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DEPARTMENT : FROM : Administration Cable Con~nunications Board Members of the Board Robert Zelle~t'~ STATE OF Of[ice emorandurn DA'rE: May 6,, 1980 pHONE: 296-6619 SUBJECT: STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING PROPOSED ANO}L~, CHAMPLIN AND RAMSEY CABLE SERVICE TERRITORY A proposal was submitted to the Minnesota Cable Communications Board on January 21, 1980 for designation of a Cable Service Territory (CST) consisting of the corporate limits of Anoka,. Champlin and Ramsey. The proposal for the three-municipality CST was submitted by Harmon and Company of Englewood, Colorado. Notice of the proposal was published in the Minneapolis Star and Tribune on January 22, 1980, and in the Anoka County Union on January 25, 1980 and on April 11, 1980. A copy of the proposal was tendered to the Metropolitan Council and the three municipalities, and notices of the proposal were sent to all contiguous municipalities. The proposal, as supplemented by additional assurances dealing with initial service areas within the territory, satisfactorily meets all conditions of the state cable statutes and the Board's applicable rules. The Metropolitan Council's 90-day statutory period of review and comment has con- cluded, and a memorandum from Metropolitan Council staff member Roger Israel to Human Resources Committee dated April 16, 1980 is attached hereto. The Metropolitan Council staff recommendation was adopted at its April 24, 1980 meeting. The Council's report recommends that the Board approve the proposed CST. In addition to consideration by the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Cable Com- munications Board staff has conducted its own inquiry into factors and criteria relevant to the proposed territory which augments the findings of the Metropolitan Council. The staff's comments are as follows: IMPACT ON PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CABLE SERVICE IN AREAS WITHIN AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE PROPOSED TERRITORY: The proposed territory is bounded to the north by Isanti County (which is not included within the Twin Cities metropolitan area); to the east by Andover and by Coon Rapids (which is in an established cable service territory with Spring Lake Park); to the south by Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove (which are in the established Northwest Suburban Cable Service Territory); and to the east by Dayton. The staff finds no negative impact on other known cable developments. No part of the proposed CST is presently served by cable.