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~ ~~~~~.~~~ ~~~~~r `~ ~~. ~, ~~~ ~~~ ~ Capital Communit.y Television 585 Liberty St. S.E. P.O. Box 2342 Salem,Oregon 97308-2342 June 16, 1999 Phone: 503-588-2288 FAX:503-588-6424 E-mail: cctv@open.org To: Billy Wasson, Courthouse Square Manager From: Alan Bushong, CCTV Executive Director Re: Information Regarding the Hearing Room in Courthouse Square I Here are my findings on the issues we discussed at the May 20 meeting with Randy Curtis, John Whittington and Leonard Lodder. CCTV wants to help p A Marion County create a high-quality, low-maintenance media-ready hearing U F room that will serve for years to come. g F L - ~ After the May 20, meeting, I sent hearing room drawings to Brian Girtman, the I R engineer/systems designer who designed CCTV's production van; I met with ~ ~ s Brian on Monday of this week. I am providing Brian's responses and I concerns, and several questions. First I address the questions raised in the May meeting. ~- ~ EDUC.4TION & ENTERTAINMENT CQn~uNr~rY Vp~e~~ ~V Biuilding Community through relevision 1. What changes are needed to the structure of the Audio-Visual room? No changes are essential; if affordable, two are helpful. Moving the hallway door opposite the projection window to a location not opposite a window, and adding a smaller window near the wide end of the AV room for rapid TV crew visual access to the hearing room would be helpful. The location of electrical outlets and overhead track lighting need to be addressed. Outlets and power strips need to be located close to equipment, whether television, house audio system or audio-visual projection. Track light placement will also need to be addressed. Brian is making drawings of equipment racks which will show the best locations for lights. 2. What are the HVAC needs? The room should be treated like a computer room, with optimum temperature of 68 degrees, not to exceed 70 degrees. Based on an equipment draw of 3,000 watts maximum and a crew of three people, 5,000 BTU will suffice. A single watt requires 1.15 BTU of cooling. We are also concerned about blower noise, primarily in the hearing room. Obviously, quiet is good. Since there are no mics in the AV room, that area needs a less demanding level of noise, one that will not bother those who are working. Brian also recommends that the AV room output vents run through electrostatic units made by Honeywell or others. These units remove dust, keep the air cleaner and cut equipment maintenance costs.