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<br /> March 18, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br />to: Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> <br />from: Cor Wilson <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />subject: Revisions to Joint Powers Agreement <br /> <br />We began revising the Joint Powers Agreement last summer, working with the city managers <br />and administrators and the NSCC/NSAC Strategic Planning Committee. Since the Joint Powers <br />Agreement had last been updated in 1990, most of the 2014/2015 revisions to the document <br />reflected our current practice. In addition, the Strategic Planning Committee clarified some of the <br />language and made sure it was consistent throughout. Finally, some of the changes reflected <br />our experience with the withdrawal of the City of Shoreview from the NSCC. <br /> <br />I. General Updates – <br /> <br /> These include the name change and combining the secretary and treasurer officers into <br />one position. The purpose and duties of the NSCC were updated and clarified in Articles II and <br />VIII. For example, the NSCC does not monitor the cable system so much as it administers the <br />cable franchises of the member cities. The specific reference to rate regulation was changed to <br />a broader concern with consumer protection. With the withdrawal of the City of Shoreview, <br />references to the city were removed and the number of members updated. <br /> <br /> Article VII still reflected language from the original Joint Powers Agreement adopted in <br />1983, so that was removed. Article X, Section 4, reflects current practice. <br /> <br />II. Language consistency and clarity – <br /> <br /> We changed all references to “Board” to “Commission” in order to be consistent. Article <br />X, Section 3, clarified the current practice and eliminated excess verbiage. <br /> <br />III. Change reflecting experience with Shoreview’s withdrawal <br /> <br /> Article VIII, Section 11, makes clear that a withdrawing city will assume all responsibility <br />for its own Public, Education and Government access channels and removed a reference to the <br />1990 document which transferred responsibility for the PEG channels from the cable company to <br />the NSCC. Because the current withdrawal schedule made budgeting difficult, Article X changes <br />the notification date for withdrawal from October 15 to July 1 and changes the date by which a <br />the withdrawing city may rescind its notice from December 31 to October 15. In addition to again <br />clarifying that the withdrawing city is responsible for its own PEG channels, we also deleted <br />language that required the NSCC to distribute a pro rata share of any PEG channel funding to <br />the withdrawing city. Instead, the cable operator must pay its obligated PEG channel funding for <br />the withdrawing city directly to that city. <br /> <br />Feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions about the revisions. <br />Arden Hills Falcon Heights Lauderdale Little Canada Mounds View New Brighton North Oaks Roseville St. Anthony <br />No <br />r <br />t <br />h <br /> <br />S <br />u <br />b <br />u <br />r <br />b <br />a <br />n <br /> <br />C <br />o <br />m <br />m <br />u <br />n <br />i <br />c <br />a <br />t <br />i <br />o <br />n <br />s <br /> <br />C <br />o <br />m <br />m <br />i <br />s <br />s <br />i <br />o <br />n <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />No <br />r <br />t <br />h <br /> <br />S <br />u <br />b <br />u <br />r <br />b <br />a <br />n <br /> <br />A <br />c <br />c <br />e <br />s <br />s <br /> <br />C <br />o <br />r <br />p <br />o <br />r <br />a <br />t <br />i <br />o <br />n <br /> <br />26 <br />7 <br />0 <br /> <br />A <br />r <br />t <br />h <br />u <br />r <br /> <br />S <br />t <br />r <br />e <br />e <br />t <br /> <br /> <br />Ro <br />s <br />e <br />v <br />i <br />l <br />l <br />e <br />, <br /> <br />M <br />N <br /> <br />5 <br />5 <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />Ph <br />o <br />n <br />e <br />: <br /> <br />( <br />N <br />S <br />C <br />C <br />) <br /> <br />6 <br />5 <br />1 <br />- <br />7 <br />9 <br />2 <br />- <br />7 <br />5 <br />0 <br />0 <br /> <br />( <br />C <br />T <br />V <br />) <br /> <br />6 <br />5 <br />1 <br />- <br />7 <br />9 <br />2 <br />- <br />7 <br />5 <br />1 <br />5 <br /> <br />( <br />F <br />a <br />x <br />) <br /> <br />6 <br />5 <br />1 <br />- <br />7 <br />9 <br />2 <br />- <br />7 <br />5 <br />0 <br />1 <br /> <br /> w <br />w <br />w <br />. <br />c <br />t <br />v <br />n <br />o <br />r <br />t <br />h <br />s <br />u <br />b <br />u <br />r <br />b <br />s <br />. <br />o <br />r <br />g <br />