Agenda - Council - 12/10/1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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ATTORNEY'S REPORTS - 5 5.1 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP Tom Creighton informed the Commission Members that all cities have approved the recommended transfer resolutions and that the first sale should be closing the Meredith/Continental transaction in October. The Continental to US West merger is waiting for The Department of Justice to conclude its review of the transaction and the FCC ruling on the waiver that has been filed. The companies are hoping to see the closing take place sometime in November. OLD BUSINESS - 6 6.1 6.2 COMMISSION ONE ISSUE REPORT The Commission discussed advertising and publishing for the public hearing which will be held at the November meeting. RENEWAL PROCESS Terry O'Cormell brought up a subject that Ryan Schroeder had touched on during the "one issue" meeting in September. Schroeder asked why do a lot of needs assessments to see what the cities want when we will get the same system as the other cable commissions such as North Suburban. They can spend the money to investigate the needs. O'ConneI1 then stated that when the renewal time is here and the Commission goes to present the community needs, proof that those are the needs are actual will have to be provided. However, if the Commission wishes to stay Cable Commission instead of becoming a larger more encompassing "Telecommunication Commission", those choices may be fine. O'Connell stated some of the many advantages of using the I-Net, some of which are bypass service, high speed date transmission and networking, traffic control, banking at home, video arraignments, and distance learning. O'Connell stated that in 1986 he set up a demonstration with Coon Rapids High School, Blaine High School, and Anoka High School to demonstrate video conferencing. O'Connell did prove that the system technically worked. However, the school staff showed little enthusiasm in the video conferencing or in putting forward any funds for further development.