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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA In Re: CenturyLink Cable Franchise FINDINGS OF FACT Application The City is one of seven member cities of the North Metro Telecommunications Commission (the "NMTC"). Following the submission of an application for a cable television franchise for each member city of the NMTC, the above -entitled matter initially came before the NMTC for a public hearing on February 18, 2015, at Spring Lake Park City Hall, located at 1301 81st Avenue N.E., Spring Lake Park, MN 55432. Said public hearing was held open through February 27, 2015, for the purpose of allowing additional written public comments. Following the public hearing, the NMTC's Executive Director prepared a detailed report entitled "Staff Report on CenturyLink Cable Franchise Application" (the "Staff Report"). The NMTC received and filed the Staff Report and directed NMTC staff to negotiate a cable television franchise with CenturyLink. The City, in furtherance of its obligations as a steward on behalf of consumers in the City, desires to promote competition in the delivery of cable services and to encourage the deployment of state-of-the-art broadband networks in the hope that true and effective competition between cable service providers will increase the availability and quality of cable services, spur the development of new technologies, improve customer service, minimize rate increases and generally benefit consumers of the City. The City also recognizes that any facilities based, second cable entrant is in a different position than the incumbent cable provider because the second entrant faces a significant, up front capital investment prior to having the opportunity to compete for its first customer. It is beneficial to attract and retain second entrants because of the investment made in the community