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Item Number: 2 Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 Type of Business: WS Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk-Administrator Item Title/Subject: Joint Meeting with the Cable Committee to Discuss the Role of the Cable Committee, Cable Committee Bylaws, and Update on Cable TV Programming Discuss Role of Cable Committee and Cable Committee Bylaws At the April Work Session, the City Council discussed the role/mission of the Cable Committee. Below are some of the questions discussed: 1. What is the role/mission of the Cable Committee? Are they an advisory committee to the City Council? 2. Who has the final authority on City cable programming? Does the City Council have the final authority or is it the Cable Committee? 3. Should the Cable Committee be appointed by the City Council? There are no City Code guidelines on appointments to committees. The Streets and Utilities Committee was appointed by the City Council. What excludes the City Council from appointing members to the Cable Committee? 4. If the City Council wishes to appoint members to the Cable Committee, then should there be term limits in place? Rough drafts of the Bylaws were presented to the City Council at the April Work Session for comment. Using the comments raised at the April Work Session, Staff and the Cable Committee have been working together on drafting Cable Committee bylaws and guidelines. Attached is a working draft of the Bylaws. The guidelines of cable television programming will be discussed at a future Work Session. The Cable Committee will be attending this Work Session to answer any questions you may have about the attached bylaws. In addition, Staff feels that this would be a great opportunity for the City Council to discuss the role and mission of the Cable Committee with all members of the Cable Committee.