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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OTY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 4625 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR CABLE <br />FRANCmSE FEES AND SPECIFYING THAT THE FUNDS IN TInS ACCOUNT MAY <br />ONLY BE USED FOR CABLE-RELATED ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is a member of the North Suburban Cable <br />Communications Commission, which was established by a Joint and Cooperative Agreement <br />between the Cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds View, <br />New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, S1. Anthony and Shoreview, pursuant to Minnesota <br />Statutes Section 471.59; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Grantee of the cable franchise pays franchise fees to the City; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the cable subscriber ultimately bears the cost of the franchise fees and ought <br />to be the beneficiary of their use, either in cable franchise administration or in community cable <br />television programming; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Article X, Section 3, of the Joint an,d Cooperative Agreement states that, <br />after making its annual contribution to the budget of the North Suburban Cable Communications <br />Commission, the remainder of any franchise fee paid to the Member by the Grantee shall be used <br />for cable-related expenses; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission does, from time to <br />time, make available grants to assist the Member Cities with the purchase of video equipment to <br />be used for programming the municipal access channel and.to assist cities with the costs of <br />producing a specific program or series of programs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in order to be eligible for such grants, a Member City must be able to <br />document that its franchise fees have been used primarily for cable-related activities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the most effective way to establish such documentation is to establish a <br />separate account for franchise fees and specifying that the funds in this account may only be used <br />for cable-related activities; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Mounds View <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />That the City will establish a separate account for franchise fees, or their <br />equivalent. <br />