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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2013-7- A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE ORDINANCE AND AGREEMENT HELD BY COMCAST OF MINNESOTA, INC. WHEREAS, The City of Little Canada, ( "City ") enacted an ordinance and entered into a cable television franchise agreement (collectively, the "Franchise ") with MediaOne North Central Communications Corp. ( "MediaOne "), which became effective October I, 1998, to provide cable television service within the territorial limits of the City; and WHEREAS, as a result of several transfers of the Franchise, Comcast of Minnesota, Inc. ( "Comcast ") currently holds the Franchise; and WHEREAS, Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended (the "Cable Act "), 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(I), provides that if a written renewal request is submitted by a cable operator during the 6 -month period which begins with the 36th month before franchise expiration and ends with the 30th month prior to franchise expiration, a franchising authority shall, within six months of the request, commence formal renewal proceedings to identify the future cable- related community needs and interests, and to review the performance of the cable operator under its franchise during the then current franchise term; and WHEREAS, the Franchise is scheduled to expire on October I, 2013, unless sooner terminated or extended; and WHEREAS, by letter dated October 11, 2010, from Comcast to the City, Comcast invoked the formal renewal procedures set forth in Section 626 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546; and WHEREAS, the City has delegated to the North Suburban Communications Commission (the "NSCC ") the powers necessary and appropriate to manage and conduct the formal franchise renewal process under 47 U.S.C. § 546(a) -(g); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2011 -02, the NSCC, on behalf of the City, officially commenced formal franchise renewal and ascertainment proceedings on April 7, 2011; and WHEREAS, Comcast and the NSCC have not been able to agree on the terms a renewal franchise for the City under the informal franchise renewal process described in 47 U.S.C. § 546(h); and 4