12-23-1985 Council Packet Special Meeting

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interruption on the Dow Jones channel. Dave Eng of Dow -Sat said they had problems with the character generator and it had been sent to New York for repair. Frank deMonchaux suggested Dow -Sat use two levels of messages: one for short-term interruptions and one for lon; tern interruptions, so that subscribers would be informed of any lor;er-terns problems. Ayotte questioned what hr .ens to a subscriber if thev paid a year in advance to receive the 13th rt ch free and rates were ir:reased during that time. Smith said if that was the agreement with t;ie subscriber, the agreemen', would remain in place until the time exp;red. IV. LOCAL ACCESS Chair Olds said as the Commission is experiencing a role change, local access is an area the Commission can get involved in. He felt most Commission members supported this and that it is an ar• that can make cable a meaning- ful addition to the community. The Execut..d Committee had come up with some ideas to promote local access, including involviny Commission members on committees for government, educational, and public access, a„d invited Commission members to express their ideas. An initial activity we would like to see happen is to hold a series of open houses to introduce the community and group, to the Excelsior studio and the opportunities it could provide. Chair Olds said a non-profit access corporation was something we may want to look into as a vehicle for generating additional funding for local programming and that there are many example. of successful non-profit access corporations from around the cou.itry. Haugen questioned whether senior citizen groups and schools had been contacted regarding local access. Hansen said she had spoken to the Southshore Senior Center and had two people take a field workshop as a result. Hansen also said she would appreciate it if Commission members would provide her with specific names of groups they felt should be contacted. Chair Olds said he hoped the open houxei would orovide a means to introduce groups to the studio anO access possibilities. He also sai, a committee we would like to sec become active initially would be a public relations committee and asked for volunteer to assist in planning the open houses. Chair Olds referred back to the rate i crease listed in Dow-Sat's report before we lost a quorum. He said it is Dow-Sat's opinion that the proposed rate increases fell within the guidelines established by the LMCCC Franchise and the Cable Act of 1934. and that he had asked our attorneys to review the increase and that they were comfortable with what was being proposed by Dow - Sat. Chair Olds asked for a motion to accept the proposed rate increase as *allows: Motion 11.19.35.3 Motion to accept the following monthly rate increases by ow- at o • nnesota, Inc. which are authorized under Federal law: Basic I from $7.00 to $7.35. Basic II from $4.00 to $6.00. remote from $2.00 to $3.50, additional outlet from $3.00 to $3.25. Motion by dePonchaus, seconded by Hoseth . Vote: Unanimous. V. OLD BUSINESS. reported. NEW BUSINESS Chair Olds said the first oven house would be scheduled for LMCCC members and quests And tney would be no Ified when the date was established. Hansen offered a video field worksh,;, for LMCCC members in December and January. The December workshop was scheduled for December iOtn Irom 6:30 p.m, to 9:30 p.m. at the Excelsior studio. Chair Olds announced that the next full Commission meeting would be in February. -3-