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Restoration of Local Regulatory Authority <br />Page 2 <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the congress of the United States should rewrite the <br />Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 with particular focus on reregulation of <br />subscriber rates, allowance of telephone company provision of cable service under <br />the circumstances that respect local government authority, system ownership. <br />transfers, the impact of vertical integration in the cable industry, and other <br />aspects of the Act that directly impact local regulation and consumers; <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The City Council of the City of urges <br />congressional action for appropriate federal legislation to restore local <br />authority over cable systems to eliminate the barriers to competition, and to <br />rectify other aspects of the 1984 Act that work to disfavor cable consumers. <br />• <br />r~ <br />