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I I i I I I I I I I I I I I RESG~ffI~ QPPOS~ S~%~TE FILE 66 (aka ~ G(L~HRTER OtT~ Df~GUIAT/~ BILL), ~%ND ORSI~ T~. DEFEAT OF ANY ~~ PROgOSAL IN ~HE O.S SOUSE OF RE~RES~%T11~S NH~FAS, Cable Television is a local system using municipal property and m~r~icip~lly held ~ents o~er private property~ and ~, Cable Television is, by its nature and by virtue of public need, a local, ~t a national pmmunications medim; and ~, local and state governments have been successful in providing a reasonable regulatory framework for the full develo~ant of Cable Television to serve local consumers; and WHEREAS, there has been no showing of any overriding national interest in ~ble Television whid~ cannot be accommodated within the present system of state/local regular/on; and WHEREAS, we assert that 9overnmental powers are best exercised at the local level unless an overwhelming national interest cannot be fulfilled by state and local gove~ts; a~d WHEREAS, S.66 (aka ~he Goldwater BLll) strips state and local governments of most authority they now have to secure good Cable Television service for their oo~nuni ti es and their constituents, to the harm of both. NUW, ~EREWORE BE IT RESC~VfD by the City Council of the City of Fridley that: 1. There is no justification for the Federal Gcwe~t to preempt state and local authority over Cable Television. 2. Powers to regulate local systems are best exercised by local units of government. 3. S. 66 (aka ~he Goldwater Bill) is an unjustified and unwise intrusion of Federal Govermnent in a local manner. 4. The Fridley City Council calls on all members of the U.S. House of Representatives to protect and preserve presently held state and local authority to assure that local Cable Television systems satisfy local co~m~m_ity interest. 5. Copies of this Resolution be circulated to all members of Congress and other interested parties. PASSED ~ ADOPI~D BY ~E CITY ~ OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY ~IS 8TH DAY OF W~3ST, 1983. SIDNEY C. ]1~%%N - CITY