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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 18, 2016 Page 8 Recognizing Councilmember Etten's role as an Irondale High School educator, Mayor Roe him about the value added in using more video for education purpos- es, or in the school district taking advantage of distance learning opportunities, or making people aware of adult educational opportunities, or perhaps programming ability to video tape an actual class. Councilmember Etten noted that the Mounds View School District didn't have cable access any longer, as they were now all internet-based. Mayor Roe noted that there is I -net and connections used to transmit information as part of the franchise agreement(s), and asked if the Mounds View School Dis- trict was taking advantage of that or if their system was proprietary to the School District. Councilmember Etten advised that high speed connections were available in all school buildings, but he wasn't sure about the connectivity between buildings. Mayor Roe suggested LTV's follow-up with the school district. If the school district was interested, Councilmember McGehee opined that there was a lot they could utilize, referencing the Fairview Community Center and adult literacy programs that would be beneficial to viewers or if a student was ill or even for parents to be aware of sample classes being offered. Regarding programming, Councilmember Laliberte suggested it may prove bene- ficial for Roseville to create its own "Roseville U" content by department to pro- vide a generalized view of services without becoming too specific that infor- mation would become obsolete. Recognizing that it was a Comcast issue and not one of programming, but specific to Comcast service in general, Councilmember Laliberte noted recent traffic on NextDoor.com regarding weak, intermittent services and outages, with numerous complaints and questioning if this was only occurring in isolated areas or region- ally. If residents had those types of issues with either provider, Mayor Roe encouraged them to bring them to the attention of CTV staff at their general number. Councilmember Laliberte noted that this information occurred last week, and of- fered to share that information and those comments with CTV. Specific to future revenue sources, Ms. Raye asked if reduced revenues in the fu- ture were assumed, or if there was a need for additional revenues to expand pro- gramming, what would be most beneficial. For instance, Ms. Raye asked whether a model using the skill set and assets of CTV staff should be offered as profes-