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in <br />O <br />V <br />.P o <br />L„ <br />fl <br />0 <br />S o <br />L in <br />O <br />Z <br />10 <br />c <br />o Ci <br />0 <br />u, <br />l <br />E <br />o f <br />m <br />O <br />b in <br />V <br />C of <br />E 2 <br />E <br />o y <br />n <br />c. <br />..n 2.; <br />L r. <br />UI <br />(n <br />Lo <br />o <br />Z <br />North <br />1 Suburban <br />L{'"1 Communications <br />Commission <br />Mayor Bill Blesener <br />415 Brooks Avenue East <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br />City of Little Canada <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />Dear Mayor Blesener and Mr. Hanson: <br />January 14, 2011 <br />Last October, your city received a letter from Kathi Donnelly- Cohen, Director of <br />Government Affairs for Comcast's Twin Cities cable systems, notifying you of the cable <br />company's intention to renew the current cable television franchise. Your city's franchise <br />expires on October 1, 2013, but federal law requires this notification to be sent to the local <br />franchising authority 30 to 36 months prior to expiration of the franchise. <br />To begin the franchise renewal process, which is technically a form of administrative <br />litigation, the North Suburban Communications Commission (NSCC) requests that your city <br />adopt the attached resolution delegating to the NSCC the responsibility for conducting the <br />renewal proceedings. Although the NSCC Joint Powers Agreement already empowers the <br />Commission to act on each city's behalf in the franchise renewal process, the commission <br />believes that adopting the resolution will forestall any arguments by the cable company to the <br />contrary. <br />Because, in order to start the franchise renewal process, the Commission and its staff <br />must soon begin the required evaluation of Comcast's compliance with the current franchise <br />and the required needs assessment, the commission asks that your city council act <br />expeditiously to pass the resolution. The commission would like to have all of the cities adopt <br />the resolution by the end of February if possible. <br />Because the commission understands that you and your city council members will <br />probably have questions about the franchise renewal process, our staff has prepared the <br />attached Fact Sheet that addresses some of the questions that are more frequently asked. In <br />addition, our Executive Director, Coralie Wilson, is available to attend a city council meeting or <br />work session to review the process and respond to your council members' questions and /or <br />North Suburbs <br />Arden Hills Falcon Heights Laiderckde Little Canada Mounds View New Brighton North Ociks Roseville 5t. Anthony Shoreview <br />1 <br />