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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOB 3 COUNCIL MTG SCHED 1-15-909L �, 4.���. :� , � ,► � to M DATE: JANUARY 15, 1990 TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATION Pleasure of the Council. BACKGROUND OLD BU�INE&�pl �,: 3 1-15-9d'� Inter - Com At the November 20, 1989 City Council meeting, the Council requested that staff prepare the appropriate ordinances to change the City Council meeting times to the second and fourth Mondays of the month and the Planning Commission meetings to the first and third Mondays of the month. Since that time, staff has learned that Community Cable would not be able to provide live television coverage of the meetings to a portion of the Tustin residents due to other scheduling commitments (see Attachment A). CONCLUSION Staff is requesting additional direction from the Council in light of this new information as to whether it is still a desire to change the City Council and Planning Commission schedules. Should the Council wish to proceed with the change, appropriate ordinances would be prepared for the February 5, 1990 City Council meeting. Daniel o Senior Planner DF:CAS:kbc Christine A. Shing 1 on Director of Community Development Inter - Com DATE: December 4, 1989 TO: William Huston, City Manager FROM: Monda Buckley, Administrative Assistant SUBJECT: Changing of City Council Meetings to the 2nd and 4th Mondays At the Tustin City Council meeting of November 20, 1989, it was discussed to change the meeting dates of the City Council meetings from the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month to the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month due to a conflict with the Tustin Unified School District Board Meetings. I have contacted both cable companies and found that Continental could continue live broadcasts on the 2nd and 4th Mondays but there would be a conflict for live broadcasts with Community as City of Newport Beach Council meetings are aired live at this time. Also, if the. meetings were changed to some other day of the week, there would be a scheduling conflict with Community Cable if the day chosen was Tuesday; Continental indicated Friday night would not be possible as they air the high school sporting events but any other night of the week posed no problem. If the Council desires to continue live broadcasting to all segments of the community the following might be considered: 1. Continue with the current schedule and request the School Board reschedule their meeting. 2. Change the City Council meeting to a Wednesday or Thursday night. If it is not imperative that live broadcasting to all segments of the community continue, Council could change the meeting schedule to the 2nd and 4th Mondays and Community Cable could tape broadcast the meeting another day of the week. Attached are the information letters received from each of the cable companies. cc: Bob Ledendecker ATTACHMENT A 4 November 22, 1989 Ms. Monda Buckley City, of Tustin 300 Centennial Way Tustin, CA 92680 Dear Monda: { 11 mmunity Cablevialon Company f 1071 Camelback Street Newport Beach, California 92660 (714) 720-2020 As we discussed, if the City Council moves their meeting 'to the second and fourth Mondays, Community Cablevision will have a scheduling conflict. Currently, we have the Newport Beach City Council meetings live on these days. If council does choose to change, we could still . air them on.a tape delay basis. For your information, the following dates are reserved for local commitments and could not be used to air the Tustin Council meetings. Newport Beach City Council - 2nd and 4th Mondays Irvine City Council - 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Irvine Unified School District - 1st and 3rd Tuesdays If you have any questions, please call. Sincerely, Denise Yaru General Manager DY/ks Managed by Copley/Colony Cablevision Continental Cablevision SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION 27 November 1989 Ms. Monda Buckley Administrative Assistant Department of Public Works/Engineering City of Tustin 300 Centennial Way Tustin, CA 92680 RE: Changing of City Council meeting dates Dear Ms. Buckley, I would like to respond, to the proposed shift in the City Council meeting and the effect it could possibly have on our ability to provide television coverage. At this time, I do not foresee any immediate hindrance in our commitment to continue live coverage -of -the City Council meetings even with the shift to the second and fourth Mondays of every month. However, I have a concern with our ability to provide the live broadcast to the residents of East Tustin. The reason for this is that the Irvine City Council also has their meetings on the second and fourth Mondays. Even though my company does not service the East Tustin area, if the Council meetings are not continued in the live format then these residents may think that Continental Cablevision has disconnected this program from their service. I realize that this is only a perception; however, the perceptions of customers are the most difficult to overcome in a customer service industry. I hope this addresses your needs on this topic. If you have any questions, please call me at 731-6793. Sincerely, Joseph J. Casasanta - General Manager cc: Bill Gray f:micro\buckley\24MONDAY 13816 RED HILL AVENUE, TU8TIN, CA 92880 / (714) 731-0992