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Town Manager
To: Honorable Town Council
From: Michael J. Driscoll, Town Manager ®" L
Date: February 9, 2017_
RE: Agenda Item -Informational Update on Enhancements/Improvements related to the Cable
Television Renewal License with Comcast of Massachusetts
As you recall, an Informational Presentation on a Cable Television Renewal License with Comcast of
Massachusetts for a term from October 15, 2015 until October 14, 2025 was given at the December 8,
2015 Town Council Meeting (see attached agenda item correspondence).
As a follow-rip, I respectfully request an Informational Update be placed on the February 14, 2017
Town Council Agenda. The Informational Update will be on the enhancements/improvements related
to the Cable Television Renewal License that have been completed; and will be given by Helen
Chatel, Executive Director, Watertown Cable Access Corporation.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
cc: Honorable School Committee
Honorable Library Board of Trustees
Watertown Cable Access Corporation
Helen Chatel, Executive Director, Watertown Cable Access Corporation
William Hewig III, Esquire, Kopelman and Paige, P.C.
All Department Heads
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Date: December 3,2015
RE: Agenda Item-Informational Presentation on a Ten Year Cable Television Renewal License with
Conicast of Massachusetts
lam pleased to inform of a Cable Television Renewal License with Conicast of Massachusetts for a term from
October 15,2015 until October 14,2025.
As you recall, in advance of the January 2014 expiration of the Town's Cable Television License with
Conicast of Massachusetts, input was requested from Deparnnent Heads and the Watertown Cable Access
Corporation regarding future cable-related funding or equipment needs(see attached March 8,2013
Miscellaneous Items cover correspondenccs).
Subsequent to the above mentioned effort,a Cable Television Public Hearing was held on March 5,2014 to
hear from members of the public on(a)whether the current cable operator is in full compliance with its
currently existing cable license;and(b)what are the Town's future community cable-related needs(see
attached March 4a'&6a'2014 email correspondences).
Subsequent to all of the above as part of the"Ascertainment"process,protracted and detailed contract
negotiations were field with Conicast of Massachusetts.
Attached please find an Executive Summary of the Conicast CableTeievision Renewal License from William
llewig III,Esquire,Kopelmnan and Paige, P.C.
I respectfully request an informational Presentation on this matter be placed on the December 8,2015 Town
Council Agenda. The Informational Presentation will be given by John M.Airasion,Chair, Watertown Cable
Access Corporation, William Hewig III,Esquire,Kopebuan and Paige,P.C.,and Helen Chatel, Executive
Director,Watertown Cable Access Corporation.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
cc: Honorable School Committee
Honorable Library Board of Trustees
Watertown Cable Access Corporation
Iielen Chatel,Executive Director, Watertown Cable Access Corporation
William Hewig III,Esquire,Kopelman and Paige,P.C.
All Department Heads
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From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 9:29 AM
To: Osmond, Marsha; Hand,JoAnna
Cc: William Hewig; Mark R. Reich
Subject; CABLE TELEVISION RENEWAL LICENSE WITH COMCAST OF MASSACHUSETTS
JANUARY 2004-JANUARY 22,2014)
Attachments: Comcast contract.pdf
Please include in today's Mlsc Items to Council along with another related e-mail that will be forwarded momentarily.
-----Original Message-----
From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent: Friday, March 08,2013 9:22 AM
To: Dept. Heads
Cc: 'John Airasian'; 'Helen Chatel'; 'Williarn Hewig; Mark R. Reich; 'jloughran@watertown.kl2.ma.us'
Subject: CABLE TELEVISION RENEWAL LICENSE WITH COMCAST OF MASSACHUSETTS(JANUARY 2004-JANUARY 22,2014
Good morning;the Town's Cable Television License with Comcast of Massachusetts will expire on January 22, 2014 (see
attachment).As part of the negotiations for a renewal license with Comcast,the Town is permitted to ask for funds and
equlprnent to meet Watertown's FUTURE CABLE-RELATED NEEDS.
I will circulate to You momentarily examples of access corporation budgets and equipment lists from other communities.
Cable surveys will also be circulated,The Watertown Cable Access Corporation will be preparing a budget and a capital
equipment list to present to Comcast that will be similar to those that will be forwarded to you.
If your department has any future cable-related funding or equipment needs, please prepare a description and forward
to me by Tuesday March 26,Your department's list may Include equipment that would be related to or connected to
Comcast's cable system. It need not relate directly to public access programming, but it must be"cable related".
The Town's negotiating team is allowed to consider departmental requests as well as requests from the access
corporation in the upcoming negotiations with Comcast.
Further discussion of the subject will be held at the March 28, 2013 staff meeting.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
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Driscoll, Michael
From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent: Friday, March 08,2013 9:31 AM
To: 0smond, Marsha; Hand,IoAnna
Cc: William Hewig; Mark R.Reich
Subject: Cable License Renewal Process
Attachments: Cable Access -Assessment.pdf;Cable Access - Notice.pdf;Cable Access -Suivey.pdf
Please include in today's Mlsc Items to Council.
From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 9:27 AM
To: Dept, Heads
Cc: 'John Airaslan'; 'Helen Chatel'; 'William Hewig'; Mark R. Reich; 'jloughran@watertown.kl2.ma.us'
Subject: Cable License Renewal Process
Good morning;as a follow up to the e-mail sent to you a few minutes ago regarding the Cable Television Renewal
License with Comcast of Massachusetts, please see the e-mail &attachments.
Thank you.
From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent:Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:48 AM
To: 'John Airasian; 'Helen Chatel'
Cc: 'William Hewig'; Mark R. Reich
Subject: Cable License Renewal Process
Good morning Mr.Chairman& Miss Executive Director;thank you for hosting us last night as I thought it was a very
worthwhile discussion of "Ascertainment"related to the Cable License Renewal process I
As promised, attached are the various materials Mr. Hewig brought to the meeting and should be distributed to all
Board of Director members.The attachments are as follows;
o Examples of assessment of future needs;
o Draft form of a Notice of Cable Television Public Hearing;
• and examples of surveys used in the license renewal process.
I look forward to your attendance and the discussion with department heads on Thursday March 28"@ 1030 am on
various items/issues related to the Cable License Renewal process.
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Driscoll, Michael
From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent: Thursday, March 06,2014 1:49 PM
To: Dept. Heads;Dupuis, Raymond;Miranda, Emily,'gskuse@watertownkl2.ma.us';
'tcarison@watertownkl2.ma.us';'Helen';Wolf,kathleen
Cc: Town Councilors;'schoolcomnnittee@watertown.kl2.ma.us'; Library Trustees;
john.nn@easternciothing.com';'William Hewig'; 'Mark R.Reich';Osmond, Marsha; Hand,
JoAnna
Subject: LAST NIGHT'S CABLE TELEVISION PUBLIC HEARING
Attachments: 20140304103524973.pd f
Importance: High
Good afternoon; thanks to all for attending and speaking @ last night's Public Hearing; or for forwarding written
responses that will also be included in the record of last night's Public Hearing.
I heard from many folks including Town Attorney Hewig who felt last night's hearing was excellently organized and very
professionally presented.
I look forward to the upcoming negotiations with Comcast for a Renewal License wherebywe will look to include many
of the items raised at last night's Public Hearing.
Thank you again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Driscoll, Michael
Sent; Tuesday, March 04,2014 10:57 AM
To; Dept. Heads;ddonovan@watertown.k12.ma.us
Cc:Town Councilors;'schoolcommittee@watertown.kl2.ma.us; Library Trustees; 'John Airasian';'Helen';William
Hewig; Hand,JoAnna;Osmond, Marsha
Subject:CABLE TELEVISION PUBLIC HEARING--MARCH S, 2014 @ 70OPM
Importance: High
Good morning;attached please find a copy of a flyer and legal notice related to the subject.
As a follow up to previous discussions and a request from the Watertown Cable Access Corporation, please plan on
having a departmental representative offer thoughts on the Town's future community cable-related needs.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation In this matter.
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The meeting Is for the people of Watertown to express to Corncast what their needs are
concerning Cable in Watertown,
_ We are looking'for community leader's and residents to speak to Comcast about this at
the meeting.
Each person should speak approximately 3 minutes, Keep on the topic of Cable
television;this will not Involve broadband (Internet) or any services that can be found on
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The need for fiber feeds from places throughout town to the
Cable Access station, Places such as Victory Field, Library, ,:
high school auditorium and gym and really all the schools in
Watertown, the Police and Fire station,
Funding for new equipment In the town hall, at the library and
schools for community cable productions,
Support for closed captioning and actual program names
located on Comcast's program guide,
NOTICE OF CABLE TELEVISION PUBLIC HEARING
Please take notice that the Town Manager of the City known as the Town of Watertown,
Massachusetts, as Issuing Authority for a cable television license under ivLG.L. c.166A, will
liold a public hearing on Wednesday,March 5,2014 at 7:00 p.m. The public hearing will be
held in the Richard E. Mastrangelo Council Chamber, Watertown Administration Building, 149
Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts. The purpose of the public hearing will be to determine
whether to issue a cable television license to Comcast I of Massachusetts, Inc. All
applications, reports, statements and license drafts to be considered at the hearing that constitute
public records under state law are available for public inspection during regular business hours
and for reproduction at a reasonable fee. Members of the public are invited to attend and be
heard on the topic: (a)whether the current cable operator is in fall compliance with its currently-
existing cable license; and (b) what are the Town's future community cable-related needs.
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BY FACSIMILE- (617)972-6404 and
BY FIRST CLASS MAIL
Mr, Michael J.Driscoll
Town Manager
Watertown Administration Building
I 149 Main Street
Watertown,MA 02472
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Re: Executive Summary of Prouosed Conricast Cable Television Renewal License
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Dear Nh•, Driscoll:
This letter is intended to give you an executive summary of the terms of the final cable
television renewal license which is being proposed by Comcast. This proposed license is the product
ofour lengthy negotiations with Comeast. This letter is divided into two sections: (1)Financial
Support to Town and Term;and(2)Administrative and Technical Support Details.
(1) FINANCIAL SUPOORTTOTOWN AND TERM:
(a) Financial (PEG Access)Sunnort:
(i) PEG Access Channels: Comcast will designate three(3)access charmels for
use of public education and governmental(PEG)programming; Public(Channel 9); Government
(Channel 99); and Educational (Channel 3)(Section 6.1(b)-(c))
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(H) Annual Oucratine Sunnort: Conrcast'will make annual payments to the Town,
for PEG Access operational support,equal to 5%of its Gross Annual Revenue,payable quarterly,
(Section 6,5)
(iii) PEG Access Capital Sunnort: Comcast will pay a capital grant of$422,000,
payable In ten annual installments of$42,200(Section 6,6), In addition,Comeast will pay$130,000
to construct Video Return Lines to the six(6)remote origination sites identified in Paragraph(d) of
Section 2 below.
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Mr. Michael J. Driscoll
Town Manager
December 3,2015
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(b) Term:
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i The proposed term is ten (10)years from October 15,2015, to expire on October 14,2025
(Section 2.2), This is the maximum term available fora renewal license under state law(IvI.G.L.
e.166A, §13),
--(2) ADMINISTRATIVE.ANDIT( IINICAL SUPPORT DI"I'AILS:
(a) Level Plavina Field:
Level playing field provisions are standard provisions recognized in contract law,and upheld
by courts of law. fit the cable television licensing context,they typically provide that if the Issuing
Authority issues a license to another cable operator, that additional license must contain
approximately equivalent economic hardens and benefits. The level playing field provisions
proposed by Conncast in this renewal license have become standard in the industry and were
reviewed and revised by me, and in their present wording are acceptable as to legal form(Section
2.6(a)•(I)), A provision that would have extended level playing field principles to cover non-
licensed cable providers in the future was deleted at our insistence.
(b) Service Area:
The service area will be all residential dwellings within the Town, located within 150 feet of
Corneast's distribution plant,and where there is a minimum density of at least thirty(30)homes per
aerial mile and sixty(60)per underground mile(Section 3.1(a)). These numbers are standard for an
urban community.
(c) Free Subscriber Drons:
Comcast will continue to provide free cable drops and free basic subscriber service to six(6)
municipal buildings and eight(8)school buildings(Section 3.3(a)-(b);Exhibit A),
(d) Video Origination Sites:
Within fifteen(15)months of signing, live video origination capability will be provided from
six(6)sites: Victory Field;John Ryan Arena; Watertown Police Station; Watertown Public Library;
Watertown Town Hall;and Watertown Middle School(Section 6.4(a)),
KOPELMAN AND PAIGE,r.c.
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Mr. Michael J. Driscoll
Town Manager
December 3, 2015
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(e) PEG Access Provider:
The Watertown Cable Access Corporation will continue to provide PEG Access services for
the Town(Section 6.2).
(t) Protections for the Town[Publie Riahts:
(i) S stem Iyisimtenance: The construction,maintenance,operation and repair of
the cable system will at all times conform to OSHA,National Electric Safety Code,and FCC
Regulations(Section 4,1(b)),
(ii) Signal Ouality: Signal quality will at all time comply with FCC regulations
(Section 4,1(e)).
(iii) Plant Maus: Conneast will maintain a complete set of plant maps and make
them available to the Town upon written request(Section 4,5),
(iv) Indemnification: Comcast will indemnify the Town for all claims or suits
arising as a result of Comcast's operation of the cable system pursuant to the license(Section 9,1).
(v) Insurance: Comcast will provide insurance as follows: comprehensive general
liability-$t Million/$5 Million; automobile liability:$1 Million; and worker's comp. Comcast will
provide the Town with certificates of insurance for all required policies(Section 9.2(a)-(d)).
(vi) License pees: Comcast will pay the standard $.50 per subscriber license fee to
the Town on an annual basis, Under state law and Cable Division rulings,this money may be used
for any public purpose(Section 9.4(a)).
(g) Subscriber Rights and Consumer Protection:
(1) FCC Customer Service Regulations: Comcast will comply with all FCC
Customer service regulations and Massachusetts DTC business practice standards regarding
telephone response time,repairs, and initigl installation of service, and billing(Section 7,1),
(ii) Consumer Comnlaint Procedures: Comcast will forward to the Town and to
the state Cable Division copies of any complaints it receives. Comcast will also provide the Town
with its annual complaint report(Section 7.2),
(iii) Protection of Subscriber Privaevt Comcast will provide the protections of
subscriber privacy required by the federal Cable Act(Section 7.6),
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KOPEL.MAN AND PAIGI✓ P.c.
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Mr, Michael J, Driscoll
Town Manager
December 3,2015
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(h) License Enforcement;
(i) Public FlearingAnd_Ligifid ted Damages: If the Issuing Authority believes
that Comcast is in default, it must first notify Comcast in writing by certified mail,and if Comcast
has not satisfactorily responded within thirty(30)days, it may then call a public hearing(Section
9.8(6)), If, following the hearing, the Issuing Authority determine that a material breach in the
-license has occurred, it may exercise the options listed in the section,including seeking injunctive - -
relief,a contract claim at law,or license revocation, or the imposition of liquidated damages for
certain specified breaches (Section 9.8(d),(e); Section 9.9(a)-(d)),
j (i) Side Letter Aereements:
(i) Customer Service Office: By side letter agreement (copy enclosed),Comcast
will keep its current 104 Maim Street office open through to the end of its lease(March 31,2016).
i Should Comcast elect to close the office at or after that date, it agrees to give Watertown 30 days
notice, Comcast has contracted with UPS to allow Comcast customers to return equipment to a local
UPS store.
(ii) Senior Citizen Discount; Comcast will extend the current Senior Citizen
Discount to qualified Wateitovm customers,65 or older, head of household,and receiving SSI or
Medicaid(copy of letter enclosed).
i (3) CONCLUSION
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I have reviewed the Comcast proposed renewal license,and the proposed side letters, and I
find that they are consistent with the substantive terms as negotiated by and agreed to between
Comcast and your cable negotiators,and that they me acceptable as to legal form. Accordingly,I
recommend the renewal license for your execution.
I trust that this will be of assistance to you at the present time. If you have any further
questions regarding the Comcast license,please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for the
opportunity to be of service to the Town.
Very truly yours,
William Hewig, III
W Hleor
cc: Cable Access Corporation
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October 19,2015
Mr.William Hewig III,Esq.
Kopelman and Paige,P.C.
101 Arch Street, 12th Floor
Boston,MA 02110-1109
Re:Town of Watertown—Comcast Customer Service Office Lease,
UPS/Comcast Services&Video Return Line(VRL) Estimate
Dear Attorney Hewig,
In response to your recent a-mail,please find below the Information requested:
Watertown Office Lease
Per our earlier conversation this is to advise you that Comcast's lease of our Watertown Customer Service
Office, located at 104 Main St.,expires on March 31,2016. Please be advised that this office will remain
open for business,at a minimum,until March 31,2016. If Comcast chooses to close this office the Town
of Watertown will be provided a minimum of thirty days'notice and a list of alternative office locations,
UPS Stores/Comcast
Please be advised that Comcast has entered Into a relationship with local UPS stores which allows Comcast
customers to RETURN equipment to a local UPS stores for free shipping back to Comcast. See attached
UPS/Comcast Release.
Video Return Line(VRL)$estimate
This letter is confirmation of our cost estimate to build fiber returns from the Watertown locations listed
In Section 6.4 of the Watertown Renewal License,(Written estimate attached),
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
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Gerald Buckley, Director
Government&Regulatory Affairs
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October 19,2015
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Mr. Michael J.Driscoll,Town Manager
Town of Watertown
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Re., Senior Citizens Discount
Dear Mr.Driscoll,
The purpose of this letter is to outline the sr, citizen discount available to qualified Watertown Comcast
cable service subscribers.
Comcast will voluntarily offer a discount equal to$2.00 per month off Digital Starter, This discount will
be for those persons age sixty-five (65)or older, who are heads of households and are receiving SSI or
Medicaid. A qualifying subscriber must be able to show proof of qualifications. Acceptable
documentation would be any of the following;
Proof of Age—Drivers License,Birth Certificate,or Passport
Head of Household—Lease, Deed,Tax Bill
Proof of SSI,Fuel Assistance or Medicaid benefits
This discount will be available no later than 90 days from the effective date of the recently executed
Cable Television Renewal License and will be run concurrent with the recently executed Cable Television
Renewal License. Those currently enrolled in a Sr. Discount program will retain their existing discount
until making a change of service or receiving advance notice from Comcast. Comcast reserves the right
to modify such program at Its sole discretion.
Sincerely,
Gerald Buckley,Director
Government&Regulatory Affairs