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,-AI�ZEjNHILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2013-031 A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE ORDINANCE AND AGREEMENT HELD BY COMCAST OF MINNESOTA,INC. WHEREAS,Arden Hills ("City") enacted an ordinance and entered into a cable television franchise agreement(collectively,the "Franchise")with MediaOne North Central Communications Corp. ("MediaOne"), which became effective October 1, 1998, to provide cable television service within the territorial limits of the City; and WHEREAS,as a result of several transfers of the Franchise, Comcast of Minnesota, Inc. ("Comcast") currently holds the Franchise; and WHEREAS, Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended (the"Cable Act"), 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(1), provides that if a written renewal request is submitted by a cable operator during the 6-month period which begins with the 36th month before franchise expiration and ends with the 30th month prior to franchise expiration, a franchising authority shall, within six months of the request, commence formal renewal proceedings to identify the future cable-related community needs and interests, and to review the performance of the cable operator under its franchise during the then current franchise term; and WHEREAS,the Franchise is scheduled to expire on October 1, 2013, unless sooner terminated or extended; and WHEREAS,by letter dated October 11, 2010, from Comcast to the City, Comcast invoked the formal renewal procedures set forth in Section 626 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546; and WHEREAS,the City has delegated to the North Suburban Communications Commission(the "NSCC")the powers necessary and appropriate to manage and conduct the formal franchise renewal process under 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)-(g); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2011-02,the NSCC, on behalf of the City, officially commenced formal franchise renewal and ascertainment proceedings on April 7, 2011; and