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LMCCC MINUTES--P«go Two <br />hikd b#0n n*goti.at«d at th© ti®® o£ th© franchi©© <br />Agr©©a©nt» in ord©r to locat© th© atudio in th© Orono High <br />School. H© also ©xpr©a©©d concarn about accaaaibility to that <br />atudio by non-achool ataff. Pattrln atatad that th© city of <br />Orono want© to a©© nor© ua© of that studio. Hatta ©aid ah© <br />plannod to noat with Bargatron, Schindlar and achool officials <br />to clarify th«ir raquirananta and connitnanta, and than davolop <br />a plan to ©xpand th© s©**vic©s of th© Oronc studio. Sh© would <br />prosont this infornation to th© conaiaaxon at th© Hay ©©©ting. <br />Hatta raportad that the Sailor Nawspapar had printed th© lat­ <br />ter ah© had written in raaponae to th© article on th© Exeelaior <br />atudio progra© nunbara. Th© paper also printed th© chann©! guide <br />and new© ralaaaaa. Watta noted there had bean no call© in <br />raapona© to th© open-atudio tin© for video greetings to Paraian <br />Gulf ©ilitary poraonnal, and it would b© cancelled. <br />Watts stated that Tin Pattrin had submitted a report to th© <br />Orono City Council« giving his view and concerns with th© <br />connlaaion and Triax. She had requested a copy of th© report <br />fro© th© city and planned to rea^'ond to th© city to clarify so©© <br />iaau©a contain©d in th© report. <br />Watt© reported that HACTA had net with the aponaora of th© <br />Minn©aota bill that would li»it the length of franchise© to <br />ssven years and establish a cable legislative task force. They <br />had been told that there would probably be no action this year, <br />but that the coeeittee waa still interested in cable issues and <br />asked for HACTA's continued input. <br />Watts reported that the NFLCP convention would be held in <br />Portland, July 24-28. <br />She went on to update the coas-ttee on cable coeplaintat <br />1) She had received a copy of a letter fro© a Hound resioent <br />regarding rate increases that had been sent to the FCC, then <br />forwarded by he FCC to the conniasion office for response. She <br />noted the letter had gone all the way to Washington, 0«C*, only <br />to be returned to the LHCCC. <br />2) There had been a coeplaint from a woman whose HBO waa out <br />and who had been told by a Customer Service Representative there <br />waa no provision for a credit* A call to Triax clarified the <br />issue and the woaan had been credited for two days. <br />3) A Chanhassen resident had xnitiated a complaint about <br />Triax*© Inability to carry the NorthStar hockey games on HSC. <br />Triax had been unable to come to an agreement with NorthStar <br />management for those games. Due to a technical malfunction, part <br />of ne game had been shown and part blacked out. Watts had dis­ <br />cussed the matter with Triax and with Kevin Cattoor at HSC and <br />had reported l.er findings back to the resident. <br />4) Watts reporv.ed that she had met with Rollie Hartin, Tom <br />yisler, and Paul Naaarow to try and negotiate a lime extension <br />for Hartin and several of his neighbors. Hartin felt the quote <br />ms had received was too high* No solution was reached. Watts <br />asked if the coma.tttee wanted her to pursue this further. <br />Anderson and Olds agreed that the commission ahowld not pursue