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• <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />RESOLUTION NO. 15-01 <br />CONDITIONALLY GRANTING CONSENT TO THE TRANSFER <br />OF CONTROL OF CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE <br />AND CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM FROM COMCAST <br />CORPORATION TO GREATLAND CONNECTIONS, INC. <br />WHEREAS. the North Metro Telecommunications Commission (`NMTC-). a Joint Powers <br />Commission comprised of the municipalities of Blaine. Centerville. Circle Pines. Ham Lake. <br />Lexington. Lino Lakes and Spring Lake Park. Minnesota ("Member Cities"):: and <br />WHEREAS, Comcast of Minnesota. Inc.. ("Franchisee") holds a franchise (the 'Franchise") <br />with each of the Member Cities to operate a cable television system (the '`System'') in each <br />respective member city pursuant to a franchise ordinance (the "Franchise Ordinance'"); and <br />WHEREAS, Section 10.5.1 of the Franchise Ordinance requires the City's prior consent to a <br />fundamental corporate change. including a merger or a change in Franchisees parent <br />corporation: and <br />WHEREAS, the NMTCs Joint Powers Agreement includes the power to administer and <br />enforce the Franchise; and <br />WHEREAS. after a series of transfers. Comcast of Minnesota. Inc.. was approved by the NMTC <br />and/or the Member Cities as the Franchise holder, pursuant to prior transfer resolutions (the <br />"Prior Transfer Resolutions"). The Prior Transfer Resolutions. the Franchise. the Franchise <br />Ordinance. and the Franchise Settlement Agreement together with any applicable resolutions. <br />codes. ordinances. acceptances. acknowledgments. guarantees. amendments. memoranda of <br />understanding, social contracts and agreements. are collectively referred to as the 'Franchise <br />Documents:" and <br />WHEREAS. Comcast of Minnesota. Inc.. is an indirect. wholly-owned subsidiary of Comcast <br />Corporation (`Comcast); and <br />WHEREAS. Comcast. as the ultimate parent corporation of Franchisee. has agreed to divest and <br />transfer the Franchise and Cable System to Midwest Cable, Inc.. in a process described in the <br />Transfer Application (the "Proposed Transaction'"): and <br />WHEREAS, immediately following the closing of the Proposed Transaction. Midwest Cable. <br />Inc.. will be renamed GreatLand Connections. Inc.. and. for the purposes of this Resolution. the <br />transfer applicant will be referred to as '`GreatLand'' throughout; and <br />WHEREAS. Comcast filed a Federal Communications Commission Form 394 with the NMTC <br />on June 18. 2014. together with certain attached materials, which documents more fully describe <br />the Proposed Transaction and which documents. with their attachments, contain certain <br />promises. conditions. representations and warranties (the "Transfer Application"): and <br />