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Iar <br /> BERNICK AND LIFSON <br /> A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION <br /> • <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> 055 A. SUSS MAN SUITE 1200, THE COLONNADE <br /> 5500 WAYZATA BOULEVARD tALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN <br /> EAL J. SHAPIRO 'ALSO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT <br /> SAUL A. BERNICK' <br /> MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55416-1270 <br /> THOMAS D. CREIGHTON LEGAL ASSISTANTS <br /> SCOTT A. LIFSON JO BROWN <br /> TELEPHONE (612) 546-1200 <br /> DAVID K. NIGHTINGALE? JOAN M. SCHULKERS <br /> FACSIMILE (612) 5.46-1003 KATHRYN G. MASTER MAN <br /> PAUL J. OUAST' <br /> THERESA M. KOWALSKI <br /> REBECCA J. HELTZER <br /> ROBERT J. V. VOSE <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Municipal Cable Commission Member Cities , <br /> FROM: Thomas D. Creighton; Robert J. V. Vose <br /> DATE: August 26, 1996 <br /> Your cable commission, as your agent, along with commissions representing over 40 other cities <br /> • has concluded its four month review of the request for Meredith Cable Company to transfer <br /> , ownership in the cable system which serves your city. Two transfers are contemplated -- one to <br /> Continental Cable, and then the other immediately to US West. Please find enclosed the results <br /> of that review. <br /> State and federal law require a limited scope of review regarding the transfer. The cable <br /> commission was required on your behalf to investigate the technical, legal and financial <br /> qualifications of the purchasing cable company. The cable commission has concluded that it can <br /> find on reasonable basis for withholding consent to the transfers of ownership. The . •le <br /> commission RECOMMENDS that you consent to both transfers. Federal law requires at yo <br /> may not unreasonably withhold your consent. ' <br /> The enclosures include: <br /> 1. The final report and conclusions of BOTH transfers prepared by our office as legal counsel <br /> to the cable commission; <br /> 2. TWO resolutions (an original and copy of each of the two), one consenting to the transfer <br /> to Continental and the other consenting to the transfer to US West. Both resolutions need <br /> to be considered by your city council. You will note that the resolutions condition your <br /> consent on receipt of a corporate guaranty by the parent companies, payment by the <br /> • company of the reasonable fees associated with the commission analysis, and actual closing <br />