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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 /> INTRODUCE ORDINANCE RENEWING <br />QUAD CITIES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 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, An~oka, Champlin, and Ramsey. <br /> <br />This renewed franchise ordinance will selwe 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 progrmrnning <br />enterprise-QCTV, all in a mariner 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 smmnary 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'Connell, the <br />Quad Cities Cable Communications Commission Franchise Administrator, will be available <br />during this meeting of December 12, 2000. <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. Councilmembers Hendriksen and Connolly serve on the <br />Commission and have worked closely with the development of the terms and conditions in the <br />document. Staff recommends introduction of the Cable Television Franchise Agreement. <br /> <br />Council Action: <br /> <br />Motion to introduce the ordinance renewing the fi-anchise with the Quad Cities <br />Communications Commission Cable Television Franchise. <br /> <br />Cable <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br />Assistant City Administrator <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />CC: 12/12/00 <br /> <br />q <br /> <br />-287- <br /> <br /> <br />