5/10/2005 CABLE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Minutes

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i Page.14 THE AS PEE' NTE P ISE • FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2005 Selee' tmein-' Nee' d TO 'O A~V P'urc ase' By ALAN L. AMRY M Cray, ' -.James E. Chisolm. tap into erta�n'parts of the sys- request prior to town meeting. If selectmen give- the okay, James Mo'.roney, and Maxine tens from, home computers via Mr. Smith said if 'Selectmen $25,000 will be used to purchase S.wolf et. the Internet. approve funding Article 7 on the new audio-visual equipment for Assistant.To n Planner Eric with a few clicks of a coin- 1Iay town meeting warrant, re- Makshpee y schools and upgrade Smith had requested $12,000 to puter mouse, a user could look questing the funding would be town mapping technology. develop a Deb --browser-based up -something as general as a "moot," and would be ind fi- Town 'Manager J y e M. iia- Geographic-Information System. map of the town's boundaries or r�i�ely postponed. son said the funds wine fr m a. a intricate as the entire p r nit w contractual agreement between Ii a multi-lrered system history of every property in a Under the town contract, g that links computerized aerial Comcast r `gn_dthree percent Ma tepee and its cahl television specific nei hborh od�. ,t photographs of the town with of its annual renue back to provider,Comcast. - the i lashpee water District �=.�- '�he Mashpee Cable and Ad- things such as existing assessing already agreed to purchase the town. p maps, street listings, zoning and has g p 1n addition to the three er- van ed 'technology Advisory water district maps, subdivision a portable Global Positioning Board recommended mended that se- m unit which is used t cent of annual:;revenues, the plans, and overlay district reaps System � town its $1' , per year to l t en approve $13,000 four,the �o create a all-encompassing �rnap the areas,for$6,000. g � schools to purchase audio-visual shot of the town. help pay for Costs associated sea equipment and $12,000 to ex- p A letter from the 'able corn- with public educational and pand the town's Geographical. while the GIS is accessible mittee is being sent to Mashpee government p.rograrmming. The Information System(GIS). . from some � town offices, Mr. selectmen asking them to sup- previsions apply fr the life of Members of the cable hoard Smith envisions' all t wn 'f"i- port the funding requests. The the 10-year contrabt, which ex- are Andrew Eliason, Lolita C. vials and residents being able to beard is expected to take up the --.pines in January 2009.