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RESOLUTION NO. 5369 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CABLE TELEVISING OPERATING POLICIES FOR CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CITY MEETINGS WHEREAS, the Mounds View City and the Mounds View Cable Television Committee have discussed the merits of a policy for camera use and televising of city meetings; and WHEREAS,the Council and Committee have reached an agreed upon set of operating policies; BE IT NOW RESOLVED,that the Mounds View City Council approves the following operating policies for all future televised city meetings: Policies for Cablecasting Meetings of the Mounds View City Council And Designated Commissions of Government Procedural Policy 1. The Technical Director is responsible for camera coverage of the meeting. 2. All meetings will be covered "gavel-to-gavel,"which includes everything that transpires between the official convening and adjournment by the meeting chairperson. 3. Members of the public who wish to address the convening body are required to present their remarks at the podium or at a microphoned area provided. 4. The Mayor or presiding officer is responsible for directing members of the audience in the correct use of the podium microphone or speaking area. Technical Policy 1. Camera shots will be framed to include only the person who is speaking. 2. Wide shots of the meeting may be used to briefly punctuate camera coverage of long statements or reports. 3. Pauses between shots are necessary to accommodate the time for the Technical Director to choose the next shot and for the wall-mounted automatic camera system in the Council Chamber to go from one shot to another. 4. Camera shots of citizens addressing the council, commission or committee may include members of the audience, but they are seen only as background to the speaker at the podium or microphoned area. Mounds View Cable Committee September 14, 1999