12/12/2006 CABLE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Minutes

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r @TOWN .•'*;*Oka di • `. tl POP 40 ••, ,, loop MASPP CAS,, + AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES of TUESDAY,DECEMBER 12-12006 TOWN HALL—MEETING ROOM I Present: Andrew Eliason- James Chishol Loita Mcray James Moroney Y Maxine Wolfset Also Present: Chief Baker—Fire Department David DeWecchio,Director of Infonnation Technology Toni Mayo, Assistant Town Planner Andrew liason, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. Approval of Minutes... James Chishohn motioned to accept the minutes of the Meeting of November 14, 2006, as presented;Lolita McCray seconded the motion; and the motion was unanimously approved. Rgg ests for MCAT Fund Torn Mayo presented two iterns to be considered for funding by MCAT as briefly described below. Copies of ffie material presented by Toxo describing hese 2 requests are attached to the printed set of these minutes. I i (1) emote Access by Group 1 Solutions, Inc. to provide -vehicle Fire response system for Fire Department ($23,950.); and (2)Aerial 1[mageiy by EarthDatato update aerial imagery for Town since it was last updated in 2004 ($17,000). Item 1 ...Chief Baker addressed the Board saying he has been working closely with Tom Mayo and David I el ecchio to get computers in fire vehicles. Chief Baker said that with the emerging technology they are taking some of the computers they own now and started transferring GIS data to get information available in the field. He said he submitted a C-I-P.package for next year to the Town but is looking for"seed''money from MCAT to start the program incrementally, Chief Baker noted that the Police Department does everything using computers and they are looking at possibility for Fire Department to get data in the field. If this is all we diel,he said the Fire Department could be inputting data electronically,rather than manually. Chief Baker then stated that this would be a springboard to go to C-I-P;to put in Fire Department budget;or to cone hack to MCAT. ' Andrew and Lolita both com iented that it is important for all to keep in mind we are approaching the end of our 10-year contract with Comcast and there is no way for us to know what funds, if any, will he available in the renewed contract. Andrew asked: Is this technology needed since the Town is small` Chief Baker responded that e have 13,000 residents(20,.,000 summertime)and local knowledge of the Town is not as it used to be. As an example,he said there are multiple streets with names that are similar. For instance, Cranberry sane and Cranberry Avenue,which are at opposite ends of the Town,