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Mounds View City Council November 9, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />from the Ordinance. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:16 p.m. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:16 p.m. 5 <br /> 6 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Meehlhause. To Waive the Second Reading and Adopt 7 <br />Ordinance 909, Amending Chapter 1103 of the Mounds View Zoning Code Pertaining to 8 <br />Fencing, Screening and Landscaping, removing Item 3D. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Council Member Meehlhause thanked the Planning Commission for bringing this item forward. 11 <br /> 12 <br />ROLL CALL: Gunn/Hull/Meehlhause/Mueller/ Flaherty. 13 <br /> 14 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 15 <br /> 16 <br />D. 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing: Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 910, 17 <br />an Ordinance Approving a Cable Franchise Agreement with CenturyLink. 18 <br /> 19 <br />City Administrator Ericson stated Cor Wilson with North Suburban Communications 20 <br />Commission (NSCC) was present to discuss this item with the City Council. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Cor Wilson, NSCC, reviewed the proposed Cable Franchise Agreement with CenturyLink in 23 <br />detail with the Council. She indicated this franchise has taken almost a year to negotiate with the 24 <br />Cable Commission. It was noted CenturyLink would have five years to build out their franchise. 25 <br />The proposed PEG fees and public access channels were commented on. She further discussed 26 <br />the approval timeline and recommended the City Council adopt Ordinance 910 approving the 27 <br />CenturyLink Cable Franchise Agreement. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Finance Director Beer asked how CenturyLink’s PEG fees would be impacted by Comcast. Ms. 30 <br />Wilson reported CenturyLink’s PEG fees would follow the same track as Comcast. If there was 31 <br />an increase, both would increase and likewise, if Comcast were to decrease, CenturyLink PEG 32 <br />fees would decrease. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:37 p.m. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:37 p.m. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Council Member Meehlhause asked how CenturyLink would address damage to a sprinkler 39 <br />system within the right-of-way. Ms. Wilson stated CenturyLink would repair damage to a 40 <br />sprinkler system. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Council Member Mueller asked if CenturyLink would be placing lines underground whenever 43 <br />possible. Ms. Wilson believed this was the case. Tyler Middleton, CenturyLink’s Vice President 44 <br />of Operations for Minnesota, was aware of the challenges with underground and aerial lines. He 45