HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 003-1998RESOLUTION NO. 3-98
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME TO EXTEND THE CABLE TELEVISION
FRANCHISE CURRENTLY HELD BY
TCI CABLEVISION FOR SEVEN (7) MONTHS TO AUGUST 31, 1998
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, on June 15, 1981, the City of Burlingame granted a franchise to Pacific Cable
Television for the providing of cable television services, which franchise was to terminate on June 24,
1996; and
WHEREAS, on May 20, 1996, the City Council approved a one-year extension of the
franchise to June 24, 1997, in order to allow Pacific Cable to complete its transfer of the franchise
to TCI CableVision; and
WHEREAS, on June 2, 1997, the City Council adopted a resolution extending the franchise
for seven (7) months to January 31, 1998, to allow the franchise transfer to occur and to conduct
negotiations on a renewal of the franchise; and
WHEREAS, TCI CableVision has had to analyze the current plant and needs of the
Burlingame cable system, and was only able in December, 1997, to determine what its franchise
encompassed in the City and to begin negotiations; and
WHEREAS, under the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission it
is necessary for the City and TCI CableVision to negotiate the terms of renewal of said franchise; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to adopt a new telecommunications ordinance to
incorporate applicable Federal law and recognize changes in the telecommunications industry; and
WHEREAS, an extension to August 31, 1998, would allow these negotiations to occur,
public hearings to be held, and necessary ordinances to be adopted,
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council ofthe City ofBurlingame does
hereby resolve, determine, and find as follows:
1. A public hearing on the proposed extension is hereby set for January 20, 1998, at 7:00
p.m. before the City Council of the City of Burlingame, in the Council Chambers located at 501
Primrose Road, Burlingame, California.
2. Oral and written comments may be submitted at this hearing on the proposed
extension. Written comments may also be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing at
501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA 94010.
3. The City Clerk is instructed to provide notice of this public hearing by publishing this
Resolution in a newspaper of general circulation in t
days after adoption of this Resolution.
I, Judith A. Malfatti, City Clerk of the City ofBurlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5th day of JANUARY
1998, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COLMILMEMBERS: O'MAHONY
City Clerk
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