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STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION <br />500 RICE STREET, ST. PAUL, MN 55103 <br />CABLE COMMUNICATIONS BOARD <br />October 26, 1978 <br />TO: TWIN CITY METROPOLITAN AREA CITY OFFICIALS <br />FROM: MINNESOTA CABLE COMMUNICATIONS BOARD <br />(612) 296 -2545 <br />Within recent weeks at least 19 metropolitan area cities have received notice of <br />their need to take action on proposals establishing a cable service territory in <br />the southwest suburban area of the Twin Cities. It is not unlikely that the next <br />few weeks ani months will produce similar requests for action directed toward <br />other metrcpolitan municipalities. <br />The reasm for this circumstance is the sudden, but not unexpected, surge of <br />activity by the cable communications industry that should result in major growth <br />in cable communications in the Twin City Metropolitan Area. Similar developments <br />are underway in many other major market areas in the United States as cable com- <br />munications seems poised on the edge of a cycle of rapid growth in the larger <br />cities. <br />The Minnesota Cable Communications Board was created by the legislature to develop <br />statewide cable communications policies, to aid in the orderly establishment and <br />promotion of the industry in Minnesota in a manner that guarantees preservation of <br />the public's interest and to furnish an impartial consulting service for communi- <br />ties seeking to prepare and grant cable franchises. The Board has been given <br />special direction with respect to the unique problems of cable development in the <br />Metropolitan Area with its large numbers of contiguous municipalities. <br />The Board's staff has designed kits of information, instructions and examples of <br />proper resolutions and even sample franchises that you may find useful as your <br />council begins the process of considering the requests before you. We are also <br />able to identify, interpret and explain those state regulations dealing with cable <br />communications that might be particularly troublesome because of the special, and <br />as yet largely untested, requirements of metropolitan area cable franchising. <br />At this early stage in the Metropolitan Area cable communications development, we <br />feel that your council might find it useful to discuss the procedures required for <br />cable service territory determinations and franchising with members of our staff. <br />If you agree, you are encouraged to call or write. We will be happy to assist you <br />in every way possible. <br />W'DD /bf <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />1\J0 <br />OCT 27 157 <br />CITY OF <br />.LITTLE CANADA <br />