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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, 1 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 C:\ W P511FILESU2ES O\CATV 2. ExT OA