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<br /> <br /> <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 7734 <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE COMMENCEMENT OF FORMAL RENEWAL <br />PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE FEDERAL CABLE COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ACT <br />OF 1984, AS AMENDED <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View, (the “City”) enacted an ordinance and entered <br />into 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 /> <br />WHEREAS, as a result of several transfers of the Franchise, Comcast of Minnesota, Inc. <br />(“Comcast”) currently holds the Franchise; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the North Suburban Cable Commission (the “Commission”) was organized <br />by the City and the other member cities pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59, as amended, for the <br />purposes of monitoring Comcast’s performance, operations and activities, and coordinating, <br />administering and enforcing the City’s Franchise and the franchises granted by the Commission’s <br />other member cities; and <br /> <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 <br />before franchise expiration and ends with the 30th month prior to franchise expiration, a <br />franchising authority shall, within six months of the request, commence formal renewal <br />proceedings to identify the future cable-related community needs and interests, and to review the <br />performance of the cable operator under its franchise during the then current franchise term; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Franchise is scheduled to expire on October 1, 2013, unless sooner <br />terminated or extended; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by letter dated October 11, 2010, from Comcast to the City, Comcast <br />invoked the formal renewal procedures set forth in Section 626 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § <br />546; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City is desirous of commencing the formal renewal proceedings <br />specified in Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(1) and, at the same time, of <br />pursuing the informal renewal process with Comcast pursuant to Section 626(h) of the Cable <br />Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546(h); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City wishes that the formal proceedings under Section 626(a) of the <br />Cable Act and the informal renewal process under Section 626(h) be managed and conducted by <br />the Commission, or its designee(s); and <br />