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O[[ice t eaoran urn bl~a~ ~ble Communications ~oara DATE: October 14, 1980 TO : 'blembers of the Board r~m~'¢''~ ~,ONE: (612)~96-66]~ FRO~ : Robert Zelle / .~ . SIAFF REPORT AN . AMSE~ CABLE SERV~ SUBJECT: EX~~ ~'~nRA~E LIMITS Ov m~ ~; :~/ A proposal was submitted to the Minnesota Cable Co~unications Board on June 12, 1980 by the City of Andover, a ~nnesota municipality, for expansion of the existing Anoka / Champlin / Ramsey Cable Service Territory (CST) to encompass the corporate limits of Andover. During its.regular ~eting on September-12, 1980, the Board adopted a motion.approw ing a request from the Anoka / Champlin / Ramsey Cable Commission for postponement of action on the proposal as provided in Rule 4 MCAR 4.134 E until its next regularly scheduled meeting, and for referral of the proposal back to the city council of the City of Andover for the purpose of reconsideration of designation of an initial service area. The City of Andover had also requested that the Board postpone action in order to be allowed time to review and make a determination concerning its proposed initial service area. On September 16, 1980, the city council of the City of Andover-adopted a motion to ,, . as that area consisting of all lands designate'the initial service area .... located within the boundaries of the Andover Urban Service Area · as shown on a map provided by Andover and which is attached hereto. The Anoka / Champlin-/ Ramsey Cable Co~ission at its meeting of October 9, 1980 reviewed this most recent initial service area designation by the City of Andover (letter dated September 26, 1980), and adopted a motion withdrawing its objection to Andover's proposal for inclusion within the Anoka / Champlin / Ramsey Cable Service Territory. Furthermore, Mr. Thomas D. Creighton, legal consultant to the Anoka / Champlin / Ramsey Cable Co~ission, states in his letter to the Board dated October lO, 1980, While it is the Co~ission's understanding that the State Board may not qualify the amendment of the cable service territory to speak to the und6veloped areas in Andover, it is the understanding of the municipalit- ies involved that the final negotiated franchise will establish standards for writing undeveloped territories. It is the intent of the Co~ission that all cities, including Andover, will receive cable service pursuant' to the same standards of economic viability. , ' n ro osal was published in the Anoka Count~ Union u-~i~e of Ando~er s CST expans~o P P , .-~ *~-~-red to the Metropolitan Council ~ June 13, 19SO. A copy of the proposal wd~