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North Suburban Communications Commission January 14, 2011 Mayor Jerry Faust 4033 Silver Lake Terrace St. Anthony, MN 55421 Mike Mornson, City Manager City of St. Anthony 3301 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55421 Dear Mayor Faust and Mr. Mornson: North Suburbs Last October, your city received a letter from Kathi Donnelly -Cohen, Director of Government Affairs for Comcast's Twin Cities cable systems, notifying you of the cable company's intention to renew the current cable television franchise. Your city's franchise expires on October 1, 2013, but federal law requires this notification to be sent to the local franchising authority 30 to 36 months prior to expiration of the franchise. To begin the franchise renewal process, which is technically a form of administrative litigation, the North Suburban Communications Commission (NSCC) requests that your city adopt the attached resolution delegating to the NSCC the responsibility for conducting the renewal proceedings. Although the NSCC Joint Powers Agreement already empowers the Commission to act on each city's behalf in the franchise renewal process, the commission believes that adopting the resolution will forestall any arguments by the cable company to the contrary. Because, in order to start the franchise renewal process, the Commission and its staff must soon begin the required evaluation of Comcast's compliance with the current franchise and the required needs assessment, the commission asks that your city council act expeditiously to pass the resolution. The commission would like to have all of the cities adopt the resolution by the end of February if possible. Because the commission understands that you and your city council members will probably have questions about the franchise renewal process, our staff has prepared the attached Fact Sheet that addresses some of the questions that are more frequently asked. In addition, our Executive Director, Coralie Wilson, is available to attend a city council meeting or work session to review the process and respond to your council members' questions and/or Arden Hills Falcon Heights Lauderdale Little Camila Mounds View New Brighton North Oaks Roseville St. Anthony Shoreview