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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CASE # <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING TO INTRODUCE QUAD CITIES <br />CABLE COMMUNICATION FRANCHISE AGREEMENT <br />By: James E. Norman, City Administrator <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The Quad Cities Cable Communications Commission has completed their work on a formal <br />ordinance, which will renew the franchise with AT&T Broadband to serve the City of Ramsey. <br />This ordinance is in response to the Commission's December 20, '1999 Request for Renewal <br />Proposal, issued on behalf of Andover, Anoka, Champlin, and Ramsey. <br /> <br />This renewed franchise ordinance will serve our member cities, upgrade our cable <br />communications system to 870 MHz capacity, expand channel offerings, deploy 2-way high <br />speed cable modem service, reinvigorate the Institutional Network and enhance support for the <br />community based and managed public, educational and government (PEG) access programming <br />enterprise-QCTV, all in a manner responsive to the community needs as assessed by the Cable <br />Commission. <br /> <br />The franchise ordinance itself is a document with exhibits that is over 60 pages. A summary of <br />the terms and conditions of the document has been prepared for City Council's review and is <br />attached to this case. The full document is available upon Council request. Terry O'Colmell, the' <br />Quad Cities Cable Communications Commission Franchise Administrator, met with the City <br />Council to discuss the proposed ordinance during the Council meeting of December 12, 2000. <br />The purpose of this case is to simply receive public comment for the proposed fi'anchise <br />agreement. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />The Quad Cities Cable Communications Commission has gone through a significant amount of <br />work to bring about this agreement. Councilmember Hendriksen has served on the Cable <br />Commission for the past two years and has worked closely with the development of the troths <br />and conditions in the document. Staff recommends introduction of the Cable Television <br />Franchise Agreement. <br /> <br />Council Action: <br /> <br />Motion to introduce the ordinance renewing the franchise with the Quad Cities Cable <br />Communications Commission Cable Television Franchise. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />Copies also distributed to: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br />Assistant City Administrator <br />CC: 01/23/01 <br /> <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />-63- <br /> <br /> <br />