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1 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION No. 2014-031 <br /> <br />RENEWAL OF COMCAST <br />OF MINNESOTA, INC., CABLE FRANCHISE <br />WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills (the “City”), is a Member City of The North <br />Suburban Cable Commission, d/b/a The North Suburban Communications Commission (the <br />“Commission”), a Joint Powers Commission organized pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59, as <br />amended, and includes the municipalities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little <br />Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, St. Anthony, and Shoreview, <br />Minnesota (hereinafter, collectively the “Member Cities”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a Joint Powers Commission organized pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59 has <br />the statutory authority to “jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting <br />parties i.e., the Member Cities;” and <br />WHEREAS, the Commission was established by the Amended North Suburban Cable <br />Commission Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Administration of a Cable <br />Communications System, dated June 1990 (the “Joint Powers Agreement”), to monitor <br />Comcast’s performance, activities and operations under the Franchises and to coordinate, <br />administer and enforce the Member Cities' Franchises, among other things; and <br />WHEREAS, The North Suburban Communications Commission acts on behalf of its <br />Member Cities, including the City, to monitor the operation and activities of cable <br />communications and to provide coordination of administration and enforcement of the <br />franchises of the Member Cities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City enacted an ordinance and entered into an agreement authorizing <br />MediaOne North Central Communications Corp. to provide cable service (the “Franchise”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as a result of several transfers of the Franchise, Comcast of Minnesota, Inc., <br />(“Comcast”) currently holds the Franchise in the city; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 626(a)(l) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as <br />amended (the “Cable Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(1), provides that if a written renewal request is <br />submitted by a cable operator during the 6-month period which begins with the 36th month <br />before franchise expiration and ends with the 30th month prior to franchise expiration, a <br />franchising authority shall, within six months of the request, commence formal proceedings to