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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
May 29,1970
Light and Power Cotnmittee Meeting
Conunittee:Chairman Tregent;Trustees Petrocine and Brownfield
Attending:Chairman Tregent;Trustees Petrocine and Brownfield
Also Attending:Superintendent Sweetland,Office Manager Duncan,
Town Administrator Hill,Attorney E.J.Hummer,
Asst.Supt.Dekker and Mrs.Pearl Coffee and Mr.
Jack Couvillion from the Estes Park T.V.Company
ESThS PARK T.V.COMPANY PROPOSAL:
Town Administrator Hill read the franchise ordinance to the Committee.
Attorney Hummer advised that Estes Park T.V.Company will furnish T.V.
to the schools with the schools paying one-half or all of the cost of
installation.Also,the customer contract form to be used will be sub
mitted to the Town Attorney for his approval.The Committee requested
the following franchise ordinance modifications with Estes Park T.V.
Company approval:
1.Deletion of the last sentence of the second paragraph of
Section 13 and item two (2)and item three (3)from Section
14.
2.Adding a definition of Labor and Materials which is “begin
ning at the customer’s property line and extending to his
home or building”which will become item eight (8)of Section
3.
3.Insert “within one year of date hereof”to second line of
Section 14 after the word available.
4.Delete “and Public Grounds”from paragraph one of Section 4.
5.Add an additional paragraph to the ordinance relating to sub
division where all utilities will be underground.Attorney
Hummer will submit this paragraph.
6.Add system requirements stating “The system shall provide a
signal level of 500 microvolts at the input terminals of
each of the T.V.receivers.The system and all equipment
shall be designed and rated for 24-hour-per-day continuous
operation.The system signal-to-noise ratio shall be not
less than 42 decibels.Hum modulation of picture signal
shall be less than five percent.The system shall use com
ponents having VSWR of 1.4 or less.Methods of measuring
the above standards,where necessary,will be established
by the Board of Trustees.”
In addition to the above modifications,the Committee requested Estes
Park T.V.Company’s plans to bury cable as required during the coming
years.Mr.Couvillion stated that present procedures for burying T.V.
cable are not yet proven.The Committee requested current expansion
plans and the time required.Mr.Couvillion stated that expansion
plans would be completed to provide cable T.V.for the entire corporate
limits within the time of one year stated in the franchise ordinance.
The Committee requested plans to serve out-of-town customers.Mr.
Couvillion stated that service would be extended to all areas possible
such as Y.M.C.A.,Fall River,etc.The Committee requested a three (3)
percent franchise fee of all in-Town revenue.Attorney Hummer agreed.
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
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May 29,1970
Light and Power Committee Meeting
The Committee recommends that the term of the franchise be limited to (10)
ten years with a provision allowing a review of the franchise fee at
the end of five (5)years.
There being no further business,the meeting adjourned.
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Lb d .Duncan,Office Manager
APPROVED
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