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ROSS A. SUSSMAN <br />NEAL J. SHAPIRO <br />SAUL A. BERNICK• <br />THOMAS D. CREIGHTON <br />SCOTT A. LIFSON <br />DAVID K. NIGHTINGALE') <br />PAUL J. QUASI. <br />THERESA M. KOWALSKI <br />REBECCA J. HELTZER <br />ROBERT J. V. VOSE <br />BERNICK AND LIFSON <br />A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION <br />ATTO RN EYS AT LAW <br />SUITE 1200, THE COLONNADE <br />5500 WAYZATA BOULEVARD <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55416-1270 <br />TELEPHONE (612) 546-1200 <br />FACSIMILE (612) 546-1003 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Municipal Cable Commission Member Cities <br />FROM: Thomas D. Creighton; Robert J. V. Vose <br />DATE: August 23, 1996 <br />?ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN <br />'ALSO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT <br />LEGAL ASSISTANTS <br />JO BROWN <br />JOAN M. SCHULKERS <br />KATHRYN G. MASTERMAN <br />Your cable commission, as your agent, along with commissions representing over 40 other cities <br />has concluded its four month review of the request for Meredith Cable Company to transfer <br />ownership in the cable system which serves your city. Two transfers are contemplated -- one to <br />Continental Cable, and then the other immediately to US West. Please fmd enclosed the results <br />of that review. <br />State and federal law require a limited scope of review regarding the transfer. The cable <br />commission was required on your behalf to investigate the technical, legal and financial <br />qualifications of the purchasing cable company. The cable commission has concluded that it can <br />fmd on reasonable basis for withholding consent to the transfers of ownership. The cable <br />commission RECOMMENDS that you consent to both transfers. Federal law requires that you <br />may not unreasonably withhold your consent. <br />The enclosures include: <br />1. The final report and conclusions of BOTH transfers prepared by our office as legal counsel <br />to the cable commission; <br />2. TWO resolutions (an original and copy of each of the two), one consenting to the transfer <br />to Continental and the other consenting to the transfer to US West. Both resolutions need <br />to be considered by your city council. You will note that the resolutions condition your <br />consent on receipt of a corporate guaranty by the parent companies, payment by the <br />company of the reasonable fees associated with the commission analysis, and actual closing <br />