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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 11, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 21 of 27 (17. FRANCHISE RENEWAL, Continued) McMillan commented it is unfortunate there are five underserved cities. Koenecke indicated the other cities did not object to the build-out being a priority and felt that the other members of the organization should have build-out just like they have. Koenecke stated the other priority identified is service, and that she would say that service is also a priority for Orono. When the technical consultant went out, he found various connections in all of the cities that were done improperly. Service issue applies here in Orono as well, with the main goal of build-out. One of the goals of the LMCC is that whenever Mediacom is working with older installations, they should be upgraded and fixed. The LMCC has seen certain pockets of service with complaints, which generally means that that is an older area. Mediacom will have to redo the coaxial in those areas, which will help clean up the system and allow for better function. McMillan asked if the LMCC pays for the cost of video streaming. Koenecke indicated they do. McMillan asked how often people access the Orono Council meetings. Jim Lundberg indicated he can supply that specific information but that he has seen Orono meetings in the top ten. Lundberg indicated he will have a report generated specifically for the City of Orono and will attempt to get that information by the end of this week. Lundberg stated in regards to video streaming, if you look at individual city entities and what they offer as far as streaming, many of them offer the same agenda parsing services that the LMCC has begun to implement. For an individual city entity, it will cost them between five and six thousand dollars up front for the hardware costs as well as $6,000 a year for the agenda parsing system. The LMCC has been able to take 17 different government entities and wrap them into the same umbrella of costs. The LMCC does that by sharing some of the burden and by having a staff person work with the cities and adjust them into one single template. By negotiating with Granicus over a 5-year period, they now understand that the LMCC is not your typical city entity and that they need to treat the LMCC as a single large entity. By taking on a large share of the work, the LMCC is able to provide that at a reasonable cost. Anderson asked how the fiber optics piece would be a benefit and where it falls in the priority list. Koenecke stated the I-Net has been brought up numerous times with the educational group and the cities as to whether or not those dark fibers should be activated in some way. The Commission feels that we need to go to Mediacom and ask that these be put into use. The LMCC can then work with the school districts and cities to understand exactly what it is they would like for services. The LMCC has been told that cities would like to have their meetings on demand or live, and so those connections can be used for those capabilities. Koenecke indicated the LMCC will probably need to do more questioning of the cities to see which cities specifically would like that service. When we negotiate with Mediacom, we will ask for the location of these dark fibers and then find out how they can be activated. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 03/25/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 03/11/2013 [Page 21 of 27]