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· Members of the ~oard <br /> October 14, .1980 <br /> Page 3 of 3. <br /> <br /> with th~ Metropolitan Council findings. <br /> · mission, a joint powers cabl~l <br /> Th~ Anoka / Champl~n / Ramsey ~a~le ~ ~--~:ota Statutes ~ 471-~9~:z~:~'~ <br /> CO~U~lCBtlo~S CO~lbb~.u~, ~-k~+iO~S tO Andover'S proposal a~,u <br /> has withdrawn its previous <br /> not, according to information available to staff at this time, intend <br /> to lodge further objection with the Board as it considers this proposal <br /> for expansion of the cable service territory over which it has been <br /> gi~n jurisdiction by its member municipalities- <br /> ECONOMIC VIABILIIY: <br /> Since the proposed expanded area could share cable system 'head end' <br /> costs with a system that ~Y also serve Anoka, Champlin and Ramsey, staff <br /> concludes that the total CST, as it would be expanded to serve designated <br /> initial service areas within th9 City of Andover, would constitute an <br /> ' economically viable investment. <br /> <br /> TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY: <br /> Service to th~ territory as proposed is technically feasible and there <br /> seem to be no significant technical impediments to construction of a <br /> stat~of-the-art cable system· <br /> OTHER FACTORS THE BOARD DEEMS RELEVANT: <br /> Staff has reviewed the Board's Statewide Development Plan ob.iectives for <br /> the Metropolitan Area and .finds that Andover's proposal is consistent <br /> therewi th. <br />Staff reco~ends approval of the expansion of the Anoka / Champlin / Ramsey Cable <br />Service Territor~ to include the corporate limits of the City of Andover. The <br />preeminent right o{ ~he municipalities to franchise separately if they wish is <br />fully recognized, although ~idence points to the advantages to each to work <br />together toward joint or common franchises. <br />This recommendation {~ ~on:onant with that of the Metropolitan Council, and no <br />further o;~position has been made known. <br /> Finally, it is recommended fhat the Board adopt these staff reco~endations as its <br /> finding of fact and the basis for its decision; that it stipulate in its order <br /> ti~a~ each mun',cl~al~ty ~s ,.ee to franchise separately if it desires; and that <br /> state cab~,~ S?~t~{, a~ r~[i, es be followed in the bidding procedures leading to · .~ .. · : "l .~ "' {5 ~erCe the cable service territory. <br /> [Hanshi~in~ ~he s},~tem bi systems <br /> ...... wor~ng ~ a ~a~F~le ~ao{ion in f~]s matter is attache~ hereto. <br /> Propose~ wot '~no <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br /> <br />