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4.4 the next week. The meeting was set for lanuary 31, 1996 at 5 p.m. at the East River Road location. SUBSCRIBER REPORT - as submitted by Meredith Cable Motion was made by Volk, seconded by Peterson to APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 8 ayes - 0 nays. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS - 5 5.1 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT O'Connell reports there has been a lot of actio~t on the regulatory level in 1995 and believes the Commission will continue to see a lot of development in this area, including the bill which Representative Steve Kelly is hoping to introduce which could allow franchise fees to be taken by the state so that very little would be left for the cities. The state would use the money for some-type of "universal services" fund. O'Comnell also stated that on the federal level with the TELCOM BILL all cable issues of municipal interest are resolved and look to be protected by the STUPAK/BARTON AMENDMENT which remained, and that agreement is needed by the broadcast industry on how spectrum space for high definition programming will allocated. O'Connell asked the Commission to send him written goals and objectives that they would like have put in effe'ct for the upcoming year concerning QCCCC. O'Connell is developing an organizational plan for QCCC and a buisness plan for QCTV The goals for QCTV will be drafted by O'Connell and he will be taking input from the government, sports and community producers, if the Directors would like to make suggestions they may do so. 5.2 MACTA CONFERENCE & DUES O'Cormell again wanted to encourage the Commission members to attend the conference so that they can gain education and epress their views to the A, ssociation's members. Mark NageI stated that he would like to attend the conference. The Commission agreeded that there is sufficient budgeted funds for attending the conference. Motion was made by ~acobson, seconded by Z~ohnson TO SEND O'CONNELL AND NAGEL TO THE MACTA CONFERENCE. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I