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i League of Minnesota Cities March 23, 1995 ACTION ALERT! TO: Mayor, Manager, Clerk PROM: Ann Higgins, IGR Representative RE: Public Access and Control of Local Rights -of -Way at stake 3490 Lexington Avenue North St. Paul, MN 55126-8044 Before Monday. March 27. city officials must contact local legislators who serve >t the House Regulated Industries Committee to urge them to support amendments to H.F. 620, the telephone deregulation bill, to address the need for public access to new communications services and to ensure local authority to control use of streets, alleys and public property by phone companies and other commercial telecommunications service providers. The House Regulated Industries Committee is scheduled to consider H.F. 620 (Olson), on Monday, at 10:00 a.m. The League and the Minnesota Association of Community Telecommunications Administrators (MACTA) are supporting changes to the bill which wilt: * define public rights -of -way; * update language and make it clear that cities have authority to require telecommunications providers to obtain permits in order to control use of public property and rights -of -way; * authorize permit fees to cover actual costs of permitting as well as expenses associated with monitoring compliance and costs to cities from the toss of value of rights -of -way or public property as a result of installation or continued occupancy; * require public space, spectrum or channel capacity, services or technology to be reserved free of charge in order to provide public, educational, informational, cultural, civic, or charitable services without cost to the public; * direct the Minnesota Department of Public Service (DPS) to report to the state legislature by January 1, 1996, how to ensure public access to local government and other public access programming on technologies such as video dialtone and satellite transmission in a manner equivalent to requirements carried out by cable companies under terms of local franchise agreements (as mandated by M.S. 238); * direct the DPS to study fees and related compensation cities may assess and receive from utilities and cable companies and to develop recommendations by January 1, 1996, for AN 1QUAL OPPOICI'UNLTYIAPTIRMATIVFE, ACTION EMPLOYY'S (612)490000 1-800.9294122 plus your city code MD(612) 4000-9038 Fax(912) 49Q-047'2 TO'd I Zil °N- $S-: t7ti - S6 Z..a-eW-.-....-..-.. - ZO0_-fl6t7=319.: 73,1 S3I1ID..-.NW... JO _3f1Jti3i-