Minutes 84-01-16MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL
HELD
January 16, 1984
The adjourned regular meeting of the Cypress City Council was called to order at 6:10 p.m.
on Monday, January 16, 1984, in the Administrative Conference Room of Cypress City Hall,
5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress, California, Mayor Richard Partin presiding.
PRESENT: Council Members Coronado, Kanel, Lacayo, Mullen and Partin
ABSENT: None
Also present were Darrell Essex, City Manager; John Murphy, City Attorney, and staff
member David Barrett.
CONTINUATION OF CONSIDERATION OF CABLE TELEVISION PROPOSALS
Mr. Barrett reviewed the "CATV Proposal Comparison Summary", and answered questions for
the Council Members regarding the two proposed systems, lie further stated the staff
recommendation is that a leading contender be selected by the Council for purposes of
negotiating a contract, after which the franchise would be awarded if satisfactory agreement
to terms and conditions is reached.
Councilman Lacayo requested clarifications as to the extent of changes that could be be
negotiated prior to award of the franchise.
The City Attorney stated that the act of selecting the leading contender would constitute
agreement to that company's basic proposal and that this could be expected to be subject
only to trade offs within that proposal but not include additional items.
At 7:15 p.m., Mayor Partin called for a recess and stated that the meeting would reconvene
in the Council Chambers in order to more comfortably accommodate the members of public
who were present. The meeting reconvened in the Council Chambers at 7:Z7 p.m. with all
Council Members present.
Mayor Partin reviewed the Council's tour of the Coral Gables, Florida; Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; and Buena Park, California, facilities of both companies.
Councilman Coronado emphasized his appreciation of the professional manner in which both
bidders had conducted their presentations before the Council.
Mayor Partin asked if representatives of either company would like to speak.
Bill Rosendahl, Regional Director of Programming, Group W Cablevision, stated that
company's Buena Park facilities are underutilized and would be available to Cypress and,
additionally, the City would have access to the company's other facilities. He stated that
Group W will expand its institutional offerings if it is economically feasible or necessary in
the future.
Mr. Michael Isaacs, consultant for Copley/Colony Communications, stated that his company
is offering a balanced, cost-effective, responsive system to the City, based on the RFP. He
stated that the autonomous system proposed would be important to Copley/Colony
individually and not be just a small system in a large bureaucracy.
In response to an inquiry by Councilman Kanel regarding how service would be supplied to
Cypress should a problem arise in Buena Park, Mr. Rosendahl stated that Group W would build
a headend in Cypress or use microwave for transmission of signals should that become
necessary.
Councilman Kanel then suggested that perhaps items regarding future changes might be
included in the contract if Group W is chosen as the leading contender.
The City Attorney stated that it could not be expected that the company would agree to any
real changes in its bid proposal.
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Councilman Kanel stated that, while both bidders were good companies, he is concerned over
rate and mileage estimate differences between the two proposals and further that, after
touring the Buena Park system, he feels connecting to an on-going system with interconnects
and existing facilities plus the additional channels offered would be of benefit to Cypress, in
that the citizens would not have all the problems of start-up.
Councilman Lacayo stated that he believes a 550 MHz system will prove successful and be a
progressive step in attracting high technology companies to this area; and since he personally
advocated an interactive system with two-way response capabilities, he would be in favor of
the Copley/Colony proposal, although he believes either company would provide excellent
cable service to the City.
Mayor Partin stated that he believes that there is great merit in the possibilities which can
be offered by a 550 MHz system in its two-way capabilities, the pay-per-view feature, the
security alarm service and the response to institutional network needs of the city; and he
feels that Copley Colony has responded more totally to the RFP.
Councilman Mullen indicated that he believes the citizens of Cypress would have a high-
quality CATV system provided by either company; however, he stated that he feels future
companies locating in Cypress will open up markets fo~ an I-net that cannot be identified at
the present time and that Copley/Colony has better addressed the desires of the City in that
aspect and that he believes the 550 MHz system will prove to be feasible or, in the event that
feasibility cannot be absolutely demonstrated prior to its going on-line, that the City may
negotiate alternatives to be implemented.
In response to a question from Councilman Coronado as to the status of the CATV ordinance,
Mr. Barrett stated that both companies had indicated some concern over certain areas, but
that these differences would be reconciled during the negotiation period for the franchise
agreement.
Councilmen Kanel and Lacayo indicated that they would like to be participants in the
negotiating committee, which would also include Darrell Essex, John Murphy, David Barrett,
and Carl Pilnick, the City's CATV consultant.
Councilman Mullen moved that the City Council of the City of Cypress authorize a
negotiating committee, including Councilmen Kanel and Lacayo and members of the staff, to
enter into discussions with Copley/Co]ony Communications and report back to the Council
within 60 days with recommendations for the final CATV ordinance and a definitive
franchise agreement. The motion was seconded by Councilman Lacayo and carried by the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Lacayo, Mullen and Partin
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kanel
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Councilman Kanel stated that, although he was voting in opposition to this motion, he would
work fairly with this company.
ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Partin adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CYPRESS