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Agenda Section: 9 . 8 <br /> MiND REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 92-247C <br /> STAFF REPORT Report Date: 4/22/92 <br /> Evbn Council Action: <br /> ❑ Special Order of Business <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE APRIL 27 , 1992 ❑ Public Hearings <br /> ❑ Consent Agenda <br /> Council Business <br /> Item Description: Consideration of Resolution No. 4224 Urging MN Congressional <br /> Support for Cable Legislation Providing Consumer Protection for Cable <br /> TP1evisin.0 Subscribers <br /> Administrator's Review/Recommendation: <br /> - No comments to supplement this report <br /> - Comments attached. <br /> Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) <br /> SUMMARY; <br /> Consideration of Resolution Urging Minnesota Congressional Support for <br /> Legislation Providing Consumer Protection for Cable Television <br /> Subscribers <br /> The North Suburban Cable Commission has requested that all the cities in <br /> the North Central Cable Television service area adopt the attached <br /> resolution which urges the Minnesota Congressional delegation to support <br /> legislation providing consumer protection for our subscribers. <br /> There are several bills in Congress at this time which, if passed, do <br /> not guarantee the rights of consumers against monopoly service ' <br /> providers. The North Suburban Cable Commission has three concerns in <br /> regards to legislation: <br /> 1. Protection of the consumer from abuse by monopoly service providers, <br /> regardless of the medium of transmission or the owner of the wire. <br /> 2 . Protection of community television, regardless of the medium of <br /> transmission or the owner of the wire. This requires both "channel" <br /> capacity and funding. <br /> 3 . Protection of the consumer from abuse by the monopoly service <br /> providers, regardless of the medium of transmission or the owner of <br /> the wire. <br /> The attached resolution requests support of H.R. 3560, introduced by <br /> Congressmen Eckart, which provides for protection from companies <br /> usurping local government authority to control and manage cable access <br /> within their communities. <br /> tha Orduno, Cit Administrator <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Motion to waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 4224 Urging the Minnesota <br /> Congressional Delegation to Co-Sponsor and Support Cable Legislation Which Would <br /> Provide Consumer Protection for Cable Television Subscribers, Preserve Community <br /> Television Channels and Funding Support, and Protect the City's Authority to Control <br /> and Manage Its Public Rights-Of-Way <br />