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107 Councilman Arnett moved to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 9, 1970, as mailed, seconded by Councilman Henderson and carried. CATV Report - Peninsula Cable Television, Inc. City Manager introduced Mr. William Sinkunas, 1318 Marlin Avenue, Foster City, who was present at request of Council. Mr. Sinkunas began his remarks with a review of progress reported in his previous appearance before Council, and stated they are still in process of installing sub- scribers within the City limits. They are waiting for permit for boring in Woodside Road from the State, however, before it will be possible to complete service in that area. Mayor Bury advised him that Council was requesting this additional report in order to obtain specific answers to certain complaints, such as poor installation tech- niques, or lack of installation, at all; concern regarding outages, as well as billing procedures. Mr. Sinkunas described the techniques for installation of cable as being the same all over the country, and that it is similar to telephone cable installation. Mayor Bury cited Harding Avenue in particular as having no service available, and Mr. Sinkunas replied that there was service on Harding, that a particular sub- scriber had complained of not receiving service there, and that he has now been hooked up. Responding to complaint regarding outages, he described several ways in which this can occur, such as wind pulling an amplifier out of a fitting, or water getting into the system. He added that system had been shut off also, while Jerrold Electronics Corporation was running proof of service tests. He felt in _. hooking up this volume of subscribers, it was expected that there will be a number of maintenance calls, and stated in many cases, the fault was within the set. Currently, maintenance calls are at the rate of 12 to 15 per day, but this is ex- pected to level off to a normal of 6 to 8 calls per day. Councilman Rosselli added that one of the factors which prompted calling for this report was the Company's request for release from the $200,000 bond, while at the same time, complaints continued to be made, leading to some question as to whether all conditions of the franchise were being met. Mr. Sinkunas agreed there are potential subscribers who have not been contacted. He stated the firm has an installation backlog of 1400, and have not marketed 100% of the community. He stated further that the performance bond was for construction of the cable system, which he stated has been done. Council indicated that at the time of sale of the franchise, some statements were made by the firm which apparently have not held up, such as the claim that a con- siderable number of subscribers would be signed up before the project was com- pleted, with San Carlos and Belmont being used as examples. It was felt that the City is not getting the type of thing it was given to expect. Councilman Henderson -- stated that, on the several occasions when reports made by the firm before Council, certain statements have not been reliable, for example the statement made at the December 8, 1969 meeting that at that time, the system was installed to the point where all who desired service had it available to them, which was not the case;