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�- MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNI, FROM: CLERK-ADMINIS"PRAT DATE.: MAY 1, 1986 SUBJECT: CABLE TV Attached to this memorandum you will find a copy of a memorandum to the City Managers/Administrators in the North Suburban Cable Commission area from Bootsie Anderson, Cable Administrator, requestina response to three questions relating to the future of Cable TV in our area. After discussing these issues with Department Heads and giving my own personal consideration to the implications that the sale of Group W might have on Cable TV in the north suburban areas, I would offer the following thoughts: The consolidation of the management, administration, and maintenance of the five Group W systems in the Metropolitan Area would seem to be reasonable, if for no other reason, than to provide an economy of scale. No other services such as Local Access Studios, Equipment Loaning Library, etc. should be allowed to relocate from the facilities in which they are currently located as these services must be accessible to the general public in order to encourage the use of local access programming. Prior Lo consolidation occurring, the franchisee must be required to show that there will he no noticeable or significant impacts nn the system's subscribers and the specifics of the consolidation proposal must be provided to the effected cable cummissions and cities. Finally, no proceeds or profits should be allowed to be used to supplement the operation of any other system at the expense of the contributing system, assuming we have the ability to prevent such a use of system proceeds. 2. Due to the compact geography of our ten city system and the fact that there would appear to be few advantages for use of the I -Net vs. face-to-face communications of the type the City is frequently involved in, there are no plans for present or future use of the I -Net System.