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RESOLUTION N0.6829 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL CABLE AND VIDEO PROVIDER <br />FRANCHISING <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is committed to ensuring that all of its <br />citizens have access to the most technologically advanced broadband services <br />available in the marketplace today as a means to ensure the competitiveness of <br />the City, as well as its corporate and individual citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, the City, by means of the local cable franchising process, has <br />obtained commitments to meet the cable-related needs and interests of the <br />community, including full access to a wide array of video and broadband services <br />for all citizens of the City; public, educational and government access channels; <br />financial support for facilities and equipment for the production of programming; <br />free cable services to schools and governmental facilities, and an Institutional <br />• Network and other services that support important government, educational, and <br />public interests; and <br />WHEREAS, in Congress, bills have either been introduced or drafted and <br />discussed in committee that would hinder or preclude the City from requiring <br />providers of cable and video services that use City rights-of--way to fully meet <br />local community needs; and <br />WHEREAS, these bills - HR 5252 and S 2686 -would effectively nationalize the <br />franchising of video services, setting a course toward preemption of all local <br />authority over the provision of cable and video services within the community; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, HR 5252 and S 2686 would reduce the funding support for public, <br />educational and government access services provided by the North Suburban <br />Access Corporation/CTV North Suburbs by 80%, lowering its income from $1 <br />million to $218,000, thereby decreasing the ability of the community to produce <br />programs about local issues, people, organizations and activities; and <br />WHEREAS, HR 5252 and S 2686 would eliminate any build-out requirements for <br />any video service provider, thereby allowing providers to cherrypick the City's <br />most lucrative neighborhoods while leaving others unserved; and <br />• <br />