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MOORPARK
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021
M E M O R A N D U M
Honorable City Council
Richard Hare, Deputy City Managh
October 11, 1991
(805) 529 -6864
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Consider Request from Moorpark Presidents
Council (MPC) Regarding School Board Candidates
Forum
The City Council has received a request from the MPC regarding the
advertisement and cablecasting of the Moorpark Unified School
District (MUSD) candidates forum which they are organizing. The
candidates forum is scheduled fcr Tuesday, October 29th, from 7 pm
to 9 pm at Memorial High School Auriitori.unl (Casey Rd.) .
The MPC has asked the City to pay, any fees charged by Ventura
County Cablevision (VCC) for film.inq and cablecasting the forum two
or three times prior to the elect.io;Y. Additionally, the MPC would
like the City to advertise the evert cn ct annel 10.
Staff is not recommending the expenditurE of any City funds for
this activity, because it is not directly related to municipal
operations. The staff is requestinq C1_ty council authorization to
assist in the promotion of the forum on channel 10 and
authorization to request Ventura Cc int,,i cak)levision support of the
activity as a community service
Advertisement
The City Council has directed treat no political messages or
endorsements be placed on channel. 0. ThE= forum, however, is not
a political message or endorsemeiv.- )f any c..�andidate. As a meeting
open to all candidates it does not Endorse any single candidate and
provides a forum for public information about all of the School
Board candidates and issues of interest !c, the residents of the
city.
:+A-L W LAWRASON JR BERNARDo M PERE7 SCOTT MjNIG MET r' tri'I E. TALLEY JH JOHN E WOZNIAK
Mayor Mayor Pro Tern ounrii en ouncilmember Councilmemper
Filming
The City does not have the equipment to do remote filming. VCC
would be able to film the forum, however, they usually require at
least thirty days notice so that they can schedule staff and
arrange program time for the cab]ecast,,
VCC's production manager feels a staff �_pf eight and three cameras
will be necessary to film the for.,m. He -3stimates the cost will be
between $500 and $700.
Programming
Until the renovation and construction of the cable studio is
completed, the City will not be able to cablecast events like the
candidates forum. VCC is able t( playback the forum on channel 8
and Mountain Meadows Cable c:)i --ILd also playback the tape if
available slots can be found.
The playback of the forum, due tc the late notice, would probably
be relegated to Saturday and Sunday mornings or afternoons. They
would have to slot it where they can as --I second priority program.
When VCC is given confirmation ttat the project is approved they
will schedule firm times for the -eplay :)f the forum. There will
most likely be no additional ch,iraes foi replays of the forum.
Approval Process
VCC will not film the event if thEy are asked to do so by the MPC.
They will consider the request: i it is received from the City.
VCC staff have indicated that the,,, may be able to comply with the
request, if confirmation is given by the City on the 17th. It may
be possible to have VCC to accept the costs for filming the forum.
If they will not, then either the MPS, or the City would be
responsible for the costs. Sh:.iul.i. the Council direct the City to
pay the costs for the filming :if event:, they would be charged
to the Moorpark Cable TV (MCTV f (R:Tet-1 f )r professional services.
Council Action Needed to Proceec
The staff requests the followinc ir-ection from the City Council:
1. Direct staff to advertise —1-1c, 4t-TED c,ndidates forum on channel
10.
2. Authorize staff to request X filming and playback of the
forum and Mountain Meadow:; - b1E p1,yback.
Recommendation
Staff recommends advertising the .!drum on channel 10 and formally
requests VCC filming and playback contingent upon VCC or the MPC
being responsible for all filming and playback costs.
attachment: MPC Letter 10 -8 -9:1
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