|
RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -6 -
<br />RENEWAL OF COMCAST
<br />OF MINNESOTA, INC., CABLE FRANCHISE
<br />WHEREAS, the City of Little Canada (the "City"), is a Member City of The North
<br />Suburban Cable Commission, d/b/a The North Suburban Communications Commission (the
<br />"Commission"), a Joint Powers Commission organized pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59, as
<br />amended, and includes the municipalities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little
<br />Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, St. Anthony, and Shoreview,
<br />Minnesota (hereinafter, collectively the "Member Cities"); and
<br />WHEREAS, a Joint Powers Commission organized pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59 has
<br />the statutory authority to "jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting
<br />parties i.e., the Member Cities;" and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission was established by the Amended North Suburban Cable
<br />Commission Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Administration of a Cable
<br />Communications System, dated June 1990 (the "Joint Powers Agreement"), to monitor
<br />Comcast's performance, activities and operations under the Franchises and to coordinate,
<br />administer and enforce the Member Cities' Franchises, among other things; and
<br />WHEREAS, The North Suburban Communications Commission acts on behalf of its
<br />Member Cities, including the City, to monitor the operation and activities of cable
<br />communications and to provide coordination of administration and enforcement of the
<br />franchises of the Member Cities; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City enacted an ordinance and entered into an agreement authorizing
<br />MediaOne North Central Communications Corp. to provide cable service (the "Franchise"); and
<br />WHEREAS, as a result of several transfers of the Franchise, Comcast of Minnesota, Inc.,
<br />("Comcast") currently holds the Franchise in the city; and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as
<br />amended (the "Cable Act"), 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(1), provides that if a written renewal request is
<br />submitted by a cable operator during the 6 -month period which begins with the 36th month
<br />before franchise expiration and ends with the 30th month prior to franchise expiration, a
<br />franchising authority shall, within six months of the request, commence formal proceedings to
<br />identify the future cable -related community needs and interests and to review the performance of
<br />the cable operator under its franchise during the then current franchise term; and
<br />WHEREAS, by letters dated October 11, 2010, and November 23, 2010, from Comcast
<br />to each of the Member Cities, including this City, Comcast invoked the formal renewal
<br />procedures set forth in Section 626 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546; and
<br />1
<br />
|