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No. CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS • C O U N C I L R E S O L U T I O N Date R-90-20 May 9, 1990 ------------------------ RESOLUTION URGING SDPPORT FOR THE RESTORATION OF LOCAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS WHEREAS, The Cable Communications Acts of 1984 restricted states' and local governments' abilities to regulate the Cable Television Industry directly; and WHEREAS, Since the passage of the Cable Communications Act of 1984, concentrations of ownership amounting to monopolies have increased among cable television operations though that Act was intended to "promote competition in cable communications and minimize unnecessary regulations that impose undue economic burden on cable systems;" and WHEREAS, Municipalities throughout the nation, including this one, have been subjected to substantial rate increases, service reductions, and programming changes that do not reflect consumers' needs or the original intentions of their franchise agreements; and • WHEREAS, More than half of the nation's households and more than 32 percent of the residents of this City subscribe to cable, and television is increasingly becoming the main means of access to information and entertainment, and WHEREAS, Cable subscribers in this City have been subjected to rate increases of over 40 percent over the past four years, as well as increases in the costs of remote control units, late fee charges, elimination of Senior Citizen rates, and installations; and WHEREAS, Cable television is rapidly being priced beyond the reach of lower income people, including families with children, and the elderly who are particularly in need of information and other services that are available solely through cable television; and Moved by Councilmember Wallin YEAS Nays ~ '~ALDWIN v CIERNIA ~GEHRZ . ~~WALLIN • ~/JACOBS 5 in Favor 0 Against Approved by r ,."~_ ~~i~~~~c-_ Mayor May 9, 1990 at, ,~ Attested by ~(ii! ~ ~1~_t~L~~~~ L_ City yerk May 9, 1..990 Date Adopted by Council May 9, 1990