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4 °W <br /> North Suburban Access Corporation <br /> & North Suburban Cable Commission <br /> 950 Woodhill Drive, Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> 612/481-9554(crwNSAC) <br /> 612/482-1261 (NSCC) <br /> hM{175 • w <br /> ' i'.th 51).4 -re'e l"I I <br /> c7 'm,vM-i <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> to: Samantha Orduno <br /> City Administrator <br /> from: Coralie Wilson 11J <br /> Executive Director rive, <br /> subject: Cable Franchise Renewal <br /> date: January 30, 1995 <br /> In accordance with federal regulations, Meredith Cable has notified the <br /> member cities of the North Suburban Cable Commission of its desire to renew the <br /> franchises which expire in November 1997. As it did with the original franchise, the <br /> Cable Commission is taking the lead role in the renewal process and will assume <br /> responsibility for negotiations with the cable company. However, even though the <br /> company has requested the use of the informal renewal process, the Cable <br /> Commission's intent is to solicit the views and recommendations of all interested <br /> individuals and institutions in the member cities. <br /> Further, the member city councils will be kept apprised of the process <br /> through regular reports, meetings with the city managers and administrators and <br /> meetings with the city councils themselves. Ultimately, the city councils must <br /> Arden Hills <br /> approve the individual franchises. <br /> Falcon Heights <br /> Lauderdale At its January meeting, the Cable Commission appointed a Negotiating <br /> Little Canada Committee. The members are: Jerry Wallin, Falcon Heights; Jim Johnston, North <br /> Mounds View Oaks; Pat Johnson, Roseville; and Cassandra Holmstrom, Shoreview. I think we <br /> New Brighton have a good representation of the member cities, large and small, north and south. <br /> North Oaks The first meeting of this committee has been scheduled for February 2. At that time <br /> Roseville we will begin to develop a strategy and to establish the negotiation parameters. <br /> St.Anthony <br /> Shoreview As you know, a number of issues will affect our negotiating strategy <br /> this time around. They include: <br /> 1. Rapidly changing technology. Communications technology is changing at an <br /> increasingly fast rate, much faster than we can hope to keep up. Our current fran- <br /> chises incorporate voluminous technical detail about system hardware. One goal in <br />