented by Austin would be a good item to refer to in a report to the
Council to illustrate why broadband matters.
Brenton said the FCC data mentioned by Reyes is helpful in communicating that, while almost all of Iowa
City does have access to broadband, there is at least one pocket that does not appear to be served. He
noted that saying there are providers of broadband that cover all of Iowa City is not the same as saying
that everybody has broadband.
Austin said it could be important to note that the FCC’s current definition of broadband could stand to be
updated for faster speeds and lower latency. He said that there are areas in Iowa City that have
lower-speed options than others.
Brenton said he would start to frame out an outline to include: why broadband matters, the current state of
broadband in Iowa City, and some of the options.
Consumer Issues:
Brenton noted one of the issues related to the cost of cable TV service. Coleman said that when looking
at some of the history of cable TV rates, he found that Iowa City is actually pretty low for basic-tier service
when compared to other cities in Iowa. Coleman said that Iowa City’s basic-tier rates have stayed pretty
consistent for at least the last ten years.
Coleman also referred to an issue presented in a prior report where a resident was having difficulty
getting Mediacom service extended to his property, located in a low-density area. He said the resident
was given a quote for the amount he would need to pay for Mediacom to build out its infrastructure to his
location, but wasn’t given additional details, such as the distance to be covered. Coleman said the quote
of $4,200 did not seem out of line with quotes he had seen in the past for other residents on the outskirts
of town. Brenton said he found it interesting that Mediacom was at least willing to engage in a dialogue
with the resident and thought that most companies would simply say they couldn’t extend service. Austin
said he has heard of business customers being given a build-out quote, but not residential customers.
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City Cable TV Office Report:
Coleman referred to the report the Cable TV Office had submitted in the meeting packet.
Adjournment:
Stockman moved and Reyes seconded a motion to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.
Adjournment was at 6:28 p.m.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
12-MONTH ATTENDANCE RECORD
Gowder vacant Brenton Stockman Pierce
02/25/2019 x vacant x x o/c
Reyes
03/25/2019 resignation o/c x x x
04/22/2019 vacant x x x o/c
06/03/2019
Meeting not held
due to lack of
quorum.
vacant
-
-
-
-
06/24/2019 vacant x x x o
Austin
07/22/2019 x x x x resignation
08/26/2019 o/c x x x vacant
Paterson
09/23/2019 x x x x o
10/28/2019 x x o/c x o
11/25/2019 o/c x x x o
12/16/2019 o/c x x x o
02/24/2019 x x x x o
(x) = Present
(o) = Absent
(o/c) = Absent/Called (Excused)
From Andrew Austin:
Here’s the link to the ITU study on how broadband access leads to economic development.
https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/broadband/ITU-BB-Reports_Impact-of-Broadband-on-the-Econom
y.pdf
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From Matt Brenton:
Links for the articles I brought up in the meeting today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/12/5g-as-a-home-broadband-replacement-
isnt-a-slam-dunk-yet-but-it-might-be-soon/
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-service-2020.html
Notice to City Council:
Members of the Iowa City Council,
The Iowa City Telecommunications Commission is continuing to investigate municipal
broadband options for Iowa City per your request. We expect to report our findings to the
council within the next three months.
Sincerely,
Matt Brenton
Commissioner, Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
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From Gina Reyes:
Broadband availability map:
https://ocio.iowa.gov/broadband-availability-map-version-2
Email response from the State of Iowa Office of the Chief Information Officer regarding available
programs or resources for facilitating broadband access:
From: jessica.turba2@iowa.gov <jessica.turba2@iowa.gov> on behalf of Grants, OCIO
<ociogrants@iowa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 2:30 PM
To: cyclecast Cc: Ty Coleman
Subject: Re: Broadband Grant Question
Hello Gina,
Thank you for the inquiry regarding programs and/or resources that facilitate broadband access
to under served populations. The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) does administer
a program titled "The Empower Rural Iowa Broadband Program". OCIO posts information about
the program here: https://ocio.iowa.gov/broadband-grants
In the past year, OCIO has awarded funds to facilitate high speed broadband service delivery to
under served areas. The program awards and project requirements are posted online. There is
also a place to subscribe for updates regarding funding and project awards.
I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
Jessica Turba
Special Projects Administrator
Office of the Chief Information Officer
200 East Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA 50309
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 1:37 PM cyclecast <cyclecast@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon,
My name is Gina Reyes. I'm on the Iowa City telecommunications committee.
https://www.icgov.org/city-government/boards/telecommunications-commission
The commission is currently studying broadband access, and how to bring connectivity to
under-served populations in our community.
I'm reaching out to ask if you are aware of any programs which have been used to help bring
broadband access to under-served populations, including low-income and school-children?
These could be building infrastructure, providing equipment, or paying subsidies with existing
carriers (in our city these are ImOn, MediaCom and CentruryLink)
Could these be potential grant opportunities going forward?
If you have any comments or questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Gina Reyes
1169 Hotz AveIowa City, IA 52245
cell 319-621-0980
Municipal Broadband questionnaire (Responses)
1
Name of municipality Your name Your job title Population Number of high-speed
broadband Internet
providers (excluding
your own service)
Vinton Municipal
Utiltities
Tom Richtsmeier General Manager 5257
Osage Municipal
Communications Utility
Brandon Halsne Telecommunications
Supervisor
3500 1551
IMU Fiber Kurt Ripperger Communications
Superintendent
15000 2
Waverly
Communications Utility
Jeff Magsamen Telecom Director 10,000 2
Municipal Broadband questionnaire (Responses)
2
What are the primary
factors that led your
municipality to
consider building its
own broadband
network?
Approximate cost to
build your broadband
network
Approximate project
duration from first dig
to first customer
What factors
contributed to the
feasibility of creating
your own broadband
network?
What were the biggest
hurdles your
community had to
overcome in order to
get the project moving
forward?
No incumbents with fiber
infrastructures that
provide true high speed
internet
$10 million
Being able to leverage
bonding using the
electric utility.
The need for high-speed
broadband connections
throughout the entire
town
We bonded 15 million for
outside plant, capital
expenses and working
capital.
14 months
Economic Development,
Remote reads of Utility
Meters(electric, Water,
etc.) Poor system
availability and customer
service from incumbent
providers,
$15M 1 Year Cost, Economic
Development, Customer
Service
Time and Money. The
community of Waverly
approved a
Communications Utility
in 2000. The Board of
Trustees did not provide
the go ahead until 2014.
The gap was primarily
due to the high
infrastructure costs.
Costs came down and
community feedback
regarding incumbent
providers drove the
Board to approve the
formation and project to
activate services for
Waverly Electric
customers
Municipal Broadband questionnaire (Responses)
3
Monthly cost for
residential customer
for service around
100Mbps download
Who manages the
operation and
customer service for
your broadband
network?
Is operating your
broadband network
profitable or is it also
supported by funding
other than customer
payments?
If your municipality
conducted a feasibility
study before deciding
to construct its own
network, what was the
approximate cost?
How has accessibility
been impacted by the
implementation of
municipal broadband?
$40,000-$60,000
49.95 All operations are done
in house
Yes, all operations are
covered by customer
payments.
Provided competition, as
well as provided service
to areas that otherwise
would not be serviced.
Between our HFC,
FTTx, and Fixed
wireless platforms,
Osage and the
surrounding rural areas
have greatly benefited.
64 I'm in charge of
operations and we have
a customer service
manager who is charge
of customer service
It is designed to be self
sustaining
60 Waverly Utilities We expect to be
profitable in 2020
$20,000-$40,000 Waverly Utilities has
over 2,800 residential
and business broadband
customers. Any
customer in our Electric
Territory can get our
broadband services.
April 21, 2020
To: Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
From: Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator (MPSC)
Re: Cable Complaints February 2020
1.)
Date: 02/07/20
Method of contact:
Phone call to MPSC
Complaint/Comment Summary:
Resident complained about a gate on her property being damaged by workers for ImOn who were in her
neighborhood installing cable.
Resolution Summary:
MPSC told the resident he would reach out to ImOn to investigate. MPSC presented the issue to ImOn’s Tyler
Green. Green said he would have someone visit the property to take a look at the situation and speak with the
homeowner. Green later reported that he visited the property and did not find a damaged gate. Green said he
left a message for the resident, but never received a response.
Date of Resolution: 02/07/20
2.)
Date: 02/07/20
Method of contact:
Phone call to MPSC
Complaint/Comment Summary:
A former Dubuque, Iowa resident called with concerns about fraudulent Mediacom charges that had been billed to
him and sent to a collections agency. The gentleman said that he has not lived in the area for several years and
only found out about the issue after a recent credit check.
Resolution Summary:
MPSC contacted the local Mediacom customer service office to ask about the recommended course of action.
Mediacom’s Stephanie Poole reported that customer service typically suggests that a person in this situation
contact the authorities and file a police report for identity theft. The gentleman said that he had already been
working with the authorities regarding this and other instances of his social security number being tied to
fraudulent charges and that he may have to file a lawsuit in order to get the charges dropped.
Date of Resolution: 02/12/20
April 21, 2020
To: Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
From: Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator (MPSC)
Re: Cable Complaints March 2020
No complaints were received by the Cable TV Office during the month of March 2020.
Date: April 20, 2020
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 April 2020 meeting
Media Production Services
Submitted by Jack Brooks, Special Projects Assistant, and Lillie Ostwinkle, Media Production Assistant
Recent production activities:
●Recorded musical performances at the Compeer Sound of Friendship benefit concert.
●Live-streamed the Preucil School of Music’s Orchestra Festival.
●Created a PSA for the Iowa City Senior Center encouraging people to reach out to older
adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
●Produced an informational video explaining how to participate in the City Council
meetings through Zoom.
●Provided live streaming for COVID-19 press conferences by the Johnson County Public
Health Department.
●Produced a new Community Connection series with Mayor Bruce Teague. Completed
two episodes a week that highlight our community partners in the response to the
Coronavirus.
●Continued production of Iowa City Update with topics including the search for a new
police chief, fire hydrant flushing, and Coronavirus resources.
●Created PSA videos for free Home Energy Assessments offered through Green Iowa
AmeriCorps.
●Created a Rental Guide video in collaboration with the University of Iowa to help students
navigate the process.
Upcoming productions:
●Collaborating with Johnson County Public Health to produce a video that explains how
people can stay safe at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
●Live streaming weekly press conferences about COVID-19 for Johnson County Public
Health.
●Continue producing two episodes of Community Connection each week during the
pandemic.
●Working with City Staff on a video series to provide Coronavirus guidance to non-English
speaking community members.
Programming and Interactive Services
Submitted by Kevin Crawley, Communications Technician
Recent and Upcoming Projects
February now seems like it was eons ago, but much of my work over late February and March
has entailed a lot of Zoom. We did the first Zoom council meetings in February, which resulted in
my becoming the City's 'Zoom guy'. We've been working with the City Attorney and City Clerk to
figure out a sustainable Zoom Council meetings template, and I've been tasked with training
Boards and Commissions staff and co-hosting their first meetings. I've also made fairly
substantial schedule changes to allow us to cablecast both the ongoing Johnson County
Emergency Management press conferences and our new Community Connection series seven
days a week.
Website:
-- February
In February, there were 4,248 users accessing 6,715 pages in 5,405 sessions. Our most popular
pages were Mediacom's channel lineup page, our live video page, our home page, Mediacom's
channel rates, our program schedule, and our watch-online page.
On YouTube, we had 7,200 video views account for 407.5 hours of watch time. We added 24
more subscribers. Our most-watched videos by views were How to Recycle Glass in Iowa City,
the Deer Management episode of Iowa City Update video, Police Defensive Tactics with UI
Wrestlers, the Prison Dog Program, and How to Use Curbside Collection. The most-watched
videos by time were the Council live stream of Feb 18, How to Recycle Glass, the live stream of
the Feb 4 City Council meeting, and the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council talk on the
COVID-19 Pandemic.
-- March
In March, there were 4,778 users accessing 7,573 pages in 6,039 sessions. Our most popular
pages were Mediacom's channel lineup page, the ICFRC Pandemic video, our live video page,
our home page, Mediacom's channel rates, our program schedule, and our watch-online page.
On YouTube, we had 9,907 video views account for 906.2 hours of watch time, and we added 50
more subscribers. Our most-watched videos by views were the ICFRC Pandemic lecture, the
Coronavirus Resource and Coronavirus Response Efforts episodes of Iowa City Update video,
the JC Emergency Management press conference of March 10, and the premier episode of
Community Connection. The most-watched videos by time were the ICFRC Pandemic lecture,
followed by the JC Emergency Management press conferences of March 10, March 25 and
March 13, and the Community Connection premier.
Programming:
In February, we cablecast 130 programs
produced in-house 708 times for 476 hours
of programming, 50 locally-produced
(DITV, Senior Center, Hoover Library,
Task Force on Aging, Education Exchange
and meetings of the JC Board of
Supervisors, Coralville, North Liberty,
University Heights, and ICCSD School
Board) programs 138 times for 120 hours
of programming, and 38 imported
programs 122 times for 67 hours of
programming. We also showed 121 PSAs
990 times for 25 hours of programming.
In March, we cablecast 136 programs
produced in-house 945 times for 532
hours of programming, 29
locally-produced programs 90 times for 80
hours of programming, and 50 imported
programs 179 times for 112 hours of
programming. We also showed 102 PSAs
922 times for 20 hours of programming.
Programs Completed by the Cable TV Office in February 2020
●*2020 Preucil School of Music Annual String Concert
●2020 State of the City Address
●Aging in Place Forum: Safety First Leads to Longevity at Home
●Home Energy Assessments
●*ICCCM/ICCSD Joint Meeting of 2/19/20
●*Iowa City and County Officials Discuss Refugees and Immigrants - Panel Discussion
●Iowa City City Council Meetings
○*February 4, 2020
○*February 18, 2020
●Iowa City City Council Work Sessions
○*February 4, 2020
○*February 18, 2020
●Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Presents
○African Elections as a Testing Ground: Cambridge Analytica in Nigeria and
Kenya
○How Climate Change is Changing International Politics
○Overcoming the One Inch Barrier: Experiencing the World Through Foreign Film
○The Inevitable Pandemic of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
●Iowa City Update
○Deer Management Plan
○Maker Space
○Police Chief Search
○Snacks at the Library
●Meet Daisy Torres, Community Outreach Assistant
*Program was live-streamed
Programs Completed by the Cable TV Office in March 2020
●2020 Iowa City Area Business Partnership Annual Banquet
●*2020 Preucil School of Music Orchestra Festival
●Community Connection
○Iowa City Community School District
○Iowa City Downtown District
●Freeze Fest 2020
●Iowa City City Council Meetings
○*March 3, 2020
○*March 24, 2020
●Iowa City City Council Work Sessions
○*March 3, 2020
○*March 24, 2020
●Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Presents
○Combustion: A Feminist Perspective on Cookstove Improvement Campaigns in
India
○Serving as 'Secretary of State' to America's Tribal Nations
●Iowa City Rental Guide
●Iowa City Update
○Coronavirus Guide
○Coronavirus Resources
○Fire Hydrant Flushing
○Project Blue Able
●Johnson County Emergency Management updates on COVID 19
○*March 10, 2020
○*March 13, 2020
○*March 17, 2020
○*March 18, 2020
○*March 23, 2020
○*March 25, 2020
○*March 27, 2020
○*March 31, 2020
●*Johnson County Mayors Urge Residents to Stay Home and Limit Non-Essential Activities
●*Mayor Bruce Teague Declares a Civil Emergency for Iowa City
●One Book Two Book 2020
○Once Upon a Time
○Write Out Loud!
●The Impact of Successful Partnerships on Downtown and Community Health: Presentations
on Metrics of Health
●*United Nations Association Night of 1000 Dinners 2020
●United Way Presents: Cheers to 100 Years
●Update on COVID-19 for Iowa City, IA - March, 17, 2020
*Program was live-streamed