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MTG. 3/26/85 TELEVISING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS CITY ATTIW�
DEPT. U&M ON COMMUNITY ACCESS CABLE CITY IUICR,
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Review and discuss the desirability of cable casting the City Council meetings
and provide staff with guidelines to proceed.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
It has been recommended that the City Council meetings be cable cast on the day
following its meetings. S'.aff has provided a memo, attached, outlining the
proposed program. Counc.j,. has not discussed or provided any direction to
staff on the matter and it might be appropriate to discuss at this time.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Cable casting all City Council meetings, including workshops, will cost abort
$10,700 per year. Franchise Fees (3% of gross) of about $85,000 are received
by the General Fund each year and can be utilized for this purpose.
EXHIBITS:
1. Memorandum from Utilities & Maintenance Director to
City Manager of March 18, 1985.
EXHIBIT # 1
March 18, 1985
TO: CITY MANAGER
FROM: Director, Utilities & Maintenance
TELEVISING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON CABLE
The cable franchise with Carlsbad Cablevision and La Costa Cable TV requires
the provision of a governmental cable channel. Currently, only one channel
(30 for Cablevision and Q for La Costa) is used for public access, however,
the governmental and educational channels are available but not utilized.
The City may use the governmental channel at no cost but would be required
to fund any production costs.
The Public Access Coordinator for Carlsbad Cablevision has suggested that
the Council may wish to have the meetings taped and shown the following
evening over the Community access Channel. The cities of Oceanside,
San Diego and Chula Vista and the County of San Diego all provide either
complete or edited coverage of their meetings over their respective
cable systems.
A typical annual budget for this effort might be as shown below:
Regular Meetings - 3 hours x 24 meetings/year x $72 per
hour production cost = $5,184
Workshops - 2 hours x 24 meetings/year x $72 per
hour production cost = $3,456
Editing (logging, information scrolls, date blocks, etc.)
1 hour/meeting x 48 meetings x $30
per hour = $1,440
Blank Tapes (will be recycled after one month)
25 tapes x $25 per tape = $ 625
$10,705
The City currently has a 3% franchise fee on gross receipts of both
Carlsbad Cablevision and La Costa Cable TV. This generates about $85,000
per year and is returned to the general fund to offset expenses of
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City Manager
March 18, 1985
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administering the franchises and providing administrative support to the
Cable TV Foundation.
It is recommended that Council consider televising its meetings on the
local cable television channels. Mr. Lucas, the public access coordinator,
and I can be available for Council discussion.
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