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COUNCIL MINUTES December 14, 2015 DRAFT 130 3A) Public Hearing; Consider Pt Reading of Ordinance No. 13-15, Approving Cable 131 Television Franchise Ordinance with CenturyLink — Mike Bradley, attorney for North Metro 132 Telecommunications, reported. He noted that the council received a full briefing on this matter at 133 their work session the previous week. Staff is now requesting, after a public hearing, that the council 134 approve the first reading of an ordinance that adds a CenturyLink franchise to the city's code of 135 ordinances. 136 137 Mayor Reinert explained for the citizens that if they have cable services in Lino Lakes currently they 138 are receiving those services from Comcast. This franchise will make additional services available in 139 some areas of the city. It will be a longer process for CenturyLink service availability to reach all 140 areas of the city but that is the ultimate goal. Mayor Reinert ask for more information on how the 141 new services will be communicated to residents and if there will be promotions benefiting the 142 residents. 143 144 Kristen Sersland, Government Affairs, CenturyLink, thanked the city council for the opportunity to 145 provide competition in the cable market in Lino Lakes. She offered special thanks to Council 146 Member Stoesz for his involvement in bringing forward the franchise through his work on the board 147 of North Metro Telecommunications. She briefly explained the process for communicating services 148 to the residents. 149 150 Mayor Reinert opened the public hearing. There being no one present wishing to speak, the public 151 hearing was closed. 152 153 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve the Pt Reading of Ordinance No. 13-15 as presented. 154 Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 155 156 Item 3B had been removed from the agenda. 157 158 3C) Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 14-15, Adding Chapter 215 to the City Code, 159 regarding Joint Powers Agreements — Administrator Karlson noted that joint powers agreements 160 are fairly common and beneficial in municipal government. The City recently experienced a 161 situation, however, where governance under the terms of a joint powers agreement caused concern of 162 unfairness for the city. This ordinance would allow the city to participate in joint powers agreements 163 only when governance is proportionate to the city's contribution. 164 165 Mayor Reinert opened the public hearing. 166 167 Melissa Maher, 6462 Fawn Lane, noted concern about statements that the ordinance would require a 168 4/5 vote for future actions. She doesn't believe that is possible under the language of the city's 169 Charter. (It was clarified that there is no 4/5 vote requirement indicated by the ordinance.) 170 171 Michael Manthey, 819 Lois Lane, said the ordinance seems too narrow and could affect more 172 complex matters. He requests that the council be thoughtful of the impact of the ordinance before 173 approving the 2nd reading. 174 4