HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 004-1998RESOLUTION NO. 4-98
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
EXTENDING 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 the transfer of the franchise to TCI CableVision did
occur in June 1997, and
WHEREAS, TCI CableVision has requested a further extension of the franchise in order to
negotiate renewal of the franchise; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 1998, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring its intention
to consider extension of the franchise for seven (7) more months to August 31, 1998, and advertising
a public hearing for January 20, 1998, to consider that extension, and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk published a notice of the proposed extension and the public
hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and
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WHEREAS, on January 20, 1998, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed
hearing, and received and considered all written and oral testimony and documents submitted to the
Council on the extension; 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 TCl 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, and would be in the best interests
of the City and the public,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council ofthe City ofBurlingame does
hereby resolve, determine, and find as follows:
1. The cable television franchise currently held by TCI CableVision be extended to
August 31, 1998, for the sole purposes of negotiating the terms of renewal of the franchise, adopting
a revised telecommunications ordinance, and making a determination on the sed renewal.
ayor
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1, Judith A. Malfatti, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20thday of JANUARY
1998, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COCNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
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