HomeMy WebLinkAbout#11 - Cable Franchise ExtensionSTAFF REPORT
DATE: February 18, 2020
CONSENT #
AGENDA ITEM: Cable Franchise Extension
SUBMITTED BY: Jake Dickson, Assistant City Administrator
BACKGROUND:
Included in your packet is a memo from Tim Finnerty, Cable Commission Executive Director. It
provides details on the background and proposal before the Council.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL:
Should the Council extend the cable franchise agreement with Comcast?
PROPOSAL:
The cable commission is requesting an extension of the cable franchise agreement with Comcast until
March 31, 2020 to allow good faith negotiations to continue.
It is not all uncommon for franchise renewals to take extra time as they are a very complex matter.
RECOMMENDATION:
If removed from the consent agenda:
“Motion to approve the resolution to extend the cable franchise agreement until March 31, 2020.”
ATTACHMENTS:
• Memo from Tim Finnerty
• Resolution to extend cable franchise agreement
From:Tim Finnerty
To:Ellen Hiniker; Chelsea Petersen; Tobin Lay; Dellwood City Hall; Kim Points; Scott Neilson; Scott Duddeck; Pat
Christopherson; Vickie Keating; Kristina Handt
Cc:Jake Dickson; Rick Juba; Kara Coustry; Mary Mills
Subject:Council action needed on this in February, unless ....
Date:Monday, January 27, 2020 10:53:43 AM
Attachments:2019.11.06 Signed Extension Agreement.pdf
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Dear Managers, Administrators, Clerks:
I have attached a copy of a one-month Extension Agreement that we recommend your Council
schedule for adoption no later than the end of February. Comcast has signed it, so it will just
need your Council approval and official signature.
You can schedule it, but it is possible that over the next week, Comcast may propose a
slowdown in the formal renewal process. And perhaps that could be in a form and duration
that would be acceptable to you. If they do propose something to that effect, it could supplant
the attached document. We don't know yet. We will keep you apprised, so that if something
does emerge in the next few days, you do not need to act on an extension now, and then do so
again.
But absent something new from Comcast, the attached Extension Agreement will need to be
approved by your Council in February.
Please call me if you have any questions or would like to discuss.
- Tim