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LMCCC MiNlilu. <br />Page Two - Febr* ;<ry 20, 1990 <br />2) A notice had been aent to all Commisaionera regarding the tour to the <br />Triax Headquarters facility in Waseca, scheduled for March 20. Deadline for sign­ <br />up was Feb. 23, after which it would be deternined whether or not sufficient <br />interest existed to justify the cost of chartering a bus. <br />3) Only four responses had been received as a result of the Bailing of the <br />sample survey originally sent by NATOA and distributed to CoBaissioners froa the <br />LMCCC office. Watts did not feel those were adequate to develop any fora of <br />response on behalf of the Commission, and instead she would like to make <br />Commissioners' names available to those organizations who are currently polling <br />regulators in preparation for appearances at the FCC hearing in St. Louis in March <br />and other issue-related presentations. She noted MACTA was submitting a request to <br />appear before the FCC, as was Adrian Herbst. The two, who frequently work together <br />on cable-related matters, would be collaborating on this effort. <br />4) Complaints wore few in January and February. There was one pending re­ <br />lated to the line extension policy and the Long Lake/Orono area of Watertown Road. <br />Watts had investigated the area and said she would work with Hanson in getting back <br />to the homeowners as to if and when a build might occur. <br />5) Watts said the MACTA conference was very worthwhile; her report was rather <br />lengthy and would be available in March. She added that she had been elected to <br />the MACTA Board of Directors, with meetings scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of <br />each month at 3 p.m. in Bloomington. As part of her outies, she had agreed to <br />serve on the Membership and Newsletter Committees. <br />6) Only half of the member cities had notified Watts of 1990 Appointments to <br />the Commission. Of the seven notices she'd received, she noted many directors had <br />agreed to stay on the Commission and she thanked then for their continued interest <br />and input. Departing directors included Dennis Hagerty, Peter Berzins, Saa <br />Rettinger, Tim Adams and Steve Broderson. She thanked them for their years of <br />service to the Commission. Finally, she welcomed new directors Tom Hark^e, David <br />Sawyer, Alan Mettles and James Grabek. <br />Triax Reuort <br />Ric Hanson presented the monthly report; <br />Humes Passed 11,770 <br />Basic Subs 5 691 (Gain 54) <br />Basic Percentage 48.3SX <br />Total Pay Units 3,923 (Gam 66) <br />Total A/O's 3,396 (Gain 50) <br />Total Remotes 2,687 (Loss 4) <br />Hanson noted this report included information on additional outlets (A/0*s) <br />and remote control units. Ha noted that the Commission had requested quarterly <br />financial reports and those would be made available at the end of each quarter. He <br />said the month was a good one for Triax and he hoped with the new builds in 1990, <br />and new subscribers, to increase the basic percentage by another 600 subs. He <br />announced that Triax would be offering a limited pay-per-view service on the LMCCC <br />system during the last quarter of 1990. He also announced that the Excelsior <br />headend would be eliminated in 1990 and Triax would begin their first phase of <br />fiber this year. He noted he would be making construction schedules available to <br />the Administrator for 1990 scheduled builds. <br />Watts asked if Hanson would be sending system redesign plans to the <br />Commission prior to any technical changes being made to the system. Hanson said <br />yes. Johnson asked about the motivation for removing the headend in Excelsior and <br />what would be used to compensate for its removal. Hanson explained that eventually <br />the Lake Minnetonka Area would be a single-head system resulting in a positive <br />effect to subscribers.