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