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RESOLUTION NO. 8121 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE CABLE TELEVISION <br />FRANCHISE ORDINANCE AND AGREEMENT HELD BY COMCAST OF <br />MINNESOTA, INC. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View, (the "City") enacted an ordinance and entered into <br />a cable television franchise agreement (collectively, the "Franchise") with MediaOne North <br />Central Communications Corp. ("MediaOne"), which became effective October 1, 1998, to <br />provide cable television service within the territorial limits of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, as a result of several transfers of the Franchise, Comcast of Minnesota, Inc. <br />("Comcast') currently holds the Franchise; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as <br />amended (the "Cable Act'), 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(1), provides that if a written renewal request is <br />submitted by a cable operator during the 6 -month period which begins with the 36th month before <br />franchise expiration and ends with the 30th month prior to franchise expiration, a franchising <br />authority shall, within six months of the request, commence formal renewal proceedings to identify <br />the future cable -related community needs and interests, and to review the performance of the cable <br />operator under its franchise during the then current franchise term; and <br />WHEREAS, the Franchise is scheduled to expire on October 1, 2013, unless sooner <br />terminated or extended; and <br />WHEREAS, by letter dated October 11, 2010, from Comcast to the City, Comcast invoked <br />the formal renewal procedures set forth in Section 626 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has delegated to the North Suburban Communications Commission <br />(the "NSCC") the powers necessary and appropriate to manage and conduct the formal franchise <br />renewal process under 47 U.S.C. § 546(a) -(g); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2011-02, the NSCC, on behalf of the City, <br />officially commenced formal franchise renewal and ascertainment proceedings on April 7, 2011; <br />and <br />