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Home My Public Portal AboutA1989-02-27 COMMUNITY ACCESS � � .e . • ' � ��l�u�lfi L�L��.�� 9�VI�Q� f�0�� CITY OF LYNWOOD 11330 Bullis imad L�nwood, California 90262 February 27, 1989 City :Hall Council Chambers 5:30 p.m. AGENDA I. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS A. CALL TO ORDER B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGI.ANCE C. ROLL CALL D. MINUTES - Januax�y 9, 1989 II. SCHEDULED MATTERS 1, PRESENTATION OF GANG AWARENESS VIDEO mation III. PUBLIC ORALS IV. ADJOURNMENT ' e a , _ . � � COMMUNITY ACCESS ADVISOR'Y BOARD Minutes for the Meeting ��f January 9, 1989 The regular meeting of the Community Access Advisory Board of the City of Lynwood, California was held on January 9, 1989 in the Council Chambers of the City Hall. (The agenda was duly posted as prescribed by the Brown Act). Chairperson Mary Wright called the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m. Members in attendance were Mary Wright, Bill Cunningham and Ann Fields. Excused was Rev. C. C. Coleman. Absent was Randy Williams. Staff present were Gerald W. Forde and Carol de Jesus. The minutes of the Nove:mber 21, 1988 meeting was approved. SCHEDULED MATTERS 1. PRESENTATION BY F,;iER]:CAN CABLESYSTEMS A. Mr. John Crowley, General Manager for American Cablesystems introduced his stziff and gave an update on the Lynwood Community television access programminq. Mr. Crowley also distributed some r,�aterials related to his presentation. Highlights of his d'Lscourse are as ff: -American Cablesy:stems (ACS) now has complete control over local channel, Cliannel 28. For the last 6 months, all local programming for l�ynwood was sent to Garden Grove and played back by Rogers Cablesystems staff. American does not have its own local cha}znel. -ACS now produces twenty hours/week of original programming. Some of the progr.ams geared to Lynwood residents include High School basketball, football, Say "NO" to Graffiti, the Lynwood Story, and special events such as the Nun Run, Christmas Parade, etc. -The Gang Program which is aimed at making parents aware of gang problems and which ACS has worked on for over nine months will be finished by the second week of January. -ACS has provided training and daily use of production and editing equipment at the Lynwood studio to youth participants in the summer prcgram. -Staff of ACS cond.ucts an ongoing class in video production at the Lynwood studi.o to Vista High students. „ .. l ( ` � \ �1: -ACS provides community television workshops to area residents. ACS staff teaches participants on production techniques and ec;uipment operation on a bi-monthly basis. ACS' goal for pari.icipants is to help them prod�uTe�sheir own programs or act a:> crew members on existing p g -ACS will be com.inq out with a community magazine in about five weeks. Th,is magazine will feature stories, events, crew and producers from Lynwood, Paramount and Bellflower as well as programs ;produced by ACS. B. Mr. Bryan Pitt, Assistant Engineer for ACS discussed the cable plant in the City of Lynwood and what steps ACS undertook to improve its conditions. Mr. Pitt explained that during the month of November, several incidents occured which compounded to their existing problems: -five acts of va.ndalism ocurred whereby some youngsters kept flipping off the circuit breaker that supplies system power. -the electronic equipments inherited from Rogers were outdated thus caiising a lot of failure rates on service. Residents have been complaining of the service interruptions ocruring from five seconds to one hour. A lot of the custc�mers were very discontented and wish to have their cable :>ervice disconnected. -CalTrans contra��tor cut a major tv trunk line while capping an abandoned well for the Century 105 freeway project. This ��aused cable subscribers to lose cable service for several hours. According to Mr. Pitt, the following improvements to cable plant conditions for the City of Lynwood have been made: 1 anothe�Vpowerhsupply1canuslSincedtheZmovelrtherebhaveebeennno problems. 2 decreaseWetheg currentACdrawtthroughrothe�usystemsyamplif'�iers reduced failure rat.e of ACS master trays. 3. The Bellflower tc> Lynwood supertrunk that will improve picture quality an�l reduce amplifer cascade will be activated by mid February. 4. Another field tech�iician will be 1989d to the Lynwood technical staff as of January 1, v .. . � � b i 5. The introduction of an in-house 24 hour answering service located from its �:egional office in Culver City will take place by mid March, 1989. The ACS representatives both explained that their goal this year is to do an all-out ef:Eort to improve the quality of service and to communicate and sati;afy customers' needs. Suggestions given by Board members on how to get through to the community are as ff: ! -give subscribers credit for specific down time. ' -better public relations program Next meeting is scheduled for February 20. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. � � � . � � , ,�� _ � � �C�� 6�I�Q� �Q I�� Q�c�u�� CITY OF LYNWOOD fl330 Bull� I�ad _ - _ _. L,�nwood, Califania 90262 + h� � �� February 27, 1989 � E �� D City Aall Council Chambers ��N OFLYNWOOD I CITY CI_ER�; OF�-!CE 5:30 p.m. FEB 2 3 1989 A�9 AGENDA 7i8�9il0iili��1�2i3i��g� � I, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMfI � � A. CALL TO ORDER �� i �� B. PLEDGE OF ALLEG]:ANCE � � '�� `� C. ROLL CALL � D. MINUTES - January 9, 1989 II. SCHEDULED MATTERS 1. PRESENTATION OF GANG AWARENESS VIDEO mation III. PUBLIC ORALS IV. ADJOURNMENT � �; i. � '"f ' CONII�'lUNITY ACCESS ADVISOR'Y BOARD ' Minutes for the Meeting ��f January 9, 1989 The regular meeting of the Community Access Advisory Board of the City of Lynwood, California was held on January 9, 1989 in the Council Chambers of the City Hall. (The agenda was duly posted as prescribed by the Brown Act). Chairperson Mary Wright called the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m. Members in attendance were Mary Wright, Bill Cunningham and Ann Fields. Excused was Rev. C. C. Coleman. Absent was Randy Williams. Staff present were Gerald W. Forde and Carol de Jesus. The minutes of the November 21, 1988 meeting was approved. SCHEDULED MATTERS 1. PRESENTATION BY AMERI,CAN CABLESYSTEMS A. Mr. John Crowley, General Manager for American Cablesystems introduced his st�iff and gave an update on the Lynwood Community televisic�n access programming. Mr. Crowley also distributed some materials related to his presentation. Aighlights of his di.scourse are as ff: -American Cablesy:stems (ACS) now has complete control over local channel, Ctiannel 28. For the last 6 months, all local programming for ]�ynwood was sent to Garden Grove and played back by Rogers C��blesystems staff. American does not have its own local cha�inel. -ACS now produces twenty hours/week of original programming. Some of the progr+3tns geared to Lynwood residents include High School basketball, football, Say "NO" to Graffiti, the Lynwood Story, .3nd special events such as the Nun Run, Christmas Parade, etc. -The Gang Program which is aimed at making parents aware of gang problems and which ACS has worked on for over nine months will be finished by the second week of January. -ACS has provided training and daily use of production and editing equipment at the Lynwood studio to youth participants in the summer program. -Staff of ACS conducts an ongoinq class in video production at the Lynwood studio to Vista High students. r� �"� � � -ACS provide5 community television workshops to area � residents. ACS staff teaches participants on production = techniques and equipment operation on a bi-monthly basis. ACS' goal for participants is to help them produce their own programs or act as crew members on existing programs. -ACS will be coming out with a community magazine in about five weeks. Th.is magazine will feature stories, events, crew and producers from Lynwood, Paramount and Bellflower as well as programs produced by ACS. B. Mr. Bryan Pitt, F�ssistant Engineer for ACS discussed the cable plant in tYie City of Lynwood and what steps ACS undertook to imprc�ve its conditions. Mr. Pitt explained t:hat during the month of November, several incidents occured which compounded to their existing problems: -five acts of v<indalism ocurred whereby some youngsters kept flipping of:` the circuit breaker that supplies system power. -the electronic equipments inherited from Rogers were outdated thus ca�asing a lot of failure rates on service. Residents have been complaining of the service interruptions oc��uring from five seconds to one hour. A lot of the customers were very discontented and wish to have their cable service disconnected. -CalTrans contractor cut a major tv trunk line while capping an abandoned well for the Century 105 freeway project. This caused cable subscribers to lose cable service for several hours. According to Mr. Pitt, the following improvements to cable plant conditions for the City of Lynwood have been made: 1. ACS moved the continuously vandalized circuit breaker into another power suppl,y can. Since the move, there have been no problems. 2. The repowering of t:he AC voltages throughout the system to decrease the curs•ent draw through the system amplifiers reduced failure rat:e of ACS master trays. 3. The Bellflower to Lynwood supertrunk that will improve picture quality an�i reduce amplifer cascade will be activated by mid February. 4. Another field tech�iician will be added to the Lynwood technical staff as of January 1, 1989. � � t • 5. The introduction of an in-Yiouse 24 hour answering service located from its regional office in Culver City will take place by mid March, 1989. The ACS representatives both explained that their goal this year is -to do an all-out effort to improve the quality of service and to communicate and satisfy customers' needs. Suggestions given by Board members on how to get through to the community are as ff: -give subscribers credit, for specific down time. -better public relations program Next meeting is schedule�d for February 20. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. ;e , �� v ��i�E�� t7�°ti J'�� 686! 1 ? ��J i�la�0 SliL�3 i� Ali� I aCOM"JAl �0 All� ��' � � ti , � ,'�, sv 4 .: .. �' " h ,� � ,., �� a� � � p � k �s�� * e �°* � �� a � y T T �. � ` �' �. � . P� I � .T: , � �- � � 4 � , 1 T , � � � /