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AGENDA
IOWA CITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
CITY CABLE TV OFFICE, 10 S. LINN ST.TOWER PLACE PARKING FACILITY
JUNE 27, 2016, 5:30PM
1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes
3. Announcements of Commissioners
4. Short public announcements
5. REPORTS
Consumer Issues
Mediacom Report not including litigation
Local Access Reports
City Cable TV Office Report
6. Adjournment
DRAFT
1
MINUTES
Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
May 31, 2016 – 5:15 P.M.
City of Iowa City Cable TV Office, 10 S. Linn St. - Tower Place, LEVEL 3A
Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 5:15 P.M.
Members Present: Nick Kilburg, Laura Bergus, Derek Johnk, Paul Gowder
Members Absent: Alexa Homewood
Staff Present: Ty Coleman
Others Present: none
Recommendations to Council : NONE
Approval of Minutes:
Gowder moved and Bergus seconded a motion to approve the April 25, 2016 minutes.
The motion passed unanimously.
Changes to By-laws:
Kilburg noted that the proposed changes to the by-laws were minimal. Bergus moved
and Johnk seconded a motion to approve the proposed changes to the by-laws. The
motion passed, 3 to 1, Gowder voting in the negative.
Adjournment:
Gowder moved and Johnk seconded a motion to adjourn. The motion passed
unanimously. Adjournment was at 5:17 p.m.
June 23, 2016
To: Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
From: Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator (MPSC)
Re: Cable Complaints May 2016
Ongoing Issues:
Slow Internet Speeds & TV outage
Date: Originated on 08/11/15
Update:
MPSC has not heard from the customer about the status of his Internet and TV services. On 6/1, the customer complained
that TV service was out. MPSC informed the customer of a fiber cut that had occurred and that crews were working to restore
service.
Resolution Summary:
MSPC will again attempt to confirm that the TV and Internet services are working as expected for the customer. If this is the
case, this issue will be designated as resolved.
Date of Resolution: Not yet resolved.
New Issues:
1.)
Date: 05/24/16
Method of contact: Phone call to MPSC
Complaint/Comment Summary:
The resident reported a loss of Internet service, that she had called Mediacom and was told that the problem was on
Mediacom’s end but that the next available appointment wasn’t until three to four days later.
Resolution Summary:
MPSC forwarded the issue to Mediacom’s Rick Karnes. Mediacom staff was able to arrange for an earlier appointment.
Mediacom staff reported that the issue was due to the customer’s router and that it had been resolved.
Date of Resolution: 05/26/16
206 Lafayette St. • Iowa City, Iowa 52240 • Phone 338-7035
Fax 338-8456 • contact@patv.tv • http://www.patv.tv
PATV Report to Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
June 27, 2016
PATV Board Meetings
PATV Board of Directors meetings are July 21st at 6 PM.
Intro Workshop
Guidelines orientation is the first Thursday of every month, 6 PM at PATV.
Next Guidelines is Thursday, July 7th at 6 PM.
Video Workshops Schedule
Studio Training – The first Tuesday of the month from 5 – 7 PM (July 5th)
HD Camera – The second to last Thursday of the month from 6 –8 PM
Digital Editing – by appointment this month
Other Workshops
PATV Guidelines at the Senior Center – Wednesday, July 6th , 1 PM
Current and upcoming staff productions
In Your Neighborhood – Arts Fest & Pride
Greenfire
The LyleStyle Show
PATV Presents: Thursday Night Live at Uptown Bills
Tom’s Guitar Show
Tom and the Tribbles at Trek Fest
Time for truth – Live
ADA Celebration July 23rd
Submitted by Gerardo Sandoval 6/22/16
The Library Channel
Report prepared for the Iowa City Telecommunications Commission monthly meeting by Beth Fisher, Program Librarian
and Bond Drager, Equipment Specialist. June 2016
The Library Channel Monthly Update:
Summer is the busiest time of year at the Iowa City Public Library. School is out, and the Summer Reading Programs for
kids, teens and adults all going strong. Programs broadcast live in June have been mainly Kids Summer Reading Program
events:
• Music Together from Preucil School of Music
• Elsenpeter Marionettes’ version of The Wizard of Oz
• Steve ‘n TV and the Amazing You! who do sensory exploration, optical illusions, songs, games, and jokes
• storyteller Darrin Crow
• A Johnson County Naturalist who will talk about backyard conservation
• The comedy and magic of Rick Eugene
• Iowa Public Television’s Dan Wardell and his Reading Roadtrip
• Blank Park Zoo staff with their popular show and tell program
Iowa City’s own Dr. Oscar Beasley will be our guest at and Adult Summer Reading Program event on June 22nd. Dr.
Beasley is in his late 80s, and has been an avid bicyclist for over 40 years. He began riding his bike to work in the 1970s
due to the cost of gas and now, and he’s still at it. His program “40+ Years On A Bike” will be broadcast live.
For over 25 years, Ellen Buchanan was the host of ICPL’s long running local history interview series “Tell Me Your Story”
and its successor “One of A Kind.” Ellen recorded her final interview in September of 2014. ICPL is proud to announce
the first program in our new local history interview series “Iowa City People” will begin airing this month. The series will
be alternately hosted by ICPL Friends Foundation Director Patty McCarthy and Adult Services Coordinator Maeve Clark.
Our first guest is “Captain Steve” Bridges owner of KCJJ Radio (1630 AM) in Iowa City.
Monthly Program Update:
This month: June 2016 Next Month: July 2016
Live Children’s Programs • 3 •
Live Children’s Special Events • 10 • 8
Live Adult Programs • 2 • 3
Programs Cablecast • 636 •
Programs videotaped by
Govt. Channel/CTS
• •
Date: June 23, 2016
To: The Iowa City Telecommunications Commission
From: Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator, City of Iowa City Cable TV Office
Re: City of Iowa City Cable TV Office report for the June 2016 ICTC meeting
Media Production Services
Recent production activities:
●Recorded the meeting of the Urbanized Area Policy Board of the Metropolitan Planning
Organization of Johnson County.
●Covered 3 programs of the “So, you want to start a business?” series held by Neighborhood
and Development Services. Topics included education on taxes and financial statements
for new businesses.
●Recorded the Iowa City City Council’s Economic Development Committee meeting.
●Produced primary election candidate statement videos for the Johnson County Board of
Supervisors and covered a forum for U.S. Senate democratic primary candidates.
●Recorded 4 concerts and 2 promotional videos for the Summer of the Arts’ Friday Night
Concert Series and 3 acts from the Iowa Arts Festival Family Stage.
●Covered 3 performances of the UNESCO City of Literature’s MusicIC series.
●Cablecast live and recorded the Iowa City City Council Work Sessions and Formal
Meetings of June 6 and June 21 plus a special meeting on June 15.
●Recorded the first Market Music concert of the Farmers Market season and a Party in the
Park concert at Fairmeadows Park.
●Produced a short video update of the First Ave Grade Separation Project.
●Recorded a program about “Walkable Urban Living” at the Iowa City Public Library.
●Recorded the press conference for the UCI World Cup CycloCross event happening in
September in Iowa City.
●Produced a PSA to highlight the City’s IC Monarchs initiative and milkweed plant giveaway.
●Recorded poets reading their poems from the Poetry in Public program.
●Recorded video and interviews for a story about the Iowa Arts Festival.
●Covered the UI Flood Recovery Celebration event, held on the 8th anniversary of the crest
of the 2008 flood.
Upcoming production activities:
●Record 3 concerts for the Summer of the Arts’ Friday Night Concert Series.
●Record the United Jazz Ensemble concert during the Summer of the Arts’ Jazz Fest as well
as 2 other concerts.
●Record 4 Market Music concerts at the Farmers Market.
●Record 1 Party in the Park concert.
●Cablecast live and record the Iowa City City Council Work Sessions and Formal Meetings
of July 5 and July 19.
●Record the July 12 meeting of the Iowa City City Council’s Economic Development
Committee meeting.
Programming and Interactive Services
Recent and Upcoming Projects:
Our Meet the Candidates features and website
provided ample coverage of the Board of
Supervisors' primary candidates, as well as
some info on House district 77 and the U.S.
Senate Democratic primary. We also obtained
the rights to cablecast an informational video
called Ready to Pedal for bicycle month.
Website:
In May, we had 1,943 users access 3,807 pages in 2,892 sessions. Our most popular pages were
Mediacom's channel lineup, our homepage, our video page, the broadband consumers' guide, our
program schedule, and our Meet the Candidates page.
Our streaming media provider reports 20,932 total hits, which includes 4,691 Events (player window
was loaded), 720 Sessions (media was played), and 12,707 OnDemand Hits (media was scrubbed
or index point was clicked). 1,543 podcasts were downloaded, and our HQ media was accessed
264 times. Our live stream was accessed 288 times.
Programming:
We cablecast 147 programs produced inhouse 867 times for 534 hours of programming, 30
locallyproduced (DITV, Senior Center, Hoover Library, JC Board of Supervisors, Coralville, North
Liberty and University Heights) programs 120 times for 142 hours of programming, and 25 imported
programs 78 times for 36 hours of programming. We also showed 83 PSAs 921 times for 21 hours
of programming.
Programs Completed by the Cable TV Office in May 2016
●Iowa City Chamber of Commerce: Excellence in Education 2016
●Geneva Lecture Charity Is Not Enough: Why Justice Matters
●Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
○Preserving the Magic and Poetry of Havana: A Delicate Dance
○An Interest Group with Chinese CharacteristicsThe Role of National Oil
Companies in the South China Sea
○U.S.China Cyber Agreement: Is It Enough of a Good Thing?
●Government in Islam Imam Ali as a Model
●County Supervisors Candidates Environmental Forum
●Racial and Economic Justice Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum
●2015 Iowa City Book Festival: American Injustice Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference
●National Alliance on Mental Illness CIT Training of officers in Johnson County
●Friday Night Concert Series 2016: City High Jazz Ensembles
●The Impact of Racial Injustices on Youth Part 1 of 2
●Iowa City High Democratic Senatorial Primary Youth Forum
●Iowa City Update
○Mercer Park Playground Party
○Bike to Work Week
○Special Guest Speaker
○Arts Fest 2016
●PSA Farmers Market 2016
●City Channel 4 Weekly Highlights
○5/09/16
○5/16/16
○5/23/16
○5/30/16
●Historic HouserMetzger House TimeLapse
●Community Highlights
○FlyOver Fashion Festival
●Iowa City In Focus: Historic House Moving
●Iowa City in Focus June 2016 Promo
●Iowa City City Council Meeting
○May 3, 2016
○May 17, 2016
●Iowa City City Council Work Session
○May 3, 2016
○May 17, 2016
●Economic Development Committee Meeting of 5/10/16
●2016 Youth Human Rights Awards
●Meet the Candidates Johnson County Board of Supervisors Primary Election
●Mercer Park Playground Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
●National Police Week 2016 Recognition Ceremony
●MPOJC Urbanized Area Policy Board: May 25, 2016
●So, you want to start a business? Part 1: Abracadabra! Turn Your Passion Into Profit