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CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 3A <br /> <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Karlson, City Administrator <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: July 8, 2019 <br /> <br />TOPIC: CenturyLink Settlement Agreement <br /> <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br /> <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The City Council is being asked to consider Resolution No. 19-83, approving a settlement <br />agreement with CenturyLink. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />For more than a year now, CenturyLink has stopped actively selling, marketing, and investing <br />in its cable service product. As a result, there has been a significant decrease in the number of <br />cable subscribers over this time, which violates their franchise agreement. <br /> <br />CenturyLink announced its intent to exit the cable business. Since it is CenturyLink’s intent to <br />stop providing cable service altogether, it made sense to work with CenturyLink on an orderly <br />transition and allow them to terminate the franchise agreement rather than engage in a franchise <br />compliance process. <br /> <br />Attached is a detailed memo that NMTV Executive Director Heidi Arnson provided to the <br />Operations Committee on May 17, 2019. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />Approval of Resolution No. 19-83. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />Heidi Arnson’s memo to Operations Committee <br />Resolution No. 19-83 <br />Settlement Agreement <br />