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NEAL J. SHAPIRO <br />SAUL A. BERNICK' <br />THOMAS 0. CREIGHTON <br />SCOTT A. LIFSON <br />DAVID K. NIGHTINGALE} <br />PAUL J. QUASI. <br />ROBERT J. V. VOSC <br />WILLIAM S. FORSBERG" <br />BERNICK AND LIFSON <br />A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />SUITE 1200, THE COLONNADE <br />$800 WAYZATA BOULEVARO <br />MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA 55416'(270 <br />(ALSO ADMITTED iN WISCONSIN <br />ALSO CERTIFIED PUOLIC ACCOUNTANT <br />ALSO ADMITTED IN ,LORIOA <br />LEGAL ASSISTANT <br />TELEPHONE (0121 548 -1200 KATHRYN G. MASTERMAN <br />FACSIMILE (012) $46 -1003 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: NORTH SUBURBAN MEMBER CITIES <br />FROM: THOMAS D. CREIGHTON, LEGAL COUNSEL <br />NORTH SUBURBAN CABLE COMMISSION <br />DATE: APRIL 15, 1998 <br />RE: <br />NEGOTIATED RENEWAL FRANCHISE WITH MEREDITH CABLE <br />As many of you have been informed the North Suburban Cable Commission ( "Commission ") <br />has completed an over three -year process of negotiations with the cable company resulting in a <br />proposed renewed cable franchise being recommended to the Member Cities of the Commission. <br />The federal law proscribes the structure of the negotiations and limits the authority of the cities <br />to deny the renewal. While the renewal is not automatic, the city may also not arbitrarily deny <br />renewal. Basically, the city must renew the franchise unless the cable company fails to meet <br />an identified community need, considering the cost of meeting that need. <br />Therefore, the Commission undertook an extensive community needs assessment which all cities <br />participated in and the results of which you were informed of over a year ago. Since then <br />extensive negotiations have been undertaken to arrive at a system which the Commission <br />recommends does meet the identified community needs of the Member cities, considering the <br />cost of meeting those needs. <br />Attached is a proposed franchise which incorporates the negotiations with the cable company. <br />The attached franchise is recommended by the Commission for your adoption. Please note that <br />the system is a Ten (10) city system, and the franchises for all ten (10) cities are identical, except <br />for individual city definition and notice sections. For consistency and enforcement purposes, the <br />proposed franchise is in much the same form as the current franchise. There are however some <br />significant changes which are highlighted below. <br />Page 119 <br />