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STAFF REPORT TO: Mayor Keis and Members of City Council FROM: Chris Heineman, City Administrator Dana Healy, CTV Executive Director DATE: October 14, 2020 RE: CTV JPA Resolution to Include Non-geographically Contiguous Cities ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: Approval of a Resolution to amend the CTV JPA to include non-geographically contiguous cities CTV Executive Director Dana Healy will be in attendance to provide a brief presentation on this item and answer any questions City Council members may have. BACKGROUND: On July 16, 2020, the North Suburban Communications Commission voted to update the Joint Powers Agreement to include the following: Under section II, General Purpose, “public, educational, and governmental” was spelled out to explain PEG. Also added in section II was “local community media, including cable television” programming. The purpose of this was to broaden the language to include beyond cable programming. • Section V.1, “geographically contiguous to any of these named municipalizes and” was removed. • Section V.4 “a majority of the members” was added, and “five” was removed. This makes the document consistent as membership changes. This change was also done in section 6 and 8. • Section V.8 “Unless otherwise required herein, all official actions of the Commission must receive two-thirds (2/3) of all the authorized votes cast on that issue at a duly constituted meeting of the Commission and the affirmative vote of a majority of the appointed directors present and voting. Abstentions shall not be considered authorized votes cast. POLICY OBJECTIVE To adopt the recently updated Joint Powers Agreement that will make it possible to include non- geographically contiguous cities. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends approval of a Resolution as presented