City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Cable and Broadband Internet Commission, 30 Nov 2022

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11.30.22 Cable Television and Communications Commission

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All right uh I'd like to call the uh of course, the cable television.

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And communication in the united commission until the meeting to order.

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I'm hoping cash will be with us. I don't know any vehicle saw that okay.

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But yeah it's good that we had that. Fourth, member.

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All right uh see, as far as approval of the minutes uh suzanne neglected to take.

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Her handwritten notes and actually put them into formal uh type notes and circulated so.

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If uh my suggestion is we just uh table that item and I'll make sure I take my handwritten.

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Notes and put them an informal minute form for your approval for the next one: okay, oops.

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So I guess we'll move on to item three and propose change to submission to the.

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Table commission yeah: I can provide an update from the last city council meeting.

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um So the city council has passed first reading of the changes to the cable commission's meeting.

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Mission um because there were a number of ordinances coming through at the same time, they.

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Scheduled the public hearing and second reading for the first city council meeting in january.

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And typically at second reading and public hearing.

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um There's a small brief kind of presentation or someone speaks to the change, so I think if.

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One of you would like to be available to speak briefly to that change. um That would be good to.

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Have someone there for the vision, I'd be happy to do it happy to do. We work something together.

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We'll have it probably I don't assume we would have one more video before then so. We'd work.

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When are the council meeting, um they start at seven o'clock p.m. Yes, okay,.

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And I believe it's on january 9th, but I will send you a confirming email or.

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Maybe an appointment that way you can just kind of click on it. Put it on your calendar.

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um I will say at the first reading uh who's the mayor commented that he thought this was a good.

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Evolution for that commission and appreciated the attention to um the cellular issue, in particular.

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So I expect you will not want to continue. You know, favorable response just to ask questions first, so.

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um So that's good, and it was only because we had so many. We had a couple of other.

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Ordinances come from that needed to get wrapped up before year end and okay.

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uh To password change.

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Yeah, I still- and I didn't bring my laptop down, although I could probably hold them off.

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um So it's just a broadening of the mission to include really all forms of delivery of broadband.

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um And that is really the major change, so that would allow a cable commission.

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To more formally do it has been doing somewhat informally, which is.

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um Traveling, a bit beyond a traditional scope of the franchise agreement with comcast uh to include.

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And its cable television app expect to really look at internet delivery and all its modalities.

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um Published for the city of portsmouth city council will have the text open changes in that.

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Packet so- and it's actually probably already online from what they considered it at the.

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Last meeting for first reading, it would have also been in there as a red line change. It's.

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Okay, we all said all right: okay,.

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um We're gonna push. You know my we're going to push uh since we have an actual line.

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um We're gonna take uh item four. I want to push you to the bottom, just because that's uh will be.

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Out of well out of open being so what we that one will probably five and six up to the top of them.

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So um so what john passed? Four till five, which is so we were able to schedule a meeting with verizon.

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um Included a number of city staff, uh along with jason, was able to attend on behalf of.

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The cable commission, I mean who's part of the meeting, um our chief information officer.

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Patricia ainsworth, along with our brady, our technical director and probably about four or.

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Five people from horizon and on the call- and we discussed generally with them our experience of.

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Cellular coverage and areas where we had concerns in terms of that coverage, they acknowledged.

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Those concerns and understood that there were places that needed attention. um They did provide.

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A summary of some of the work that they have been doing to try and address that um that included a.

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Some rooftop sell sites that were installed in 2021 five small cells on poles in 2021 and 22 2022.

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um They, you know, hit some snacks in their um some of their deployment.

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um But they are, they do have additional projects uh on online. They recently out of capacity in the.

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Dpw site out of beverly hills, road um and looking at a new macro style, they're, hoping the newcastle.

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Area which will help cover part, and um they are looking at um another site off of route, one.

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um Still under construction, not guaranteeing that it will deliver um everything uh there.

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May be some factors that have delay of just from the timeline. You know little things.

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We do, but we would address that they were careful about the confidentiality of some.

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Of the negotiations, so um that's why I'm kind of speaking in summer general and generalities.

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For the purposes of the public meeting, um but you could say, there's an acknowledgment that.

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They are aware of some of the deficiencies and um and have a number of projects scheduled in.

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The pipeline put some of that discussion was in confidence so that we can provide it to the public.

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Correct correct: they are also looking at by jane uh c-band deployment, um but don't have um thank.

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You, uh but don't yet have um an eta and kind of further detail to be provided. um They did.

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Talk and they have worked with the city about enterprise network extenders- that we can use.

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Inside some of our city, buildings and facilities, they did help us out at community campus recently.

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um After our acquisition, we discovered how poor the signal was and we're going to explore with.

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Iran so successfully to provide better service out there through an extender and that helped.

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Not only the city and all of us, yes, but also the importance of the non-profits out there.

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um As well as well, as you know, there are also fields out there that have.

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Been recently put in which I'm sure that parents or people attending games yeah.

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They did also suggest that if residents have challenges inside their homes, they can try wi-fi.

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Calling so they were trying to be very um kind of helpful in terms of workarounds, if you will.

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uh When I'll infrastructure is is built out- um and we could talk a little bit more to that- but.

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I think those are kind of like the general kind of public pieces that we can generally share.

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um So did you shoot so I refrain from sharing materials I received afterwards because our.

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Constraints, did you share everything, uh not with the committee members? Yet I figured okay.

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uh In detail right, what I feel like I can share to number one based on the number of.

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People that attended and the attitudes there they were very anxious to make sure that we.

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Knew that they were addressing problems, there was a lot of attention that would.

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Greatly surprised me yeah the number of attending exactly it's like wow, okay, and uh you know it's.

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um The change in scope was something I had to admit the first time. It's like all right. You.

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Know I'm happy to open it up, I'm not sure how useful it's going to be, but now here at least.

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I did, but suddenly I'm really like hot on the idea, and I I think it was a great idea.

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I think it's because we have the cio who is there? You know, I think there was some other attractions.

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From them yeah these same relationships, but yes, they did acknowledge. They were kind of.

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They seemed pleased that we were involved in the only thing I had said to them was.

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um We're here- and I was oversight, but it just help us get problems out of here.

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They seem to indicate the majority of their problems, how to do more, with permitting.

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Land and acquisition things along those lines, as opposed to any barriers, and you might put in place.

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Through the neighborhoods, you know things like uh restrictions that that didn't come up. It had more.

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To do with just getting through the implementing process and buildings and securing access.

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um I feel like they could share that. I brought up specifically the hospital as being a very strange.

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Place right near I-95 and not have, and they said they had already installed something there. They.

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Just had to appoint, and that was going to be happening, I think in the next 30 days, if they're.

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Going to redirect and that should cover that area of earth. At that point, and as zori mentioned.

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They've got other a lot of other projects, but I will say the majority of the improvements.

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Great based on what they were discussing in so um the other thing, though, that they mentioned.

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We asked him since materials on that was the extender program that they have for buildings.

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It's not related just the city they've been going to offer that to anybody if they would.

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Reach out to them, so if people contact us about problems in their own home, we could.

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Point them to them, and possibly other providers to say you should contact them and they might be.

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Able to provide, I don't know she indicated that reduced or free costs, basically interior boosters,.

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And I think you know with our changing scope. I look at this as a positive as an opportunity for.

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Us to provide the public with a an easy conway so that they not only that and experience as well. For.

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Information because obviously it's important for them to know this, and maybe it's difficult for.

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um The providers to create this or put the information out there in a way that is accessible.

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To people, but it's also like you know, available um and then maybe what we can again having something.

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Similar to what we do now, as far as cable tv that we just provide um a faster connection between.

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The end user and the provider absolutely so I'm definitely kind of excited about it.

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It's gonna happen, so yes, my question next would be: do we have any other providers or.

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When it comes to the interest of the cio of portsmouth community, I'm sorry.

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um Did we have anything else lined up with the next set of providers, whatever it's going to be up to us.

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um I do not believe there's anything else set up, because we were mostly hearing issues of concern.

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Regarding that provider, but I think if there is interest, then tell me which provider and I will.

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Reach out to our team, was it ash or I don't know if you're there are you the one that had the you.

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Didn't have verizon, you have another service right, so I understand yes hi everyone. I have atm teacher.

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Where I'm in areas where I haven't seen any coverage issues, but that doesn't mean there.

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Aren't really um again having it's difficult when you hear about these one things from people, but.

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If we can, as a committee, sort of locked up this information, we can then at that point.

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I guess better target information for people as well as for the providers so, but I agree.

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I think that and I hate to say it, but you can make a very valid point, that the reason.

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We got them here. Verizon was because we had some heavy hitters that were able that were.

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Willing to sort of show up to the meeting as well, and I think that that might help. If we.

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We're interested in serving no no, they had specific issues with city services using.

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Verizon provider right, we did but they're aware that you know part of what we do is exactly.

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As we're talking about here, which is, we can sometimes still like, they get people's attention.

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um Coordinate those meetings, because sometimes that's what it is, it's getting on the right.

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People in the room or on the zoom to say what can we do what's your plan, because this is what.

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We're hearing and seeing so I'm happy to work with city staff, I'm sure they'd be more than willing to.

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See if we can shake down a similar meeting and who knows you know once january- comes through.

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And our our chart hasn't been changed, our scope is indeed officially changed. We might be able to draw.

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As well, but I would just really appreciate it if there's anything, we can do without.

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38 bridges yeah! No! I thought it was a very useful meeting. I think they were solution. Oriented wanted.

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To update us and we're willing to hear kind of what our experience was both from a municipal.

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Perspective and what we're hearing from residents and businesses, so I thought it was a very.

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um Good meeting- and I thought it did- show that at least there they've got projects in.

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The pipeline now, whether they deliver them fast enough, we'll we'll see, but that's the thing we.

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Now kind of have a better understanding of what their schedule looks like, so that, if we revisit.

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This you know in nine months to stay home how's it going. You know, I think now, we've got baseline.

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I'm also sure that it seemed very well aware about the college fairies even before we drew attention.

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So I don't think so.

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I wish people think even you know so I mean yeah okay, yeah.

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Okay, that we can go ahead and ask the city to help us, because that will kind of indicate.

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The the interest of this committee and or continuing to communicate on.

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This sure to secure a meeting with the att or the same purposes: okay,.

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I'm cold, okay,.

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Both special and privilege, because I have the only verizon.

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Oh, do you oh okay,.

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Okay, here we go.

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To the channel that you know, please feel free to chime in as you uh as you need to yeah yeah, we'll.

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Do yeah thanks all right, so uh we're all set with uh next episode, we'll jump down uh other business.

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I do not have anything further to add. I think we'll talk in the non-public about our comcast.

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Channel where we are in that conversation, uh this might be the time if we have folks on to.

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Have an interest in commenting on something or if there's an issue, they want to bring.

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To everybody's attention, okay, so I I guess you know to either either this lord or a mr reporter.

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Partner started, please just feel free to chime in.

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uh Okay, yes, we can hear you.

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Barbara, oh no! We just wanted to listen and find out what's going on at this point,.

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um So you have no no additional business. Okay um partner.

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He wants oh hello, hello, yes hi. How are you, how are you doing yeah? We were just. uh We were.

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Just planning to listen and do what's up sure no problems just wanted to give you the opportunity.

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If you, if there's anything contributing you want to bring up, but uh we're happy to have you thank.

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You for attending. Thank you. Thank you so much and I I think I'm correct you're both here on on.

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Maybe behalf of or or you both have uh work with, ppmtv correct.

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Yes, we are okay, yes, great the local public access stations.

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Right, okay, so we could move on to.

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Close the public portion of the meeting, so so I make a motion that we go into.

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Public our private session and discuss the uh chart on site.

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Okay, all right all right, hey ashley senior, yes to moving into non-public. Yes, I'm good.

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Okay, so I'm going to ask up barbara and chad: if you could drop off the zoom, then I won't have.

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To kick you out since we're calling it did not in public thanks. Thank you so much. Thank you.

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At the door, no one leaves.