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. 1 The Commission representative told the Councilmembers they and 2 Lauderdale Councilmembers were the only ones out of ten communities 3 the Commission represents who were not televising their council 4 meetings and said she would be glad to bring a cable company tech- 5 nician and help staff televise the first few Council meetings as soon 6 as the equipment problems which prevented the recent candidates forum 7 from being seen in St. Anthony before the elections, are solved. Ms. 8 Anderson suggested the Councilmembers might be more comfortable with 9 taped meetings at first but said she was certain the City officials 10 would find, just as New Brighton, Roseville, and Shoreview Councilmem- 11 bers did, that live telecasts were not half as frightening as they 12 might seem at first. The Cable Commission representative reported 13 Councilmembers from the other communities had been very surprised to 14 learn how many of their constituents viewed their telecasts on a 15 regular basis, even late into the night. Even more surprising, had 16 been the increase in resident involvement and input in community 17 issues . 18 Councilmember Marks indicated he had concluded after talking to people 19 during his campaign for re-election that there was a lot of misinfor- 20 mation out in the community about how the Council and City operates , 21 which might be corrected if residents could see for themselves how 2.2 Council and other City related commissions operate. 23 Councilmember Ranallo indicated Ms. Anderson' s presentation had given �24 him some hope that the community' s problems with the cable company 25 might be solved and viewership increased from the current level of 26 approximately 280, if the community' s Public Channel 16 started to 27 televise programs which interested the residents. The Council 28 consensus was that Council training sessions would be very helpful and 29 that the first telecasts of Council meetings should be scheduled after 30 the first of the year, following the completion of the community 31 survey to be discussed later that evening. 32 There was also agreement that Police and Fire Department personnel 33 should be trained to use the character generator cable equipment to 34 broadcast printed emergency messages to the community. It was also 35 perceived there might be a benefit to having Planning Commission, 36 Chemical Awareness and Community Service Committee meetings and 37 activities as well as future joint City/School meetings broadcast. 38 Volunteers from the high school, colleges or senior residents would be 39 sought to operate the cameras. 40 Mr. Childs noted that the City did have a cable franchise budget which 41 might cover the costs of film, etc. , and said he would be working 42 with Ms. Anderson on the scheduling of the first training sessions to 43 familiarize Councilmembers with televising techniques. 44 REPORTS 45 NOVEMBER 4 , 1987 SPECIAL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES - GEORGE •46 WAGNER 3