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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007 PEG Budget Cable Access Oversight Committee.PDFTO FROM: DATE RH: Mayor and Trustees Village of Cayuga Heights c/o \rValter Lynn, Mayor Hanshaw Road, lthaca, NY 14850 I Wies van Leuken, Village of Cayuga Heights Rep.WL/ Cable Access Oversight Committee . 1105 Hightand Road, lthaca, Ny 14890 J.<pmv4@cornelf.edu>; (h) 257-3156 ji' May 22,2006 2A07 PEG Budget Cable Access Oversight Committee As mentioned in my previous letter, attached please find the Resolution of the Cable Access Oversight Committee of May 16, 2006 with recommendations for the Z0O7 PFGASYS Budget. The City of lthaca's Franchise Agreement with Time Warner Cable requires that the three participating municipalities submit a budget for public access for fiscal year 2007 by June 30, 2006. The budget addresses the equipment needs of community, government and educational access. Specifically it includes replacements and upgrades for the PEGASYS studio, equipment for ACS' s video program and equiphent to facilitate cablecasting of school board meetings. I have enclosed a TWC statement on revenues collected through a 15 cent per month charge to its customers in the three municipalities" These revenues are the funding source for PEG capital expenditures. Also enclosed is the city's proposed resolution for your reference. your recommendations are due at Time Warner Cable by June 30, 2006. I will attend the June 19 Village Board meeting, to answer possibre questions. Attachments Cc. Cable Access Oversight Commltt6e PROPOSED RESOLUTION Cify of Ithaca Resolution to Adopt 2007 Pf,G Access studio capital Budget Whereas the Franchise Agreement between Time Wamer Entertairunent and the City of Ithaca signed in 2003 authorizes Time Warner Entertainment to collect $0.15 per subscriber per month to be used for the purchase of equipment for the PEG Access Studio; and Whereas the total capital budget for the life of the ten-year agrcement was estimated to be $200,000 and the working practice has been to divide the iapitalbudget into allotments of approximately $20,000/year; and Whereas the Franchise Agreement outlines the creation of an Access Oversight Committee which shall be responsible for approving the timing, use and u*o*t of pEG aceess equipment acquired each year over the term of the agreement; and Whereas the Access Oversight Committee has approved,a2007 capital budget in the aflrount of $20,468.80; and Whereas the Franchise Agreement states that participating municipalities, including the City of Ithaca, must adopt the annual PEG Access Studio budget by.lune 30 of the preceding year; now therefore be it Resolved that Common Council adopts the 2007 PEG Access Studio budget as approved by the Access Oversight Committee. Resolution Access Oversight Committee Tuesday, May 16,2006 Approval of FY07 Budget WHEREAS, Section 15.12 of the Franchise Agreement between the City of lthacaand T'ime Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership (TWC] of January2903 requires the participating municipalities (City of lthaca, Town of lthaca, Villageof Cayuga Heights) to provide TWc with an annual budget ior public, educationaland governmental access operations by June 30 of each calendar year, and WHEREAS, the city of lthaca's ordinance #2oog-17, par 1g-4-G, requires theAccess Oversight Com.mittee (AOC) to provide the participating muniilpafities w1h arecommended annual budget by May 31 of each calenoai yeai now be it RESOLVED, that t" |Qq accepted the attached capital budget for fiscal year 2007in the amount of $20,468.80 at their regular meeting of May t6, 2006, ano BE lT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the AOC forwards their recommendations forapproval by the Common Council of the City of lthaca, the Supervisor of the Town ofIthaca and the Mayor of Cayuga Heights sothat they may meet their obligation toprovide TWC with an.annual budget ior public, educational and governmental access operation, which budget is due June 30 of each calendaivear. Approved unanimously. 2007 Access Capital Budget [As approved by Access Oversight Commitree 05116/06] Editing Upgrade Premiere Computer Create second Premiere workstation Create fleet of i0 hard drives for users $2500 Playback Purchase 16-input video switcher compatibie with NEXUS $3000 Purchase DVD player/changer Such as SonyDVp-CX777ES $519 Installation labor [40 hrs x $63.16ftr] $2526 Portable Purchase 2DY field VCRs $2000 .Purchase 1 Steadycam Jr. $700 Purchase 4 Lilon batteries $600 Purchase 4 Tripods $464 Studio Purchase 1 replacement camera cable $550 Purchase 1 replacement Kliegle Floodlight fscoop, CaI"#3452] $300 Off-Site: ICSD Purchase 2 Sony EVI-D3O Cameras $3000 With wall mounts and cables- Off-Site: ACS Purchase 2 DV camcorders and . Accessories fsee request] $2100 Dubbing Purchase 1 Hard-drive DVD-burner S350 Subtotal $18,608 Add l}%txlftt $20,468.80 @ N tr o- fN T. $ N truaz tr(l LUJ O uJ(r !"Y IL! oE oc-G E a .E 0) <t) a J co 0) 6 E oc ()a !c6 c 0) E fo o O lol-ll -tN tNtl€li lNllFlq lo-ll@lN lo)ll8l* lsll*llll ltil IGtolF IGlo I I I I I I I I I I I I I It.^ | .s)lol:El6lo) l>tolo lolorlol$ l5 lst6loIG t- lo l3lF 'ilo ohlA 6<*lF ! t>, 9ls O:l^l qslE :t-6l+Pls PIl': 5rla E l-OlorqPl* B:t: Fclx orlE ot-l-l@l0) tolsl0)ILlolg) lr, g at@ .:tv7le I lo o3ll! gollE IN1o 8lotals g l<loglF9lr E13Fla aoooN s\ FT\ ON|r)- 'r) ro z () E @ r)n()_ r o\ N ()\ t-G =f 0 el- 0)L c(5- qo - N.r() (f) oq ac E o o @ c) rrlu G o FtooN oo c{o F-_ O|f) - s z v o so f- 6 N () @ N $ g 6? sf I o U)zI o IIJJ ooaa IUoo o IIJ(L u cl ot TIJzt =lrJ = J o Cable Access Oversight Committee Minutes The Committee [AOC] met at the PEGASYS studio on Tuesday, April 25,2006,4-6 pm. AOC Members present: Wayles Browne, Wies van Leuken, Will Burbank [chair], Shane Seger, studio manager Lauren Stefanelli fex officio]. 1. Notetaker: W. Browne. 2' Minutes of March 20 meeting: decided to include the memo from the Ithaca City Sohool District. Accepted with small amendments. 3. No public present. 4, Lauren: The Alliance for Community Media lobbies on behalf of community media. It feels any state or federal media bill should insure survival of PEG access (six principles listed). Some bills are now in committee in Congress. If a bill providing a nati-onal (instead of local) franchise is adopted, rtmay make obsolete the existing local franchises (instantly, or as they expire). Mayors and governors have also been lobbying in favor of local control. A proposed "floor" of IYo of franchise fees would be significantly lower than present cable-company -- local-jurisdiction contracts. Issues on "redlining": phone companies may want to provide broadband service only to rich areas. Danger of being "left behind" with analog TV and digital rv when the Internet is taking over. Burbank: When does TWC switch to all-digital? The city will have to pay for "lighting utrl" the new digital channel, right? Lauren: It is not known yet when IthacaTWC will switch. Van Leuken: How do we join our voices with the lobbying effort? Lauren: contact members of congress. Look at the A.c.M. website http ://www.alliancecm .or gl . Seger: The City Council might pass a resolution. Lauren: Names of bills may change, but it will still involve the phone companies wanting to compete, as broadband service providers, with the cable TV companies. The present law says cable is a common carrier--open to all, like a road. The phone companies want the Internet to be "their own speech" rather than acommon carrier, or to split it into "fast and slow lanes". 5. we accepted van Leuken's draft yearly month-by-month schedule for Aoc. 6. Studio Manager's report (see appendix). Lauren: the 2004 and 2005 reports show capital expenditures of about $20,000 and $15,000, respectively. The total for 10 years (duration of the cunent franchise) was estimated to be $200,000, but will depend on the real amount of fees. Some access equipment belonging to TWC is being used by the County for governmental programming, in addition to a lot of the County's own equipment. T 'auren's NEXUS playback system now records each program as it is being broadcast for the first time, and then reruns of the show within the same week are files tlat are in the system akeady and can therefore be programmed a long time in advance. T'he capital budget proposal includes funds for carpet replacement. Seger: will consult city attorney Dan Hoffman about whether this counts as capital or "facilities", and also get a ruling about the relative priority between the franchise and the local ordinance (which one governs if the two don't say the same thing?). He will also cn'reck with the City Clerk about how and where the AbC's records should be kept. Lauren will make a2007 proposal in May, and will get a report on the 15-cent-per-month "Cable Peg fee" on monthly TWC bills. 7" Next meeting: }lay 16,2006,4:00. 8" The meeting adjourned at about 6:00. ,A,ppendix: Access Manager Report April2006 Playback The NEXUS playbacksystem is finally on-line. No wonder every aocess manager who gets a digital server falls in love with it! I am working through ttre bugs but am now able to do about 60% of playback through MpEGs, and to accept DVDs. Policies Time Warner Cable wishes to update the PEGASYS Policy Manual to include current franchise conditions, such as channel lineup, hours, eligibiiity, etc, and to coordinate the different access departments in the Syracuse/Binghamton division. I have been asked to work with TWC access managers in Binghamton, Cortland and Syracuse to do this. Access Networking A NY Chapter of the Alliance for Community Media has just been created. It will have its first meeting this Friday at Manhattan Neighborhood Network in NyC. I plan to attend. I opened speglal hours for one producer whose studio time would have been cut, and thanks to NEXUS, no playback will be missed! Administration/Fees 2 people in the current class have paid $30 to begin a course at pEGASyS. PF'JHometown Awards We will be the judging site for 2 categories of the Hometown Awards. Volunteer judging panels will be working on this between now and May 15. Anyone want to be a judge? - Outreacl/Training Classes have been very full so far this year, with all classes fully or over-enrolled. Off-site Video Group Needs I met with Fe Nunn at Boynton Middle School to discuss the needs of his video group. Fle returned several items of equipment not being used by them [1 tripod, a titlemaker and a VCR], and may return several more when the custodian digs o.rt th. storage room they have been kept in. He said he does not need capital equipment at this time, but does need a little technical help, which I amarcanging for him. I met with JimBhzzard to discuss the equipment needs of Tompkins County. I believe I can meet all his need_s by recirculating equipment we presentlytwn. I have already transferred a $2000 Winsted rack to the county and freed up a smaller road case he had been using for availability of ICSD. His other needs .un probubly be met by equipment freed up with our playback upgrade plans. LH.S. has not made a capital request. ACS has asked for $2000 worth of camcorders and accessories. 2006 Access Capital I propose the following expenditures for this year, and $20,00 0 for 2007: Editing Upgrade Premiere computer Create second Premiere workstation Create fleet of 10 hard drives for users $2s00 Playback Purchase 16-input video switcher compatible with NEXUS s3000 Purchase DVD play er I changer Such as Sony DVP-CX777ES Installation labor [40 hrs x $63.16111r] Portable Purchase 2DV field VCRs Purchase 1 Steadycam Jr. Purchase 4 Lilon batteries Studio Purchase 1 replacement camera cable Purchase 1 replacement Kliegle Floodlight [scoop, Cat#3452] Building Replace carpet $518 $2s26 $2000 $700 $600 $s50 $300 $1s00 Off-Site: ICSD Purchase 2 Sony EVI-D3O cameras With wall mounts and cables- Off-Site: ACS Purchase 2DV camcorders and Accessories fsee request] Dubbing Purchase I Hard-drive DVD-burner Subtotal $19,644 Add lj%txlfrt $21.608 $3000 $2100 s3s0