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V. City Hall 2014 Annual Report · Administration · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 23 Historical Society To collect, preserve, and disseminate historical knowledge about the City of St. Anthony Village A few years ago, with a local writer, Gail D. Olson, coupled with a St. Anthony resident, Tom Heller, published “A Village in the City” which has sold nearly all the 1000 books that were printed. The Historical Society’s second book “World War II Courage and Survival” entails stories from some local people you may recognize that had stories to share from World War II. In 2014, the Historical Society submitted and is actively pursuing a grant application project to the Minnesota Historical & Cultural Heritage Grants program to help incorporate the right system for archiving the items the historical society currently houses. CTV CTV is a non-proﬁ t organization operated by the North Suburban Access Corporation (NSAC). The ten commission members represent the cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, St. Anthony and Shoreview. In 2015, Shoreview will no longer be a member. The North Suburban Cable Commission (NSCC) is a joint powers venture with the same cities. We have come together to offer all our residents a station with programming created by the community, for the community. The Commission administers and enforces the franchise agreement with the cable company and its successors; stewards resources, including franchise fees from member cities, scholarship funds from the cable company and other income and assets acquired by contract with the cable company or others; provides a means of public access to cable television; and informs member cities and the public of developing technology and issues related to cable communications. City of St. Anthony appoints a member of the City Council to represent St. Anthony at all Commission meetings and functions. The City representative is a Commissioner on the NSCC and a Director on the NSAC. The City Manager also serves on the Telecommunications Advisory Committee (TAC) along with other appointed staff from the ten commission cities. In 2014, the Commission met on a monthly basis along with numerous commission work sessions and special meetings. A signiﬁ cant amount of time was spent on the expiring franchise agreement renewal with Comcast. Two major highlights of the year included recommending the extension of the current franchise with Comcast for two years and the transfer from Comcast to GreatLand Connections Inc.