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<br /> WHEREAS, immediately following the closing of the Proposed Transaction, Midwest
<br />Cable, Inc., will be renamed GreatLand Connections, Inc., and, for the purposes of this
<br />Resolution, the transfer applicant will be referred to as “GreatLand” throughout; and
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<br />WHEREAS, Comcast filed a Federal Communications Commission Form 394 with the
<br />Commission on June 18, 2014, together with certain attached materials, which documents more
<br />fully describe the Proposed Transaction and which documents, with their attachments, contain
<br />certain promises, conditions, representations and warranties (the “Transfer Application”); and
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<br /> WHEREAS, under the Proposed Transaction, the Franchise and Cable System will stay
<br />with Franchisee, and its ultimate parent company will be GreatLand; and
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<br />WHEREAS, under the Proposed Transaction, the ultimate ownership and control of the
<br />Franchisee and the System will change, and it requires the prior written approval of the City; and
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<br />WHEREAS, Comcast, through its subsidiaries, provided written responses to some of
<br />the data requests issued by the Commission, including directing the representatives of the
<br />Commission to publicly filed and available information, and information posted to Comcast
<br />Corporation and other websites (the “Data Request Responses”); and
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Commission reviewed the Transfer Application and considered all
<br />applicable and relevant factors and has recommended conditional approval by all of the Member
<br />Cities; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, in reliance upon the representations made by and on behalf of Comcast of
<br />Minnesota, Inc., Comcast, and GreatLand, to the Commission, the City is willing to grant
<br />consent to the Proposed Transaction, so long as those representations are complete and accurate;
<br />and
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City’s approval of the Proposed Transaction is therefore appropriate if
<br />the Franchisee will continue to be responsible for all acts and omissions, known and unknown,
<br />under the Franchise Documents and applicable law for all purposes, including (but not limited
<br />to) franchise renewal.
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS AS
<br />FOLLOWS:
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<br /> Section 1. The City’s consent to and approval of the Transfer Application is hereby
<br />GRANTED in accordance with the Franchise Ordinances, subject to the following conditions:
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<br />1.1 Neither the Franchise, nor any control thereof, nor the System, nor any part of the System
<br />located in the City’s public rights-of-way or on City’s property, shall be assigned or
<br />transferred, in whole or in part, without filing a written application with the City and/or
<br />the Commission and obtaining the City’s prior written approval of such transfer or
<br />assignment, but only to the extent required by applicable law.
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